Poor sleep costing UK £40 billion annually, claims UCL study

  University College London has revealed shocking statistics detailing the economic impact poor sleep is having on businesses across the UK. According to the report, led by Dr Gillian Weston, productivity losses are estimated at over £40 billion annually – a staggering amount in an already challenging economic climate. With nearly half of the UK…

Experts call for action on biased digital health devices, Vinyl back in the basket!

Experts are calling for action on medical devices that are prone to unfair biases, including blood oxygen monitors and certain artificial intelligence (AI) enabled tools, to prevent harm to ethnic minorities and women. An Independent Review of Equity in Medical Devices looked at the extent and impact of ethnic and other unfair biases in the…

Kia EV9 declared World’s Best Car for 2024 in International Women’s Day Awards

The Kia EV9 has been declared the World's Best Car for 2024 by an esteemed panel of journalists judging the Women's Worldwide Car of the Year. This announcement coincides with International Women's Day, which aims to not only empower women but also acknowledge the connection between personal autonomy and automobiles in many countries. Prior to…

IWD: Falling support for EV adoption among women

L-R Nicola Hume, Ginny Buckley, Nicki Shields UK-wide survey conducted by Electrifying.com and The AA reveals fewer than one in ten women believe their next car will be electric 61% of women say they feel less confident at the prospect of driving an EV than they do a petrol or diesel car…

Cinema v streaming – why watching movies at home is now most popular option

Timothée Chalamet in 'Wonka'. Image: Warner Bros. The average UK cinema-to-streaming wait time in 2023 was 74 days  78% of people prefer watching films on streaming platforms over the cinema  The comfort of being at home is the reason 75% of people prefer streaming over the cinema 91% of box office…

OpenAI hits back against Musk, Apple iPhone sales plummet in China

OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, have responded to a lawsuit by Elon Musk by making counter-accusations against him. Mr Musk is suing the company he helped found, alleging it has abandoned its original mission of helping humanity. He says it is focusing on generating profits for partner and major investor Microsoft instead. But OpenAI says…

Snapchat flagged in nearly half of child abuse imagery crimes, Elon Musk sues OpenAI

Snapchat was flagged in nearly half of the crimes involving child abuse imagery over the past year, new figures reveal. Freedom of information requests submitted by the NSPCC children's charity to 35 police forces showed Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were named in around a quarter of cases of child abuse imagery crimes when police linked…