Who will pay for Indonesia’s clean energy bill?
BBC Bali, where the G20 summit is happening, is home to a controversial coal power plant Driving over the volcanic peaks which run through Bali, you pass scenes of natural and human-fashioned beauty that have made this “island of the gods” the jewel in Indonesia’s tourist crown. As you descend to the north coast, however, […]
Jersey’s Blue Islands aims for carbon neutral flights
Blue Islands Rob Veron and Dr Lesley Dickie with some Black Lion Tamarins at Jersey Zoo which are central to the Rewild Carbon programme’s first project in Brazil A Jersey-based airline has pledged to make all its flights carbon neutral. All seats booked to fly with Blue Islands from December 1 will include a £1 […]
Elon Musk says company headquarters will move to Texas
Reuters Tesla has announced it will move its company headquarters to Texas from California. Chief executive Elon Musk announced the move at the electric carmaker’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Austin. Mr Musk had fallen out with local politicians in Alameda county, California, the location of a key Tesla factory, over its Covid response. He gave […]
Wonga payday firm stops offering new loans
Wonga Wonga’s adverts featuring puppets were controversial and eventually cut Payday lender Wonga has said it is no longer accepting new loan applications as it teeters on the brink of collapse. The company said in a statement on its website that it was continuing to “assess its options” and existing customers could still use their […]
Tech Tent: Fake videos stir distrust
Bret Hartman/TED At the TED conference, Google engineer Supasorn Suwajanakorn demonstrated the AI-faked video We have already had to wake up to fake news – will we soon have to stop trusting video and audio news too as artificial intelligence makes it easier to create convincing fakes? On Tech Tent this week we look at […]
Wealth management firm Speirs and Jeffrey in £104m takeover
Google Speirs and Jeffrey operates from an office in George Square Scotland’s biggest independent wealth manager, Speirs and Jeffrey, is being taken over by Rathbone Brothers. The larger company which is listed on the London stock exchange, and one of the 350 biggest FTSE companies, is paying £104m. Of that, £79m is being paid in […]
Thirsk crash driver found after using app
North Yorkshire Police The woman’s Mazda ended up overturned in a ditch near Thirsk A woman trapped inside her overturned car in a ditch at night was rescued after being found with a location app. Police said the woman had no idea where she was when she crashed near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, on Friday and […]
Kneecap shortlisted for two Academy nominations
PA Media Kneecap members Moglai Bap, DJ Provai and Mo Chara attend the UK premiere of Kneecap, the opening film of the Sundance London Film Festival in June. The Irish-language film Kneecap has been shortlisted for two Academy Award nominations. It has been included among 15 films shortlisted for the International Feature category in the […]
Real crisis or par for course?
Michel Barnier: I’m not trying to provoke anyone “Are you trying to provoke the UK government?” was my question today to Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator. His favourite maxim is “stay calm and keep negotiating” but, I put it to him, he was surely well aware of the explosive reaction that would probably […]
South Korea halts Thaad anti-missile system rollout
EPA Two launchers which have already been deployed will not be withdrawn South Korea is suspending the deployment of a controversial missile defence system while the government examines its environmental impact. The rollout of the US-funded Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system (Thaad) may be on hold for a year. Four recently arrived launchers will not […]