How Huawei is dividing Western nations
The relationship between the United Kingdom and Australia is not usually a flashpoint in international relations. After all, the two allies share a common language, ancestry, and monarch. So what… Read more »
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Qatar Airways adds 10K seats while other airlines draw down their schedules
While most domestic and international airlines are cutting thousands of flights from their schedules due to the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Qatar Airways is taking another route. The airline… Read more »
With lower bandwidth, Disney+ opens streaming service in UK, Ireland, 5 other European countries, France to come online April 7
Disney+, the streaming service from the Walt Disney Company, has been rapidly ramping up in the last several weeks. But while some of that expansion has seen some hiccups, other… Read more »
Ford temporarily suspends production in North American factories
Ford said Wednesday it will temporarily suspend production at its North American factories through March 30 in response to COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus. “We’re continuing to work closely… Read more »
Refurbished electronics startup Refurbed raises $17M round, led by Evli Growth Partners
Renewed phones, laptops and tablets can be as much as 40% cheaper than their brand new cousins, working equally as well and, because they have been saved from the scrapheap,… Read more »
Italy’s government orders all shops, bars and restaurants to close
Authorities in virus-hit country take extreme measures as Covid-19 takes hold in Europe Coronavirus latest – live updates Italy’s government has ordered all shops, bars and restaurants across the country… Read more »
Tesla is searching “central” U.S. for a Cybertruck gigafactory site
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company is “scouting” locations to build a new U.S. factory that will produce its all-electric Cybertruck and Model Y crossover. The “gigafactory,” the unit… Read more »
Iran threatens use of force to restrict spread of coronavirus
Big rise in confirmed cases comes as global tally passes 100,000 mark Follow the latest on Covid-19 Share your experiences Schools are set to reopen in parts of China as… Read more »
Elbow-bumps and footshakes: the new coronavirus etiquette
Virus means handshakes, cheek-kisses, hugs may not be welcome Coronavirus – latest news The day’s key developments When the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, extended her hand to her interior minister,… Read more »
On Hanau’s streets, shocked migrants fear causes of the attack run deep
Political pledges of action to deal with far-right terrorism are met with scepticism Days after terror struck in the heart of its community, something like normality returned to the streets… Read more »
EU leaders at odds over filling €75bn Brexit shortfall
Agreement on a final budget deal at summit is unlikely, says Mette Frederiksen, Danish PM A summit to fix the EU’s long-term budget looked in danger of ending in failure… Read more »
Hanau attack reveals ‘poison’ of racism in Germany, says Merkel
Gunman who posted manifesto online kills nine at shisha bars before shooting himself Angela Merkel has said the murder of nine people in a shooting rampage by a suspected rightwing… Read more »
Germany attack: far-right gunman kills 10 in Hanau
Police say suspect who killed nine people at two shisha bars then killed his mother and himself at home A gunman has killed nine people in two apparently racially motivated… Read more »
Germany shooting: eight dead in Hanau attack – live news
Suspects are still at large, police say, after an attack on a shisha bar in the town near Frankfurt which also left five seriously injured. Follow the latest updates and… Read more »
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to quit as CDU leader amid far-right ‘firewall’ row
Successor to Angela Merkel also says she won’t run for chancellorship of Germany Angela Merkel’s designated successor has announced she is not planning to run for the German chancellorship at… Read more »
A ton of Ruckus Wireless routers are vulnerable to hackers
A security researcher has found several vulnerabilities in a number of Ruckus Wireless routers, which the networking giant has since patched. Gal Zror told TechCrunch that the vulnerabilities he found… Read more »
Germany expels two Russians over killing of Chechen separatist in Berlin
Prosecutors say evidence suggests involvement by government of Russia or Chechen republic Germany has expelled two employees at the Russian embassy after state prosecutors announced they had “sufficient evidence” that… Read more »
Merkel government in peril as leftwing duo take charge of SPD
New co-leaders of junior coalition partner want major concessions from Merkel’s CDU The future of Angela Merkel’s government is in doubt after the election by her junior coalition partners, the… Read more »
Treasures worth ‘up to a billion euros’ stolen from Dresden museum
German police say thieves on the run after raid at historic Green Vault inside royal palace Thieves have broken into one of Europe’s largest collection of art treasures in the… Read more »
Extinction Rebellion founder’s Holocaust remarks spark fury
German politicians accuse Roger Hallam of downplaying significance of genocide A co-founder of Extinction Rebellion has sparked anger in Germany after referring to the Holocaust as “just another fuckery in… Read more »
Google brings its Jacquard wearables tech to Levi’s Trucker Jacket
Back in 2015, Google’s ATAP team demoed a new kind of wearable tech at Google I/O that used functional fabrics and conductive yarns to allow you to interact with your… Read more »
‘We are seeing volume and interest in Peloton explode,’ says company president on listing day
This morning, Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON), the tech-enabled stationary bicycle and fitness content streaming company, raised $1.2 billion in its NASDAQ initial public offering. Despite dropping more than 10% in its… Read more »
‘The men who plundered Europe’: bankers on trial for siphoning €60bn
Martin Shields and Nick Diable are accused of tax fraud in ‘cum-ex’ scandal that exposes City’s pursuit of profit They have been called “the men who plundered Europe”: a group… Read more »
Revealed: catastrophic effects of working as a Facebook moderator
Exclusive: Job has left some ‘addicted’ to extreme material and pushed others to far right The task of moderating Facebook continues to leave psychological scars on the company’s employees, months… Read more »
Wikipedia blames malicious DDOS attack after site goes down across Europe, Middle East
Wikipedia was forced offline in several countries Friday after a cyber attack hit the global encyclopedia. Users across Europe and parts of the Middle East experienced outages shortly before 7pm,… Read more »
SoftBank-backed Getaround is raising $200M at a $1.5B+ valuation
Getaround, a used car marketplace and winner of TechCrunch Disrupt New York Battlefield 2011, will enter the unicorn club with a roughly $200 million equity financing. The deal values Getaround,… Read more »
Mobile gaming is a $68.5 billion global business, and investors are buying in
By the end of 2019, the global gaming market is estimated to be worth $152 billion with 45% of that, $68.5 billion, coming directly from mobile games. With this tremendous growth… Read more »
Macron tells Johnson Brexit backstop is indispensable
French president tells Boris Johnson he must present concrete proposals for UK exit Emmanuel Macron has described the Irish backstop as “indispensable” to a Brexit deal and urged Boris Johnson… Read more »
Boris Johnson visit will not change German stance, says Merkel ally
British PM’s proposal to ditch backstop likely to be firmly rebuffed when he visits Berlin Angela Merkel is likely to give a friendly but firm rebuttal to Boris Johnson during… Read more »
Most EU cookie ‘consent’ notices are meaningless or manipulative, study finds
New research into how European consumers interact with the cookie consent mechanisms which have proliferated since a major update to the bloc’s online privacy rules last year casts an unflattering… Read more »
All the day’s developments in the UK Covid-19 crisis Boris Johnson to warn: tougher lockdown may be necessary Coronavirus patients in UK intensive care have 50% survival rate Coronavirus –… Read more »
The North American International Auto Show, which was scheduled for June in Detroit, has been canceled as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and the city prepares to repurpose the… Read more »
