Tech companies are known to listen in on private conversation via its smart speakers in order to ‘improve voice-recognition features.’ Now that millions of people are currently working home due to the coronavirus outbreak, employers are urging their stuff to power down the technology in order to keep it from listening to confidential phone calls. … Read more
Italy may have started to turn the tide on coronavirus after data showed a significant slowdown in infections and deaths at the weekend in the first evidence that a draconian nationwide lockdown may be working. Italy remains the world’s worst-affected coronavirus country – with almost 5,500 people killed by the disease in total and confirmed … Read more
Popping to grandma’s for tea, visiting the GP, meeting friends for after-work drinks, or going in to work at all – it’s all off the timetable for most of us for the foreseeable future. But with a global health emergency to deal with, sadly, we have no choice. And no matter how resilient we think we … Read more
Drinkers facing pub lockdown turn to digital drinking by catching up with mates on WhatsApp, Zoom and Instagram Live for a jar and a chat Brits are mourning the closure of pubs on the first weekend of lockdown Instead, many are turning to apps to enjoy a virtual drink with their friends Apps such as … Read more
How to survive and thrive at home: Turn staying into your house during the coronavirus crisis into a holiday By Lowri Turner For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 01:52 GMT, 21 March 2020 Weeks, possibly months, of enforced home-dwelling stretch ahead of us. For some, this may seem a … Read more
What could happen in a London lockdown? LIKELY RESTRICTIONS Tougher advice on ‘social distancing’, urging everyone to stay at home unless absolutely essential; Asking shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs and bars to close to minimise the risk of people gathering; Scaling back transport services while leaving enough capacity for unavoidable journeys and key workers to reach … Read more
What could happen in a London lockdown? LIKELY RESTRICTIONS Tougher advice on ‘social distancing’, urging everyone to stay at home unless absolutely essential; Asking shops, cafes, restaurants, pubs and bars to close to minimise the risk of people gathering; Scaling back transport services while leaving enough capacity for unavoidable journeys and key workers to reach … Read more
Cardi B is delighted to see fans turn her coronavirus rant into a chart-topper: ‘Put this song on Spotify!’ By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 19:08 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 19:23 GMT, 17 March 2020 She’s never shied away from using her powerful social media platform. But Cardi B had no idea that … Read more
Passengers on board a Jet2 flight to coronavirus-ridden Spain were just 40 miles away from landing in Alicante when they were told their flight had to turn around and go home. Beryl Carrick, 78, flew from Leeds Bradford Airport for a family holiday in Benidorm with her husband, daughter and two granddaughters. The family were mid-flight … Read more
Should I go vegan? There are currently more than 500,000 people in Britain who say they have done – a fourfold increase over the past ten years. And the meat, fish, dairy and eggs (and honey – it’s made by bees and is therefore an animal by-product)-shunning revolution shows no signs of slowing down. The … Read more