Italian watchdog drops Google display adv case as EU antitrust investigates
The Google logo is pictured atop an office building in Irvine, California, U.S. August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo MILAN, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Italy’s competition watchdog…
Apple cuts iPad production to feed chips to iPhone 13 -Nikkei
Nov 2 (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has cut back production of iPad tablets to allocate more components to the iPhone 13, a sign the global chip…
Spain adopts EU copyright law, paving way for Google News to return
Google app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo MADRID, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Spain has adopted a European…
Fantasy soccer startup Sorare says NFT firms need to engage with regulators
Digital collectible cards representing football players are seen in this handout illustration image from the online fantasy football game Sorare obtained by Reuters on September 20, 2021….
Netflix rolls out mobile games to subscribers on Android
A smartphone with the Netflix logo is seen on a keyboard in front of displayed “Streaming service” words in this illustration taken March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic…
Fired Apple employee files complaint with U.S. labor agency
File photo: An Apple store at The Marche Saint Germain in Paris. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 2 (Reuters) – An Apple employee who was fired last…
Leaves on the line could have caused Salisbury train crash, say investigators
Investigators announced on Monday that early enquiries had shown that the driver of the second train did brake but was unable to stop before crashing into the…
‘Change child labour laws’ to protect £4m-a-year ‘kidfluencers’ from pushy parents
There was no suggestion in the hearing that the top-earning influencers were being exploited. During the hearing, MPs questioned how long children behind successful social media channels…
Police investigating Sussex needle-spiking reports arrest first suspect
Police investigating reports of women being spiked with needles while on nights out have arrested their first suspect. A 28-year-old man from Hove was questioned by Sussex…
Prince William: ‘Make the impossible possible’ to repair Earth within a decade
The Duke of Cambridge has said it is “our shared responsibility” to think differently, act boldly and “make the impossible, possible” if the planet is to be…
Oxford college renames itself after £155m donation from female billionaire
The announcement was met with mixed feelings among Oxford dons. Dr Maria Kawthar Daouda, a lecturer in French literature at Oxford University, said that College names should…
Harry Randall paddle-boarding injury puts Eddie Jones’ training methods under scrutiny
In the first two years of Jones’ reign, 15 players suffered long-term injuries from England training sessions, an attrition rate that Bath owner Bruce Craig described as…
Exclusive: Dementia in rugby to be investigated as potential industrial disease
The case for dementia in rugby, as well as football, to be formally recognised as an industrial disease is being investigated by the government’s key scientific advisory…
Ian King Business Podcast: Deforestation pledge, renewable energy and Google’s carbon footprint
Ian King speaks to Sky’s Adam Boulton about a pledge made by world leaders to end deforestation by the end of the decade, and how much of…
COP26: World leaders pledge to cut methane emission levels by 30% by 2030 in ‘game-changing commitment’
World leaders have pledged to cut methane emission levels by 30% by 2030 as part of efforts to tackle the climate crisis at the COP26 summit in…
This should be the year record-breaking pro Giovanni Pernice wins Strictly Come Dancing
The only partner Pernice didn’t click with was presenter Laura Whitmore. But there were extenuating circumstances: he’d just ended his engagement to Whitmore’s friend – and his…
Jessica Simpson marks four years of sobriety by sharing ‘unrecognisable’ picture
Singer and actress Jessica Simpson has marked four years of being sober, by sharing a picture from the day she decided to stop drinking. The 41-year-old, who…
Airborne sex parties and Zsa Zsa Gabor: how the Stones upstaged Led Zeppelin in the summer of 1972
And the shows themselves? “On two different nights in June 1972, at the Long Beach Arena, each band blew me away. The Stones were pure adrenaline, the…
No end in sight to ‘gigantic bottleneck’ for global freight, shipping titan warns
Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping company, has warned there is “little visibility” about when bottlenecks in global supply chains will end. The Danish group, which reported record…
The Old Vic’s cancellation of Terry Gilliam is unprecedented insanity
In theory the application of Gilliam’s still-firing creativity – at the age of 80 – to the evergreen genius of 91-year-old Sondheim’s 1986 hybrid of folk-tale narratives…
The psychology of an eyebrow-raising last will and testament
Perhaps you could call it having the last laugh. Like those who ask for their gravestone to bear a witty inscription (“I told you I was ill”),…
Azeem Rafiq: MPs summon Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton over handling of cricketer’s racism complaint
Yorkshire County Cricket Club has been accused of “endemic racism” over its handling of allegations from a former player. Senior politicians slammed the club’s decision not to…
The Queen’s driving passion: her eight-decade love affair with cars
There the monarch was, entirely alone and wearing shades and a headscarf, pootling around the Windsor Castle grounds in the sun. What was she doing? Nothing in…
Four more energy firms collapse taking total number failing during crisis to 18
Four more energy suppliers in the UK have collapsed amid the crisis enveloping the sector as a result of surging wholesale gas prices. Omni Energy, MA Energy…
Police in no hurry to stop Insulate Britain disruption, telling protesters to take ‘10 more minutes’
Diana Warner, 62, a retired GP, said: “One of the important reasons for coming out today was to say we’re all together. It’s not just nine.” Chief…