launch

Postmates and Instacart launch features that offer non-contact delivery amid coronavirus outbreak 

by

Postmates and Instacart launch features that offer non-contact delivery amid coronavirus outbreak Postmates and Instacart are offering  non-contact deliveries The features are due to coronavirus spreading from person-to-person  contact Postmate lets users choose to have food orders left at the door  Instacart is allowing the same option for grocery deliveries  By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Published: … Read more

Greek police launch tear gas at migrants as Turks fire back at border crossing

by

Greek police have launched tear gas at migrants as the Turks fired back at the border crossing where thousands are trying to get into Europe. More clashes erupted Saturday between Greek police and Europe-bound migrants gathered on the Turkey side of a border crossing near the Greek village of Kastanies.  Like previous confrontations this week, … Read more

Government and NHS launch hand-washing campaign to stop coronavirus

by

The UK Government and the NHS have launched a hard-hitting advertising campaign urging the public to wash their hands to stop the coronavirus. Ominous, dark images of stains on a door handle under ultraviolet light warn people the virus can survive on some surfaces for hours, remaining contagious. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his ministers … Read more

BBC and ITV will launch BritBox streaming service in Australia

by

BBC and ITV will launch BritBox streaming service in Australia as battle heats up with Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Apple New Australian offering will be run as a joint venture between broadcasters  BritBox was first launched in North America in 2017 and in the UK last year New service will go head to head with … Read more

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will launch a NASA mission to a metal rich asteroid

by

NASA has announced Elon Musk owned SpaceX as the company to launch a mission to the £8,000 quadrillion space rock made up of the core of a long dead planet. There are so many precious metals buried within the asteroid that it could make every single person on Earth a billionaire if it were to … Read more

Ford will launch its first all-electric Transit van in 2022

by

US vehicle manufacturer Ford has announced an electric version of its famous Transit van, a favourite with tradesman worldwide. The Ford Transit, which is the world’s best-selling cargo van, will be available in an all-electric version for the US and Canadian markets from 2022. It will include smart technology to ‘help the driver’s judgement’ while … Read more

NASA scientists launch fresh bid to probe Uranus and Neptune

by

NASA scientists have joined others from around the world in a bid to push space agencies to launch a probe to Uranus and Neptune in the 2030s. At a meeting in the UK experts from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland joined a global pool of researchers to discuss the ice giants. The Royal … Read more

Church of England to launch a ‘Google Maps for graves’ within five years

by

Church of England to launch a ‘Google Maps for graves’ within five years enabling family historians to search for burial records and locations in an online database Church of England project will upload images of millions of burials   Database will feature maps and photographs alongside burial records Project will go live in the next five years … Read more

British scientists launch ‘Fireball Network’ of cameras to track meteorites striking the UK

by

British scientists have launched a ‘Fireball Network’ of cameras to track meteorites striking the UK and triangulate the position of the fallen space rocks. The camera network — which will ultimately span ten different sites — will allow scientists to send out search teams to recover meteorites for analysis. Studying meteorite samples allows researchers to gain … Read more

Lidl becomes the first UK supermarket to launch packaging made from ‘ocean bound plastic’

by

Lidl becomes the first UK supermarket to launch recycled packaging made from ‘ocean bound plastic’ collected from beaches in South East Asia The plastic is collected from beaches in South East Asia and then recycled It will prevent over 60 tonnes of plastic from entering the ocean each year  The plastic will first be rolled … Read more