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Toddlers using touchscreens daily more easily distracted, study suggestsThe research team – from Birkbeck, University of London, King’s College London, and the University of Bath – said the findings are important for the growing debate around the role of screen time on toddlers’ development, especially given the increased levels of screen time seen during the […]

Hinkley Point C faces further delays as cost rises againThe French energy giant said that while “significant progress” was made on the Somerset site last year, the project was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. It has forced a number of changes on the Hinkley site, including reducing the number of workers to enable social distancing […]

Covid-19 contact-tracing apps need high adoption to be successfulThe team from Queen Mary University studied the effectiveness of Spanish app, Radar Covid, following a four-week experiment conducted in the Canary Islands, Spain, between June and July 2020. They simulated a series of Covid infections in the capital of La Gomera, San Sebastián de la Gomera, […]

Cocaine-addled rats sobered up with wireless brain implantThe brain implant can be used to control brain circuits for long periods of time without a battery replacement thanks to wireless charging. The device is constructed from ultra-soft, bio-compliant (will not degrade after being surgically implanted into the body) polymers, providing long-term compatibility with brain tissue. They […]

The measure of: Mambo 3D-printed fibreglass boatMambo (‘Motor Additive Manufacturing BOat’), introduced during the 2020 Genoa International Boat Show, was built by Italy’s Moi Composites via its continuous fibre manufacturing (CFM) process. Boasting a sleek, shiny coat of paint in ‘snapper rocks blue’, Mambo is equipped with a navigation system, cork flooring and white leather seats. […]

Levity is a ‘no-code’ AI tool to let anyone create workflow automationsLevity, which has been operating in stealth (until now), is the latest no-code company to throw its wares into the ring, having picked up $1.7M in pre-seed funding led by Gil Dibner’s Angular Ventures. The Berlin-based startup wants to bring AI-powered workflow automation to […]

Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature will be enabled by default and arrive in ‘early spring’ on iOSApple has shared a few more details about its much-discussed privacy changes in iOS 14. The company first announced at WWDC in June that app developers would have to ask users for permission in order to track and share […]