The UK’s unemployment rate has hit 5% for the first time in over four years, according to official figures which suggest over 200,000 people lost their jobs in the three months to November. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also said 828,000 fewer people were on company payrolls through December compared to the pre-COVID-19 crisis
Month: January 2021
January 25th, 2021 by NASA NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy took this epic “space-selfie” during a spacewalk at the International Space Station on July 21, 2020. Credits: NASA Two NASA astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station Wednesday, Jan. 27, and Monday, Feb. 1, for a pair of spacewalks to finish
January 25th, 2021 by NASA As the International Space Station orbits Earth, its four pairs of solar arrays soak up the sun’s energy to provide electrical power for the numerous research and science investigations conducted every day, as well as the continued operations of the orbiting platform. The space station is the springboard to NASA’s Artemis missions to the
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee
Steve Proehl | Corbis Unreleased | Getty Images Apple promoted its hardware chief, Dan Riccio, to a new role “focusing on a new project.” He will report to CEO Tim Cook, Apple announced on Monday. Riccio was previously the company’s senior vice president for hardware engineering, signing off on the physical aspects and electrical engineering
6:36 PM ET LSU is expected to hire Minnesota Vikings defensive backs coach Daronte Jones as defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Jones, who completed his first season with the Vikings after two seasons with both the Cincinnati Bengals and Miami Dolphins, replaces Bo Pelini, who was fired after just one year at LSU. As ESPN
Joe Biden has suggested the US could soon be vaccinating an average of 1.5 million Americans a day – but warned the country’s growing COVID death toll could still top 600,000. The US has offered one million doses per day over the last week, but the new president insisted: “I think we may be able
Travel industry sources have told Sky News they expect mandatory hotel quarantine to be introduced imminently, as the government tries to suppress new variants of coronavirus. They anticipate an announcement could come as soon as Tuesday, but even those close to discussions remain unclear how broad the restrictions will be. Sources believe differing views among
Demonstrators in Chicago protest President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate change accord on June 2, 2017. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images The International Renewable Energy Agency has hailed the U.S. decision to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord as a “crucial” step forward in the fight against climate change.
The Flaming Lips are known for frontman Wayne Coyne zorbing in a large transparent ball over the crowd at their gigs. So with COVID-19 restrictions putting a halt to most live music since March 2020, the US rock band came up with an inspired way to pull off some unique socially distanced shows. With bubbles
January 25th, 2021 by Steve Hanley Ember and Agora Energiewende have been tracking electricity generation in Europe for the past 5 years. Their latest annual report shows that renewables provided more electricity than fossil fuels in Europe for the first time ever in 2020. “Renewables rose to generate 38% of Europe’s electricity in 2020 (compared
Singer Will Young has said he is “astounded” his twin brother was allowed to leave hospital following a suicide attempt – just days before taking his own life. Rupert Young, 41, died after jumping from a bridge in London on 30 July last year, an inquest heard. His death came just days after he was
7:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Victoria Azarenka cried when she heard the news. Having traveled halfway around the world to Melbourne for only the second time since 2016, the two-time Australian Open champion was excited to make her return to the tournament and build on the momentum from her 2020 season, in which she reached
Jonah Peretti, founder and CEO of Buzzfeed; co-founder of the Huffington Post Courtsy of Ebru Yildiz/NPR Digital media companies are ready for their close up. Bustle Digital Group, Group Nine, Vox, Vice and Buzzfeed have all had recent conversations about going public via special-purpose acquisition vehicle this year, according to people familiar with the matter.
Tesla has referred to ‘Semi-Truck production lines’ at Gigafactory Nevada in new job posting – hinting at actual production of the Tesla Semi electric truck at the factory. Tesla Semi When launching Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the production versions of Tesla Semi, which are class 8 trucks with 80,000-lb capacities, will
The UK has recorded its lowest daily rise in coronavirus cases so far this year, with 22,195. The last time the number of cases by date reported was lower than that was 15 December, according to the government’s coronavirus data dashboard. While there is usually a reporting lag over and immediately after the weekend, resulting
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- …
- 42
- Next Page »