A police force will resume its use of live facial recognition technology after the publication of a new report – but campaigners have made renewed calls for a ban. South Wales Police had paused its use of the technology amid concerns over discrimination but said it would now use it again. The Court of Appeal
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Drivers are being warned of a new crash scam that sees fraudsters lurk on residential roads, fake collisions and force drivers to hand over cash. The new con is a twist on the traditional “crash for cash” scams where scammers purposefully cause a collision. It involves scammers accusing drivers of clipping their wing mirror, before
In this article AMZN MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ofcom said it received evidence showing Microsoft makes it less attractive for customers to run its Office productivity apps on cloud infrastructure other than Microsoft Azure. Igor Golovniov | Sopa Images | Lightrocket via Getty Images Microsoft and Amazon were accused by U.K. regulators
Nintendo will now fix faulty Joy-Con controllers for its Switch console for free after years of complaints. The Japanese gaming company has been criticised since shortly after the system launched in 2017 over a fault that saw its analogue sticks register movement when not being used. It was dubbed “Joy-Con drift” and can impact players
US President Joe Biden will visit Northern Ireland and the Republic next week, the White House has announced. The visit marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. He will first travel to Belfast in Northern Ireland, from April 11 to 12 to mark the “tremendous progress” made since the signing
Plans to house 500 asylum seekers in a giant vessel in Portland, Dorset, are to be announced by the government today, Sky News understands. The Home Office has been “exploring” the idea of using vessels to house asylum seekers to reduce the £6m daily bill of using hotels. The government is expected to confirm today
Mini electric bicycles from the BMW brand may be here sooner than you’d think. That’s thanks to a new partnership with the French bicycle manufacturer Angell Mobility. Automakers have been tripping over each other in a race to bring electric bikes to market lately, but they rarely produce them in-house. Instead, most automakers partner up
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to pay almost $9bn (£7.2bn) to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its talc caused cancer. The new offer massively outstrips its past offering of $2bn. The company faces about 40,000 lawsuits from people claiming its talc products caused cancer due to contamination with asbestos, a known carcinogen. J&J
Donald Trump has claimed he is the victim of election interference, as he condemned New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg for bringing criminal charges against him – speaking just hours after his arraignment. The former US president delivered an address to a crowd of some 500 people in his Mar-a-Lago estate ballroom in Florida after
A leading pest control agency in Texas, SafeHaven, in collaboration with Merge Electric Fleet Solutions, announced Tuesday that its EV pilot program found that deploying a Ford F-150 Lightning reduced CO2 emissions by 78% compared to its current Ford pickup. Ford Lightning reduces pest control agency’s emissions SafeHaven Pest Control teamed up with Merge, a
Less than a year after initially teasing its interior, the new EQE SUV from Mercedes-Benz is on the cusp of reaching customers for the first time. As one of the first Mercedes EVs completely assembled in the US, the EQE SUV has designed with Americans in mind and should do well in the market. Before
A seal reading “Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation” is displayed on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, DC, August 9, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The FBI and other law enforcement agencies on Tuesday seized the domain names for Genesis Market, a cybercrime marketplace which allowed criminals to
Elon Musk is hyping up Tesla Cybertruck production as some still hold on to hope that Tesla might be underpromising to overdeliver. The Cybertruck production program is being closely followed by the industry as it is likely the most important new electric vehicle to launch this year. With over 1.5 million reservations and Tesla’s incredible
Ford Motor released its first quarter sales Tuesday showing a 41% increase in EV sales. Despite the growth, Ford was outpaced in the first three months of 2023 by rival GM on the back of record Chevy Bolt EV sales. GM outpaces Ford in EV sales in Q1 2023 According to Ford’s press release, the
Tesla is preparing to make 4 million units of its next vehicle, a ~$25,000 electric car, based on supply chain sources coming out of China. With a plan to build 20 million vehicles per year by the end of the decade, Tesla is going to need to expand its vehicle lineup quickly. It not only
Sila, a California-based EV battery materials startup, announced today that its range-boosting silicon-based anodes, “Titan Silicon,” are now commercially available after beginning mass production. The upcoming Mercedes-Benz EQG G Wagon will be the first to feature the new battery material. Sila begins producing Titan Silicon to boost EV battery range In practice, silicon anodes offer
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, June 22, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration is channeling hundreds of millions of dollars from recent legislation into its efforts to turn coal communities into clean energy hubs, the White House said Tuesday. The
US President Joe Biden speaks at Cummins Power Generation Facility in Fridley, Minnesota, on Monday, April 3, 2023. Nicole Neri | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden is set to meet discuss “risks and opportunities” of artificial intelligence in a meeting with his council of science and technology advisors on Tuesday, a White House
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Police in Gloucestershire have arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of Carol Clark, who was killed 30 years ago after going missing in Bristol. The 66-year-old suspect was taken into custody for questioning on Tuesday, Gloucestershire Police said. Ms Clark was 32 when she was last seen alive, getting into a car in