Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Indians will need the identity number to receive benefits from more than 500 welfare schemes India’s Supreme Court has ruled that the country’s controversial biometric identity scheme is constitutional and does not violate the right to privacy. However the court limited the scope of the Aadhaar scheme, saying it …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Many parents use electronic devices to keep their children entertained in cars The death of a girl hit by a tablet computer in a car accident has raised concerns about the safety of using such devices in moving vehicles. The three-year-old was killed after her mother’s car collided with …
Image copyright EPic games Sony is to let gamers on PlayStation consoles play against those using rival devices, the company has announced. Many games already let those using a PC, Nintendo Switch or Xbox One play together online, but Sony had refused to take part. It had previously cited child protection as one of the …
Image copyright UCL Image caption Sir Charles Kao receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Science from University College London (UCL) in 2010 Tributes have been paid to Sir Charles Kao, the scientist whose work in Essex “transformed the world”. Sir Charles, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics, died in Hong Kong on Sunday, aged …
Image copyright AFP Image caption More than a billion Indians enrolled by giving their fingerprints and retina scans India’s Supreme Court has ruled that Aadhaar – the world’s largest and most controversial biometrics-based identity database – has sufficient legal grounds to exist. But the sole dissenting opinion expressed by one of the five judges holds …
Image copyright Getty Images Limiting children’s recreational screen use has been linked with improved cognition. Children aged eight to 11 who used screens for fun for less than two hours a day performed better in tests of mental ability, a study found. Combining this with nine to 11 hours of sleep a night was found …
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Image copyright Ashe Walker An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green might not initially sound Absolutely Remarkable. “It’s about a young woman, who is coming out of college, starting her life in the workforce, trying to figure out who she is and what she’s going to be,” the vlogger and author tells the BBC. Sounds …
Image copyright xxfd Image caption Fay Marshall says losing weight has changed her life Fay Marshall used to weigh 21st 5lbs (136kg). In two years she lost 8st 8lbs (54kg) and since then her entire life has changed. The 24-year-old has moved from London to Lancashire for work, regularly goes out with friends and has …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWho is Elon Musk? Elon Musk must step down as Tesla chair and pay a fine after reaching a deal with US regulators over tweets he posted about taking the firm private. It follows Thursday’s decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to sue Mr Musk …