White House unveils $1.75 trillion budget package with billions for climate
After months of negotiations, President Joe Biden released the latest version of his Build Back Better framework on Thursday, advancing the landmark proposal into what will likely…
Facebook’s famous thumbs-up HQ sign has been replaced with Meta
Facebook just announced that it will change its company name to Meta. The new name comes with a new logo, a blue M that looks kind of…
Facebook’s Oculus Quest will soon be called the Meta Quest
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is rebranding its hardware to match its new name. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth announced that the company is phasing out its Oculus…
Dropbox clarifies that a native Apple Silicon app is coming in 2022 after forum outrage
Dropbox will finally be updating its Mac app to natively support Apple Silicon sometime in the first half of 2022, the company confirmed today. A previous forum…
With Facebook’s change to Meta, what’s the new Big Tech acronym?
The company formerly known as Facebook just revealed its new name, Meta. And while that change brings a whole lot of questions, there’s one that many of…
Spain’s Cellnex sticks to forecasts despite wider net loss
Telecom antennas of SpainÕs telecoms infrastructures firm Cellnex are seen under main telecom tower, known as “Piruli”, in Madrid, Spain, March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Sergio Perez BARCELONA, Oct…
Ubisoft cuts full-year guidance as it pushes back game premieres again
The UbiSoft Entertainment logo is seen at the Paris Games Week (PGW), a trade fair for video games in Paris, France, October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo…
Hertz says it may expand supply of Teslas to Uber to 150,000
The logo of car rental company Hertz is seen at a branch office in Zurich, Switzerland November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28 (Reuters) –…
Facebook’s safety head tells UK lawmakers it does not amplify hate
3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s(FB.O)…
Activision CEO seeks large pay cut, links it to gender-related goals
Bobby Kotick, chief executive officer of Activision Blizzard, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan…
Chipmaker GlobalFoundries valued at $26 bln in lackluster debut
Oct 28 (Reuters) – Shares of GlobalFoundries Inc (GFS.O), which is owned by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co, opened flat on Nasdaq on Thursday,…
U.S. congresswoman Greene bought Trump SPAC shares
Oct 28 (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, an ally of Donald Trump, bought as much as $50,000 worth of shares in the special purpose acquisition…
Counting CO2 is hard and expensive, but tech firms think they have a solution
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct 28 (Reuters) – After spending nearly half a year, every year, gathering and calculating carbon emissions data on spread sheets, Salesforce.com’s climate team was…
Statue of Victorian explorer Stanley to stay after activists presumed to topple him
A statue of Sir Henry Morton Stanley will remain in his home town after residents voted for it to stay. The future of the monument to the…
You’re never more than 235 metres from a stray urban cat
A quarter of a million stray cats live in Britain’s towns and cities, new research shows – meaning that, on average, you are never more than 235…
Duke’s socialite daughter pleads ‘financial hardship’ over speeding fine
And last week, Lady Eliza posed on her Instagram account against an opulent backdrop at Annabel’s, a private members’ club in Mayfair, alongside sunny images from Italy…
Duke’s socialite daughter pleads ‘financial hardship’ over speeding fine
And last week, Lady Eliza posed on her Instagram account against an opulent backdrop at Annabel’s, a private members’ club in Mayfair, alongside sunny images from Italy…
Domestic flights tax cut ‘won’t increase emissions but could lead to sky-high electricity bills’
Reducing taxes on domestic flights will not increase the UK’s overall carbon emissions but could raise electricity prices, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said. Domestic…
Domestic flights tax cut ‘won’t increase emissions but could lead to sky-high electricity bills’
Reducing taxes on domestic flights will not increase the UK’s overall carbon emissions but could raise electricity prices, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said. Domestic…
What next for Barcelona after Ronald Koeman’s sacking? Is Xavi Hernandez the answer at the Camp Nou?
Ronald Koeman was finally put out of his misery as Barcelona manager after the club’s latest demoralising defeat on Wednesday, so what next for the Catalans and who…
Women’s Euro 2022: England to face Northern Ireland, Austria and Norway
Euro 2022 hosts England have been drawn against Northern Ireland, Austria and Norway in Group A, while the Netherlands will begin their title defence against Sweden. England,…
Backstage Podcast: Rebecca Hall, what to watch this Halloween and a must-see documentary
Welcome to Backstage – the film and TV podcast from Sky News. This week we speak to Rebecca Hall about her new hard-hitting film Passing, starring Ruth…
Meet the big spenders splashing their cash post-lockdown
Having been hoisted into the air by a crane, Bex Spiller enjoyed panoramic views of London with her three course meal; at £125 a head, it was…
The Queen makes it look easy, but I know that working into old age is tough
I hope it’s some comfort to the Queen that, except for a few die-hard republicans, the nation thinks the world of her and recognises just how hard…
All Out Politics podcast: The politics of the Budget
Adam Boulton and guests analyse the good, the bad and the bubbly from this week’s Budget statement by Rishi Sunak. Big spending commitments in line with Brown…