Owners who tug on their dog’s leash risk injuring the animal’s neck, research finds

Owners who tug on their dog’s leash risk injuring the animal’s neck – and it can lead to breathing difficulties, research finds Even the lightest tug on a lead said to exert force similar to that of a a tourniquet When a dog on a lead suddenly lunges, the force could even be six times greater … Read more

British Airways will make up to 12,000 workers redundant says its owners IAG

British Airways will make up to 12,000 workers redundant as owners IAG say it will take airline years to recover from coronavirus crisis Madrid-based IAG says portion of BA’s 45,000 staff now face redundancy News of redundancies comes weeks after owners aced £300mn payout scheme  British Airways previously axed all flights in and out of … Read more

Care home owners deny corporate manslaughter charge over death of 93-year-old woman

Care home owners deny corporate manslaughter charge over death of 93-year-old woman who suffered severe burns in bath Frances Norris died in hospital February 2015 after being severely burnt in bath  Aster Healthcare, which ran, Birdsgrove Nursing Home, pleaded not guilty   Charges allege that company caused her death by gross beach of duty of care … Read more

It’s the DOGelgangers! Meet the pet owners who are the perfect match for their pooches 

It’s the DOGelgangers! Meet the pet owners who are the perfect match for their pooches The Kennel Club is looking for the best doppelgangers for its online show Hannah Martin, from Essex, matches her clothes to her dog Lady’s lead and collar Meryn Dougan, from East Sussex, and Jack have won Dog Most Like Owner … Read more

Paul Gascoigne joins friends in garden shed pub before the owner’s wife smashes it up

Paul Gascoigne joins friends in garden shed pub before the owner’s wife smashes it up because party-goers kept her up all night Paul Salmon built the makeshift pub in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, last year  Gascoigne seen visiting the shed, with agent saying it was before lockdown  Salmon’s wife smashed the pub apart and slammed drinkers for … Read more

Nintendo warns Switch owners to turn on two-factor authentication after wave of unauthorized logins

Nintendo warns Switch owners to turn on two-factor authentication after a wave of unauthorized logins Users report their Nintendo accounts have been accessed by a third party Nintendo said is aware of the issue and investigating To help secure accounts, it recommends turning on two-factor authentication   By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:54 BST, 21 April … Read more

2B phone owners won’t be able to use Google-Apple contact-tracing app

Up to two billion smartphone users around the world won’t be able to use the coronavirus contact tracing app currently being developed by Apple and Google. Hundreds of millions of older smartphones still in active use don’t have the required software and Bluetooth to run the new app, which could be released next month.   The … Read more

Contact-tracing app will only be good against coronavirus if 80 PER CENT of smartphone owners use it

An NHS contact-tracing app would only completely stop the spread of coronavirus if 80 per cent of current smartphone owners use it, researchers have warned. The team from the University of Oxford simulated how COVID-19 might spread in order to support the development of contact-tracing apps across Europe. However, a previous survey of potential contact-tracing … Read more

Elon Musk confirms Tesla in-cabin camera is meant to help owners monitor robo-taxis from afar

Elon Musk confirms Tesla Model 3’s in-cabin camera will be used to help owners monitor robo-taxis from afar Elon Musk confirmed one use for the Model 3’s mysterious in-cabin camera In a tweet, Musk said it could be used to monitor robo-taxi vandalism The tweet followed a video that showed what the camera sees for … Read more