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As the United Kingdom prepares to unlock on the 19th July and record numbers of Britons get their jabs, Professor Whitty is urging caution amid concerns about a “vaccine escape variant”. Half of first wave Covid-19 hospital patients developed a complication, study reveals. ‘I’d delete my harmful social media if I didn’t need it for work’, says Brit winner Celeste. Blue Origin blast-off: teen takes place of mystery $28 million passenger. Nasa warns ‘wobbly moon’ will spark increased floods in US coastal cities. Motion of the ocean...scientists are recording Earth’s ‘pulse’ on seabed. Battle of analogue vs digital as WWII Spitfire plane takes on F1 ace Max Verstappen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The super-spyglass, launched in 1990, is in trouble after a software crash - and it’s not like you can turn it off and on again. Alexa, take me to sub orbit...Bezos to make history with pilotless Blue Origin space flight. Fears that fewer people who’ve had Covid-19 are getting their vaccine. Well that was Fleeting...user apathy means Twitter’s disappearing posts feature is gone. Young web users being trained to spot online disinformation. Keeping your brain active may delay dementia by five years. Archaeologists identify 9th Century cave house as Anglo-Saxon saint’s des res. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Both the ransom website for victims to deposit bitcoin and the blog by the gang known as REvil are now offline...days after a phone call between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Alcohol is being linked to more than 740,000 new cancer cases. High blood sugar levels raise heart attack risk by ‘reprogramming the body’s stem cells. Do not flush that fish...unwanted pets morph into giant problem for US lake. Fastly fiasco: now Bank of England wants a cloud computing crackdown. Branson’s launchpad bike ride was fake news, Virgin Galactic admits. Grunts of happiness as seal wounded by plastic disk around neck released back to wild. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

London’s Metropolitan Police say they’ve now made two record cryptocurrency seizures worth the equivalent of more than $400 million after receiving intelligence about the transfer of criminal assets.SolarWinds hack: now firm says unknown hackers exploited new security flaw. ID verification call on social media to stamp out online abuse. Welcome to Branson’s orbiting hotel...Virgin tycoon raises prospect of lunar inn. Aviation authorities approve Blue Origin's licence for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight. First baby beaver born on English moor in four centuries. ‘Like new’ Super Mario 64 game sells for record $1.5 million at auction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir Richard Branson has hailed the “magical” experience of flying to the edge of space aboard Virgin Galactic’s first fully crewed flight, but eco campaigners are concerned about its carbon footprint. Amazon restores service after thousands of customer complaints over global outage. Chinese tech firms with one million-plus users must have a government ‘security review’. Why are tech giants buying up millions of Covid jabs? Twitter is appointing a ‘grievance officer’ in India to comply with new government rules. Jupiter mystery: how scientists cracked 40-year-old investigation into planet’s x-ray bursts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Stefan Klein has turned science fiction into reality by designing and flying his prototype AirCar - he tells us what it feels like to drive and pilot a real-like Transformer. Prostate cancer: study finds new drug combination attacks disease on two fronts. Covid-related tweets have topped 112 million in UK during pandemic. A Scottish company’s mission to sweep up 50-year-old space junk. More over 50s wanted for the tech sector but they’ll need to skill-up. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is backing the right-to-repair your device instead of buying new. Sainsbury’s is no longer selling CDs and DVDs in the supermarket. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former US President Donald Trump is suing tech giants Google, Twitter and Facebook, claiming that he is the victim of censorship - but law experts are saying the legal paperwork is hard to work out. Twitter’s under court order to reveal clear details about its anti-hate speech strategy. How China’s ‘midnight patrols’ use face scanning to check young gamers are tucked up in bed. Groups of men watching football cited in more positive Covid results. Is global warming changing the shape of our brains and bodies? Climate crisis: North America’s killer heatwave ‘virtually impossible without climate change’. You can help cancer scientists with their research by playing an online game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US Defence Department has cancelled its $10 billion Jedi cloud-computing project, reversing the Trump-era award to Microsoft. China’s WeChat deletes university LGBT+ accounts amid gay content censorship fears. China reveals rocket plan to bump asteroids posing Earth safety risk. British Airways reaches confidential settlement in massive data-breach compensation claim. It’s-A Clear, Mario! Nintendo unveils upgraded Switch with OLED screen. Santa’s home sizzles as Lapland records hottest day in over a century. Henry, is that you? Why the human brain sees faces on inanimate objects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artificial Intelligence has been used by British soldiers for the first time during a live-firing drill in Estonia. Global ransomware attack: 1,500 businesses feared hit. Diamonds are for 2.7 billion years as ancient gems reveal Earth’s time capsule. Israel sees drop in Pfizer vaccine protection but effectiveness in stopping hospitalisations. Twitter loses legal protection over Indian users’ tweets in High Court libel drama. Mini-submarines will hunt for Antarctic explorer Shackleton’s doomed Endurance ship. Smart foam ‘skin’ lets robot repair itself when injured. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cybercriminals who allegedly orchestrated mass extortion hitting hundreds of companies 'gained access to networks through a Miami IT firm'. Amazon boss Jeff Bezos steps down with $199 billion fortune to focus on space race. Aspirin ‘could cut mortality risk in cancer patients by 20 per cent’. Single bout of exercise may help protect against bone cancer, study suggests. China orders Didi rideshare app download suspension over ‘illegal harvesting of user data’. Researchers hail ‘life changing’ treatment for painful skin condition. Social media platform TikTok is tripling maximum allowed video length from one to three minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.