Rolls-Royce unveils ‘flying taxi’ at Farnborough Airshow July 15, 2018 Rolls-Royce has released plans for a flying taxi that could be taking to the skies in the early 2020s. The British manufacturer will unveil its designs for an electric vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) vehicle at the Farnborough Airshow, which will be officially opened by Prime Minister Theresa May tomorrow. The air show is one of [...]
Skyscraper review: Dwayne Johnson jumping around on top of a tall building is precisely as entertaining as that sounds July 12, 2018 Having recently fought a malevolent board game in Jumanji: Return to the Jungle, and wrestled giant mutant monsters in Rampage, Hollywood’s busiest stack of sentient beef Dwayne Johnson is back to face off against his largest foe yet, the world’s tallest skyscraper. Mountains and small moons must now be shaking in their enormous boots, [...]
Brexiters pressuring ministers to ‘put principle before career’ over Chequers deal July 11, 2018 Pro-Brexit frontbenchers are coming under pressure to act on "principle" and quit over Theresa May's Chequers proposal, after further resignations last night. City A.M. understands that Brexit minister and former head of the European Research Group Suella Braverman has been "getting heat" from the very group she once led over her decision to remain in [...]
RAF centenary flypast over London today: Five things to look out for July 10, 2018 A huge flypast featuring up to 100 aircraft will go ahead today over central London to mark 100 years of the Royal Air Force. With so many aircraft taking part in such a big occasion on 10 July, there will be plenty to keep an eye on. So here are five things to look out [...]
Approach Blockchain with caution: Tremendous excitement around it but what’s the substance? July 10, 2018 "Blockchain” is a hugely popular buzzword. There’s all manner of promises being made — how good would it be if your business could get some or all of them? Beware the realities, though — there are good and useful parts of blockchain, but there’s a lot of hype. The promises Blockchain originated in Bitcoin, the [...]
Going to miss the RAF July centenary flypast while you’re at work? There’s an app for that July 10, 2018 If you're not going to make it to Buckingham Palace to watch the Royal Air Force (RAF) centenary flypast on Tuesday, there's now an app to help you watch it in augmented reality from wherever you are in the world. The RAF100 AR Flypast app features 35 different types of aircraft spanning the RAF's entire [...]
Sky completes sale of remaining Sky Bet stake to PokerStars owner for £635m July 10, 2018 Sky today confirmed it had sold its remaining stake in Sky Bet to Canadian online gambling company The Stars Group. The media giant confirmed it had completed its sell off its 20 per cent stake in Sky Betting & Gaming for a total of £635m. Toronto-based The Stars Group, which owns PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars [...]
Theresa May vows to fight on as Boris Johnson warns “the Brexit dream is dying” July 9, 2018 Embattled Theresa May has vowed to fight off any challenge to her leadership as outgoing foreign secretary Boris Johnson accused her of raising “the white flag” in the UK’s Brexit negotiations. On a day of high drama in Westminster the Prime Minister, already reeling from the resignation of her Brexit secretary David Davis and his [...]
Sky’s the limit: Alibaba Cloud looks to take on Amazon as it talks up a partnership with BT July 9, 2018 Chinese tech giant Alibaba is in talks to provide its cloud services to BT, in an apparent bid to take on Amazon’s dominance of the European market. Alibaba already holds a cloud services deal with Vodafone in Germany, where its first European data centre is located. If the partnership with BT were to look similar, [...]
Stobart chairman Iain Ferguson lines up plan to step down from board July 8, 2018 Stobart chairman Iain Ferguson is preparing a succession plan that will see him resign from the board within months, a report this evening revealed. The Stobart chair has discussed a proposal to get a new chairman in place before the company’s annual meeting next year. Sky News this evening reported that a formal timetable had [...]