Image copyright Synergy Vision Image caption Ffyona Dawber says the main reason for trying out a four-day week was ‘staff well-being’ Staff at medical communications agency Synergy Vision have been given the gift of time in the run up to Christmas. Since the beginning of December the 45 staff have been working a four-day week, …
Image copyright Getty Images “They need us more than we need them,” has been a recurrent theme in the Brexit debate. After the referendum, the idea has been used to suggest the government could have taken a tougher line in the negotiations over the terms of the UK’s departure from the European Union. Before the …
Image copyright unicef Image caption The drone carried the medicine in a small styrofoam box A baby on a small Pacific island has become the first person given a vaccine delivered by a commercial drone. Unicef arranged for the drone to be flown some 40km (25 miles) across rugged mountains in Vanuatu that otherwise take …
Marc Cieslak looks ahead to some of the video games that will be making news in 2019. Source by [author_name]
Image caption Epic Games regularly releases new “skins”, allowing players to change the look of their characters Children as young as 14 are making thousands of pounds a week as part of a global hacking network built around the popular video game Fortnite. About 20 hackers told the BBC they were stealing the private gaming …
A former worker at Amazon’s Swansea warehouse has claimed staff are treated “like robots” and routinely sacked for not meeting “unrealistic targets”. It comes as a union demanded talks with the online giant over safety and working conditions there. Since 2015-16, there have been 84 serious incidents reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) …
The BBC has discovered a ring of teenage hackers making thousands out of Fortnite. Source by [author_name]
Japanese retailer Start Today, which operates Zozotown, the country’s largest online fashion marketplace, has developed a figure-hugging bodysuit featuring lots of uniquely patterned dots. As you turn slowly round, your smartphone takes photos, building up a 360-degree image of your body shape. Then you can order clothes that really fit. At least, that’s what the …
A third of train services running on a line between two towns in the north west of England have been cancelled since May. Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham says Northern Rail should be stripped of its franchise, unless it improves. The most cancelled rail line in the UK? Source by [author_name]