Car crash victim Matthew McNally was left facing a £27,500 bill after he was thought to have been misled by a Google advert, according to court documents obtained by Money Mail. Matthew, 39, had been involved in a multi-vehicle crash in March 2018. It is believed he then used Google to search for his insurer’s number, … Read more
London has been hit by the coronavirus far worse than Berlin – with a mortality rate 15 times higher, statistics show. The capital of England has recorded 4,781 deaths in hospital since the crisis began, killing 0.053 per cent of its 9million population. Berlin’s outbreak is just a fraction of the size, with 137 COVID-19 … Read more
1. Add a password for your Wi-Fi – and one that hasn’t been hacked before If your car has its own WiFi connection, create your own password as soon as possible; previous hacks, including the case of the Jeep Cherokee, was made possible by the weak default WiFi password supplied by the manufacturer. There was … Read more
Clive Selley, the chief executive of Openreach, is in charge of the broadband architecture that is keeping the country connected during the pandemic – a task he is carrying out from his home in south-east London. ‘I don’t leave the bedroom. It is an awful feeling, like a caged animal,’ he says. ‘My day starts … Read more
Primitive animals that dominated the seas half a BILLION years ago were connected by ‘a real-life social network’ of threads up to 13ft in length Animals called rangeomorphs lived on the sea bed half a billion years ago Scientists have now identified network of filaments connecting them together Most filaments were a few inches … Read more
Scientists create internet connected biodegradable PAPER, which can be used to collect data about moisture levels in soil without any toxic e-waste A team of scientists have created an thin sheet of paper they call nanopaper The nanopaper is one millimeter thick and can transmit data to the internet It also has a moisture sensor … Read more