Free site (ismytripsafe.com) that scores how safe a city or country is from public data

Xentra, a Leeds-based digital security startup providing cybersecurity, safeguarding and compliance solutions to SMEs, has secured a €3.18 million (£2.7 million) investment from the Maven VCTs and NPIF II – Maven Equity Finance to support its next phase of growth. This investment will enable the business to strengthen its senior leadership team, accelerate customer acquisition…

Making a brand-new tech purchase doesn’t always carry the guarantee of a perfectly functioning unit. But a tiny Mac app called Screen Test can help you find a defect before it gets too late. Screen Test (version 1.1) is a native macOS utility containing more than 25 patterns and diagnostic tools for evaluating built-in and…

Instagram announced on Tuesday that users can now swap out the music on their published feed posts and carousels. Until now, users could only change the music on a post by deleting it and then re-uploading it. With a newly launched “Replace Audio” tool, users can update the music on their post at any time…

This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. ASML is performing a balancing act. On the one hand, sales from China still make up a sizable chunk of its revenue.  While down compared to previous years, China will contribute around 20% of ASML’s net sales across…

For the past few months I've been working on a browser-based game that uses your real GPS location to spawn zombies around you. The goal is simple: keep moving or get caught. How it works: You open the link on your phone, allow GPS access, and the game places you on a live map. Zombies…

US President Donald Trump has imposed a 50% tariff on a wide range of goods imported from Canada, in retaliation for what he called “unequal treatment” of US cars, dairy and alcohol. Everyday consumer items like wine and hockey sticks, as well as industrial goods such as cement, are on the target list. Several key…