08/03/20

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George Baldock set to be handed call-up by Greece for March friendlies

George Baldock is set to be handed a call-up to the Greece squad for their upcoming March friendlies.

The right wing-back has been in superb form for Sheffield United this season.

https://www.sheffieldunited.news/news/george-baldock-set-to-be-handed-call-up-by-greece-for-march-friendlies/

Apparently Baldock was born in Buckingham but qualifies to play for Greece as one of his grandmothers was Greek.

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Dead fish in the river at Vatsa being put down to pollution by a local olive oil mill.

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The European Astronomical Society has awarded a MERAC prize for early career astrophysicists to Dr Aris Tritsis of Ithaka. Dr Tritsis studied physics at the University of Ioannina and astrophysics at University College London before studying for a Ph.D. at the university of Crete.

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Firefighters save the bacon after pig poops pedometer and starts blaze

A peckish pig which ate a pedometer sparked a fire near Leeds.

Fire crews were called to a blaze covering 75 square metres at four pigpens in Bramham on Saturday afternoon.

The pedometer was used to prove the animal was free range.

The fire and rescue service said the fire was caused by “nature taking its course” and copper from the pedometer battery reacting with the pigpen’s contents.

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-08/firemen-save-the-bacon-after-pig-poops-pedometer-and-starts-fire/

 

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64-year-old becomes oldest woman to row across Atlantic Ocean
Sara Brewer, who only took up rowing six years ago, made the 3,000-mile journey in 86 days

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/mar/08/64-year-old-becomes-oldest-woman-to-row-across-atlantic-ocean

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How to stop your smart home spying on you
Everything in your smart home, from the lightbulbs to the thermostat, could be recording you or collecting data about you. What can you do to curb this intrusion?

During an interview with the BBC last year, Google’s senior vice-president for devices and services, Rick Osterloh, pondered whether a homeowner should disclose the presence of smart home devices to guests. “I would, and do, when someone enters into my home,” he said.

When your central heating thermostat asks for your phone number, your TV knows what you like to watch and hackers can install spyware in your home through a lightbulb security flaw, perhaps it’s time we all started taking smart home privacy issues more seriously. Just this week the National Cyber Security Centre issued a warning to owners of smart cameras and baby monitors to review their security settings.

You can get a quick overview of privacy options for many smart home devices using the Mozilla “*privacy not included” guide; however if you’ve already invested in particular technology, all is not lost.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/08/how-to-stop-your-smart-home-spying-on-you-lightbulbs-doorbell-ring-google-assistant-alexa-privacy