Image copyright Joel Von Allmen Image caption Hermes only moved into men’s watches seven years ago. It’s new Arceau L’Heure de la Lune sells for £20,500-plus Hermes may be a big cheese in the world of luxury goods, but in the world of Swiss watchmaking it is something of an outsider. First, it is French. …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Huawei is one of the world’s biggest smartphone-makers The US is reportedly investigating Huawei for “stealing trade secrets” from American business partners in the latest action against the Chinese technology giant. The criminal inquiry was first reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). It comes as the Trump administration is …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Apple’s ban of Alex Jones’s InfoWars podcasts last August led to similar moves by several other technology companies Video-streaming service Roku has made a U-turn over its addition of InfoWars – the right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s channel. Social media activists noticed Roku was offering the channel earlier this …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Russell Horning (Backpack Kid) and Alfonso Ribeiro demonstrate their dances – the Floss and the Carlton Microsoft has removed two dance moves from its Forza series of racing games, following questions over the legality of such moves in video games. It comes as Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite, …
Image copyright AFP Image caption Coppola’s first film since 2017’s The Beguiled will be co-produced by Apple Sofia Coppola will reunite with Lost in Translation star Bill Murray to make Apple’s first original feature film. News of the film, titled On the Rocks, comes ahead of the expected launch of the tech giant’s own streaming …
Image copyright Getty Images The boss of Procter and Gamble, maker of Fairy liquid and Gillette razors, says its products could cost more if the UK leaves the EU with no deal. Tariffs the company may have to pay would be added to grocery bills, David S. Taylor told the BBC. “If it’s a hard …
Image copyright Getty Images The owner of Patisserie Valerie has said an accounting scandal it revealed in October was worse than it thought. Its probe has found found “extensive” misstatement of its accounts and “very significant manipulation of the balance sheet and profit and loss accounts”. This includes thousands of false entries in its ledgers, …
Image copyright Getty Images Goldman Sachs new boss has apologised to Malaysia for the role an ex-partner played in the corruption scandal at one of the country’s wealth funds. However, chief executive David Solomon also distanced the bank from the scheme, which saw billions embezzled from the state development fund, 1MDB. He said Goldman, which …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Domino’s is accused of failing to make its app fully compatible with Apple’s accessibility software Domino’s Pizza has been told its website and app must be made fully accessible to blind people, after losing a legal case in the US. It follows a complaint from a blind customer who …
President Trump has said the US will “devastate Turkey economically” if Ankara decides to attack Kurdish groups in Syria. Mr Trump was referring to his plan to pull US forces out of Syria, where they have been fighting alongside a Kurdish militia against the group calling itself Islamic State (IS). Turkey regards the Kurdish group …