Warner Bros. It’s hard to explain why the new posters for “Ready Player One” suck, but they suck. That much is clear. In social media land, where toxic tribes form in milliseconds to debate the relative merits of Marvel trailers, video games and potato chip flavours, it seems most of […]
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Broadcom’s hostile bid for Qualcomm is facing an investigation into national security concerns. Claudia Cruz/CNET The US government has called for an investigation of Broadcom’s proposed acquisition of rival chipmaker Qualcomm, worrying the hostile bid could pose a risk to US national security. The objection was raised by the Committee […]
Toyota has emerged as a clear winner from the ‘dieselgate’ scandal (AFP Photo/Fabrice COFFRINI) Geneva (AFP) – An auto industry turning away from diesel and European drivers increasingly favouring hybrid cars: add it up and the result is clear — advantage Toyota. The Japanese company is the world’s third largest […]
Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men in the UK, and because the disease develops slowly, there may be no signs you have it for many years. It was revealed at the beginning of this week that Bill Turnbull is currently struggling with the disease, and […]
That’s the opinion of former men’s doubles tennis star Mark Knowles, who has been left speechless over Federer’s recent achievements. The Swiss star overtook Nadal to become world No 1 once again in last month’s Rotterdam Open just weeks after winning his 20th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. […]
A man who said he was pursuing “jihad” pleaded guilty to murder and terrorism in New Jersey on Tuesday and surprised prosecutors by admitting in court that he also killed three people in Washington state in 2014. The man, Ali Muhammad Brown, 34, formerly of Seattle, changed his mind and […]
US Defence Intelligence Agency Director Lieutenant General Robert Ashley spoke to the Senate Armed Services Committee alongside National Intelligence Director Dan Coats to make the stark warning. Mr Ashley said: “They understand the dependencies that we have on space and so they’re developing capabilities for how to counter that, whether […]
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE Why don’t elephants get cancer? A new genetic study shows they have genes with special powers to fix mutated DNA — and humans have slightly different versions of the same genes. The report, […]