Government releases handy interactive tool showing COVID restrictions in YOUR area

Britons can now know for sure what Covid-19 restrictions are in their area with the help of an interactive tool released by the Government.    The tool was released on the Gov.uk website after Boris Johnson announced his new ‘traffic light’ alert system on Monday. Users enter their postcodes and are then told whether the alert … Read more

New tool shows what your shares in major companies would be worth if you invested at the start

Netflix, Asos and Microsoft are just three companies whose share prices have soared since they floated and now you can find out how other global brands have fared. eToro has launched an ‘Investment Time Machine’ to show savers what could be sitting in their pot today had they invested in some of the world’ biggest … Read more

Is your school in Covid danger zone? Online tool lets parents check how close their children are

Is your school in Covid danger zone? Online tool lets parents check how close their children could be to nearest outbreaks in the area The new website is from the National Education Union and has every school Parents can type in the name and find out cases and restrictions in the area Bosses at the NEU … Read more

Moment that sneak thief uses simple tool to bypass door of block of flats to steal £2,000 bike 

This is the shocking moment a sneak thief uses a simple tool that can be bought online for less than £5 to gain entry into a secure block of flats and steal a £2,000 bike. Using the special device, the thief was able to bypass the electronically operated front door to the flats and roam … Read more

Tool colorizes and transforms grainy black and white photos

Incredible online tool colorizes and enhances grainy black and white pictures and it could do the same for your relatives Technology was released online by genealogy firm MyHeritage It improves the resolution of old photographs using machine-learning Company claims theirs is best technology in the world for enhancing pictures FEMAIL put the claim to the … Read more

Tool transforms pictures of figures including Queen Victoria from black and white to colour

Incredible online tool that colorises and enhances grainy black and white pictures shows historical figures including Queen Victoria and Thomas Edison in never-before-seen clarity Technology was released online by genealogy firm MyHeritage It improves the resolution of old photographs using machine-learning Company claims theirs is best technology in the world for enhancing pictures FEMAIL put … Read more

Police negotiate with a man who threatened an emergency worker with a large power tool

Armed police locked in a 12-hour stand off as they try to negotiate with a man who threatened an emergency worker with a large power tool The incident started at 9.30am after an emergency worker was threatened  Devon and Cornwall Police said the suspect is armed with a large power tool  Officers have begun negotiating … Read more

Trump 2020 campaign app is ‘data snoop’ and ‘propaganda tool’

Official Trump 2020 campaign app is a ‘one-way tool of propaganda’ that requests access to more than twice the amount of personal data than Biden’s Team Joe app, researchers say Researchers analyzed the data requests from the Trump 2020 campaign app They found it requested more than twice the permissions of Biden’s app The Trump … Read more

AI-powered tool transforming pixelated images has ‘racial bias’

An artificial intelligence-powered tool that transforms pixelated images into clear photos has been accused of racial bias. Called Face Depixelizer, the tool was released on Twitter for users to test, who found the technology is unable to process Black faces properly. The tool transformed a pixelated image of Barack Obama into a a white man … Read more

New Covid-19 ‘exposure logging’ tool appears on smartphones without users installing it

It is not clear why the NHS app was so much worse as using Bluetooth to detect other phones than the Apple/Google technology is. And officials have not explained why or how it is better at measuring the distance between two phones. The main difference between the two apps is the way they store data. … Read more