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Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily: James Webb Space Telescope’s deepest glimpse into universe

President Biden Previews Image from Webb Space Telescope

(Picture: NASA via Getty Images)

The first “deepest and sharpest infrared picture of the distant universe to date” has been unveiled by President Joe Biden with Nasa at the White House.

Images from the James Webb Space Telescope are the first in colour and allow astronomers to peer back to the earliest images of time itself, nearly 14 billion years old.

Nasa, the European Space Agency and Canadian Space Agency will release the entire series of Webb’s first full-colour images on Tuesday.

The group of hackers who claim to be behind a cyberattack on a major Iranian steel-maker a fortnight ago has released a video apparently showing CCTV of the incident.

It calls itself Predatory Sparrow and released a video that the group says backs up its version of events.

The Online Safety Bill is set to pass through the House of Commons as the report stage of the legislation begins.

The British NSPCC charity says it wants MPs and Government to prioritise the landmark legislation and adopt amendments that will improve its response to child sexual abuse.

The BPI, which represents record labels, says a High Court order blocking pirate music sites and apps for fixed line broadband networks is being extended to users of mobile networks.

The manufacturers of Barbie have unveiled a new doll honouring the British conservationist Dr Jane Goodall as part of its Inspiring Women range. Google’s DeepMind team in London have trained a neural network able to be “surprised” by software patterns in a study hoped to boost learning about infant cognitive development. UK’s Big Plastic Count reveals average home gets through 66 pieces of plastic a week. Full emoji keyboard planned for WhatsApp reactions and London Zoo lion with an earache gets a CAT scan to help treatment ailment.

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