Google’s lucrative ad tech business goes on trial
The US government is taking aim at the engine of Google’s immense wealth – its extremely lucrative ad tech business. A trial beginning on Monday will hear the Department of Justice’s case that the search engine’s parent company Alphabet illegally operates a monopoly in the market. The company earned more than $200 billion (£152bn) last […]
Russia condemns bid to ‘usurp power’ from Maduro
Thousands attended a rally in Caracas on Wednesday against President Maduro Russia has condemned foreign powers for backing a Venezuelan opposition leader who declared himself interim president, calling it a bid to “usurp power”. Moscow said that the move violated international law and was a “direct path to bloodshed”. Juan Guaidó declared himself interim leader […]
The unseen key behind powerful persuasion
Getty Images Forty years ago, Bob Cialdini published a groundbreaking book on the power of influence. In our digital age, these rules may have become even more powerful. One day Robert Cialdini was in his university dorm, when he answered the door to another resident who was selling subscriptions to Sports Illustrated magazine. “I was […]
From ‘street rat’ to music mastermind
Getty Images Quincy Jones lived for 50 years after attending his own memorial service. When the musician suffered a brain aneurysm in 1974, his chances of survival were said to be so slim, and his stature so high, that his famous friends started planning a tribute concert. Then aged 41, Jones had already made an […]
Factory outbreaks ‘linked to canteens and car shares’
Google The 2 Sisters plant on Anglesey has been closed due to a coronavirus outbreak Covid-19 outbreaks at meat processing plants in England and Wales may have spread though canteens and car-sharing, the Environment Secretary has said. Wales has had two major food factory outbreaks at 2 Sisters, on Anglesey, and Rowan Foods in Wrexham. […]
The 12-day flight across the world in a 60-year-old plane
Andy van Kints/ BAS Flying into Antarctica is an enormous challenge for both pilots and aircraft. A 60-year-old Canadian plane turns out to be perfect for the job. “It’s a massive adventure,” says Vicky Auld. Deputy chief pilot for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Auld is preparing for the organisation’s annual autumn ferry flight from […]
10 songs that explain the music producer’s brilliance
Getty Images “Music is sacred to me,” Quincy Jones once said. “Melody is God’s voice.” He certainly had the divine touch. Jones, who has died at the age of 91, was the right-hand man to both Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, and helped to shape the sound of jazz and pop over more than 60 […]
Making food crops that feed themselves
BBC Three times a year, Vietnamese farmers transplant rice seedlings out into the paddy fields By 2050, the world’s population is expected to reach 9.8 billion. With limited land, and intensive farming already causing irreversible environmental damage, how can we feed the world without exhausting its natural resources? All over Vietnam it’s transplanting season. In […]
Wildfire detection device wins Dyson innovation award
Pyri The pinecone-shaped device is made out of wax and charcoal Students who designed a device which alerts vulnerable communities to developing wildfires have won the UK James Dyson Award. Dyson, which has its UK headquarters in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, holds the awards annually to encourage budding inventors to find solutions to issues. The UK winner […]
Emilia Pérez was the ‘most nervous’ audition ever
Getty Images Selena Gomez stars as the wife of a Mexican Cartel boss in Emilia Pérez Selena Gomez says preparing for her latest role was “the most nervous I’ve ever been for an audition”. The Lose You To Love Me singer plays Jessi Del Monte in the Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez, directed by French filmmaker […]