The FTC Wants Companies to Find Log4j Fast. It Won’t Be So Easy
The critical vulnerability is buried among endless open source code, and many cyber experts are stumped.Continue Reading
2022-01-10
The Best Fitbits To Buy In 2022. Which Is Best For You?
Fitbits now come in all sorts of different shapes, screen sizes and prices. Here’s how to make sure you buy the right fitness tracker for you.Continue Reading
2022-01-09
Record 26,122 Covid cases confirmed in Ireland
A record 26,122 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the State today. As of 8am today, 917 Covid-19 patients are hospitalised of which 83 are in intensive care units. This figure represents a drop of 24 coronavirus patients in hospital since Thursday. The Omicron wave of Covid-19 is causingContinue Reading
2022-01-08
State of Stormont: can Northern Ireland trust in Truss?
The new year in Northern Ireland has opened much the same as the last, with DUP First Minister Paul Givan warning that Stormont’s collapse is “inevitable” unless changes are made to post-Brexit regulations for the region. When the Northern Ireland protocol came into force in January 2021, it created newContinue Reading
2022-01-08
The North Korean who went home: many defectors struggle against discrimination in the South
Prayer ribbons attached to a barbed wire fence near the border between North and South Korea. Shutterstock/UnknownLatitude Images The re-defection of a North Korean refugee, who had spent two years in South Korea after escaping the repressive communist country in 2020 before returning north on January 1, has shone aContinue Reading
2022-01-07
We attended the trial of the Colston four: here’s why their acquittal should be celebrated
The acquittal by a jury of four people at Bristol Crown Court this week for their role in pulling down the statue of Edward Colston and dumping it in the docks has been greeted with a chorus of outrage by members of parliament. Former cabinet minister Robert Jenrick implied inContinue Reading
2022-01-07
Luke calls for all classrooms in Plymouth to be fully ventilated to fight COVID
Luke Pollard, the MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, has today called for all schools in Plymouth to be fully ventilated by the end of 2022 to tackle COVID. The call comes after the government announced it would be rolling out 7,000 new air purifiers to schools this year, a figureContinue Reading
2022-01-07
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
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