South Staffordshire Water “has been the target of a criminal cyber attack”, the company has confirmed.Story Published at: August 15, 2022 at 08:29PM
Water firm says it was target of cyber attack as criminals bungle extortion attempt
Nuclear war ‘would cause global famine with more than five billion people killed’
More than five billion people would die of hunger as a result of full-scale nuclear war between the US and Russia, according to a new study.Story Published at: August 15, 2022 at 02:38PM
Elon Musk writes column for Chinese Communist Party online censor agency’s magazine
Elon Musk has written a column in a magazine published by China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC), responsible for censoring content online.Story Published at: August 15, 2022 at 10:00AM
Transplant hope for minorities as scientists alter donor kidney blood type
Scientists have successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys – a breakthrough that could increase the supply of kidneys available for transplant, particularly for ethnic minority groups who are less likely to find a match.Story Published at: August 15, 2022 at 12:44AM
Call for Babs’ army of volunteers to test dementia therapies in memory of Dame Barbara Windsor
A new “national mission” has been announced to tackle dementia in memory of the late Dame Barbara Windsor.Story Published at: August 14, 2022 at 07:07AM
Why a day of hard thinking is so exhausting
A long, hard day of thinking can sometimes feel as exhausting as a day of manual labour, and experts think they know why.Story Published at: August 11, 2022 at 08:08PM
Ransomware attack on NHS systems could take weeks to fix, major IT provider warns
A cyberattack that hit a major IT provider for the NHS and severely affected the 111 service involved ransomware and could take up to four weeks to fix, it has emerged.Story Published at: August 11, 2022 at 03:41PM
Women on vegetarian diets ‘more likely to break their hips’
Women who follow a vegetarian diet are more likely to break their hips later in life, according to a new study.Story Published at: August 11, 2022 at 06:31AM
‘Important new step’ in finding treatment for motor neurone disease, scientists reveal
Researchers believe they have found an “exciting new potential therapy” for motor neurone disease (MND), with a drug commonly used for other health treatments.Story Published at: August 10, 2022 at 02:58PM
Facebook defends itself after handing over chat messages to police investigating abortion
Facebook has defended itself after court documents emerged showing that it provided chat messages to police which are being used to prosecute a mother and daughter over an abortion.Story Published at: August 10, 2022 at 10:07AM