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Wordle was a delightful hit word game that took the puzzle gaming world by storm in October 2021. Made by a lone developer named James Wardle, Wordle was a rare sensation of gaming as millions of people played it and shared their scores globally on social media.Then the New York Times Games bought it for

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Maxfield Weakley/Shutterstock A surprising amount of technology is inspired by animals. Raptors packing Sidewinder missiles shoot down the occasional suspicious balloon. Scientists deploy robotic sloths to collect vital ecological data. Spot the mechanical dog patrols for malefactors on a Hyundai factory floor. That said, humans tend to pick classically charismatic animals when it comes to

Building safety could be jeopardised if “reckless” plans to scrap EU-era regulations go ahead, the government has been warned. Legislation is now going through parliament that will see thousands of laws dating from the UK’s membership of the EU automatically expire after December, unless they are specifically kept or replaced. Concerns have been raised that

Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. We’ve evolved from sharing files and connecting through email to the norm of real-time data sharing and multi-person video calls spanning continents. With the recent past offering a wealth of new lessons, forward-thinking leaders are learning from the recent pivot to hybrid work

The first remediation contribution order under the Building Safety Act has been issued by a tribunal, requiring a landlord to repay leaseholders £195,000. The ruling indicates that many leaseholders can expect to be able use these orders, made possible under the 2022 law, to recover historic remediation costs – whether they relate to fire or

The legacy jobs from the partnership side saw the group record a pretax loss of £5.4m after a £200,000 profit in the prior year. Revenue in the year to July 2022 was up 39% to £210m, helped by a surge in post Covid lockdown activity. This saw average headcount jump by around 90 staff to

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) asked its members if the government allow more skilled labour from overseas into the UK: 48% of said yes to a relaxation of immigration laws and just 21% said no. 27% neither supported nor opposed the proposal. The UK building industry needs to recruit and train 53,000 additional workers