Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken review July 3, 2023 If you have children that haven’t stopped singing Part of Your World since seeing The Little Mermaid, prepare for more underwater obsession. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, the folks behind Shrek and How To Train Your Dragon, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken has a lot going on beneath its awkward title. X-Men actor Lana Condor voices Ruby, [...]
Bitcoin’s first leveraged ETF starts trading amid SEC’s crypto crackdown July 3, 2023 Data from CryptoCompare shows the price of the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) moved sideways throughout the past week.
Back hydrogen or lose out to Europe and Asia in green race, BMW warns July 2, 2023 Britain must back the roll-out of hydrogen filling stations in the UK or risk falling behind Europe and Asia in the race to roll out greener vehicles, BMW has warned. Jurgen Guldner, manager of hydrogen technology at the Munich-based carmaker, told the Sunday Times that “if the UK government wants to decarbonise,” it must “get [...]
Virgin Galactic completes first successful commercial flight in win for Branson June 29, 2023 Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic has successfully completed its first commercial flight, taking paying customers to space after nearly two decades of preparation. The British-billionaire’s spacecraft, VSS Unity, took off from Spaceport America in New Mexico at 4.04pm GMT this afternoon, carried under the wing of mothership VSS Eve. After jetting nearly 50,000 ft, the [...]
Ed Warner: When risk in sport is a smart choice June 29, 2023 This week columnist Ed Warner looks at risk in sport and how sometimes, such as in Bazball in cricket, it can be the smartest choice. A team of sub-10 second sprinters can be beaten to 4x100m relay gold by a quartet who have never broken that magic barrier. The trick is risk management in the [...]
Ads watchdog slams car firms for exaggerating ‘ultra-fast’ EV charging June 28, 2023 Ads for Hyundai and Toyota electric cars have been banned for exaggerating the speed of recharging and failing to mention the limited availability of the fastest chargers across the road network. Three ads for Hyundai’s IONIQ 5, seen in January last year, all stated that the car could be charged from 10% to 80% in 18 minutes using a [...]
Aehra Sedan revealed: Italian super saloon targets 500-mile EV range June 26, 2023 The second new model from Italian EV startup Aehra is a sleek luxury saloon, likely to offer 350kW charging capacity and around 800hp.
Britishvolt owner raided by Australian police over tax fraud suspicions June 25, 2023 The offices of Britishvolt’s new owner were raided late last week by Australian police over suspicions of tax fraud, according to reports. The British battery firm was bought by Recharge Industries earlier this year after it collapsed into administration. Recharge is a subsidiary of Scale Facilitation, which is owned by Australian entrepreneur David Collard. According [...]
Explainer: The weird hobbies of the mega rich June 23, 2023 The Titan submarine’s story kept the world gripped this week, until the tragic announcement of loss of life put an end to the rescue missions. The story is not over yet, with many questions still to be asked about how the submersible was made, how safe it was, and how a dangerous space like that [...]
F1 star Bottas among big name investors to back wine investment firm Cult Wines June 19, 2023 F1 driver Valtteri Bottas and the former chair of Moet-Hennessy are among the names to have backed a fresh £1.7m funding injection in wine investment firm Cult Wines, the firm announced today. Cult Wines, founded in London in 2007, announced today the seed fundraising round was led by Christophe Navarre, the former Moet-Hennessy chief and chairman [...]