
UK venues ban Meta's smart glasses over privacy concerns
Meta's new recording smart glasses face bans across UK venues including elite restaurants, Soho House, Wetherspoons, and theatres over privacy concerns and risks of surreptitious filming.

Meta's new recording smart glasses face bans across UK venues including elite restaurants, Soho House, Wetherspoons, and theatres over privacy concerns and risks of surreptitious filming.

The UK's tribute act scene is flourishing, offering affordable live music to low- to middle-income families amidst a cost of living crisis. These acts, often highly skilled, are crucial for the survival of grassroots music venues, contributing millions to the industry despite facing an 'elitist attitude'.

Jason Atherton, who has restaurants in Dubai, St Moritz and now Tuscany, says it’s tough to stay afloat in UK hospitality industryA British Michelin-starred chef says he is opening restaurants abroad to subsidise his UK venues against a backdrop of high taxes and a struggling hospitality sector.Jason Atherton is now in Forte dei Marmi, on the Tuscan coast in Italy, where he is preparing his newest opening, Maria’s, which will be in the Principessa hotel. The Sheffield-born chef now has restaurants all over the world, including in Dubai and St Moritz. Continue reading...