Media captionFranky Zapata described his achievement as “crazy” French inventor Franky Zapata has made the first-ever successful Channel crossing on a jet-powered flyboard. Mr Zapata, 40, took off from Sangatte, near Calais, at 06:17 GMT on Sunday and landed in St Margaret’s Bay in Dover. The invention, powered by a kerosene-filled backpack, made the 22-mile […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new prime minister has lamented that the UK falls far behind Spain in terms of the number of homes with access to full-fibre internet The UK’s telecoms industry has issued the prime minister a challenge of its own after Boris Johnson said he wanted full-fibre broadband “for all” […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new prime minister has lamented that the UK falls far behind Spain in terms of the number of homes with access to full-fibre internet The UK’s telecoms industry has issued the prime minister a challenge of its own after Boris Johnson said he wanted full-fibre broadband “for all” […]
Media captionThe esports club looking for female members An esports club is opening its doors to women-only games nights in the hope of attracting a wider pool of talent. Cardiff Saints hopes monthly “ladies nights” become a regular fixture in the Welsh competitive gaming calendar. Female players make up 42% of competitive gamers in the […]
Media captionThe e-sports club looking for female members An e-sports club is opening its doors to women-only games nights in the hope of attracting a wider pool of talent. Cardiff Saints hopes monthly “ladies nights” become a regular fixture in the Welsh competitive gaming calendar. Female players make up 42% of competitive gamers in the […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new prime minister has lamented that the UK falls far behind Spain in terms of the number of homes with access to full-fibre internet The UK’s telecoms industry has issued the prime minister a challenge of its own after Boris Johnson said he wanted full-fibre broadband “for all” […]
Media captionHow 5G could make salmon farms more sustainable 5G networks are starting to pop up in UK cities – but for many rural areas even getting a basic mobile signal remains a challenge. This was certainly the case in the Orkney Islands, an archipelago of 70 islands off the north coast of Scotland. Its […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rival search providers will compete with each other over how much to pay Google Android phone and tablet users in the European Union are to be given a chance to install one of Google’s rivals as default search provider. But to be offered as an option, search firms will […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Department of Defense had been expected to announced the winner of the Jedi contract this month The Pentagon has signalled a delay to a decision on whether to award a lucrative cloud-computing contract to Amazon or Microsoft. The two companies are the last ones in the running to […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Virtual assistants are supposed to send audio to remote computer servers only if they hear a “wake” word Apple and Google are temporarily stopping workers listening to voice recordings captured by smart speakers and virtual assistants. It follows a Guardian report that third-party contractors used by Apple had heard […]
