As Justin Timberlake bid farewell to his Forget Tomorrow world tour, he got candid with fans about his health. The βMirrorsβ and βSexyBackβ pop star, 44, on Thursday revealed in a heartfelt Instagram post that he powered through his circuit of live performances as he battled a βrelentlessly debilitatingβ bout of Lyme disease. The singer,…
Recently, I asked Claude, an artificial-intelligence thingy at the center of a standoff with the Pentagon, if it could be dangerous in the wrong hands. Say, for example, hands that wanted to put a tight net of surveillance around every American citizen, monitoring our lives in real time to ensure our compliance with government. βYes….
The private equity firm founded by Guy Hands, the veteran financier, is exploring an offer to buy Hotel du Vin and Malmaison, two of Britain’s best-known hotel chains. Sky News has learnt that Terra Firma Capital Partners, which is now run by Mr Hands’ son, Richard, is among the suitors who have been in talks…
The massive Amazon cloud computing outage on Monday took down websites and disrupted internet service for hours globally. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger breaks down how people can protect themselves for incidents like the outage in the digital age.
Nostalgia for extreme tackiness is surely one of the funnier outcomes of a cult filmβs success. (Does one sigh wistfully at such memories or smile through a grimace?) The gleeful cine-garbage factory Troma is, at 50 years and counting, now a hallowed name in outsider movie circles, with much of its reputation stemming from an…
HSBC on Thursday announced it has successfully used quantum computing in a trial to optimize bond trading, making it the first in the world to prove the value of the powerful emerging technology in the financial services industry. Working with IBM, the bank used a combination of classical computing and the tech giant’s Heron quantum…
Authorities served a search warrant at a home in Tucson on Friday night in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, who investigators say was kidnapped from her nearby home 13 days ago. A SWAT team converged on a house about two miles from Guthrieβs Arizona residence and removed two people from inside, law enforcement…
The new owner of WH Smith’s high street empire and the saviour of HMV are racing to salvage a future of Claire’s, the accessories retailer which slumped into administration last month, putting thousands of jobs at risk. Sky News has learnt that Modella Capital, which is to rebrand hundreds of WH Smith shops under the…
Virgin has cleared the first step in its plan to launch a rival Eurostar service. The company, owned by billionaire Sir Richard Branson, has been granted access to share Eurostar’s Temple Mill international depot in east London. The decision, by the rail regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), is an important first step…
PHOENIXΒ βΒ Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expects a lot from Shohei Ohtani this season. But even with those high expectations, a topic of conversation Friday as pitchers and catchers went through their first official workouts at Camelback Ranch, the superstar two-way player already found a way to exceed them. βI came into camp at the beginning of…