Kind-hearted Wetherspoon punter buys customer, 79, two pints of lager after app struggles

A kind-hearted Wetherspoon punter bought an elderly customer two pints of lager after he struggled to order a beer because he didn’t have the app to place his order. Mark Farrier said he felt compelled to help the ‘old fella’, 79, after watching him sitting alone at an empty table at the pub in Cardiff … Read more

App and portable device can detect gonorrhoea in less than 15 minutes

A new portable device and accompanying app can detect gonorrhoea in less than 15 minutes and determine if an infection will respond to frontline antibiotics, scientists in the US reveal.  The PROMPT system, developed by a team led by Johns Hopkins University, performs a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on swabs of bodily fluid and … Read more

Apple rejected or removed 1m malicious apps from App Store in 2020 and stopped $1.5bn transactions

Apple rejected or removed more than 1 million malicious apps from its App Store and stopped more than $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in 2020.  The US tech giant said its combination of ‘sophisticated technology and human expertise’ kept customers on its online store safe for the year.  Apple also deactivated 244 million customer … Read more

Vaccine passport will be on the NHS app from NEXT WEEK

Vaccine passport will be on the NHS app from NEXT WEEK so tourists can prove they have received two jabs on arrival at holiday hotspots Those vaccinated can use NHS app as vaccine passport from Monday Once foreign travel ban is lifted, those travelling can prove they’ve had 2 doses Those without smartphones are being … Read more