Sky is “surprised and happy” at Sky Glass sales ahead of Christmas, the company product chief has told Sky News, but he stressed it was easier to understand the product more as an entertainment platform than a telly. When the hardware was launched in October it was hailed as Sky’s solution to clutter, both physically
Asana CEO and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA | AFP | Getty Images Dustin Moskovitz is buying the dip. Again. The billionaire co-founder and CEO of cloud software vendor Asana bought $81 million worth of the company’s stock this week as part of a pre-arranged trading plan, bringing his purchases for the
1:56 PM GMT All Round 2 matches between U.K. and French sides have been postponed hours after Ospreys vs. Racing 92 was called off due to a number of positive COVID-19 cases in the Welsh squad. European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) awarded Racing 92 a 28-0 victory and five match points, in accordance with competition
Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team at her trial has tried to discredit her accusers by suggesting there were discrepancies between the statements they gave to the FBI and what they have said in court. Four women, testifying for the prosecution, allege Maxwell recruited and groomed them when they were teenagers for sexual abuse by her ex-boyfriend
The Downing Street Christmas party furore has ended a year of notable political scandals with yet another one. All eyes have been on the Conservatives as 2021 draws to a close, but they were not the only party to have been hit by embarrassing events. But as the party of government for more than 10
The top civil servant will no longer lead a Whitehall investigation into alleged Christmas parties in Number 10 after he was revealed to have been aware of a separate party in his own office in December last year. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case has removed himself from his role in heading the probe into claims of
National security analyst Asha Rangappa joins New Day to discuss a new report issued by the January 6 select committee about Mark Meadows’ communications around the Capitol insurrection. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Whitney Wild and Jeffrey Toobin report. #CNN #News
Tesla has now expanded the availability of its real-time data car insurance product to car owners in Illinois. It’s now the third state to get Tesla Insurance and the second one with the more recent product based on real-time data from the drivers. Tesla Insurance Tesla had already introduced its own insurance product in California,
Tidal turbine from Nova Innovation onshore prior to installation. Nova Innovation Britain’s emerging tidal power sector took a number of steps forward this week, with companies and projects announcing new developments in their plans to roll out projects and technology. On Thursday, Scottish firm Nova Innovation said it had secured 2.5 million euros ($2.83 million)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his team has held meetings with business leaders as pressure mounts on the government to provide assistance to companies impacted by the Omicron variant. Mr Sunak cut short his trip to the US to hold more talks with business chiefs in response to the fresh COVID crisis on Friday. He and
The Kurdish travel agent, responsible for 10 of the people who died crossing the Channel last month, has told Sky News he thinks about the dead every day and defended his role in the network. “Even if we don’t participate, the process will still happen,” he said. “As an agency in Kurdistan and Iraq, we
1:27 PM ET Last season, we celebrated a number of players aged 27 or older who, like Ilkay Gundogan, had either pushed their respective games to new heights or thrived in slightly different roles in the 2020-21 season. (We also gave out Gundogan lifetime achievement awards to Bayern’s Thomas Muller and Lazio‘s Ciro Immobile.) Some
The future of bitcoin is anyone’s guess, but one academic has warned that the world’s most popular cryptocurrency could fade out in the near future. Eswar Prasad, senior professor of international trade policy at Cornell University, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” earlier this month: “Bitcoin itself may not last that much longer.” Bitcoin’s price has
A new residential lettings group backed by the private equity arm of Britain’s biggest high street bank is in exclusive talks to buy Chestertons, one of the world’s oldest estate agents. Sky News has learnt that Lomond Group, which is part-owned by LDC, has entered detailed negotiations about a deal that could value Chestertons at
West End productions, gigs, football matches and now rugby fixtures are among the events postponed this weekend amid the spread of the Omicron variant. Rugby games scheduled for this weekend between French and British clubs as part of the Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup are among latest events to be called off. It
As many as 75,000 people in China are dying prematurely each year from air pollution caused by the country’s increasing meat consumption, a new study has found. Global increases in meat production over the past 50 years are most pronounced in east Asia, and particularly China, according to the paper, published in Nature Food. The
Two years after winning his second Oscar for best supporting actor, Mahershala Ali is not just playing the lead in his latest film – he’s also playing a clone of the character, too. Swan Song, which is set in an eerily near future, tells the story of Cameron, who after receiving a terminal diagnosis has
After a bruising few weeks in Westminster, the voters of North Shropshire delivered their own body blow on Boris Johnson, booting the Tories out of a seat they’ve never lost on the second biggest swing by-election since 1945. Governments often lose by-elections. But this loss will send shockwaves through the Conservative Party because it shows
An analysis of three-toed, meat-eating dinosaurs has revealed that they may have sprinted faster than a car being driven on the city roads. The footprints, left behind by these theropods over lakebed mud tens of millions of years ago, were studied by scientists. The researchers discovered two sets of fossilised footprints in Spain’s La Rioja
Hamilton. In The Heights. Vivo. Bring It On. Encanto. Freestyle Love Supreme. Moana. His Dark Materials. tick, tick… BOOM! That’s just a handful of work that has helped Lin-Manuel Miranda become a household name over the last few years, and propelled him into stardom. And it is his latest project that has again brought him