Steve Jobs’ 1973 application to be auctioned in original format AND as an NFT July 21, 2021 Steve Jobs’ hand-written 1973 job application is set to challenge the traditional perceptions of value in a landmark auction that may prove the acid test for the NFT (Non-Fungible Token) market.
Labour comes out against vaccine passport plans for nightclubs July 21, 2021 The Labour Party has this afternoon come out against plans for vaccine passports to be used to allow people access to venues like nightclubs. On Monday Boris Johnson announced that from September it will be mandatory for people to show proof that they have been fully vaccinated in order to access such venues, as well [...]
British man linked to 2020 Twitter hack arrested in Spain July 21, 2021 Spanish police have arrested a 22-year-old British citizen in the southern city of Estepona for his alleged involvement in the July 2020 Twitter hack. The US requested his arrest on multiple charges connected to the cyberscam. Joseph O’Connor is also accused in a criminal complaint of computer intrusions linked with TikTok and Snapchat accounts takeovers, [...]
Covid lockdowns cost UK creative industries £12bn July 21, 2021 Repeated coronavirus lockdowns have cost the UK’s creative industries an estimated £12bn and more than 110,000 jobs, new figures have revealed. Data released today by Oxford Economics showed businesses in the creative sector generated around £104bn in gross value added value in 2020, down from £116bn the previous year. This was also well below the [...]
Media freedom: Hong Kong police arrest ex-editor of squashed Apple Daily July 21, 2021 Hong Kong police have detained two former senior staff of stifled pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, just hours after they arrested the paper’s former executive editor-in-chief. Apple Daily’s former deputy chief editor Chan Pui-Man and managing editor Fung Wai-Kong were arrested for a second time, according to local media reports. The pair had already been arrested [...]
Riders of Justice review – Mads Mikkelsen is brilliant… again July 21, 2021 Tragedy, probability, and Mads Mikkelsen meet in comedy Riders of Justice. The Danish film beat Mikkelsen’s Oscar winner, Another Round, to claim the highest opening weekend for a homegrown film in 2020. As it turns out, the two films could not be more different. Anders Thomas Jensen directs this dark, humorous tale of the aftermath [...]
Pandemic boost: Pharmacy2U’s online product delivery climbs to 17m July 21, 2021 Pharmacy2U has delivered over 17m medicines since the start of the pandemic, figures from the Leeds-based online pharmacy showed today. The e-pharmacy, well-known for its repeat prescriptions service, has seen a sharp increase in customers ordering medicines online. The company has grown its operations to support the work of the NHS and adapt to stay-at-home [...]
Rothschild Bitcoin exposure gets muted response from market experts July 21, 2021 Rothschild Investment Corp has revealed it has grown its exposure to Bitcoin by around 300 per cent, but the experts aren't convinced.
US stocks rise on strong quarterly earnings July 21, 2021 US stocks rose during the open on Wednesday after investors were boosted by a string of strong company quarterly earnings. The blue chip S&P 500 rose 0.48 per cent, lifted by gains in cyclical stocks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.39 per cent, while the Dow Jones was up 0.69 per cent. Yields on 10-year US [...]
Glastonbury scraps plan for one-day September festival July 21, 2021 Glastonbury has ditched plans to hold a one-day event in September, the festival’s organisers have announced. Earlier this year Mendip district council granted a licence application for a one-off show with a maximum capacity of 50,000 people – a quarter of the festival’s usual capacity. But in a post on Instagram organiser Emily Eavis said [...]
