13th Signal Regiment: British military launches first dedicated cyber unit

Its role is viewed as essential in an arena that has become of vital strategic importance | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Dyson reveals details of cancelled electric car

The £2.5 billion project, which was scrapped, would have resulted in cars with an £150,000 price tag – nearly twice as much as a Tesla Model X | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Man with No Father Creates 'Dad, How Do I?' YouTube Channel to Teach Others

YouTube channel has more than 2m subscribers | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Coronavirus: Tourists can visit Spain from 1 July with no quarantine

Spanish foreign minister calls for common EU policy on cross-border movement | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Mysteriously Weakening

A localised region of weakness is 'developing vigorously', scientists warn | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

World’s internet sees speeds 1M times faster than current broadband

A rate of 44 terabits per second is fast enough to download 1,000 HD films in a single second | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Zoom Down: App Suffers Outage

Outage monitor records thousands of reports of issues | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

US Senate blocks attempt to stop FBI accessing browsing history without warrant

Amendment failed by one vote with four senators absent – including at least one who would have backed it | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Mysterious List Appears Online of Where People Met, Personal Information

'There's nothing you nor I can do about it,' notes security expert | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Elon Musk hopes to connect a device to a human brain within the next year

Neuralink chief says firm planning to connect device to human brain within 12 months | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Everyone returning to the UK will face 14 days of mandatory self-isolation

Exclusive: ‘As well as staggered working hours we need to stagger holidays,’ says AA president Edmund King | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Coronavirus: Industrial animal farming has caused most new infectious diseases

Exclusive: ‘Zoonoses often take that route... and the more you have of a thing, the more that thing is going to be the likely conveyor,’ says UN environment chief | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Universal basic income improves well-being and encourages work

Those paid the income did better on jobs and mental health than control group in two-year study | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Elon Musk Says He Is 'Selling Almost All Physical Possessions'

Company's valuation plunged in wake of posts | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Summertime 2100, and the living isn't easy – The Independent

What will London be like a century from now? Seven degrees warmer, with water-absorbent streets and parched public parks. Marek Kohn paints an unnerving picture of metropolitan life in the sweaty grip of a radically changed climate | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Canada bans assault weapons following worst-ever mass shooting

'Canadians deserve more than thoughts and prayers,' says Prime Minister Trudeau | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Go vegan or risk further pandemics, experts warn

An open letter says ending the exploitation of animals is ‘one of the biggest actions humankind can take to protect itself against future pandemics’, writes Chiara Giordano | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

FDA asks hand sanitiser manufactures to make product less appealing to drink

Calls to the National Poison Data System went up by 79 per cent in March | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Police hunt for person taking daily walk dressed as ‘terrifying’ plague doctor

Suburban resident says she saw someone strolling around in ‘full black suit’ despite warm sunny weather | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Pandemic risk to worsen if we keep exploiting Earth and animals, scientists warn

Stop the Wildlife Trade: ‘Rampant deforestation, uncontrolled expansion of agriculture ... and exploitation of wild species have created a perfect storm’, group says | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Financial Times reporter accessed private calls at Independent and Evening Standard

Media correspondent eavesdropped on Zoom meetings as staff were told sensitive news of pay cuts and furloughs during pandemic | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Almost half of Britons believe virus is ‘man-made’ as conspiracy theories spread

Exclusive: Poll finds that 8 per cent of population believe 5G technology is spreading the virus | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Unearthed Ancient British chieftain reveals secrets about old burial rituals

Exclusive: The key evidence for his high status is the unusually fine material buried with him for his journey to the next life, writes David Keys | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

There's a scientific reason toddlers go nuts for ELMO

Big Bird just can't compete | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

'New Coke' Almost Ruined Coca-Cola

It's been 35 years since Coca-Cola committed 'one of the most memorable marketing blunders ever' with launch of 'New Coke' | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Museums around the world are competing over who has the creepiest object

The Yorkshire Museum has launched its latest curator battle on Twitter | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Gates is a ruthless schemer, says his Microsoft co-founder (2011)

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Fiona Apple’s Release the Bold Cutters is out tonight

The reclusive artist’s fifth record, released with the world at a safe distance, couldn’t have come at a better time | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Devs is very good and you should watch it

While this drama set in a shadowy San Francisco tech start-up is wonderful to look at, its plot and character development are a little shaky | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Fossilised remains of 90M-year-old rainforest discovered under Antarctic ice

High levels of carbon dioxide and mild climate just 500 miles from South Pole allowed swampy forest to grow before cooler conditions brought ice sheets we see today | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Coronavirus will trigger 'staggering and unprecedented increase in homeless'

Without ‘astronomical’ government intervention totals could double | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Babies given mini face shields to protect against Covid-19 at Bangkok hospital

More than 2,400 cases reported in Thailand | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Fortnite Down: Game Goes Offline as Developers Roll Out Maintenance Patch

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Could coronavirus be the beginning of the end for the oil industry?

Wall Street analysts say the Covid-19 pandemic will permanently alter the energy industry and shift the debate around climate change. Ben Chapman finds out why | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Is Zoom safe and can it be hacked?

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@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Doctors and nurses will need PTSD treatment after Covid-19 virus

Expert in intensive care medicine says staff are already facing unprecedented toll on mental and physical health | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Potential vaccine generates enough antibodies: peer-reviewed study

Vaccine developed by US researchers is injected by 400 ‘microneedles’ stuck onto the skin like a plaster | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Reinvented ‘Iron Lung’ Technology

Experts are to test their new ‘iron lung’ at three hospitals in coming days to see if it can help the NHS cope with the coronavirus outbreak | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

More than 350k people fined in France for breaking lockdown rules

Goal is to ‘make French stay at home’, says Christophe Castaner | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

UN privacy chief warns against long-lasting theft of freedoms amid coronavirus

‘If you have a leader who wants to abuse the system, the system is there,’ Joseph Cannataci says | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Religious extremists are making the coronavirus pandemic even worse

Whether in the Iranian shrine city of Qom or the Bible Belt of the United States, the zealots are even claiming they hold the cure to the pandemic, writes Borzou Daragahi | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Government rejected advice on protective equipment three years before epidemic

Labour says 2017 decision – made when Jeremy Hunt was health secretary – leaves ‘serious questions’ for ministers to answer | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

The British Prime Minister and Health Secretary Both Have Corona

Follow the latest updates | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Marine species ‘fleeing towards earth’s poles to escape rising sea temperatures’

‘Some marine species appear to benefit from climate change, meanwhile some marine life is not able to adapt fast enough to survive’ | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 4 years ago

Merkel goes into quarantine after doctor who vaccinated her tests positive

Chancellor to have ‘regular tests’ after coming into contact with infected physician | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Alarm as Dutch lab creates highly contagious killer flu (2011)

Fear of terrorism as university prepares to publish key details | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

California prepared to enact martial law if its a 'necessity', governor says

'We have the ability to do martial law ... if we feel the necessity,' Governor Gavin Newsom says | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago

Coronavirus: World looks to China for what pandemic does next

‘While experience in China and now South Korea show that suppression is possible in the short term, it remains to be seen whether it is possible long term’ | Continue reading


@independent.co.uk | 5 years ago