Apple HomePod Mini Todd Haselton | CNBC Apple has a real competitor to the Amazon Echo, and it may provide Apple with yet another growth opportunity. According to eMarketer, 70% of smart speaker owners in the U.S. have an Amazon Echo. Google is largely seen as the nearest competitor to Amazon, followed by companies that
The government has been told to “focus on the job in hand” rather than “squabbling” in Downing Street following the dramatic resignation of the prime minister’s spin chief. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called on Number 10 to “pull yourselves together” amid signs of a bitter power struggle at the top of Boris Johnson‘s administration.
Rishi Sunak has declined to rule out further measures similar to the Eat Out To Help Out scheme when the economy reopens after the latest lockdown. Mr Sunak told Sky News that the government would look at a “range of things” to “get consumers spending again and people out and about”. The Eat Out To
The government has summoned China’s ambassador to register “deep concern” after Beijing ordered the expulsion of four opposition MPs from Hong Kong’s parliament. Kwok Ka-ki, Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok and Kenneth Leung were banished from the territory’s assembly for allegedly endangering national security. Hong Kong authorities expelled the four politicians under a Chinese law banning
President-elect Joe Biden’s lead is getting bigger, some Republicans are urging Donald Trump to concede, and Boris Johnson has called the commander-in-chief the “previous president”. But the current US leader is still claiming on Twitter that he won the election. What will it take for Mr Trump to admit defeat? Can the election result be
Run the Jewels have shared a new song called “No Save Point” that’s part of the upcoming video game Cyberpunk 2077. It’s the hip-hop duo’s first release since their stellar RTJ4 album from June. Today’s release arrives almost a year after RTJ were initially confirmed for the soundtrack of the highly-anticipated open-world RPG. Like something of
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2020 has mostly sucked. Treat someone you love (that includes yourself) to a fancy gift…or at least something that looks fancy Save for the U.S. election results—a very off-brand-for-2020 glimmer of hope amongst the year’s usual trash—it’s been a tough one. And the global pandemic will likely mean a different kind of holiday season for
With a name like SpeedStr, you have to expect some hard and fast tunes. His newest drop, “Live In The Moment” featuring King Salomon, is no disappointment. The intro features some smooth vocals from King atop a suspenseful trap build as it leads into a heavy bass drop. Blending squeaks from jersey club, a quasi-trap
Johanna Geron | Reuters Facebook told advertisers its temporary post-election ban on political ads is expected to continue for another month. Its temporary pause on social issues, electoral or political ads in the U.S. will continue to help prevent confusion or abuse on its platform, according to emails viewed by CNBC. Facebook told advertisers they
Boris Johnson’s top Downing Street spin doctor has quit after a bitter power struggle behind the scenes. In a major blow for the prime minister, his director of communications Lee Cain has resigned and will leave the role at the end of the year. Just hours earlier there were reports of bitter arguments within the
People earning more than £19,500 a year would pay more under a £40bn tax hike plan to boost the public finances in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. The Resolution Foundation makes the case for a range of tax changes by the middle of the decade to avoid a return to austerity and tackle the
Countries around the world are working out ways to vaccinate their populations against COVID-19. But India, with its massive population of 1.3 billion, faces a bigger challenge than most. The country has set aside $7bn (£5.3bn) and the Union government has created a task force to plan for the distribution of the vaccine throughout the
Boris Johnson has branded Donald Trump the “previous president” and hailed his “refreshing” conversation with successor Joe Biden. Mr Trump is continuing to claim he won last week’s US presidential election and has made multiple unsubstantiated claims of fraud. But the prime minister consigned Mr Trump’s presidency to the history books on Wednesday, as he
Rapper Mo3 is dead after being gunned down on a Texas interstate … TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Mo3 was shot just before noon Wednesday on I-35 in Dallas and was transported to a hospital, where he died from his injuries. Our sources say the fatal shooting went down like this
American Horror Story: 1984 wrapped up its blood-soaked, gloriously campy run with a thoroughly satisfying finale that mostly made up for that lackluster 100th episode. In an unexpectedly touching twist, Brooke (Emma Roberts) and Donna (Angelica Ross) were both the final girl, and lived to tell the strange story of everything that went down at