Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has said alleged comments made about Diane Abbott by a Tory donor were “racist” – but that there should be “space for forgiveness”. Ms Badenoch is the first cabinet minister to use the term to describe Frank Hester’s reported remarks about the former Labour MP, after government ministers including Graham Stuart
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, speaks on artificial intelligence during a Bruegel think tank conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Yves Herman | Reuters Google announced it will restrict the types of election-related queries that users can ask its Gemini chatbot,
Oil rig pumpjacks, also known as thirsty birds, extract crude from the Wilmington Field oil deposits area near Long Beach, California, on July 30, 2013. David Mcnew | Reuters Crude oil futures edged lower Tuesday as traders assessed the latest U.S. inflation data and what it may mean for the Federal Reserve’s decision making on
Tesla has started to push a new Full Self-Driving Beta v12 software update. It’s still not going wide, there’s no new release note, but CEO Elon Musk says it’s a “big release”. When talking about Tesla’s Full Self-Driving program, it’s hard not to talk about delays. Tesla fans would argue that the company is trying
Pete Thamel, ESPNMar 12, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A distillation of what’s necessary for new Indiana coach Curt Cignetti to reverse the tortured fortunes of Indiana football the past few generations can be found on the bathroom sink in his office. His toothpaste is a brand called Tom’s Of
A “creepy” doll that spooked shoppers after it went on display in an Edinburgh charity shop has been snapped up by a celebrity psychic. Deborah Davies, star of Unexplained: Caught on Camera, has added “Annabelle” to her collection of around 60 “haunted dolls”. Ms Davies paid £220 in total for the toy, which has been
In this photo illustration an Airbnb logo is displayed on a smartphone on January 26, 2024 in Unspecified, United Kingdom. John Keeble | Getty Images Airbnb announced it will ban the use of indoor security cameras in any property listed on its site, and bring in new restrictions on outdoor cameras and noise monitoring devices.
Airbnb says it is banning the use of indoor security cameras in its rental properties around the globe from next month. The company said in the past it has allowed the use of indoor security cameras in common areas like hallways and living rooms but is clamping down on their use in order to “continue
Tesla has put up a website allowing TSLA shareholders to register for early Cybertruck delivery, as long as they fit certain criteria. It could give us a hint as to how Cybertruck deliveries are going. Tesla first started delivering Cybertrucks in November of last year, more than three months ago today. First deliveries were of
Powerful Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier has been out in the streets of Port-au-Prince calling for the international community to “give a Haiti a chance” – as he drew a rifle and fired his pistol in a show of force. Cherizier, a former police officer who is known as Barbecue among Haiti’s people, made the
World Party frontman and former The Waterboys member Karl Wallinger has died aged 66. The Welsh-born musician formed World Party in 1986 and wrote the track She’s The One which featured on the band’s 1997 album Egyptology. She’s The One was covered by Robbie Williams in 1999 and reached number one on the UK singles
After Amy Hart appeared on Love Island, men started sending her unsolicited pictures of their penises online. As her social media following grew to one million after being on the show in 2019, she says she was consistently tagged in ‘dick pics’. “You’re flicking through the Instagram stories you’ve been tagged in and they just
More than 900,000 young people who did not get their measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab as children are being invited to take part in a catch-up campaign as the number of measles cases rises. The NHS is writing to 19 to 25-year-olds in London, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands – inviting them to
Due to a strike in Germany, Ford is losing millions with production at a standstill in Saarlouis, Germany where the Ford Focus is built. Ford’s production lines in Saarlouis have been halted since Friday due to a strike at five surrounding suppliers. The Ford Focus is the only vehicle currently being built at the facility.
As the Hyundai IONIQ 9 gets closer to its official debut, we are finally getting a sneak peek of what we can expect. Hyundai’s first three-row electric SUV was spotted testing, revealing its large body and sleek design. Hyundai is already making its presence known in the global EV market with its current IONIQ 5
In this article ORCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Larry Ellison, co-founder and executive chairman of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle reported quarterly earnings on Monday that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations. The shares rose over
Donald Trump said Adolf Hitler “did some good things” and praised Vladimir Putin on more than one occasion during his time in the White House, his former chief of staff has claimed. Mr Trump, who is currently on the campaign trail and hoping to land a second stint as president, also repeatedly admired North Korea’s
Tesla is following through with its threat to go after early Cybertruck owners selling their electric pickup trucks. Before turning its reservations into orders, Tesla tried to take precautions against early buyers flipping the Cybertruck for profits. The automaker added a “no resell” clause for early VIN Cybertrucks, threatening to sue for $50,000 (or more) and
Campaigners and families have urged members of the House of Lords to back calls for a resentencing of offenders who are serving an “inhuman” sentence that was abolished more than a decade ago. On Tuesday, peers will debate amendments to the victims and prisoners bill, including one tabled by Baroness Fox of Buckley, which asks that
Volkswagen has canceled plans to build its all-electric ID.3 at its main factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, due to low demand, adding that “every euro that we do have to spend counts.” It will keep production at its EV-only plant, where it has been shaving off jobs for months. Volkswagen had planned to build its ID3