Image copyright Getty Images A £100bn “citizens fund” should be created to spread the UK’s wealth more evenly, the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable is proposing. He will tell the party’s conference it could be built up through taxes on the richest and the sale of assets, such as the UK stake in Royal …
Image caption A pension protest outside the Senedd in 2009 – ex-ASW workers are still campaigning today Former steelworkers whose pension fight led to a law change to protect people’s retirement funds say they are being “robbed” of their own benefits. Cardiff-based Allied Steel and Wire (ASW) went bust in 2002, with employees facing the …
Image copyright Getty Images A Spanish-speaking Taco Bell employee in the US was fired after video emerged of her refusing to serve an English-speaking woman in Florida. During the argument at a drive-thru window in Hialeah, north of Miami, the worker said no-one there spoke English. Taco Bell told US media that the staff member …
Image copyright Extreme Dwarfanators Wrestling Image caption Morningside Arena in Leicester, The Ferndown Leisure Centre in Dorset, and the Corn Exchange in Devizes have all cancelled the event Organisers of a dwarf wrestling show have said their firm is taking legal action against venues that cancelled their events. The Extreme Dwarfanators Wrestling show is touring …
Apple has updated its iPhone X handset with three more powerful models. The new XS Max will become the most expensive handset Apple has sold to date, with its price ranging from $1,099 to $1,449 depending on the size of the internal storage. Our full report on Wednesday’s Apple launch Source by [author_name]
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Apple has updated its smartwatch, promising more sophisticated heart-monitoring capabilities and the ability to automatically contact the emergency services if its owner takes a hard fall. Our North America technology reporter Dave Lee took a look at the new features. Read more Source by [author_name]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Live streams of the World Cup online were delayed The BBC says it has worked out how to eliminate “streaming lag”, which causes live TV to be delayed by several seconds when watched online. Many online viewers of football’s World Cup in the summer heard neighbours cheering goals they had …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Amazon owner Jeff Bezos has been criticised by President Trump for paying “little or no taxes” “Great fortunes,” the American industrialist Andrew Carnegie is reported to have said, “are great blessings to a community.” No doubt the beneficiaries of multibillionaire Jeff Bezos’s new philanthropic fund will agree. The richest …
Magic Leap’s new mixed reality headset is available to developers in the US – but how does the device compare to what’s already available? Our North American technology reporter Dave Lee put Magic Leap’s new mixed reality headset to the test. Produced by: Cody Melissa Godwin Source by [author_name]