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Diggers giant JCB halts production for first time in its history because of coronavirus pandemic By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 23:02 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 18 March 2020 Diggers giant JCB has halted production for the first time in its history because of the pandemic. The British company … Read more
The country’s first ‘super’ nature reserve – spanning an area the size of Blackpool – has been created by seven landowners teaming up to help protect wild species. Rare flowers, birds, lizards and animals will benefit as pockets of land from charities, private landowners and government bodies have been brought together to create a vast … Read more
Travel giant Tui suspends vast majority of travel operations until further notice as British Airways axes 75 per cent of its flights and EasyJet announces further cancellations IAG, the owner of BA, said today it would cut its flying capacity for April and May Its outgoing boss Willie Walsh will delay retirement but won’t ask … Read more
Traces of the ancient Mars-sized wandering planet Theia that nearly destroyed Earth and formed the Moon 4.5 billion years ago is found in lunar rocks. This goes some way to proving a long-held theory that the moon was formed out of material expelled after Theia collided with the Earth billions of years ago. Researchers from … Read more
The easiest way to get some hand gel! Amusement arcade’s 50p-a-pop claw machines have bottles of sanitiser and toilet roll as prizes instead of giant teddies Ho!Barts in Devon introduces cleaning products as prizes as virus fears spread Soap and toilet roll have replaced toys because ‘they’re probably more valuable’ Owner Rob Braddick, 48, admits … Read more
‘B**ch to boss’ tool launched by internet giant Mozilla to combat abuse faced by women online by replacing derogatory insults automatically US-based firm Mozilla launched the plug-in today to raise awareness Automatically detects sexist and derogatory terms such as b**** and w**** Replaces offensive language with ‘boss’ throughout searches and social media By Joe Pinkstone … Read more
Apple has become the latest company to pull out of the South By Southwest festival due to coronavirus fears. The tech giant has canceled scheduled premieres for its Apple TV Plus original documentary Beastie Boys Stories from director Spike Jonze as well for animated musical series Central Park and the docuseries Home. Also scrapped is … Read more
Toyota’s six-foot 10-inch basketball-playing humanoid robot that can now RUN and pick up a ball scores 11 three-point throws at a Japanese game It has been developed by car manufacturer Toyota to make long-distant shots The robot is called Cue 4 and measures 6 foot 10 inches tall and weighs 200lbs It successfully made 11 … Read more
The Kepler mission has spotted thousands of exoplanets since 2014, with 30 planets less than twice the size of Earth now known to orbit within the habitable zones of their stars. Launched from Cape Canaveral on March 7th 2009, the Kepler telescope has helped in the search for planets outside of the solar system. It … Read more
Can’t be bothered to spread mayo on your sandwich? Japanese food giant launches SLICED mayonnaise – and it could be coming to the UK Japanese food giant Bourbon has released a packets of sliced mayonnaise The release of the solidified condiment has split Twitter users, some praising it Others have called it disgusting and questioned … Read more