WikiLeaks swiftly declined after it slid into an undeclared but unprecedented alliance with Russia — a fall hastened by the prosecution and pursuit of founder Julian Assange. Even so, the anti-secrecy platform transformed how information reaches the public, twice. It launched an era in which documents from whistleblowers and hackers can draw a broad audience […]
German car making giant Volkswagen (VW) says it will invest up to $5bn (£3.94bn) in Tesla rival Rivian. The deal creates a joint venture that will allow VW and the US-based electric vehicle (EV) maker to share technology. Rivian shares jumped by almost 50% after the announcement. The tie-up comes as competition intensifies between EV […]
Nasa Astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore were supposed to have stayed on the space station for eight days The two astronauts testing out Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft were supposed to begin making their way back to Earth on Wednesday night but instead they will stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The vessel’s […]
A man who had a terminal cancer diagnosis, and who described Labour as “the party of hope for a brighter future I won’t live to see” at the party’s manifesto launch, is now cancer-free. Nathaniel Dye, a 38-year-old music teacher, was diagnosed with stage four incurable bowel cancer in October 2022, and tumours were understood […]
It started like any other pickup basketball game at an open gym — players sweating on the court, others waiting on the sidelines and spectators casually observing. Jessica Brogan, who had attended similar practice-like sessions with her two hoops-hungry sons, said it began as a “normal open run.” However, on this particular Saturday, there was […]
During one of the many conversations I had with Julian Assange while he was at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, I asked him what he would do first if he could get out of the building. “I would look at the sky,” he said, calmly. This was in 2016, and at that time he had […]
The European Union said Tuesday that Microsoft abused its market power when it folded the chat and videoconferencing program Teams into a bundle with other popular business apps, boosting its own offering over rivals like Slack and Zoom. In a preliminary finding, the European Union told the company that these practices were “possibly abusive” and […]
3 hours ago By Jon Ironmonger, BBC Investigations, Northamptonshire Getty Images A huge amount of Full Support Healthcare PPE was found in the New Forest last year About £1.4bn worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been destroyed or written off in what is understood to be the most wasteful government deal of the pandemic. Figures obtained […]
1 hour ago By Nalini Sivathasan, Lorna Acquah and Emma Simpson, BBC News Alamy The former Fujitsu engineer who helped design the faulty Horizon software at the centre of the Post Office scandal is under the spotlight this week. You might not have heard of Gareth Jenkins until now but he has become a key figure during […]
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