Police say they are investigating a fire which gutted a historic pub as arson. A blaze caused extensive damage at The Crooked House near Dudley, an 18th-century building, on Saturday evening. Up to 30 firefighters were needed to tackle the blaze at the pub in Himley. The pub became widely regarded as “Britain’s wonkiest” due
Tesla has poached a top manufacturing executive from Bosch, Dr. Michael Schmitt, who has over 25 years of experience at the German manufacturing giant. Last year, Tesla brought Tom Zhu, the executive in charge of Tesla’s operations in China, to the US to oversee all manufacturing and sale operations in North America. The automaker hopes
The last time we heard from African electric motorcycle startup Spiro, the company was planning to roll out 140,000 e-motos in Uganda. Now Spiro is working to put even more bikes and battery swap stations on the road thanks to new funding. The company just landed approximately US $63 million, in partnership with Societe Generale
Russia is planning to build up its forces at its western borders following Finland’s accession to NATO, the country’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu has said. The defence minister also noted Poland had already announced plans to strengthen its military, and that he expected significant NATO forces and weaponry to be deployed in Finland. Finland’s inclusion
Police issued 11 dispersal orders in the Oxford Street area of London after a social media post appeared to advertise a mass shoplifting event. Two young men were led away from an area near a McDonald’s fast food restaurant in handcuffs, close to a shop rumoured to be the target of the disturbance. A spokesman
In this article 6758.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT PlayStation DualSense controller and PlayStation 5 console are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 9, 2022. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Sony on Wednesday reported a 31% fall in profit in the first fiscal quarter as its life
The UK and Turkey will work together to “disrupt and dismantle” people smuggling gangs under a new deal announced today. A new operational “centre of excellence” will be established by the Turkish National Police as part of the agreement and both countries will also share intelligence. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick said he was unable to
Associated Press Aug 8, 2023, 06:52 PM ET TORONTO — Britain’s Andy Murray started his journey for a fourth National Bank Open title by defeating Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego in two sets, winning 7-6 (3), 6-0 on Tuesday. Murray, who secured titles in 2009, 2010 and 2015, saved two set points and clinched the first set
PayPal on Monday became the first major U.S. fintech company to offer its own crypto token with a dollar-pegged stablecoin known as PayPal USD, making big promises of how it can move money between millions of crypto investors. The company is entering an extremely crowded market already dominated by stablecoins like tether and USDC, at
A solar roof is a feature that Tesla said would be available on the Cybertruck, but with the electric pickup truck being closer to production, it’s not clear if it is still in the cards. Tesla, like many other automakers, had previously explored adding solar to electric vehicles, but it has never pulled the trigger
Associated Press Aug 8, 2023, 05:23 PM ET ATLANTA — The home of Georgia Tech football has been renamed Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field following a naming rights agreement between the school and the automaker. The Georgia Board of Regents announced a deal on Tuesday for Hyundai to pay Georgia Tech approximately $55 million
In this article EVBG RNG DDOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Vlad Shmunis, CEO, RingCentral Scott Mlyn | CNBC Cloud stocks are slipping on Tuesday, after one of the more prominent ones, Datadog, lowered its full-year revenue guidance as organizations remain engaged in cost-saving exercises. One cloud-oriented exchange-traded fund, the WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund,
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook holds a new iPhone 14 Pro during an Apple special event on September 07, 2022 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple’s iOS 17 will include one of the biggest revamps to the iPhone’s phone app in years. The
Tesla and EnergyHub have announced a new partnership to build “the largest virtual power plant in [the] Northeast.” Virtual power plants are becoming one of Tesla’s most underappreciated products. Tesla is using its existing and growing fleet of Powerwalls to aggregate their power capacity and offer electric grid services to utilities while compensating homeowners for
The Hyundai Motor Group announced it would target one of the largest auto markets globally with plans to unveil five EV models in India as it transitions to an electric future. After surpassing GM, Nissan, and Stellantis in annual volume last year, the Hyundai Motor Group (HMG), including Kia and Genesis, became the third-largest automaker
Germany’s top automaker just took the top EV position after squeaking by Tesla in electric car registrations through July. Volkswagen leads the German EV market with its new electric van gaining momentum. Volkswagen overtakes Tesla in the German EV market Although Tesla has led the market up until the first half of the year, Volkswagen
Northern Ireland police officers have been left “incredibly vulnerable” after a huge data breach compromised the details of every serving officer and member of staff. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has apologised for the self-inflicted security breach after it inadvertently published the information in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request on
Harun Ozalp | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The company formerly known as Twitter is betting that a new ad-tech partnership and enhanced safety tools for brands will lure back advertisers who departed in the months since Elon Musk purchased the company. X, as Musk renamed the company, said on Tuesday that it signed a
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has reportedly been involved in a major data breach affecting officers and civilian staff. The breach involves the names, ranks and other personal data, but does not involve the officers’ and civilians’ private addresses, the Press Association reports. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been notified about the
Lee Anderson has refused to apologise for saying asylum seekers who don’t want to be housed on barges should “f*** off back to France”. But the Conservative deputy chairman also said there was “no doubt” the government had failed to tackle illegal immigration. Tory MP Mr Anderson made the remark about asylum seekers after it