Meta has “surrendered” the lease on one of its London offices as tech firms continue efforts to slash costs. The parent firm of Facebook and Instagram let the space at 1 Triton Square from British Land, the FTSE 250 commercial property company, in 2021 but never moved in. Meta paid £149m to break the lease,
A death row prisoner in Alabama is fighting plans for him to be the first person to be executed using nitrogen gas. The new execution method of nitrogen hypoxia causes death by forcing the prisoner to breathe only nitrogen, depriving them of oxygen. Authorities in Alabama want to execute Kenneth Smith using the method –
The full specs for the self-proclaimed “world’s most sophisticated” micromobility vehicle, the Bo M electric scooter, have been unveiled as the e-scooter heads to production. Bo, the UK-based company behind the sleek-looking electric scooter, announced today that it is officially moving into production. The company also confirmed the full launch specifications ofthe Bo M, an
Customers will receive £114m off their water bills next year as the regulator has said water companies fell short of standards. The majority of water and wastewater companies in England and Wales underperformed, Ofwat said as part of its water company performance report. As a result, all but five of the 17 utility providers will
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has said it is “deeply embarrassing” members of his parliament gave two standing ovations to a man who fought for the Nazis during the Second World War. Yaroslav Hunka, 98, was recognised in the House of Commons lower chamber during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday. Mr
Secondhand goods marketplace Carousell expects to “healthily” reduce its losses this year, putting it on track to profitability, the firm’s CEO told CNBC. “This year, we continue to expect revenue to grow healthily. And I think in a very promising sign, we actually are going to be healthily reducing our losses this year as well,”
The number of first responders from the New York City Fire Department to have died from illnesses related to 9/11 has reached 343 – matching the number who died on the day of the attacks. Hilda Vannata, an emergency medical technician, died from pancreatic cancer on 20 September this year, while retired firefighter Robert Fulco
Actor and musician David McCallum has died at the age of 90 from natural causes. The Scottish-born star died this morning surrounded by his family at New York Presbyterian Hospital. McCallum is survived by his wife of 56 years, Katherine McCallum, his sons Paul McCallum, Valentine McCallum and Peter McCallum, his daughter Sophie McCallum and
Sir Ed Davey will close this week’s Liberal Democrat conference by promising to “fix our economy with care” after the Conservatives “broke” it with “carelessness”. In his first speech at the annual gathering since becoming leader, he will underline a number of health pledges the party has made over recent days – including enabling patients
A new study shows what vehicles buyers are trading in for used electric vehicles, including the Tesla Model 3, which is the most popular used EV in the US. The top two vehicles tradded for the Model 3 might surprise you. The study is coming from CarMax, which used it extensive used car data on
There was bound to be a shakeup in the Power Rankings with eight games featuring teams that were 3-0 or better (Notre Dame was 4-0) entering Week 4. One of those highly anticipated matchups ended up a blowout as Oregon made a statement in its 42-6 rout of Deion Sanders’ upstart Colorado Buffaloes. Another became
Home Secretary Suella Braverman will question whether the foundation of modern asylum law is still relevant in a speech in the US on Tuesday. Ms Braverman will ask whether the United Nations Refugee Convention 1951 is “fit for our modern age”. She will be speaking to the American Enterprise Institute, a centre-right think tank in
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kif Leswing/CNBC Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have a new frame design, which could make repairing the devices’ screens or swaps of their batteries easier, according to a teardown analysis by iFixit, a parts vendor and gadget-repair advocate. However, iFixit gives
The Metropolitan Police says it has received a number of sexual offence allegations against Russell Brand in London and elsewhere in the country. It says the alleged offences are all non-recent. A Met statement said: “Following an investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Sunday Times, the Met has received a number of allegations of
Russell Brand has accused the government of trying to “bypass” the judicial system after his YouTube channel was demonetised in the wake of sexual abuse allegations against him. In a livestream video on Rumble the comedian also accused the “legacy media” of being in “lockstep” with each other to “support a state agenda” and “silence
Sir Ed Davey has hinted his party would be prepared to do a post-election deal with Labour to prevent the Conservatives from forming a government. Speaking to Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby at the Liberal Democrats annual conference, the leader categorically ruled out any agreement with the Tories, saying his party could “play a
Nissan has committed itself to the sale of only electric cars across Europe from 2030, the year when the UK was supposed to have banned new vehicles powered by petrol and diesel. The Japanese carmaker also confirmed that all new models to be launched on the continent from now on would be fully electric. Its
Extreme global warming will likely wipe all mammals – including humans – off the face of the Earth in 250 million years, according to a new scientific study. Temperatures could spiral to 70C (158F) and transform the planet into a “hostile environment devoid of food and water”, the research warns. The planet would heat up
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterSep 25, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The dawn of an NHL season offers unparalleled promise. It’s a slate wiped clean for the ultimate fresh start. Everyone’s on equal footing again, in an official erasure of whatever happened — good or bad
With political party conference season upon us and the Tories scrambling for ways to appeal to voters and lessen Labour’s lead in the polls, abolishing inheritance tax has again been floated as the next government giveaway. So, how many people are paying inheritance tax and how much are they paying: will abolition allow grieving loved
The US battery energy storage market added 5,597 megawatt hours (MWh) in the second quarter of 2023, a new quarterly record. The grid-scale segment of the industry drove the market with a record-breaking 5,109 MWh in Q2, beating the previous record in Q4 2021 by 5%, according to Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power
Alain Jocard | AFP | Getty Images E-commerce giant Amazon on Monday said it will invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic and take a minority ownership position in the company. Anthropic was founded roughly two years ago by former OpenAI research executives, and recently debuted its new AI chatbot called Claude 2. The two
Police have identified a woman whose remains were found in the mouth of a 13ft alligator in Florida. The body of 41-year-old Sabrina Peckham was pulled from a canal in Largo, about 20 miles west of Tampa, after a witness spotted her in the alligator’s mouth, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said. The animal was
Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterSep 24, 2023, 06:54 PM ET Close Previously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph Northwestern University graduate NEW YORK — The end has officially arrived for this year’s New York Yankees. While a bevy of key injuries and a season’s worth of offensive struggles long
Twenty-four hours in A&E is now “no longer a documentary”, leading medics have warned, as figures show almost 400,000 patients spent a day or more in an emergency department in England last year. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) said the very long waits are a “matter of national shame”. Figures uncovered by the
Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was arrested in January after spending 30 years on the run, according to Italian media reports. The 61-year-old was suffering from cancer at the time of his arrest. As his condition worsened in recent weeks he was transferred to a hospital from the maximum-security prison in central Italy
Scrapping the HS2 rail line to Manchester would be a “gross act of vandalism”, senior Tories have warned Rishi Sunak. Former chancellor George Osborne and ex-deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine said the move would mean “abandoning” the North and Midlands. Writing in The Times, they warned the prime minister: “Governments are remembered for what they
With the latest iPhone now in people’s hands and Google’s annual Android flagship not far behind, it’s a pertinent time to release a film about the once iconic device that paved the way for both. BlackBerry hasn’t appeared alongside them on shop shelves for years, and any remaining devices were effectively killed off last January
The head of the Metropolitan Police has demanded increased legal protections for officers after a revolt by armed police left the army poised to fill in. Soldiers are on standby for armed police after scores of Metropolitan Police officers stood down from firearms duties following a murder charge against one of their colleagues. The force’s
Sir Brian May has said he is “immensely proud” to be part of the team who successfully collected NASA’s first asteroid samples from deep space. A capsule containing around 250g of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu touched down in the Utah desert near Salt Lake City on Sunday. Earlier in the day, the
Tesla has released an update with progress on its Optimus humanoid robot with a video that almost looks like CGI. Optimus, also known as Tesla Bot, has not been taken seriously by many outside of the more hardcore Tesla fans, and for good reasons. When it was first announced, it seemed to be a half-baked
Ajax and Feyenoord’s Eredivisie clash was called off after fans threw flares onto the pitch at the Johan Cruyff Arena. The match in Amsterdam had already been halted twice before the break by referee Serdar Gözübüyük because of fans throwing fireworks and a plastic cup onto the field. “De Klassieker is permanently stopped after repeated
The Ministry of Defence has placed the army on standby to support the Metropolitan Police after “more than 100” armed officers handed in their weapons. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has launched a review after a growing number of Scotland Yard officers turned in their firearms following a force marksman being charged with the murder of