New 5G app gives smartphone users insight into lives of connected cows March 4, 2019 Tech nerds and bovine enthusiasts will now be granted an insight into the everyday life of cows thanks to a new app that connects cattle to 5G. The smartphone app, called Me + Moo, allows users to select their own connected cow and receive daily updates beamed via 5G sensors on the farm. Read more: Arm [...]
KFC taps London fintech startup Flux for paperless payments March 4, 2019 KFC has launched a partnership with London fintech startup Flux which will see the US fried chicken chain go paperless. From today, users of digital banks Monzo and Starling, as well as select Barclays customers in the near future, will be able to receive digital itemised receipts for transactions in their banking apps when they [...]
Space X Dragon capsule successfully docks with International Space Station March 3, 2019 A capsule launched by Elon Musk’s Space X successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) today as part of its demonstration mission. The Dragon vehicle made the attachment autonomously having launched on Saturday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 4.9 metre tall capsule contained a dummy called Ripley and 90kg of supplies. It [...]
Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou sues Canadian authorities over detention March 3, 2019 Senior Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is suing Canadian authorities for illegally holding her and interrogating her for three hours before her arrest at Vancouver International Airport in December. The chief financial officer of the Chinese telecoms giant is facing extradition to the US to face accusations of sanctions busting. The lawsuit, filed on Friday according [...]
The future of news: could tax breaks make online news sustainable? March 3, 2019 Sarah Cartwright’s news kiosk is as much a fixture in Sloane Square as the high-end boutiques that have surrounded it since her grandfather began selling newspapers from a wooden box there in 1892. But the kiosk may do well to survive another decade, let alone a century. “Print is dead,” she says. The Cairncross Review [...]
Space X launches unmanned crew capsule to International Space Station in step forward for sending humans into orbit March 2, 2019 Elon Musk’s Space X on Saturday took a giant leap forward in its quest to resume human space flight from US soil, launching a rocket with an unmanned crew capsule towards the International Space Station. Space X’s 4.9 metre tall Crew Dragon capsule, on a Falcon 9 rocket, lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center [...]
Amazon to open supermarkets across US in food business expansion March 2, 2019 Amazon is looking to open dozens of supermarkets across America as it tries to expand its food business. The online retailer is also exploring the option of buying regional chains that have at least 12 stores as it bids to strength its new supermarket brand, according to the Wall Street Journal. Read more: New York leaders beg Amazon to [...]
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou can be extradited, Canada says March 2, 2019 Canada will allow Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou to be extradited to the US but the court must make a final decision. Meng was arrested in December by Canadian officials at the request of the US. She is wanted to stand trial on charges that include fraud after allegations she violated sanctions on Iran. Read more: New [...]
New York leaders beg Amazon to reconsider scrapping proposed HQ March 1, 2019 Nearly 80 New York City leaders in public office, business, and the community have sent an open letter to Jeff Bezos asking him to reconsider building an Amazon headquarters in Queens. In a full page ad in the New York Times, a number of officials, including a former Mayor of New York City and a number [...]
Lyft files for IPO ahead of rival Uber in listing that could value it at $25bn March 1, 2019 Ride-hailing company Lyft filed its initial public offering (IPO) registration today ahead of rival Uber in the race to hit the public markets. Lyft filed with an initial offering size of $100m (£75.62m), which is usually just a placeholder amount used to calculate fees that could change. The company did not disclose the price it plans to list at [...]