UK-based chip designer sold to US firm Nvidia
Getty Images/ARM UK-based computer chip designer ARM Holdings is being sold to the American graphics chip specialist Nvidia. The deal values ARM at $40bn (£31.2bn), four years after it was bought by Japanese conglomerate Softbank for $32bn. ARM’s technology is at the heart of most smartphones, among many other devices. Nvidia has promised to keep […]
Volcano rescuers face ash as high as rooftops
Watch villagers survey the aftermath of Mt Semeru’s eruption in eastern Java Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for survivors in villages buried by hot ash, after Mt Semeru on Java island erupted on Saturday. Fourteen people are known to have died and dozens were injured, emergency authorities said. One volunteer in the nearby district of […]
Jamie Cooke wins modern pentathlon World Cup Final in Sarasota
Jamie Cooke became the first British man to win modern pentathlon’s World Cup Final with victory in Sarasota. It was Cooke’s second straight success in the sport’s World Cup series after winning in Hungary last month. Germany’s Patrick Dogue was second behind the 25-year-old Briton, with Frenchman Valentin Prades third. “It’s been a perfect day,” […]
AI shows Pakistani Twitter prayed for neighbour
Getty Images It is perhaps not surprising that the fractious relationship between historic adversaries India and Pakistan has spilled over into social media in recent years. But at the end of April, as India struggled with a ferocious second wave of Covid-19, citizens on either side of the border shelved their barbs in favour of […]
World Gymnastics 2014: Max Whitlock targets gold in China
“Individually, I’m looking to pick up a medal in the bars final,” said Downie, who claimed European and Commonwealth gold in the event this year. “Also, as a team I think we’re well prepared and we’re looking to build on the success we’ve had at the Euro’s [silver] and Commonwealths [gold].” Fragapane, 16, who won […]
Michael Acton Smith: From Moshi to Mindfulness
BBC Michael Acton Smith’s latest venture is valued as being worth $1bn He was one of the UK’s brightest tech stars, the man behind the hugely popular children’s game Moshi Monsters. Then, as his business’s fortunes waned, Michael Acton Smith headed to California to start something new. Now his meditation and mindfulness app Calm has […]
How food influencers affect what we eat
Alamy Social media has revealed a fascination with sharing what we eat with others by posting pictures of it (Credit: Alamy) It is hard to browse through social media without coming across a banquet’s worth of mouth-watering posts, but do these actually alter your own food choices? Many of us are lucky enough to have […]
Dan Keatings targets European glory after British success
The Kettering-born gymnast, who won three gold medals on Saturday and two further masters titles on pommel horse and parallel bars on the final day of competition, added: “I’m just so happy that I’ve done it this weekend when it matters.” The GB squad for next month’s European Championships in Moscow will be named on […]
Chicago’s celluloid city
Chicago cityscape at night, as seen by Batman in The Dark Knight. (Dan Welldon) Whether portraying a criminal underworld or a high–school utopia, Chicago always looks right at home on the silver screen. Whether portraying a criminal underworld or a high–school utopia, Chicago always looks right at home on the silver screen. The city of […]
Satellite images ‘show China structures’ on India border
BBC China has built new structures near the site of a Himalayan border clash that left 20 Indian troops dead earlier this month, fresh satellite images suggest. Bunkers, tents and storage units for military hardware are visible in an area where last month there were none. Fighting between the nuclear-armed powers over their disputed frontier […]