A picture shows logos of the big technology companies named GAFAM, for Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft, in Mulhouse, France, on June 2, 2023. Sebastien Bozon | AFP | Getty Images Late last year, an artificial intelligence engineer at Amazon was wrapping up the work week and getting ready to spend time with some
Entain, the FTSE 100 gambling group, has been rebuffed by the former bosses of bookies Coral and Skybet in its hunt for a new chief executive. Sky News has learnt that Entain, which owns Ladbrokes, approached Andy Hornby, who now runs Wagamama’s parent company, and Richard Flint, who holds a portfolio of roles, about the
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives as people stand in line to purchase the Apple Vision Pro headset at the Fifth Avenue Apple store on February 02, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images A 10% decline in iPhone sales sounds like
Gyles Brandreth says he blames himself for the death of Rod Hull, who died in 1999 when he fell from the roof of his home while attempting to adjust his television aerial. The 63-year-old entertainer was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital with a coroner later recording a verdict of accidental death. Image: Hull and
The UK will appoint a new envoy to oversee a plan to ramp up the production of weapons and ammunition, which is now a “national priority”, the foreign secretary has revealed. Lord Cameron, speaking on a visit to Ukraine, also underlined the importance of supporting the Ukrainian war effort against Russia, warning that the world
Coterra Energy topped Wall Street expectations Thursday with first-quarter results that further proved the Club holding’s nimble production strategy is the right one for shareholders. Revenue in the three months ended March 31 fell 19% year over year to $1.43 billion, beating the consensus forecast of $1.39 billion, according to analyst estimates compiled by LSEG.
A former top Post Office lawyer has been accused of telling the Horizon IT inquiry a “big fat lie” over his knowledge of a bug in the system that could have stopped wrongful prosecutions of sub-postmasters in their tracks. Jarnail Singh was a senior in-house lawyer and subsequently head of criminal law at the Post
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has renewed his demand for Rishi Sunak to go to the polls after the prime minister suffered a by-election drubbing and bruising council losses across England. But while Mr Sunak said the the grim early results were “disappointing” for the Conservatives, he insisted he was focused completely on the job
Official figures have raised fears of a deepening public sector drag on the the UK’s economic recovery from recession. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that productivity in the public sector, dominated by education and healthcare, deteriorated between the third and fourth quarters of 2023. It measured a 1.0% decline over the
HSBC is set to become the latest major international bank to remove the European Union-imposed bonus cap that had applied to its UK-based workers. The London headquartered lender’s shareholders voted in favour of scrapping the limit at its Annual General Meeting, the company said. The move was recommended by the board after the UK government
Hit sitcom Gavin & Stacey will return for its “last ever episode” on Christmas Day, James Corden has announced. Corden posted a picture on his Instagram of himself and co-creator Ruth Jones holding a script. The text on its cover reads: “Gavin & Stacey: the finale. Written by James Corden and Ruth Jones 2024.” In
The Conservatives are on track for their worst local election results ever – as counting continues. In a strong night for Labour, the party has taken control of a string of Leave-voting councils and won the Blackpool South by-election. It’s a bleaker outlook for the Tories, who in some areas have been pushed into third
It feels like e-bikes powered by Bosch’s popular mid-drive electric motors have been around in just about every market for as long as many of us can remember. But there are still major markets getting their first taste of the highly-engineered drivetrains. Bosch’s mid-drive motors are now entering Taiwan, rolling in on Tern’s Vektron and
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People are shopping at a Tesla store in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 17, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images News of electric car giant Tesla’s progress toward rolling out its advanced driver-assistance feature in China isn’t as groundbreaking as investors are treating it, according
On the grass outside the university library, it is as though it never happened. The tents have been removed. The pavements have been sprayed. The graffiti removed. Order and control have been restored. The protest has been silenced. For now at least. A few streets away, at the university police station, an officer calls the
A scuba dive boat captain has been jailed four years for criminal negligence over a fire that killed 34 people. Captain Jerry Boylan was also sentenced to three years supervised release by a federal judge in Los Angeles, California. The blaze on the vessel named Conception in September 2019 was the deadliest maritime disaster in
Block Inc logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, April 10, 2023. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Block reported first-quarter earnings after the bell that exceeded analysts’ estimates. The stock rose 10% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus from LSEG. Earnings per share: 85 cents adjusted vs. 72 cents
Labour has won control of a string of Leave-voting councils as results begin to roll in from the local elections across England and Wales. The party seized control of Rushmoor in Hampshire from the Conservatives shortly after 3am – a council the Tories had run for the last 24 years – with a spokesman calling
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, and Deirdre O’Brien, senior vice president of retail, open the doors during the grand opening of Shanghai’s new Apple retail store, March 21, 2024. Strstr | Afp | Getty Images Apple reports earnings for the second fiscal quarter on Thursday
Photo: Electrify America Electrify America (EA) increased its total number of chargers to over 4,000 in 2023 – here’s what it’s aiming to achieve in 2024. In 2022, there were 5.3 million customer charging sessions on Electrify America’s network. In 2023, validated data reflected 10.9 million customer charging sessions – a 106% increase year-over-year. EA’s