Tech watchdog’s wings clipped in wake of Silicon Valley pressure
The new tech watchdog will have its powers to block takeovers by Silicon Valley giants curbed after ministers bowed to pressure from the likes of Google and…
Melinda French Gates and the tech ex-wives going it alone
Since the divorce, Melinda, who met Bill in 1987 when she started working as a product manager at Microsoft, the company Gates had co-founded 12 years earlier,…
Miriam González Durántez: ‘Our son was diagnosed with cancer – it plays tricks with your mind’
The last time I interviewed Miriam González Durántez, the international trade lawyer and women’s rights advocate who happens to be married to Sir Nick Clegg, it was…
Out for blood: How Elizabeth Holmes fooled the world’s wealthiest men
Shultz was another to succumb. His grandson, Tyler, joined Theranos but left when he understood the bluster behind its promises. Rather than heed his warnings however, his…
New year, new you – can you learn how to concentrate again?
Drop a frog into boiling water, and it will leap from the pot. Drop it into tepid water that is brought slowly to the boil, and the…