For those suffering from mental health problems, the internet can be a door to getting help and finding a community, but it can also open a user to extremely damaging content that encourages self-harm. Adele Zeynep Walton is campaigning for a safer digital world after her sister Aimee took her own life in 2022, having spent … Read more
A study from internet of things (IoT) market research firm Berg Insight has shown that the IoT arena has been growing strongly over the past year, showing annual shipments of cellular IoT modules amounted to 514 million units in 2024, up 22% from the previous year, driving annual sales to increase by 13% to … Read more
But hunger has followed them. Over 57 per cent of the population in the world’s youngest country to the south is already facing high levels of acute food insecurity. Sudan and South Sudan are among five global hunger hotspots of “highest concern”, trapped in a worsening cycle of conflict, climate shocks and economic decline. Continued … Read more
ERS has promoted Annie Ward to head of bespoke personal lines and agriculture from being product manager for bespoke personal lines. Ward, pictured, joined the specialist motor insurer in 2014 as a senior underwriter having started her insurance career at Sabre. She became portfolio underwriting manager in 2015, product manager in 2017 and Prestige product … Read more
Claire Sibonney Ali Foley Shenk still remembers the panic when her 10-year-old son, Dean, finished a 20-ounce box of raisins in the seconds the cupboard was left unlocked. They rushed to the emergency room, fearing a dangerous bowel impaction. The irony stung: When Dean was born, he was so weak and floppy he survived only … Read more