Why the music industry can’t escape the choke-hold web streaming services have it in
The news that top-selling artist Taylor Swift is in talks to rejoin Spotify two years after publicly splitting with the streaming service is further evidence of an industry still trying to find its way in the digital age. This week Spotify's UK head of content programming George Ergatoudis told Music Week he had met...
US presidential commission presses President-elect Donald Trump on better cybersecurity
President Barack Obama's special Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity has released its final report on Friday (2 November) detailing a series of recommendations to improve the nation's cybersecurity. The 100-page document also urges the next administration to "make cybersecurity a top priority" and...
Cloning ancient extinct bison sounds like sci-fi, but scientists hope to succeed within years
Russian and South Korean scientists are collaborating on the ambitious project of bringing back to life the extinct steppe bison. They plan to extract DNA from an ancient bison tail, which remained preserved in Siberia's permafrost for years, in order to create clones of the animals. The steppe bison is thought to have...
Exclusive: For the first time journalists visited Schumacher’s house. The fans forced to disclose the information about his health condition
UPDATED: The news blackout on Formula 1 racing champ Michael Schumacher has given rise to questions and speculations regarding his real condition. Media companies report that fans, who have been following the racer's condition and praying for him, are asking for and deserve some updates about his condition. Niki Lauda,...
Joy as China shelves plans to dam ‘angry river’
Environmentalists in China are celebrating after controversial plans to build a series of giant hydroelectric dams on the country’s last free-flowing river were shelved. Activists have spent more than a decade campaigning to protect the Nujiang, or “angry river”, from a cascade of dams, fearing they would...
Iceland’s Pirate party invited to form government
Iceland’s president has invited the anti-establishment Pirate party to form a government, after the right- and leftwing parties failed in their bids. Guðni Jóhannesson made the announcement on Friday after meeting with the head of the Pirate’s parliamentary group, Birgitta Jónsdóttir....
Donald Trump warns of ‘consequences’ for companies leaving US
Donald Trump has warned companies considering leaving the US that they will face consequences if they move. During a tour of the Carrier air-conditioning factory in Indianapolis, Indiana, the President-elect told workers that firms moving abroad would be "taxed very heavily" at the US border. :: Trump picks 'Mad...
British Airways is considering offering ‘digital pills’ to its passengers
Were you paying attention to the inflight announcement (in The Independent, at least) about the latest twist in the airline Hunger Games? If so, you will know that no-quibble nibbles have been taken away from British Airways economy passengers on long-haul flights. Anyone who wants to eat between BA meals either has to plan in...
Alonso Will replace Rosberg at Mercedes
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff revealed Fernando Alonso could be an option for the team if they are unable to negotiate a new deal with Nico Rosberg. Rosberg is reportedly out of contract at the end of the 2016 Formula One season after having signed a "multi-year" extension in 2014. Wolff said it was a...
Officially: Nico Rosberg retires from Formula 1. The real reason that you will be shocked
Rosberg says world championship was his dream and 'now I've made it'; Made decision a day after winning title in Abu Dhabi; Mercedes now looking for new driver to partner Lewis Hamilton for 2017 and beyond 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg has sensationally announced he has retired from Formula 1 with immediate...
«Развел на интим»: модельный агент унизил Викторию Боню показав ее грудь всей стране
Бывшая участница реалити-шоу «Дом-2» Виктория Боня попала в непростую ситуацию. Мужчина, который 9 лет успешно представляется модельным агентом, уговорил Боню показать грудь...
Martin Shkreli mocked a group of high school students who recreated his $750-drug Daraprim for $2
Sydney (AFP) — "Bad boy" pharmaceutical chief Martin Shkreli, who raised the cost of an HIV drug by 5,000 percent, has mocked a group of Sydney school students who recreated the life-saving medicine on the cheap. The teenagers said they were spurred to try recreate the drug after Shkreli became a global figure...