Facebook is developing a new tool that will keep ads away from sensitive posts in your News Feed. The social media platform is testing ‘topic exclusion’ controls that allow advertisers to keep marketing from politics, crime, controversial social issues and other designated topics. It’s already started using the controls with a limited number of advertisers. … Read more
Regularly eating salmon, mackerel and sardines as a child can halve the risk of developing asthma as you get older, according to a team of scientists. Queen ‘Mary University of London researchers studied data from 4,500 children born in the 1990s in the UK – that have been monitored by scientists since birth. Those who … Read more
US Army is developing a briefcase-sized device that turns dirty ‘ditch water’ into a one-liter bag of life-saving IV fluid in roughly six minutes The US Army is building a device that turns ground water into intravenous fluid The device is now a working prototype and about the size of a briefcase Water is injected with … Read more
Scientists need to start developing new Covid vaccines now to stop the coronavirus evolving to escape the immune system, an expert investigating new variants of the virus has warned. Professor Ravi Gupta, a Cambridge University microbiologist, fears there is a risk that mutations will ‘chip away’ at the efficacy of the current crop of vaccines … Read more
Day of the cyborgs: US Army is developing muscle-bound, Terminator-like war robots that use LIVING TISSUE in place of actuators The Army Research Laboratory wants to grow living muscles for robots The team says the living tissue would replace actuators that hold joints This would give robots similar agility and versatility to biological systems The goal … Read more
A coalition of health organizations and technology companies, including Microsoft and Oracle, are working on a project that verifies who has received the coronavirus vaccination and prevent others from making false claims they have. Called Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), the venture aims to help people get encrypted digital copies of their immunization records stored in … Read more
Almost 70,000 people are developing coronavirus symptoms every day in the UK, researchers warn. The team behind the ZOE Covid Symptom Study app, carried out with King’s College London, say the number of people reporting symptoms each day is up 27 per cent in a week from 55,226 to 69,958. It comes after the Office … Read more
Zoom could be developing an email service and calendar app in a bid to take on Google and Microsoft A report reveals Zoom is developing a web email and calendar service The firm is developing the email service that could rollout next year It is said to be studying a calendar application but no dates … Read more
France is developing bionic soldiers resistant to pain with microchip-enhanced brain power and superior hearing Scientists also researching pills to keep soldiers awake for long periods of time Microchips will be designed to release calming substances and improve brains Scientists also trying to make implants for headquarters to track soldier location By Isabella Nikolic For … Read more
‘It was embarrassing’: Hugh Grant reveals he took a break from acting after developing ‘a bad attitude’ as his leading roles dried up By Georgia Simcox For Mailonline Published: 01:54 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 01:55 GMT, 28 November 2020 He recently returned to our screens with a new role in HBO’s The Undoing. … Read more