Adele hacked: Singer targeted by hackers as private photos reportedly leaked on Facebook fan group March 20, 2016 Adele is the latest star to be targeted by hackers as reports claim the singer has had personal photos stolen. Photos of herself as a child, when she was pregnant and of her son were shared on a Facebook fan group on Friday, it's claimed. One of the fans in the group alerted the star's [...]
Apple boss Tim Cook: FBI’s attempt to crack iPhone back door is “bad for America” and makes the country more vulnerable March 17, 2016 Ahead of next week's hearing on whether the US Department of Justice can force Apple to help the FBI access an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, the tech giant's chief exec has issued a strong warning on what this could mean for the US. In an interview with Time, Apple [...]
Oil prices: Global capital spending faces further squeeze after declining sharply in 2015 – S&P March 17, 2016 Global business spending on capital dropped sharply last year and could fall to 2006 levels by 2017, a major ratings agency said today. Spending on physical assets such as property and equipment – known as capital expenditure or simply capex – dropped 10 per cent last year, according to estimates from Standard and Poor’s. Most [...]
What Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak really thinks about the Apple Watch, driverless cars and Tim Cook March 17, 2016 Apple's co-founder is not such a fan of the Apple Watch, it turns out. While he loves it as a customer, Steve Wozniak has revealed he's not such a huge fan of the wearable from a business point of view. In a Reddit AMA (that's ask me anything), he said he was worried about the market Apple [...]
Imagination Technologies share price jumps on more job cuts and more restructuring plans March 17, 2016 Imagination Technologies is cutting a further 200 jobs from its global workforce with its latest restructuring efforts. Shares of the UK chip maker, which counts Apple among its customers, jumped as much as 11 per cent in early morning trading after the company updated investors on its turnaround plan. The firm aims to save a further £12.5m by [...]
Apple’s new iPhone 7: Leaked pictures reveal rumoured dual camera March 16, 2016 Apple fans (or anyone else about to go shopping for a new smartphone) – behold the latest iPhone ahead of the tech company's secretive launch in less than a week's time. New leaked pictures of the iPhone 7 claim to show Apple's newest handset for the first time, and reveal the phone will have two rear cameras. [...]
Apple’s Siri and other virtual assistants from Google, Microsoft and Samsung can’t help with tough questions about depression, suicide, rape, and domestic violence, study finds March 15, 2016 Siri may be able to tell you the weather forecast and show you where the nearest Pret is, but Apple’s digital helper and those from the likes of Google, Samsung and Microsoft, are unable to help with some of life’s toughest questions. Who hasn’t googled those niggling little health symptoms? But now that we use those [...]
Gold, oil and robots: Big trend investing with ETFs March 15, 2016 The best-performing exchange-traded fund (ETF) so far this year is a triple-leveraged gold miners product that goes by the ticker symbol “NUGT”. Aiming to deliver three times the returns of the Arca Gold Miners index in any given session, its 150 per cent increase this year is of little surprise: gold miners have rallied on the [...]
High duty rates help explain why the UK cider industry is under threat March 14, 2016 The cider industry is woven into the fabric of Britains’s heritage and plays a vital role in our rural economy. There are more than 500 cider makers in the UK, with some 7,000 people employed in the industry. More than that, it is an industry that generates £1bn in apple supply contracts and £100,000,000 in exports. However, [...]
New iPhone SE launch and rumours: Everything we know so far about Apple’s event on 21 March March 11, 2016 Apple is set to showcase its new iPhone SE – 'special edition' – at a launch event on March 21, finally putting the rest rumours about the design and specifications of the smartphone that have been circling the internet for months. The iPhone SE is rumoured to have a 4-inch display while keeping many of [...]