Amazon’s Dave Limp, who runs the e-retailer’s hardware division, said the company’s jump into home robots this week started with a focus on security and then developed into a product that can also deliver a drink or take a video call. “We wrote a document where we thought customers especially would like the security aspects
Month: October 2021
Boris Johnson has said he backs Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, who has faced calls to resign for her handling of the Sarah Everard case, and urged the public to “trust the police”. But the prime minister acknowledged “there is a problem” with how cases of rape and violence against women are handled. “I
Sir Keir Starmer has called on the government to take “emergency action to get a grip” on the HGV driver shortage causing fuel and food shortages. The Labour leader said the prime minister needs to deploy the 150 army drivers that are on standby now to petrol stations across the UK after an independent fuel
A serial killer who carried out a spate of murders and rapes in and around Paris in the 1980s and 1990s has been revealed as a retired police officer, according to reports in France. Francois Verove, 59, is said to have used his police identity card and handcuffs to abduct and restrain his victims. The
America’s special envoy on climate change John Kerry has told Sky News that strained relations between the US and China have made it harder for him to do his job. Speaking exclusively to Sky from a climate summit in Milan, Mr Kerry said his ability to persuade China to be more ambitious in reducing its
Britney Spears and her fiance, Sam Asghari, are ready to start their new lives together … but they wanna do it under a new roof and without the constraints of a conservatorship. Sources close to Britney tell TMZ … she and Sam are planning to take their relationship to the next level by landing a
News Watch the Flaming Lips Perform “Mother I’ve Taken LSD” on Fallon From last year’s American Head By Allison Hussey October 1, 2021 Facebook Twitter The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne (Still via YouTube) Facebook Twitter The Flaming Lips appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday night (September 30), performing “Mother I’ve Taken LSD”
Upgrade CEO Renaud Laplanche speaks at a conference in Brooklyn, New York, in 2018. Alex Flynn | Bloomberg via Getty Images U.S. fintech start-up Upgrade is set to enter the increasingly crowded buy now, pay later market. Upgrade, which was founded by former LendingClub boss Renaud Laplanche in 2016, is a digital banking start-up that
The policing minister has said it would be “perfectly reasonable” for anyone being approached by a lone police officer to call 999 and seek reassurance in the wake of the rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Speaking to Sky News’ Kay Burley, Kit Malthouse gave advice on what people should do if they are approached
A 12% rise in the energy price cap has taken effect amid warnings further increases are inevitable in the months ahead as wholesale costs surge in a time of “chaos” for the wider economy. Labour, which has claimed a “winter of discontent” looms, accused the government of complacency over “the fuel crisis, energy costs crisis,
Australia will start to reopen its international border from November, allowing fully vaccinated travellers into the country. Only Australian citizens and permanent residents will be able to enter at first, and they will need to quarantine for seven days. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said individual states will have to achieve vaccination rates above 80% before
US President Joe Biden has narrowly avoided a government shutdown, signing new legislation on spending just hours before the deadline. Republicans blocked the bill to fund the American government through to 3 December because they were unhappy with the plan to raise the debt ceiling, but it was eventually passed by the House and the
Next year’s Super Bowl is shaping up to be a night to remember, at least music-wise. Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Eminem are set to headline the 2022 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show, marking their first time taking the stage together. The big event is set to take place on
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Venom: Let There Be Carnage. This weekend, Venom: Let There Be Carnage hits theaters and unleashes chaos in multiple ways; here are the ten biggest spoilers from the movie. Andy Serkis takes over from Ruben Fleischer as director for the sequel, which sees Tom Hardy returning to the role of Eddie Brock (and