Ministers plan a DNA database for dogs to help tackle a surge in pet thefts during the pandemic New system would requires owners to supply DNA swab from their pet’s mouth Would be stored on a database used by police and local authority officials Follows rise in pet thefts during pandemic as puppy demand hit … Read more
Is OnePlus releasing its own tablet? That looks like a possibility as a related trademark was recently spotted on the EUIPO website. A OnePlus Tablet could be on the way should the Chinese OEM decide to go on with production. OnePlus does not really settle so we will not be surprised if it introduces a … Read more
Last week, the Samsung Galaxy Z Roll trademark filing was spotted on EUIPO. Over the weekend, it’s the Samsung Galaxy Z Slide’s turn to be spotted. The name of the concept slideable smartphone has reached the same database which means the South Korean tech giant is planning on a lot of new devices. It doesn’t … Read more
More than 1,000 young black men who were added to Met Police ‘Gangs Matrix’ database after 2011 London riots are removed from list after Sadiq Khan ordered review Force was accused of ‘stigmatising’ young black men with no history of violence Many whose details were taken were only at risk of becoming involved in gangs … Read more
A taxpayer-funded database naming and shaming 6,500 British investors and companies with links to the slave trade is to be published, it was revealed today. The Dictionary of British Slave Traders is a project supported by £1million in government funding using research by British historians and experts and will include the Duke of Chandos, Britain’s first Prime … Read more
A taxpayer-funded database naming and shaming British investors and companies with links to the slave trade, it was revealed today. The Dictionary of British Slave Traders is a project supported by £1 million in government funding using research by British historians and experts and will include the Duke of Chandos, Britain’s first Prime Minister Robert Walpole as … Read more
NHS coronavirus contact tracers struggled to reach tens of thousands of potentially infectious people yesterday after phone lines crashed following an IT malfunction. As workers attempted to catch up on a backlog of calls to the 16,000 infectious people missed from the database – due to an error caused by an outdated version of Microsoft’s … Read more
NHS coronavirus contact tracers struggled to reach tens of thousands of potentially infectious people yesterday after phone lines crashed following an IT malfunction. As workers attempted to catch up on a backlog of calls to the 16,000 infectious people missed from the database – due to an error caused by an outdated version of Microsoft’s … Read more
The police killing of black man George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25 sparked outrage that has seen protests across the world denouncing police brutality, demanding change, and the end of systemic racism. Floyd’s death, unfortunately, is just one of a slew of police killings upon black men and women, including those who were … Read more
Security breach in a traffic camera database exposes information about 8.6 MILLION car trips tied to individual license plates Cybersecurity researchers discovered a major flaw in a traffic camera database They were able to access the records of every car that passed through traffic cameras in Sheffield, England by entering an IP address into a … Read more