Facebook’s Data Center Plans Rile Residents in the Netherlands
The country has become a magnet for Big Tech facilities, but locals say they will syphon away all their green energy.Continue Reading
2022-01-07
The ‘unusual’ new Omicron symptom in kids that all parents need to know
YOUNG children with Omicron are developing a specific symptom that usually points to another condition, experts have said. A number of kids under five who catch the variant seem to be suffering with a bad cough. Children under 5 with a barking cough could have Omicron[/caption] It’s a type ofContinue Reading
2022-01-07
Supreme Court to hear challenges to Biden vaccine mandates
A protester holds a banner at a rally against mandates for the vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outside the New York State Capitol in Albany, New York, U.S., January 5, 2022. Mike Segar | Reuters The Supreme Court on Friday is poised to hear oral arguments in two casesContinue Reading
2022-01-07
Heated tobacco: a new review looks at the risks and benefits
Heated tobacco products are designed to heat tobacco without burning it or producing smoke. The popularity of these products soared in Japan after the release of an electronic device called IQOS in 2016. Heated tobacco products are now available in many countries, but questions remained about their effect on cigaretteContinue Reading
2022-01-07
Real estate in the metaverse is booming. Is it really such a crazy idea?
The idea of spending thousands or even millions of dollars to buy fictitious “land” in a virtual world sounds, to be frank, absurd. But in recent months, we’ve seen significant investments in virtual land within the metaverse. PwC is among the latest to dive in, having purchased real estate inContinue Reading
2022-01-07
David Bowie – Toy:Box review: Lost album deserves its rescue
Review at a glance “I wish I was a child again,” David Bowie sings on Can’t Help Thinking About Me, the 1966 song that was the first he ever released under his assumed name. That’s a feeling he achieved in spirit on Toy, a “lost” album revisiting his Sixties workContinue Reading
2022-01-07
Transfer news LIVE: Luis Diaz to Liverpool EXCLUSIVE, Aguero Man City role, Lewandowski to Prem, Trippier Newcastle deal
THE January transfer window is OPEN and deals are being made! SunSport can exclusively reveal Liverpool are close to a £60m deal for Porto’s Colombian winger Luis Diaz. And there are reports that Robert Lewandowski could be open to a Premier League move this summer. The Polish superstar is saidContinue Reading
2022-01-06
Golfgate trial hears no Covid-19 guidelines were broken with hysteria being ‘whipped up’
The trial of two politicians and two hoteliers over their alleged breach of Covid restrictions in organising a golf society dinner has heard that several witnesses due to give evidence for the prosecution have “bouts of ill health”. As reported in the Irish Examiner, Senior Counsel Eddie Walsh, appearing forContinue Reading
2022-01-06
Pardons for historic homosexual offences are welcome – but we still need to address the legacy of criminalisation
InkDrop/Shutterstock About 40 years ago, a man named George was arrested in Earl’s Court, London, and charged with persistent importuning. His offence? Striking up a conversation with another man who then invited George back to his flat, only to reveal that he was a police officer. George would later pleadContinue Reading
2022-01-06
Intrepid duo to climb Kilimanjaro for Exmouth RNLI
Two long time friends are set to climb Mount Kilimanjaro this month to raise important funds for Exmouth RNLI. Adventurers Darren Strode and Andy Beake, both from Exmouth, will be donning their climbing boots and flying off to Tanzania on 14 January to ascend Mount Kilimanjaro in order to raiseContinue Reading
2022-01-06