Trumpism will clash with economic reality November 10, 2016 Yesterday marked the 27th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It also heralded the ascendancy to the world’s most powerful office of a man whose most famous campaign pledge is to construct a massive wall along the length of America’s southern border. “We’re going to build it,” declared Trump, “and Mexico’s going to [...]
Here’s what tech stocks are doing after Trump’s win November 9, 2016 Shares in Google parent Alphabet, Apple and Amazon were down more than two per cent in pre-market trading on Wednesday after Donald Trump clinched victory from Hillary Clinton to become the next President of the United States. Many of the firms hold billions of dollars in profits offshore so they don't have to pay a 40 [...]
Be warned: Careless talk costs jobs November 9, 2016 Loose lips recently hit the headlines when England manager Sam Allardyce stepped down from his role by mutual agreement, following a sting operation by the Daily Telegraph which resulted in him being caught on camera offering questionable services in return for cash. While most of us are not quite interesting enough to be the subject of [...]
Christmas sandwiches tested: which have been naughty and which are nice November 8, 2016 We filled a basket with the first crop of Christmas sandwiches – find out which ones we thought worthy of your lunch money and which to avoid like the Grinch. Pret Christmas lunch ★★★★☆ Too much going on here – piles of slightly-too-dry stuffing and a clumping of fillings in the middle. But saved by [...]
Watch out Siri? Samsung’s next phone will have an AI assistant November 6, 2016 Samsung is following the lead of Apple and Google, revealing it will add a Siri-like personal assistant to its newest smartphone, the Galaxy S8. It's the first time a Samsung phone will have the feature and follows the tech company's acquisition of San-Francisco artificial intelligence startup Viv Labs last month. The open platform will let others [...]
Researchers have discovered why we can’t resist the latest tech upgrades November 6, 2016 Ever wondered why your rationality goes out the window as soon as the new MacBook or iPhone 7 is announced, and you just have to have it? Even when its latest features seem a little odd (who needs a boring old USB port anyway?) or you run the risk of buying something that might spontaneously [...]
It’s now easier to buy a home in New York than it is in London November 5, 2016 London's housing market was once the poor relation of New York's, but rapid house price growth in the UK capital has made it more unaffordable than its American rival. In July this year, the average house price in London was £484,176 as compared to £411,018 in New York, making the Big Apple a more accessible market. [...]
Samsung’s in a spin: Now it has to recall nearly three million washing machines November 4, 2016 Things have gone from bad to quite a bit worse for Samsung. It had only just cut profit forecasts by a third after the much-hyped launch of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 ended in a mass recall (and some spontaneous explosions). Now it's had to recall about 2.8m top-load washing machines in the US, following reports [...]
Patek Philippe’s Nautilus is four decades young, and proving as resilient as Captain Nemo’s own pioneering vessel November 4, 2016 Like Apple or Ferrari, the watch industry’s own gnomic leader, Patek Philippe, doesn’t “do” teasers. With such fanatical followers and peerless product, it doesn’t need to. However, this is the 40th-anniversary year of its sporty 70s icon the Nautilus, the brand has played its cards so close to its chest that it looked as though [...]
Mobile pay is still waiting for its “Uber moment” (even among millennials) November 3, 2016 Despite our addiction to smartphones, using them to pay for a new winter coat or that morning coffee has yet to become commonplace – even among tech obsessed digital natives, aka millennials. Just a quarter of those aged between 18 and 35 are using mobile pay and only two per cent are using Apple Pay, the [...]