Sheldon Cooper | LightRocket | Getty Images ByteDance said it will follow China’s newly amended rules on exporting technology — and that could make any sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations more complicated. On Friday, China updated its list of technologies subject to export restrictions to include a number of areas from voice recognition to chip
Month: August 2020
Donald Trump has lashed out at Portland’s “incompetent” mayor as presidential hopeful Joe Biden accused the president of “recklessly encouraging violence” in the city. A man was killed on Saturday night amid clashes between rival groups in the Oregon city, which has seen months of unrest since the police killing of George Floyd. Mr Trump
August 30th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan I just wrote yesterday about the ongoing march downward of solar panel prices. Those low solar panel prices, along with cuts to other aspects of a solar power project, bring down the cost of both rooftop solar power and utility-scale solar power. Of course, the latter (utility-scale) can provide
Labour is calling for next year’s A-levels and GCSEs in England to be delayed because of coronavirus – amid reports pupils going back to one school this week could be sent home for “malicious coughing”. Shadow education secretary Kate Green said exams should be pushed back to allow extra teaching time as pupils now face
Elon Musk confirmed that he is going to Germany to review Tesla’s effort to build a new kind of vaccine printer with Curevac and the progress at Gigafactory Berlin. Earlier this year, Musk announced that Tesla has become the manufacturing partner for biotech firm CureVac who is working on a COVID-19 vaccine based on their RNA
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler has hailed the film’s star Chadwick Boseman following his death from colon cancer. “In African cultures, we often refer to loved ones that have passed on as ancestors,” he wrote, praising Boseman’s artistry by stating: “The ancestors spoke through him.” Boseman died aged 43 at home in Los Angeles with
All good things must come to an end, they say, and today sees the end of the government funded Eat Out To Help Out scheme. Launched by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in July, for three days a week the deal offered half-price discounts on eat-in food up to the value of £10 per person. It was
Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman Snowflake In an era of founder-led tech companies, Snowflake’s Frank Slootman is a corporate throwback. Slootman, 61, is a professional CEO. He’s an operations guru, the leader who turns a jet plane into a rocketship and makes piles of cash for investors, employees, and himself. Along the way, some feelings will get
If there are symbols of just how indebted the Syrian opposition forces are to Turkey, then the new army base in Aleppo Province for its elite Al Hamza division is evidence of this. The Turkish red crescent flag is given as much prominence as the Syrian opposition one. In the grand greeting rooms where commanders
Tens of thousands of protesters have rallied in Minsk in opposition to Alexander Lukashenko, with many directing chants of “happy birthday, you rat” towards the embattled Belarusian president. Mr Lukashenko, who refuses to stand down over election rigging claims, spent his 66th birthday on Sunday at his residence in the capital, where he was again
12:35 AM ET While it’s common for fighters to call for title shots after key victories, it would be hard for observers to not at least think that Aleksandar Rakic will get one at some point after his performance on Saturday night. Rakic, who is ranked eighth by the UFC, dominated Anthony Smith throughout their
It’s been six months since COVID-19 began disrupting – and ending – lives in the UK. So: time to take stock. The graph below shows the official shape of the UK’s epidemic. According to government data, more than 330,000 people have tested positive for coronavirus and around 42,000 of them have died. Even at this
Conservative backbenchers have criticised the government for a string of “avoidable” summer U-turns, ahead of MPs returning to Westminster on Tuesday. One former Conservative minister told Sky News that some Tory MPs were now spending their time “gambling on how long before the next U-turn happens”. The senior politician also called on the Boris Johnson
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There are ‘no plans’ to move Glastonbury from its traditional weekend in June next year, organisers say. Founder Michael Eavis has previously said it was “wishful thinking” it could happen then, and that the only “certainty” for the iconic music festival was 2022, because of COVID-19 restrictions. The festival was cancelled this year because of
Taxpayer money was used to pay social media influencers and reality TV stars to promote the NHS Test and Trace system, the government has admitted. As the system failed to reach its 80% target for the ninth week in a row, a spokesman said the government had a responsibility to “use every means possible” to
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