Soaring food and non-alcoholic drink prices have kept UK inflation in double-figures and continued to put more pressure on household budgets. More expensive bread, cereals and chocolate all caused the overall average price of food and non-alcoholic drinks to increase 19.1% in the year to March. This is the sharpest 12-month increase since August 1977. Here are some of
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Twitter will finally remove “legacy” blue ticks from verified accounts on Thursday. Elon Musk announced earlier this month that 20 April was the final date for culling the checkmarks – almost three weeks after the original plan to do so on April Fool’s Day. The only blue ticks left will be those with a Twitter
India is on track to surpass China as the most populated country in the world, according to United Nations data. India is expected to have have 1.4286 billion people compared with China‘s 1.4257 billion by the middle of 2023, the UN population dashboard indicated – that is 2.9 million more people in the South Asian
The government has made it its primary aim to halve inflation by the end of the year but things aren’t quite going to plan. Britain has shot up the leader board and now has western Europe’s highest rate of consumer price inflation. Economists were expecting the headline rate to fall from 10.4% to 9.8% in
Tesla has implemented another wave of price cuts across its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. It’s the second time this month, resulting in its electric cars starting under $40,000 before incentives. After consistently and gradually increasing its electric vehicle prices over the last two years, Tesla has started bringing those prices down in 2023
12:43 AM BST World Rugby will trial a Television Match Official (TMO) Bunker concept aimed at reducing lengthy stoppages and making correct decisions on foul play, with the system expected to be used at the men’s World Cup later this year if the trial is successful. The concept, which is essentially a card review system,
The rate of inflation has eased slightly but still remains above 10%, according to official figures showing record costs for some essential foods. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the consumer prices index (CPI) measure slowed to 10.1% in March from 10.4% the previous month. Economists had largely expected a figure of 9.8%. The
BYD’s new luxury brand Yangwang is selling its first model, the U8, for more than 1 million yuan ($160,000). CNBC | Evelyn Cheng SHANGHAI — Fully autonomous driving is “basically impossible” and the technology would be better applied to manufacturing, according to Chinese battery and electric car company BYD. Many electric car and tech companies
Elon Musk is getting the last laugh as his ultra-ambitious prediction about the Tesla Model Y becoming the best-selling car in the world has come true. People often like to poke fun at Tesla CEO Elon Musk for his predictions that didn’t turn out to be true, and rightfully so, especially for things like his
Soon you will be able to pull up and charge just about anywhere. Hyundai CRADLE, the open tech innovation unit from the Hyundai Motor Group, is partnering with Brooklyn-based EV charging firm itselectric and the New York City Economic Development Corporation to showcase curbside EV charging stations for city use. Launched in 2017, Hyundai CRADLE
16 April 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Neckarwestheim: The Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant. The era of commercial power generation with nuclear power plants in Germany came to an end on Saturday with the separation of the Isar 2, Neckarwestheim and Emsland nuclear power plants from the power grid. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images As of
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tim Cook, Apple’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) greets the media with folded hands outside the Apple store at Jio World Drive mall, Mumbai, India, April 18, 2023. Ashish Vaishnav | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook is in India this
In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rick Osterloh, senior vice president of devices and services at Google Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google will launch its first foldable smartphone sometime in June, challenging Samsung’s market-leading foldable phone business, according to internal communications viewed by CNBC. It plans to announce the
Nissan has revealed its latest fully electric vehicle concept at Auto Shanghai 2023. The Arizon electric SUV is designed to serve as a “multifunctional partner,” according to Nissan. Although Nissan was an early pioneer, releasing the LEAF in 2010 as one of the first mass-market EVs, it took the Japanese automaker over a decade to
Toyota Motor introduced two new fully electric concept models at the Auto Show in Shanghai Tuesday as part of its expanding bZ (Beyond Zero) lineup. The new EVs include a sport crossover and family-oriented SUV that will be launched in China next year. The Japanese automaker released its first electric vehicle, the bZ4X SUV, in
You may already be familiar with Gogoro’s battery swapping stations, known as GoStations, which have famously created the de facto standard in swappable light electric vehicle batteries. But now the company is expanding beyond just EV battery swapping by teaming up with Enel X to create virtual power plants (VPPs) from its GoStations. The Taiwanese
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches slew of infrastructure projects from MMRDA Grounds, at Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East) on Jan. 19, 2023 in Mumbai, India. Satish Bate | Hindustan Times | Getty Images Apple has a big week planned in India, where the iPhone maker has
8:47 AM ET Associated Press Two clubs have been kicked out of China’s basketball league amid suspicions of match-fixing. The ruling came after the Chinese Basketball Association judged the Jiangsu Dragons and Shanghai Sharks engaged in unsportsmanlike conduct during a playoff series last week. They will also be suspended from this year’s regular season, fined
Tesla announced that it is making a new version of the Model 3 with the Long Range battery pack and a single RWD motor, but it’s only available to businesses in the UK. Currently, Tesla only sells three versions of the Model 3: Standard Range RWD Long Range AWD Performance AWD But now the automaker
An influencer and former Love Island contestant has been found to have breached UK advertising rules by not properly labelling a TikTok post as an ad. Tasha Ghouri was paid by EMI Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd, to feature Hold me Closer by Elton John and Britney Spears in a TikTok video