BBC senior executive is paid £330,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial

BBC’s anti-bias boss: Senior executive is paid £330,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial Ken MacQuarrie given title of Executive Sponsor Safeguarding Impartiality   Stood down as BBC director for nationals and regions at the end of last year   He joined the BBC as a researcher in 1975 and BBC say new role … Read more

BBC senior executive is paid £330,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial

BBC’s anti-bias boss: Senior executive is paid £330,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial Ken MacQuarrie given title of Executive Sponsor Safeguarding Impartiality   Stood down as BBC director for nationals and regions at the end of last year   He joined the BBC as a researcher in 1975 and BBC say new role … Read more

Roads bosses planning a crackdown on tailgating with new cameras that monitor gaps between vehicles

Roads bosses to crack down on tailgaters using new cameras which monitor gaps between vehicles The technology is being trialled on a stretch of motorway in the Midlands Devices have caught more than 26,000 drivers in two months, figures show The offence can lead to prosecution for driving without due care and attention  By Tom … Read more

Roads bosses planning a crackdown on tailgating with new cameras that monitor gaps between vehicles

Roads bosses to crack down on tailgaters using new cameras which monitor gaps between vehicles The technology is being trialled on a stretch of motorway in the Midlands Devices have caught more than 26,000 drivers in two months, figures show The offence can lead to prosecution for driving without due care and attention  By Tom … Read more

Covid vaccine trials did not monitor whether participants wore masks, socially distanced

Coronavirus vaccine makers tightly controlled who was enrolled to their trials, their vaccine dosages, the timing of those doses and much more – but they did not monitor participants’ other behaviors, like mask-wearing, that affect infection risks. Trial participants were left to decide for themselves where and how often to wear masks and how to … Read more

Samsung Smart Monitor ready for mobile, PC connectivity

Samsung has long been the top mobile OEM. No, we do not think it will be overtaken by Huawei anytime soon. Not anymore. Aside from smartphones, tablets, and wearables, the South Korean tech giant is also known for its processors, displays, home appliances, and other smart home devices. We know about the SmartThings ecosystem. We’ve … Read more

Dart-shooting drones can fire sensors at trees to monitor for climate change

Drones that shoot sensor-containing darts into trees in hard-to-reach jungles and woodlands could help scientists monitor changes to the climate and warn of forest fires The drones will deploy sensors already used by scientists to hard to reach areas The sensors will monitor for changes in the environment and animal movements This can then alert … Read more

Dart-shooting drones can fire sensors at trees to monitor for climate change

Drones that shoot sensor-containing darts into trees in hard-to-reach jungles and woodlands could help scientists monitor changes to the climate and warn of forest fires The drones will deploy sensors already used by scientists to hard to reach areas The sensors will monitor for changes in the environment and animal movements This can then alert … Read more

Traffic flow cameras are secretly switched to monitor millions of pedestrians

Millions of people are being monitored for social distancing as part of a government-backed project secretly rolled out across Britain, the Mail can reveal. In what campaigners call a sign the country is heading to a ‘truly dark place’, at least 363 cameras originally installed to monitor traffic flow have been switched – without public … Read more