Revealed: The 20 cities Amazon has shortlisted for its new HQ2 January 18, 2018 In Amazon’s X-Factor-style competition for choosing a city for its new headquarters, HQ2, the tech giant has narrowed it down to a 20-strong shortlist from more than 200 entries. Here they are: – Atlanta, GA – Austin, TX – Boston, MA – Chicago, IL – Columbus, OH – Dallas, TX – Denver, CO – Indianapolis, [...]
World Cup 2018: Harry Kane’s brace proves he’s the perfect front man for Gareth Southgate’s fresh faced England June 19, 2018 German newspapers are well versed in heralding world champions so when they bestow that title on England’s captain, it carries a certain weight. According to Die Zeit it is Harry Kane and not Cristiano Ronaldo who is the “world champion” for monstrous efficiency in front of goal after his match-winning brace in the Three Lions’ [...]
Less is more: Apple beats expectations but unit sales fall February 1, 2018 Apple delivered better-than-expected fourth-quarter profits, though warned its unit sales were on the wane. Shares in the world’s biggest company rose over two per cent, putting it in pole position as US tech giants race to be the first to a $1 trillion stock market valuation. Revenue and earnings beat Wall Street forecasts. Revenue was [...]
Calls for positive discrimination are patriarchal and patronising May 29, 2018 Social justice warriors are starting to eat themselves. White accusations of cultural appropriation on behalf of cultures more flattered than offended; white gay men excluded from having NUS reps; women’s initiatives criticised for lack of racial diversity; Germaine Greer no-platformed by feminists – and more. It would be funny, if it wasn’t so bewildering in [...]
Tesla billionaire Elon Musk deletes his brands from Facebook as Cambridge Analytica offices raided March 24, 2018 Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has deleted his Tesla and SpaceX brands from Facebook, following accusations that data firm Cambridge Analytica used data harvested from the social networking site to influence elections. In response to Twitter users calling for people to delete Facebook, Musk tweeted: “What’s Facebook?” When challenged to remove his own brands’ pages from [...]
Bitcoin cash (BCH) price rise briefly sent market cap overtaking ethereum as bitcoin price (BTC) fall continues November 12, 2017 Bitcoin cash, the cryptocurrency hived off from bitcoin, has rocketed. Bitcoin cash has shot above $1,900 according to coinmarketcap, more than double its value on Friday when it had already hit a three-month high. It has been sent higher of the back of a proposed bitcoin fork being suspended. Read more: Debate: Is bitcoin a [...]
Davos 2018: The number of private jets descending on these four Swiss airports is about to spike by 335 per cent January 18, 2018 As the Swiss ski resort of Davos gears up to receive the leaders of the free world (and Donald Trump) for the World Economic Forum (WEF), one group is gearing up for its most stressful week of the year: air traffic controllers. More than 1,000 private jets are due to descend on airports around the [...]
To beat the techlash, insert humans into the AI equation June 18, 2018 Looking for a change to the corporate grind? Fear not, in 2025 you’ll get one when the keyboard becomes obsolete and your voice takes over. At least this was the prediction of a technologist I interviewed last week, who made the point that voice recognition is going to transform the way we communicate. Read more: [...]
HTC U12+ review: HTC finishes what the iPhone started and ditches physical volume and power buttons June 7, 2018 Lately, HTC phones have been having a bit of an identity overhaul. Having long been the manufacturer of Google’s own Pixel phones, and for a while the smartest Android handsets you could pick up, HTC is now something of a discerning outsider’s choice. The cream cheese bagel to Google’s ham baguette, the Janeway to their [...]
UK Investors forecast returns of 8.1 per cent – with UK millennials expecting more December 6, 2018 UK investors expect annual returns of 8.1 per cent over the next five years, according to a major new global study. The finding, part of the Schroders Global Investor Study 2018, marked a notable fall from an expectation of 8.7 per cent in the UK in last year’s study. The returns, based on the average expectation of [...]