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Too many local authorities do not know who made their CCTV cameras or whether they have been linked to security or ethical concerns, the surveillance commissioner has warned.A survey published on Friday found 40 councils were unable to say who the manufacturer of their CCTV cameras were, a situation the watchdog described as concerning.

Rishi Sunak has said European car manufacturers have backed his call for the EU to delay implementing a post-Brexit tariff on car parts for electric vehicles.Stellantis, which owns Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroen, and Fiat, said the changes could force it and others to quit the UK, the prime minister said the concerns were not just in Britain.

Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, with millions of people around the world suffering from long-term complications of the virus, there is still no proven way to treat or prevent Long COVIDbesides not getting infected in the first place.Recently, however, there's been reason for cautious optimism.

One person in the UK has died in a listeria outbreak and consumers have been warned to avoid Baronet semi-soft cheeses that have been recalled because they are contaminated with the bacteria.The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued the warning on Friday after exceptionally high levels of listeria were found in some of the cheeses.

Today's smartphones are beautiful pieces of technology, but their power and appearance come at more than just a literal price.To ensure their durability and secrecy, they are closed shut to ward off people trying to pry them open, even if those people are just trying to repair the phone.Those old enough to have seen the early days of mobile phones might fondly remember handsets like those from Nokia that let you easily swap a dead battery for a fully charged one.

WASHINGTON The overdose-reversing drug naloxone should be made available over the counter to aid the national response to the opioid crisis, U.S. health advisers said Wednesday.The panel of Food and Drug Administration experts voted unanimously in favor of the switch after a full day of presentations and discussions centered on whether untrained users would be able to safely and effectively use the nasal spray in emergency situations.

An ongoing shortage of a medicine commonly used to treat people with breathing problems is expected to get worse after a major supplier to US hospitals shut down last week.Liquid albuterol has been in short supply since last summer, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.It has been on the US Food and Drug Administration's shortages list since October.

For decades, Lulu Friesdat made election integrity her life's work.Drawing support from activists and academics, she co-founded Smart Elections, a nonpartisan group that is opposed to some voting machines that Ms. Friesdat believes would increase wait times and cost a small fortune to purchase and maintain.

President Joe Biden delivers a speech during his visit at Lockheed Martin facility which manufactures weapon systems such as Javelin anti-tank missiles, which the Biden-Harris Administration is providing Ukraine in Troy, Alabama, on May 3, 2022.Peter Zay / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images As the annual U.S. defense budget creeps closer to $1 trillion, an explosive interview with a former top Pentagon official has exposed private defense contractors' brazen plot to price gouge the government on weapons and equipment - and reap billions upon billions of dollars of profits from taxpayers' pockets in the process.

President Biden was set Tuesday to announce a multi-pronged gun-safety executive order aimed at increasing the enforcement of America's background check laws, and to call for a report on the marketing of guns to children, the White House said.The order, limited in its scope, would direct Biden's cabinet to improve public awareness around so-called red-flag laws, and to accelerate law enforcement's reporting of ballistics data to speed the capture of shooters, according to the Biden administration.

Historically, Kia has been a visually quiet brand.It doesn't typically generate media attention for its design and marketing choices, unless, of course, it was for those now iconic hamster commercials for the Kia Soul that ran ceaselessly in the late 2000s.That all changed in 2021, when the company revealed its new logo, which transformed Kia's traditional wordmark of three clearly defined letters into an angular glyph kerned so tightly that it looks more like a KN than a K-I-A.

Nowadays, free TV streaming services are nothing new.But what about free TVs?On Monday, startup Telly announced it's giving away 500,000 smart TVs completely for free to the first 500,000 folks who sign up on its website.But there's also something in this for advertisers: data.Signups for the TVs include an agreement that customer data can be used for targeted advertising.

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California Atty.Gen. Rob Bonta has issued warnings to two tobacco companies, stating that they may be in violation of the state's ban on flavored products, a measure upheld by nearly two-thirds of voters last year.R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and ITG Brands received letters dated April 25 from the Tobacco Unit of the California Department of Justice notifying the companies that packaging and promotional materials for nine reformulated versions of Camel, Newport and Kool cigarettes violated the state law and are presumed to be flavored.

It could almost be the scene of a picture postcard: old boats dotted around the French coastline, moving with the tide.But their environmental impact is a lot less charming.Most boats are made of fibreglass, plastics and resins, making them difficult to recycle.But is there another way?Can sustainable boating set sail?

Fires sparked by faulty e-bikes and e-scooters have injured at least 190 people in the UK and killed eight, the Guardian can reveal, as a surge in public enthusiasm for battery-assisted travel is matched by a more than quadrupling in blazes since 2020.Overheating lithium-ion batteries create fierce fires releasing toxic smoke and are now occurring at the rate of at least six a week in the UK, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

In a study of 4,000 participants, the vaccine showed efficacy of 85.3 percent 14 to 28 days after a booster vaccination.China has approved its first domestically developed mRNA vaccine against COVID-19, its manufacturer said on Wednesday, months after the relaxation of strict zero-COVID regulations sparked a surge in cases.

As the dust settles from Covid-19, business leaders around the globe have been faced with a very difficult decision - continue with remote work, get employees back to the office, or a hybrid solution.For many companies, like and Microsoft, ditching the WFH experiment in favor of in-person collaboration couldn't have come sooner, with 14% of Fortune 100 companies issuing return-to-office mandates as early as 2021.

British police are leaving themselves open to spying by Beijing because of their reliance on Chinese-made cameras, according to a report from the government's independent watchdog on surveillance.Most forces across England and Wales use camera equipment that is either made in China or contains important Chinese components, the biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner has warned.

Norfolk Southern found loose wheels on a series of rail cars involved in last week's derailment near Springfield, Ohio, the company has announced, the latest safety problem to emerge as scrutiny intensifies on the operator and US freight safety broadly following that wreck, a toxic derailment five weeks ago in another Ohio town and a derailment Thursday in Alabama.

Several manufacturers, companies and top figures have been targeted by the UK in the latest round of sanctions to hit Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.The sanctions come as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the UK, meeting Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and addressing Parliament.Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said that the new sanctions would accelerate the economic pressure on (Vladimir) Putin.

The Washington Capitals had an incredible giveaway for season ticket holders and fans who purchased special promotional tickets for the November 23 Capsgiving game against the Philadelphia Flyers.In the past, the Caps have created several special gifts for the holiday game, including the viral ice resurfacer gravy boat.

Fishs Eddy founder Julie Gaines has a joke she likes to tell people when they visit: "We're the biggest gift shop for the smallest museum."Open since 1986, her store downstairs is the business, but upstairs is where Gaines says she's found her inspiration for one of the city's most beloved stores.

An Alberta manufacturing company is nearly finished preparing a second hydrogen-powered locomotive for CP Rail with the hope of signing a deal with the railway to produce more of the train engines in the years to come.Bilton Welding and Manufacturing is working to convert three diesel locomotives at its facility in Innisfail, located about 100 kilometres north of Calgary.