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Google starts rolling out Android 11 update including privacy controls

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Google starts rolling out Android 11 update to OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo and RealMe phones featuring new privacy controls and a screen-recording tool Updated operating system offers users more control over their privacy settings  Can now grant access to certain aspects of the phone just once, not always Also introduced new features to make conversations on … Read more

British kingpin known as ‘The Banker’ controls multi-million pound people smuggling ring 

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A multi-million-pound cross-Channel smuggling racket is being masterminded by a UK-based criminal known as ‘The Banker’. Details of the shadowy Godfather figure emerged during the French trial of a gang of Afghans who smuggled migrants into Britain on small boats and in the back of lorries. The revelation comes as new analysis showed more than … Read more

Scientists discover ‘master circuit’ that controls how cells age

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California scientists are paving the way to extending human life span after discovering the cellular command center for aging, according to a new study.  By studying yeast, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) scientists discovered that cells take one of two paths as they age.  One of the two paths leads to healthy aging, … Read more

Cockpit video captures couple’s terrifying mid-air drama as their plane’s flight controls jam

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Mayday! Cockpit video captures couple’s terrifying mid-air drama as their plane’s flight controls jam and husband has to make an emergency landing Four-seater plane bounces off grassy verges before coming to a screeching halt It touched down in Membury airfield, Berkshire, 50 miles from destination Wife exclaimed after landing: ‘Where are we? What the hell … Read more

Flight controls used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to land on the Moon go up for auction

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Flight controls used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during Apollo 11 mission to the Moon expected to fetch up to £160,000 each at auction Two rotational hand controls and one translation hand control are in the sale They look like joysticks from a game console and also have trigger buttons NASA audit report found … Read more

PETER HITCHENS: As Left now controls every lever of power, we face nothing less than regime change

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What we now face is regime change. That is why these strange crowds have begun to gather round ancient and forgotten monuments, demanding their removal and destruction.  They do not know what they want, or understand what they are destroying. But that no longer matters. They think their moment has come, and they may well be … Read more

Google may kill off hand-gestured controls in the Pixel 5 by removing a motion-sensing radar chip

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Google may kill off hand-gestured controls in its upcoming Pixel phone by removing the device’s motion-sensing radar chip Google may remove one of its biggest features in the Pixel 4 Sources tell 9to5Google that the company may do away with hand gestures The move would nix Google’s motion-sensing radar chip It could reduce cost and … Read more

Germany says it will end border controls with France, Switzerland and Austria from June 15

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Germany will open its borders with France, Switzerland and Austria from June 15 after it imposed restrictions two months ago to stop the spread of coronavirus. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said business trips and family visits across its French, Austrian and Swiss frontiers would begin from Friday, with random spot checks in place, before total … Read more

Ava-May Littleboy coroner calls for tighter safety controls after girl’s death in Gorleston, Norfolk

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A coroner has called for action following the death of a three-year-old girl who suffered traumatic head injuries when she was thrown from an ‘exploding’ inflatable trampoline. Ava-May Littleboy, from Lower Somersham, Suffolk, was hurled from the inflatable seaside play equipment which ‘exploded’ on the beach at Gorleston, Norfolk, in July 2018. She was rushed … Read more

Water companies refer their regulator to competition watchdog in revolt against price controls

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Water companies refer their regulator to competition watchdog in revolt against strict price controls By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:49 GMT, 14 February 2020 | Updated: 09:36 GMT, 15 February 2020 Water companies have referred their regulator to the competition watchdog in a revolt against strict price controls. In December, Ofwat ordered … Read more