Image copyright Parliamentlive.tv Gaming “addicts” have been talking to MPs about the dangers of spending too much time online. One told them that parents should set a three-hour-a-day limit on their children’s gaming. It is part of an inquiry into technology addiction, being held by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. At an …
Image copyright AFP Image caption Sailors on board the US Navy’s USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier Chinese hackers are alleged to have targeted universities around the world in a bid to steal naval secrets. A total of 27 institutions, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are understood to have been singled out by a …
Image copyright Reuters The government will audit Eurotunnel’s accounts to ensure that its £33m settlement with the firm benefits “the wider economy”. A senior civil servant told MPs that a “binding agreement” would guarantee the money was spent on improvements to Eurotunnel’s UK operations. Bernadette Kelly also confirmed any upgrades would not be ready for …
Why are so many games concerned with world ending events brought about by pandemic, nuclear war or zombie outbreak? Days Gone, a third-person action survival game, is the latest title to use the collapse of society as its setting. BBC Click’s Marc Cieslak has played the game and takes a trip to world’s end to …
As the global car industry shows off its latest models and concept cars in Switzerland, many more vehicles than normal are electric powered. One key factor behind the rise in electric cars is tough new EU emissions rules, as the BBC’s Theo Leggett reports. Source by [author_name]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Employers have formed an alliance to boost the number of jobs that pay the voluntary living wage A plan has been launched to make Dundee the first “living wage city” in the UK. Employers have joined forces in order to boost the number of jobs which pay the voluntary …
French supercar maker Bugatti has unveiled the world’s most expensive new car, sold to an unnamed buyer for at least $11m (£9.5m) before tax. The exact price is not being revealed, but is thought to have overtaken the previous new car record – about £8-9m for a Rolls-Royce Sweptail. With engine power about 20 times …
Image copyright Getty Images The US trade gap with the rest of the world jumped to a 10-year high of $621bn (£472.5bn) last year, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s deficit reduction plan. The trade deficit is the difference between how much goods and services the US imports from other countries and how much …
Image copyright Getty Images HSBC faces a shareholder vote at next month’s annual meeting over an old pension fund for thousands of UK staff which campaigners argue is “unfair”. The long-running dispute relates to “clawback” applied to the pension payout when a member reaches retirement age and also receives a state pension. Britain’s biggest bank …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Uber ended its self-driving operations in Arizona following last year’s crash Uber will not face criminal charges for a fatal crash involving one of its self-driving cars. Prosecutors have ruled that the company is not criminally liable for the death of Elaine Herzberg, 49, who was struck as she crossed …