5 sunny things to do in London this weekend September 8, 2023 Not that we’ve had many, but it could be the last sunny weekend of the year… Temperatures are set to hit 32 Celsius tomorrow, and they’re staying high for Sunday and into Monday, so you’ve got multiple changes to get out in this delightful Indian Summer. Here are five things to do in London this [...]
TikTok: Lawyers hope new data centre can ease privacy fears September 8, 2023 Tiktok has opened a European data centre which lawyers say could quell international privacy fears currently plaguing the app. This week the Chinese video app opened a new data centre based in Dublin as part of an effort to calm European data privacy concerns around the app’s links to China. ‘Project Clover’, as it has [...]
EP: 228 Haydock, Ascot, Kempton, Leopardstown & Hong Kong September 8, 2023 The Sprint Cup is the feature race at Haydock on Saturday afternoon, part of the Qipco British Champions Series, where the super-fast Shaquille looks to add a further Group One prize to his already impressive list of victories. We hear today from his jockey James Doyle. We also preview races at Kempton and Ascot. There’s [...]
Hipgnosis share price rockets after £376m Round Hill Music takeover September 8, 2023 Shares in Hipgnosis Songs Fund jumped as much as 16.5 per cent on Friday morning following the news that rival music royalty firm Round Hill Music (RHM) is set to be rescued by a multi million dollar buyout. Los Angeles based Alchemy Copyrights has offered to buy US company RHM for $469m (£376m), causing its [...]
Norton warning over TikTok Bitcoin scam using deepfake AI of Elon Musk and Mr Beast September 8, 2023 Cyber security specialist Norton is warning TikTok users of an elaborate scam involving AI deepfake parodies of wealthy celebrities.
Bitcoin has an undeniably positive future – we just need to wait and keep our cool September 8, 2023 Jason Deane takes a global look at the state of Bitcoin and says we need to wait the current market sentiment out and keep cool heads.
London Underground’s Central Line just got better with 5G between Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road September 8, 2023 It will now be easier to play Minecraft and scroll Instagram on the tube as some parts of London’s West End underground are set to receive a connectivity boost from mobile providers. Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road stations, both on the Central Line, are the first stations in the West End flurry of theatres, [...]
FTSE 100 live: London rallies at end of week after mixed bag for European and US markets September 8, 2023 The FTSE 100 rallied at the end of the week to finish up by half a percent, after a mixed bag in Europe and US markets weighed down sentiment earlier on. London’s premier bluechip index was at 7,478.19 points by close, finishing 0.49 per cent up after hovering between being under marginally up and down [...]
Inside the opulent new Claridge’s hotel spa September 8, 2023 Being a lifestyle reporter is a tough job. Sometimes it means getting massages at newly-opened spas and calling it work. What I have learned from all this labouring is that massages tend to be the same. Nice, but forgettable by the time you lay down for the next. (Again, it’s a tough job.) The massage [...]
New York’s last affordable Manhattan property is way better value than London September 7, 2023 At Inwood Hill Park, New York, there’s a metal plaque pointing out where Manhattan was sold from native Americans to a Belgian coloniser in 1626. The land was exchanged for the lowly price of some trinkets and beans. A tulip tree had marked this spot for 280 years but when it died in 1938 it [...]