Halo 5: Guardians review – multiplayer elevates franchise to new heights October 29, 2015 Platform: XBO | ★★★★☆ If you haven’t followed the intricacies of the Halo universe over the past 14 years, you’re never going to catch up now (if you have, I’ve got news for you: you’re old and your best days are behind you). Halo’s plot is labyrinthine and esoteric and, honestly, a bit silly. You’re not [...]
Guitar Hero Live aims for realism but lacks the party appeal of its bitter rival October 29, 2015 ★★★☆☆ In Guitar Hero Live, you perform in front of images of an actual, living crowd of real humans, who cheer and sing and dance along to the music as you strum away. It’s as if you’re actually there, living the rockstar dream through the eyes of a live-action guitar hero, and not sitting in [...]
Dong Energy to build world’s biggest wind farm in the Irish Sea off UK coast October 29, 2015 Denmark’s Dong Energy plans to build the world’s biggest offshore windfarm in the Irish Sea off the UK coast. The 660-megawatt Walney Extension windfarm will overtake the current record holder, Dong’s 630-megawatt (MW) London Array Offshore Wind Farm, when it completes in 2018. It will deliver electricity to 460,000 UK homes. The project will feature two different wind turbines [...]
Workers with a “male brain” earn more money October 29, 2015 Forget negotiating tactics and job changes. If you’re looking to raise your salary, the best thing you can do might be to make sure you’ve got the right kind of brain. Workers with a “male brain” (really) earn a significant amount more than those with a “female brain”, new research has shown, linking a male [...]
Halloween asteroid flyby 2015: “Great Pumpkin” TB145 will come spookily close to the Earth on Saturday October 29, 2015 An unexpected asteroid is going to fly scarily close to the Earth on Saturday, just in time for Halloween. Asteroid 2015 TB145, also known as “the Great Pumpkin”, will miss our planet by around 300,000 miles when it comes hurtling past at around 5pm UK time – an incredibly close call in celestial terms. With [...]
Samsung share buyback pleases investors after third quarter profit beats expectation October 29, 2015 Samsung has revealed a 4.2 trillion won (£6.5bn) share buyback after its third quarter profit beat expectations, sending shares in the South Korean tech company to their highest in nearly six months. Operating profit jumped 82 per cent on the same quarter last year to 7.4 trillion won on revenue of 51.7 trillion won which also grew [...]
Yelp share price jumps after online review company surpasses expectations in third quarter October 28, 2015 Yelp's share price rose seven per cent in after hours trading after the online reviewing company published its third quarter results which came in ahead of expectations. The figures Revenue for the three months to 30 September hit $143.6m, up 40 per cent on the same period of last year, however Ebitda was $12.5m, compared with [...]
Why London doesn’t need tech unicorns October 28, 2015 It’s no secret that the last few years have seen an enormous influx of venture capital flowing into the tech sector, but 2014 set new records. While this may be less surprising across the pond, funding for European tech companies actually grew faster than any other region globally, increasing 78 per cent last year according [...]
London is Europe’s science and tech capital, and this is why I chose to invest in it October 28, 2015 London is on the up. The capital’s population has hit an historic high at 8.6m people. The Mayor of London’s office predicts that by 2050 that number will reach 11m, with London serving as a magnet for talent from across the globe. But London’s success also creates significant issues: not least how to create jobs [...]
Social media could soon bring your dead relatives back to life, scientist claims October 28, 2015 Our dead relatives could soon be brought back to life in virtual form, according to an animation scientist. Simon McKeown from Teeside University in the UK predicts that in 50 years, relatives will be kept alive through a combination of social media histories, voice synthesis and big data streams – so that we “never have [...]