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'Very angry badger' forces parts of Scotland's historic Craignethan Castle to closeStaff have been trying to lure creature out with cat food and honeyIt’s a 16th-century Scottish fortress which once thrived amid war, attack and treason, but now parts of Craignethan Castle have been abandoned because of a somewhat different invader – a “very angry badger”.
TED 2018: The smart home that spied on its ownerFor two months in early 2018, technology journalist Kashmir Hill let innocent household items spy on her.She had turned her one-bedroom apartment into a "smart home" and was measuring how much data was being collected by the firms that made the devices.Her smart toothbrush betrayed when she had not brushed her teeth, her television revealed when she had spent the day bingeing on programmes, and her smart speaker spoke to the world's largest online retailer every day.It was like living in a "commercial, surveillance state" with "not a single hour of digital silence", she said.
SATURDAYThe Discover Dogs – All About Cats 2018 expo opens at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center. Through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with free admission. (Info: www.discoverdogs.gr)
A shed the size of a town: what Britain’s giant distribution centres tell us about modern life