Illusion speeds up or slows down depending on whether you hide the sides or centre of the video

‘You can change time!’ Mind-boggling video illusion speeds up or slows down simply by blocking the sides or centre of the footage with a finger The mind-boggling trick was shared on TikTok and Instagram by Dr Karan Rajan  Dr Karan is a NHS surgical doctor and lecturer at the University of Sunderland Captioned ‘You can … Read more

Covid Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon faces fury as vaccine rollout slows

Nicola Sturgeon faces fury as Scottish vaccine rollout slumps to its LOWEST number of daily jabs – as First Minister prepares tries to trump Boris Johnson’s hotel quarantine plan by unveiling tougher rules for self-isolation Nicola Sturgeon will tomorrow announce updated coronavirus rules for Scotland First Minister will set out hotel quarantine plans which will … Read more

Reading digital text on a small screen like a smartwatch slows you down by a fifth

Reading digital text on a small screen like a smartwatch slows you down by a fifth even if you have normal vision, study finds US researchers explored how display and font sizes can impact reading speed They found you need at least 13 characters per line for 80 per cent of max speed This falls … Read more

Service sector recovery continues in September thanks to estate agents but rate of growth slows

Service sector recovery continues in September thanks to estate agents buoyed by Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday – but growth slows after August surge powered by Eat Out To Help Out Estate agents and related businesses enjoying strong growth in September Analysis from the IHS Markit/CIPS’s services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) Found that growth was … Read more

UK economy grew by 6.6 per cent in July but coronavirus rebound slows

UK economy grew by 6.6 per cent in July but Britain’s coronavirus rebound is slowing down and GDP is still almost 12 per cent below pre-lockdown levels Office for National Statistics found UK economy grew by 6.6 per cent in July But the economic rebound is slowing after 8.7 per cent growth reported in June … Read more

Supermarket sales rise slows as pubs and restaurants reopen

Supermarket sales have risen £3.2billion to a new record high as people working from home splashed out on tea, coffee and biscuits. Grocery sales for the 12 weeks to July 12 skyrocketed by 16.9 per cent to £31.6billion – the fastest increase since records began in 1994. Shoppers spent an additional £24million on tea and coffee and £19million on biscuits as … Read more

Coronavirus Italy: Deaths hit 20,465 but daily rate slows to 566

Italy’s death toll from the coronavirus topped 20,000 on Monday but its number of critically ill patients dropped for the tenth successive day. The 566 new deaths reported by the civil protection service take Italy’s fatalities total to 20,465 – officially second in the world behind the United States. The drop in patients receiving intensive … Read more

France’s coronavirus death toll slows to 441 the day after a record 588 were killed by the disease

France’s coronavirus death toll slows to 441 the day after a record 588 were killed by the disease as the total deaths across Europe hits 45,000 Over 440 people in France who tested positive with the coronavirus died today Director General of Health said death toll since start of outbreak was at 7,560 The slowdown … Read more

Sony slows PlayStation download speeds to help maintain internet capacity for other users

Sony slows PlayStation download speeds in an effort to help maintain internet capacity for other users relying on the web during isolation Sony is slowing the download speeds for online gamers The measure looks to mitigate the effects of overcrowded broadband Isolation orders caused by coronavirus have inundated networks everywhere  Coronavirus symptoms: what are they … Read more