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Drugs, music speakers and a weapon were all seized after police busted an illegal rave in a Merseyside wood. Around 20 brazen coronavirus rule breakers turned up to the secluded party which ran into the early hours on Valentine’s Day. Police stormed the rave at Whiston woods, near Cumber Lane, after a tip-off just before … Read more
Britons and Americans are much less likely to follow lockdown guidelines than French or Italian people, study finds Research from Durham University found 79 per cent of Britons & Americans would follow coronavirus guidelines set by their respective governments Eighty-nine per cent of French and Italians said they would follow measures The research was conducted … Read more
It’s John Barkow! ‘Brave and talented’ police dog Poppy is given the Speaker’s chair during security sweep of the Commons ‘Brave’ police dog Poppy was given the Speaker’s chair in the House of Commons The spaniel, age five, was doing a regular security sweep of chambers on Sunday Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle was ‘honoured’ to … Read more
Scots Gaelic could be dead within a decade as university researchers have found that social use of the language is at the ‘point of collapse’. A major study forecasts that just 45 per cent of people from the Western Isles will have an ability to speak Gaelic next year. Researchers from the University of the … Read more
Whether you’re enjoying a back garden BBQ, a picnic in the park or holidays at the beach, a wireless Bluetooth speaker is a way of bringing your music with you. The portable speaker space is dominated by big name brands, from Sony to JBL, all of whom claim to bring you top quality sound on-the-go. … Read more
President Donald Trump has been mercilessly mocked for touring a factory without a face mask while the song Live And Let Die blared over the sound system. The bungled PR stunt at a mask manufacturer in Arizona yesterday set Twitter alight, with many pointing out it came as the president piles pressure on states to … Read more
Tech companies are known to listen in on private conversation via its smart speakers in order to ‘improve voice-recognition features.’ Now that millions of people are currently working home due to the coronavirus outbreak, employers are urging their stuff to power down the technology in order to keep it from listening to confidential phone calls. … Read more
Jeremy Irons says students are ‘crazy’ to ban controversial speakers after Amber Rudd was ‘no-platformed’ at Oxford University – and warns England risks becoming a ‘nation of philistines’ due to squeeze on drama in schools He gets ‘depressed’ when people are banned as some disagree with their views Amber Rudd was ‘no platformed’ by students … Read more
Sonos scraps its controversial ‘recycle’ program that purposefully BRICKED older models of speakers Sonos will scrap its controversial ‘recycle’ program that bricked older speakers The company is letting customers decide what happens to their old devices It will continue to run its trade-in program that gives discounts on new speakers Legacy devices are still slated … Read more
A new study found that smart speakers are turning on for up to 19 times per day for an average of 43 seconds each time by words misunderstood from people speaking in the same room or heard from televisions. That means the speakers using popular virtual assistants like Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana and … Read more