Starship Technologies’ robot delivery vehicles (‘Delivery robots will happen’: Skype co-founder on his fast-growing venture Starship, 4 October) were introduced to Sale, Greater Manchester, by Co-op stores about two years ago. Though their use has dwindled (their size limits them to smallish deliveries), a few still cluster outside each Co-op. They have a charm of their own,...
Welcome to day two of Amazon Prime Day 2. The mega-retailer’s two-day sales event for Prime members may be winding down, but there are plenty of deals still going strong for a last push. We’re still gathering all the best markdowns on our favorite tech gear and gadgets, from Alexa-enabled speakers to robot vacs to...
Fan or not, you already know the basic beats of Victoria Beckham’s story: her working-class beginnings (let’s not get into that Rolls-Royce snafu), her Spicy “Wannabe” era, the smile-free years of being tailed by paparazzi, her foray into fashion. All the while, as she’d evolved from “the little Gucci dress, the little Gucci dress, or...
Jamal CollierOct 8, 2025, 05:29 PM ET Close Jamal Collier is an NBA reporter at ESPN. Collier covers the Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls and the Midwest region of the NBA, including stories such as Minnesota’s iconic jersey swap between Anthony Edwards and Justin Jefferson. He has been at ESPN since Sept. 2021 and previously covered...
At nearly the same moment as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was expressing surprise over OpenAI’s multibillion-dollar deal with competitor AMD — shortly after his company agreed to invest up to $100 billion into the AI model maker — Sam Altman was saying that more such deals are in the works. Huang appeared on CNBC’s Squawk...
A jockey turned entrepreneur and his team will embark on a gruelling 3,000km (1,864 miles) run from Beijing to Hong Kong in 60 days to raise US$1 million for people with disabilities. Jo Lodder, a 55-year-old Hong Kong-based Briton, will depart for Beijing with a 20-strong crew on Friday, starting the journey from the Great...
Dominic CascianiHome and Legal Correspondent BBC Last week Kemi Badenoch announced that the Conservative Party would take the UK out of the European Convention of Human Rights if they won the next election. “I have not come to this decision lightly,” the Tory leader said. “But it is clear that it is necessary to protect...
The announcement came after last-ditch talks by outgoing premier Sebastien Lecornu failed to find a solution to crisis. French President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister within the next 48 hours, his office has said, in the latest effort to chart a path out of the worst political crisis of his presidency. The...
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