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Back to SearchApple releases controversial software update
Apple has released its latest software update with a new tool that has forced a confrontation with Facebook over privacy; the BBC's Technology Corres…
5 years, 5 months ago
England lockdown restrictions ease
Pubs, restaurants, beauty salons and non-essential shops have reopened with the easing of lockdown restrictions across England. We hear from the hear…
5 years, 5 months ago
Credit Suisse and Nomura warn of hedge fund hit to profits
Switzerland's Credit Suisse and Japan's Nomura have seen their shares take a sharp fall after warning they could face losses of billions of dollars. …
5 years, 6 months ago
Texas power cooperative files for bankruptcy protection
Texas's Brazos Electric Power Co-operative has filed for bankruptcy after winter storms. The firm says it's facing a $1.8bn bill as a result of last …
5 years, 6 months ago
Google to pay News Corp for stories
Google has agreed to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp for content from news sites across its media empire. Meanwhile, Facebook has announced it is bann…
5 years, 7 months ago
Snow storm wreaks havoc in Texas
Around 150 million Americans have been advised to take precautions as an unprecedented winter storm continues to cause havoc across twenty five US st…
5 years, 7 months ago
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala named first female, African boss of WTO
In her own words "history was made" today when Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first woman and the first African director general of the World Trade O…
5 years, 7 months ago
Covid-19 threat to 2021's global sport events
72 tennis players at the Australian Open are facing 14 days stuck in Melbourne Hotels after positive Covid-19 cases on their inbound planes; We discu…
5 years, 8 months ago
Fiat and Peugeot agree a merger
A merger between Fiat Chrysler and PSA has won approval from the companies' shareholders. The new company will be called Stellantis and we ask why ha…
5 years, 8 months ago
European and British leaders will meet to discuss Brexit impasse
Brexit talks stall prompting a meeting for later this week, between the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and the British Pr…
5 years, 9 months ago