Twitch’s new Animals livestream category may give you that fuzzy feeling
Twitch is giving streamers who focus on furry friends a place to group their streams with its new Animals, Aquariums, and Zoos category, which may just end…
US Treasury says stablecoins should be regulated like banks
The US Treasury Department is urging Congress to pass legislation that would require stablecoins to be issued by banks subject to federal banking laws in a new…
Amazon lifts mask mandates for vaccinated warehouse employees
Amazon is lifting its mask mandate for fully vaccinated warehouse workers in the US (via CNBC). The company reportedly sent out a notice to operations employees, stating…
Tesla is letting non-Tesla EVs use its Supercharger network for the first time
Tesla launched a pilot project in the Netherlands this week in which non-Tesla electric vehicles will be allowed to use its Supercharger network, representing the first time…
Snapchat’s deal with NBCUniversal brings audio from The Office, SNL, Shrek, and more to your snaps
Snapchat’s newly signed deal with NBCUniversal will bring audio from The Office, Bridesmaids, Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live, and more to the platform (via The Hollywood…
Amazon’s Project Kuiper hopes to launch first two prototype satellites in late 2022
Amazon’s ambitious satellite-internet project, Project Kuiper, aims to launch its first two prototype satellites in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to an experimental launch license the…
TikTok’s Fire TV app is available in the US
TikTok is making its way to Fire TVs in the US and Canada, according to a blog post from Amazon. This comes just four months after TikTok…
Google says Pixel 6 Pro ghostly display flickers will be fixed in December
Google says it’ll fix the ghostly screen flickering that some users have reported seeing when pressing the Pixel 6 Pro’s power button while the phone is completely…
The PS5 and Xbox Series X are now available at Walmart (update: sold out)
Walmart’s latest PS5 and Xbox Series X restocking event appears to be over. All of the three consoles link to dead pages, so we’ll take that as…
Facebook verified a fan page posing as Elon Musk
A Facebook fan page for Elon Musk with 153,000 followers has been verified as the official page representing the Tesla Technoking — in violation of Facebook’s own…
The Queen tells Cop26: You must act now ‘for our children, and our children’s children’
‘Time for action’ The Queen, dressed in green, used the video address to make her most significant intervention on the environment to date, urging delegates to “achieve…
Salisbury train crash may have been caused by signalling problem
British Transport Police ‘haven’t ruled out foul play’ Investigators are also examining whether the crash was caused by human error and weather conditions at the time. British Transport…
Funds managed by Blackrock to sell 55 mln shares in THG – bookrunner
The BlackRock logo is seen outside of its offices in New York City, U.S., October 17, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Nov 1 (Reuters) – Multiple funds managed by…
Amazon lifts mask mandates for fully vaccinated U.S. warehouse workers – CNBC
The Amazon logo is seen outside its JFK8 distribution center in Staten Island, New York, U.S. November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Nov 1 (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc…
Tesla opens charging network to other EVs for the first time
A Tesla Supercharger station is seen in Dietikon, Switzerland October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Nov 1 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is opening its charging network…
Amazon Fire TV in U.S. and Canada get TikTok
The new Amazon Fire TV is displayed during a media event introducing new Amazon products in San Francisco, California September 16, 2015. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach Nov 1 (Reuters)…
U.S. regulators recommend issuers of ‘stablecoins’ be policed like banks
The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, U.S., October 20, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) – A U.S. Treasury Department-led regulatory body called…
Musk’s Starlink registers India unit, targets rural districts
NEW DELHI, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Starlink, the satellite internet division of billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, registered its business in India on Monday, company documents…
From splurge to ‘common prosperity’: Alibaba tones down Singles Day
SHANGHAI, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Alibaba Group’s (9988.HK) annual ‘Singles Day’ shopping spree is set for its most sober tone ever this year, as the retail giant…
Cost of inaction ‘far greater’ than that of averting climate disaster, warns Prince Charles
They will attend a series of events, with Charles co-hosting a Great Green Wall session alongside Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, Emmanuel Macron, the French president, and…
‘Bedsit murders’ suspect had sex with bodies in mortuaries, court hears
A former hospital electrician, who has admitted killing two women in 1987, sexually assaulted corpses in mortuaries where he worked, a court has heard. David Fuller, 67,…
Climate, travel and tourism
Ian speaks to Michael O’Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair, about what he expected to see coming out of the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. He’s…
CNN anchor mocked after arriving in Edinburgh to cover Cop26 conference… in Glasgow
One of America’s leading news anchors attracted ridicule on Monday by announcing that he had arrived to cover the Cop26 summit – from the wrong city. Wolf…
Protesters march outside Parliament with 38 coffins to represent each person killed on a smart motorway
Protesters have carried coffins across London’s Westminster Bridge to represent deaths on smart motorways since they were introduced in a bid to ease congestion. Around 50 demonstrators…
Tough questions should be at end of exam papers to avoid ‘demotivating’ students
Exam papers should put difficult questions at the end so students do not get “demotivated”, Ofqual has said. A-level and GCSE questions should also avoid sarcasm, according…