News Headlines - 12 March 2015

▽2 Officers Are Shot Amid Protests Outside Ferguson Police Station - NYTimes.com

Two police officers were shot here early Thursday morning as gunfire rang out in front of the police station, throwing into panic what had been a spirited — and at times tense — but largely peaceful night of protests.

▽US and UK defence chiefs warn of additional sanctions on Russia - Yahoo News UK

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon sought to dispel US concerns about cuts in his country's defences, saying it was maintaining and developing a credible capability and urging fellow European Nato members to step up their forces.

▽BBC News - BBC gives children mini-computers in Make it Digital scheme

The BBC will be giving away mini-computers to 11-year-olds across the country as part of its push to make the UK more digital.
One million Micro Bits - a stripped-down computer similar to a Raspberry Pi - will be given to all pupils starting secondary school in the autumn term.

▽Google unveils 2015 Chromebook Pixel | bit-tech.net

Apple's new 2015 MacBook may have been the first laptop announced to use the new reversible USB Type C port, but it wasn't alone for long: Google has officially unveiled the 2015 Chromebook Pixel, which packs a port on either side.

▽Solar eclipse 2015: How to the eclipse in Britain (and not go blind in the process) | Metro News

The rare and beautiful cosmic event will be observable in Britain on the morning of March 20, however only 90 per cent of the sun will be covered (slightly more in the northern parts of Scotland).
This may seem like a lot, but a huge amount of the sun’s light will still reach the earth, and the effect will not be as striking as the solar eclipse observed in south-east England in 1999.