Hospitals write off £112m in foreign patient bills
Hospitals say they often struggle to recover costs, particularly when patients return overseas.
Anti-Thumb-Sucking Glove
This doesn't look safe.Patent No. 2,035,210 granted to Elizar Zinner of Germany.Popular Science - May 1938
Google Proposes Fix to Solve Search Monopoly
The search giant’s proposals included allowing flexibility for companies and consumers in choosing a search engine.
Google Antitrust Case: Why Chrome May Be Sold and What Happens Next
The federal judge who ruled Google was a monopolist in search is weighing his options to fix the monopoly. Here’s what happens now.
Woman set on fire while on New York subway
Police have launched a murder investigation after a woman was set on fire while on a subway train in New York.
‘Let my little teddy bear fly’: Mother of nine-year-old boy killed in Christmas market attack pays tribute
The mother of a nine-year-old boy killed in the German Christmas market attack has paid tribute to "my little teddy bear".Andre Gleissner was one of at
At least 67 dead in Nigeria after deadly stampedes within days of each other
Police in Nigeria say at least 67 people have died after three stampedes within days of each other.On Saturday, 32 people were killed, including at least
Secretive game developer codes hit ‘Balatro’ in Canadian prairie province
There are no photos or videos of LocalThunk, an anonymous computer programmer who lives in the vast and desolate prairies of Canada's Saskatchewan province, far from Silicon Valley.
German startup behind electric ‘microliner’ lands €14M runway
Munich-based startup Vaeridion has secured €14mn to develop an electric aircraft that it hopes will whisk passengers on short-haul routes around Europe by 2030. “The microliner looks like a regular plane and it takes off from a runway — the
AI can’t do your Christmas shopping just yet—but next year might be different
I'm a computer scientist and a bad Christmas shopper. Over the weekend, I wondered whether AI systems might be able to help me out.
Hostaway secures $365M to cash in on short-term rental boom
Short-term rental platforms like Airbnb have transformed travel. They’ve made it easier for tourists to access personalised, private accommodations and for property owners to monetise their spaces. With global tourism now on track for a full recovery post-COVID, Hostaway has
Mysterious Finding Shows Healthy Tissue Can Resemble Invasive Cancer
When is cancer actually cancer?