Month: January 2025

The £2.4bn sector is thriving, says a new report, as online demand grows for authentic cultural content created outside the global north – but there are still challenges Vlogs by the Nigerian content creator Tayo Aina, on anything from Nigeria’s japa (emigration) wave and voodoo festivals in Benin, to time with the Afrobeats star Davido …

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Clegg was the tech giant’s chief public policy architect when it was facing scrutiny over Cambridge Analytica scandal Nick Clegg, Britain’s former deputy prime minister and Meta’s current president of global affairs, is leaving the company after six years. “It truly has been an adventure of a lifetime!” Clegg said in a post on Facebook. …

Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister, leaves Meta Read More »

Reduced European subsidies, a US shift to lower-priced hybrids and Chinese competition have squeezed EV maker Tesla reported its first decline in annual deliveries on Thursday, as the automaker handed over fewer-than-expected electric vehicles in the fourth quarter and incentives failed to boost demand for its ageing lineup of models. Shares of the company fell …

Tesla shares fall 3.5% as company reports first decline in annual deliveries Read More »

Billionaire ally of Donald Trump also accuses Keir Starmer on X of failing to prosecute child rapists in Oldham Elon Musk has caused anger by calling for the release of Tommy Robinson and accusing Keir Starmer of failing to prosecute child rapists in Oldham in Greater Manchester. The billionaire ally of Donald Trump pinned a …

Elon Musk’s calls for Tommy Robinson release anger Labour MPs Read More »

An endearingly weird game about dating household appliances, with every potential lover – from an unhinged microwave to a fratboy fireplace – brought to life by a different voice actor Like many great things, Date Everything! started off as a joke. Envisioning a game where a lonely remote worker starts chatting up their furniture, Final …

Games to look forward to in 2025: Date Everything! Read More »

First building to open at Huddersfield’s National Health Innovation Centre is named after NHS’s first black matron In a full-scale model of a house, a £50,000 mannequin that can breathe, blink and cough waits for the replica of an ambulance. Eerily lifelike technology, some created by model makers who have made “bodies” for the BBC’s …

Health innovation centre looks to future of NHS while celebrating its past Read More »

One person died and seven more were injured on Wednesday when a Tesla truck caught fire and exploded outside Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, police said. Elon Musk, who owns Tesla, posted on X, saying that ‘the whole Tesla senior team’ was investigating what happened, adding: ‘We’ve never seen anything like this’ One dead after …

Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas – video Read More »

With firms such as Makani and Boycat, founders answer a growing demand: help their users support Palestinians Amany Killawi made a breakup playlist every time she was dumped, three in all. The playlists, which feature songs such as Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know and Apologize by OneRepublic, would make good soundtracks to romantic …

Halal tech: how Muslim-friendly websites and apps blossomed in 2024 Read More »

World’s most expensive artist, who is exhibiting at the Alhambra in Granada, sees his work as embedded in biology His hands-off approach to the production of his famous balloon dogs and stainless steel rabbits has been criticised in the past but Jeff Koons, the world’s most expensive artist, has drawn a red-line: “I wouldn’t – …

Jeff Koons on why he has drawn a red line on AI in art: ‘I don’t want to be lazy’ Read More »

Today, we’re looking at a few themes that will influence the online and offline worlds in 2025 Last week, we looked back at how 2024 made Elon Musk the world’s most powerful man. Today, we’re looking at a few other important themes that will influence the online and offline worlds in 2025. Continue reading… Today, …

The most important tech stories of 2024, and also my favorite ones Read More »