Gwyneth Paltrow has responded to criticism of her controversial lifestyle brand, Goop. The company agreed to pay $145,000 (£112,000) last month for making unscientific claims about vaginal eggs that it was selling. She spoke to BBC Breakfast’s Charlie Stayt, as the company celebrates its 10th anniversary. Source by [author_name]
Image copyright Google Image caption Google has opted to keep to one rear camera on the new phones despite an industry trend for two or more Google has launched its latest smartphones under the shadow of a data exposure scandal. The Pixel 3 handsets introduce new photography features including a much higher-quality digital zoom than …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The number of health and safety incidents reported at Amazon warehouses is on the rise Amazon has reported more than 440 health and safety incidents at its UK warehouses since 2015, according to Freedom of Information (FoI) requests. The GMB union requested information from local authorities throughout the UK. …
Image copyright Getty Images/Google Image caption Google’s Cloud computing division had eyed up a lucrative US Department of Defense contract Google has abandoned efforts to win a $10bn (£7.7bn) Pentagon cloud computing contract. The firm said the work might have transgressed principles it published in June limiting its artificial-intelligence-related activities. Thousands of its staff had …
Image copyright Josiah Mortimer Uber drivers are staging strikes in several UK cities in a protest over pay and working conditions. “Hundreds” of drivers are expected to switch off their apps from 1pm, making themselves unavailable for work, union organisers said. Protests are also being held outside the ride-hailing app’s offices in London, Nottingham and …
Image copyright AFP The UK competition watchdog is to investigate the audit sector following concerns over conflicts of interest. It will look at whether the sector is “competitive and resilient enough to maintain high quality standards”, the Competition and Markets Authority said. The decision follows concerns the sector “is not working well for the economy …
Image copyright Getty Images The Bank of England is concerned about the rapid growth in lending to risky UK businesses. The Bank’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) said there had been £31bn of loans this year to companies that already had a high level of debt. The loans are packaged up and sold in global financial …
Image copyright Rob Kim Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has said that Virgin Galactic is “weeks” away from its first trip into space. “We should be in space within weeks, not months. And then we will be in space with myself in months and not years,” the firm’s founder and chief executive told news website CNBC. …
Image copyright Netflix Image caption The Crown is one of the high-end television dramas singled out as benefitting from the tax relief The British Film Institute (BFI) says the UK film and TV industry generated a record £7.9bn in 2016, helped by government tax reliefs. A BFI-commissioned report found that £632m in tax relief prompted …
Image copyright Handout Aviva has announced the surprise departure of chief executive Mark Wilson, saying it was “time for new leadership to take the group to the next phase of its development”. Mr Wilson was appointed in January 2013 and since then, the company’s financial performance has significantly improved. He will stay with the group …