Scientific advisers have warned ministers they believe the new variant of COVID-19 spreads more quickly than previous strains, Sky News understands. It is expected the SAGE advisory group will be convened on Monday to work up a series of recommendations for how Tier 3 restrictions could be strengthened in light of the increased transmissibility of
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Washington, on Nov. 29, 2017. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Intel dropped as much as 6% on Friday afternoon following a Bloomberg report that Microsoft plans to design its own chips for its Surface PCs as
The bosses of some of Britain’s best-known technology companies have been courted by Boris Johnson as they contemplate public flotations that would make them collectively worth tens of billions of pounds. Sky News has learnt that the prime minister held talks on Friday afternoon with executives from businesses including Deliveroo and Revolut, the digital banking
A small number of UK organisations are known to have been affected by a suspected Russian hacking campaign that has also penetrated top secret US government agencies. No public sector bodies are yet known to be among the UK-based victims, according to a security source. But British officials are investigating whether there has been any
A man has been rescued after his car was buried under 4ft (1.2m) of snow in a severe storm in upstate New York, leaving him stranded in freezing temperatures for more than 10 hours. New York State police sergeant Jason Cawley contacted Tioga County 911 on Thursday to see if any emergency calls were pending.
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With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Paul McCartney, Mica Levi, Walt Disney Records, and Sheff G. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s
A Canadian astronaut will take part in a lunar mission for the first time in 2023, as part of the NASA-led Artemis project, the minister for innovation, science and industry announced Wednesday. “I am proud to announce another first: Canada will join the US on the first crewed mission to the Moon since the Apollo
“Just a few hours” remain for London and Brussels to strike a Brexit trade deal, the EU’s chief negotiator has said. Speaking to the European Parliament, Michel Barnier said it was the “moment of truth” for the two sides coming to an agreement. “We have very little time remaining, just a few hours to work
A box with the Sony PlayStation 4 Cyberpunk 2077 Collector’s Edition on the counter. Alexander Sayganov | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images LONDON — Sony has removed the video game Cyberpunk 2077 from its PlayStation Store, in a move that has shocked industry analysts and added to the woes of its developer. The
Retail sales fell by 3.8% last month when a four-week lockdown in England closed shops selling non-essential goods, official figures show. While the monthly drop from October ended six consecutive months of growth within the sector, overall sales remained above their pre-pandemic levels, the Office for National Statistics said. In November 2020, clothing store sales
The bodies of COVID-19 victims in a German city are having to be stored in a shipping container as the pandemic continues to spiral in the country. Germany‘s Robert Koch Institute – the government agency responsible for disease control and prevention – added another 33,777 confirmed cases of coronavirus in its most recent numbers, bringing
The US regulator says it will move quickly to authorise a second COVID-19 vaccine in the country. On Thursday, a panel of 20 advisers at the Food and Drug Administration ruled that the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks for adults. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the FDA, said: “Following today’s positive advisory committee meeting
EXCLUSIVE: Open Road Films has another Liam Neeson action movie, The Marksman, and they’ll be going wide with the pic on Jan. 22, 2021. Directed by Robert Lorenz, Neeson plays Jim in The Marksman, a hardened rancher in an Arizona border town who helps a young boy escape across America while being chased by the leaders of
Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world.To watch Colette, Mon Amour, the new documentary about the beloved Paris boutique, at a time when “going inside a store” and “mingling with other people” both feel like alien activities hits, as they say, different. Watching, I was immediately transported to