A British firm has unveiled concept images for what it claims will be the ‘largest commercial hybrid plane in the world’. The 70-seater ‘hybrid electric regional aircraft’ (HERA) has a ‘whisper-quiet’ operation to reduce noise pollution and airborne battery regeneration. It’s a hybrid passenger plane – meaning it’s powered partly by an environmentally-friendly electric engine and … Read more
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced an unprecedented total lockdown of nine public housing towers in Melbourne where residents will be confined to their homes for at least five days. It comes as the state reported 108 new infections on Saturday – its second highest coronavirus daily total ever – as Mr Andrews announced he … Read more
Boston becomes the second largest city in the US to ban facial recognition software, citing concerns that the technology is ‘racially discriminatory’ and threatens basic rights The Boston City Council voted unanimously to ban facial recognition software City officials will be barred from using facial recognition and they will be blocked working with third parties … Read more
A hospital in Houston, Texas, says its intensive care unit is near capacity as cases of the novel coronavirus continue to surge in The Lone Star State. Texas Medical Center (TMC), the self-declared largest medical complex in the world, said on Tuesday that 97 percent of its ICU beds are occupied. The normal occupancy rate … Read more
Amazon says it spent three days fighting off the largest denial of service cyber attack ever recorded AWS Shield says it safeguarded against the biggest DDoS attack ever recorded The attack funneled 2.3 terabits of data per second at its target A previous record was set in 2018 with a max of 1.7 terabits per … Read more
Nuts! Behold the world’s largest cashew tree, which covers two acres and looks like a mini FOREST (and it’s still growing) The tree, located in a park next to an urban beach in Brazil, is a major draw for Instagramming tourists It is the size of 70 regular cashew trees, with some of its limbs … Read more
Packed with more than two million pieces of vital personal protective equipment, five 44-ton trucks head in convoy for the front line of the battle against coronavirus. This was the remarkable scene yesterday as Mail Force, the new charity created by this paper, delivered its largest donation yet to the main UK hub of the National … Read more
UK’s largest pension fund cuts out ‘financially unsuitable’ coal, tobacco and arms manufacturing By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 1 June 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 1 June 2020 The Universities Superannuation Scheme is to ditch investments in sectors including coal, tobacco and arms manufacturing The UK’s largest private sector retirement fund … Read more
The world’s largest single-aperture radio telescope in China will begin scanning the universe for signs of extra terrestrial life and habitable planets in September The five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope in China set to begin its search for alien life and potentially habitable exoplanets in September The telescope initially went online in January but there was … Read more
The world’s largest all-electric aircraft made its maiden flight on Thursday as it made a short flight over Washington State, according to manufacturers magniX. For the first flight a test pilot took to the skies alone, but the plane can seat nine passengers. It took off at 16.00 BST (08:00 PST) and flew over Moses Lake. … Read more