GOOGLE NEWS GETS MORE LOCAL

Google has redesigned its News pages ( https://news. google.com), making it easier for you to find local stories. It has added a ‘Local’ tab to the top of the homepage, as well as a ‘For You’ tab which shows stories you’ve told Google you’re interested in. There’s also a Fact Check box that investigates claims made in news stories. Read more on the company’s blog: www. snipca.com/24809.

If you see people appear to copy John Cleese’s silly walk (from

Monty Python’s Flying Circus),

check whether they are staring at their phone. A study by Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford says that smartphone zombies develop “an increasingly cautious stepping strategy” – lifting their lead foot higher and slower – to avoid tripping over steps.