Apple and Google launch their coronavirus contact-tracing software

Apple and Google have today announced the launch of their coronavirus contact-tracing app software.  The API — a software blueprint — will be used by a nation’s health authority to build their own apps and has so far been given to 22 countries who requested access to the technology.    Apple and Google did not reveal … Read more

Married At First Sight’s Drew Brauer teams up with Seb Guilhaus to launch wellness movement

Married At First Sight’s Drew Brauer and Seb Guilhaus team up to launch wellness movement… as Drew shares FIVE tips to help stay fit in isolation By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 12:49 BST, 20 May 2020 | Updated: 12:58 BST, 20 May 2020 He’s the hunky Married At First Sight intruder who … Read more

SpaceX delays Starlink launch until Tuesday, but reveals some satellites will have special ‘visors’

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the fifth batch of its ‘Starlink’ space internet satellites – taking the total to 300. They form a constellation of thousands of satellites, designed to provide low-cost broadband internet service from low Earth orbit. The constellation, informally known as Starlink, and under development at SpaceX’s facilities in Redmond, Washington. Its goal … Read more

SpaceX is nine days away from its first manned launch

Elon Musk‘s private company SpaceX has confirmed that its first manned space shuttle will launch next week.   NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will take off in the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 27 at 4:32 pm EDT (9:32pm BST).  As part of the ‘Demo-2’ … Read more

Police launch murder inquiry after woman, 19, who was gunned down outside Lidl dies in hospital

Police launch murder inquiry after woman, 19, who was gunned down outside Lidl dies in hospital The woman was shot outside outside Lidl on King Street in Blackburn today She was rushed to hospital with serious injuries but died a short time later Lancashire Police say an investigation to establish what happened is underway By … Read more

Police launch ‘sexual assault’ appeal after lorry driver kisses pensioner woman on the cheek

Police launch ‘sexual assault’ appeal after lorry driver kisses a woman in her 70s on the cheek for helping him get under a low bridge Social media users have ridiculed Derbyshire Police’s appeal for information A tweet posted by the force sparked a huge backlash and was later deleted Mocking Twitter users likened the police … Read more

Heartbroken parents of terminally-ill children launch legal action for life-saving drugs on the NHS

The heartbroken parents of two terminally-ill children have launched legal action to get a potentially life-saving drug on the NHS. Oliver, eight, and Amelia Carroll, six, suffer from fatal neuro-degenerative condition Batten disease. There is no cure for the condition, which is estimated to affect 30 to 50 children in the UK, meaning Oliver and … Read more

Police launch murder probe after finding a human torso in suitcase

Man and woman arrested after police stop them ‘walking down street carrying a human torso in suitcase’ – before finding other body parts scattered in a nearby forest Woman in her 20s and man in his 30s have been arrested on suspicion of murder Human remains found close to Stowfield Quarry, Gloucestershire on Tuesday An … Read more

Samsung Pay expands to take on rival Apple with launch of branded debit card this summer 

Samsung Pay expands to take on rival Apple with launch of branded debit card this summer Samsung Pay launched in 2015, but was a digital service on the smartphone Now, the firm is rolling out a branded debit card to users this summer The card will also  support a cash management account with SoFi The move … Read more

NASA uses Nevada to test the Perseverance rover’s navigation technology ahead of Mars launch

NASA scientists travel to Nevada to test the Perseverance rover’s sensors and navigation technology in preparation for its 2021 arrival on Mars A team of NASA scientist traveled to Nevada to test the next Mars rover  Instead of bringing the full rover, they brought just its sensors and onboard tools Another team of 150 remote … Read more