Fracking fury: Industry body hammers Sunak after shale gas U-turn October 27, 2022 UKOOG has expressed its fury with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's apparent decision to re-impose the ban on fracking.
Spotify calls out ‘kafkaesque’ App Store regulations in its audiobook push October 26, 2022 The boss of Spotify has criticised Apple for stifling its big break into audiobooks, calling its rules around customer access “kafkaesque”. The music streaming firm first announced that it would be pushing into audiobooks back in September, offering a potential rival to Amazon’s Kindle services in the US market. However, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told [...]
Sea of green as Bitcoin retakes $20k while Ethereum and Cardano see 14% rises October 26, 2022 The price of Bitcoin hit $20,000 for the first time since June this year, an increase of more than 5% over 24 hours and 6.15% in the last week.
Letters: Not another carte blanche October 26, 2022 [Re: A blank cheque for two years of capped energy prices was a perverse kind of plan, yesterday] In response to Jonathan Maxwell’s piece yesterday, I would not call the plan to cap energy prices “perverse”, I would say it was about giving people the ability to plan, to know what was going to [...]
Planet Crypto: Nah then! Damien Hirst gets t’matches out on his non-fungibles October 25, 2022 Planet Crypto's mischievous bunch focus their satirical crosshairs on Yorkshire artist Damien Hirst and his NFT art burning.
Europe to stave off blackouts this winter if it avoids more “surprises” October 25, 2022 Europe should avoid blackouts this winter unless they are more "surprises", predicts the International Energy Agency.
Rishi Sunak: I will fix Truss ‘mistakes’ and win trust of the UK October 25, 2022 The UK’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to fix the “mistakes” made by Liz Truss and to earn the trust of the British people after the past month of chaos. Sunak said outside Number 10 that the country was “facing a profound economic crisis”, but promised that “we will create a future worthy [...]
Ethereum bucks the trend and Bitcoin slips, but still steady above $19k October 25, 2022 The price of Bitcoin has slipped since yesterday to $19,307, but is still holding strong above the $19,000 mark.
Champions League offers Liverpool and Klopp respite October 25, 2022 It has been Liverpool’s worst start to a Premier League season under the reign of Jurgen Klopp, but his side are one point away from securing knockout European football for the 12th time in 15 seasons. The Merseyside club have amassed just 16 points from their opening 11 Premier League games, sit eighth in the [...]
A Lord of the Rings pilgrimage to The Ribble Valley October 24, 2022 THE WEEKEND: I’m a lifelong fan of the great JRR Tolkien, and so to mark the release of the new Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power series dropping on Amazon, I’m visiting the village of Hurst in Lancashire’s rural Ribble Valley, which has a circular 9 km trail in honour of the Lord of [...]