Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Saudi Arabia is said to be leading the call for Opec members to cut production Initially it is difficult see what President Donald Trump and Usman Ahsan, a taxi driver in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, have in common. One is the leader of the US, with an estimated …
At an experimental hi-tech dairy farm in Somerset, cows are treated to automated milking and feeding as well as collars that beam health and behavioural data to farmers. Superfast 5G connectivity will facilitate video and satellite data being sent and analysed much more quickly, enabling “precision grazing” and earlier intervention by vets when cows fall …
Image copyright Getty Images Canadian authorities have arrested Huawei’s chief financial officer at the request of US law enforcement. Meng Wanzhou, who is also deputy chair of the Chinese telecoms giant, was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December, Canada’s Department of Justice said. Ms Meng, daughter of Huawei’s founder, was being sought for extradition by …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some of the questions people asked were exposed although this was public content Question-and-answer website Quora has been hacked, with the names and email addresses of 100 million users compromised. The breach also included encrypted passwords, and questions people had asked. In a statement, Quora said the situation had …
Image copyright Martin Avery Photography Image caption Team Tao’s USV: Technologies have had to be developed in just three years A UK-based team has arrived in Greece for the grand final of a contest to find innovative solutions for seafloor mapping. The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition is offering multi-million dollar awards for the best …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTurner prize winner Charlotte Prodger: ‘I wouldn’t be in this room without public funding’ A highly personal film shot by artist Charlotte Prodger on her iPhone, which recalls her experiences of coming out as gay in rural Scotland, has won her the prestigious £25,000 Turner Prize. The …
Image copyright Wing Google’s parent company, Alphabet, will test its drone delivery service in Finland next year, it has announced. Helsinki will be the first European location for Wing, which has been testing drones in Australia. Its aircraft will deliver packages weighing up to 1.5kg (3.3lbs) within minutes of an order being placed. Several companies, …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Cubans will be invited to join the 3G network between Thursday and Saturday Cuba’s population is to be offered internet access via a 3G mobile network from later this week. Telecom provider Etecsa said citizens would be able to start subscribing to the service from Thursday. Until now, locals …
Image copyright PA Image caption Sir Terry Morgan in September 2017, when Crossrail’s Elizabeth line track was completed The chairman of the Crossrail and HS2 rail programmes, two of Britain’s biggest infrastructure projects, has resigned from both roles. Sir Terry Morgan, 70, has been involved in London’s Crossrail project for the past decade and took …
Image copyright Getty Images The UK parliament’s fake news inquiry has published a cache of seized Facebook documents. The correspondence includes internal emails sent between Mark Zuckerberg and the social network’s staff. The emails were obtained from the chief of a software firm that is suing the tech giant. About 250 pages have been published, …