A satellite broadband company bailed out by British taxpayers is preparing for blast-off after an Indian tycoon ramped up his investment. Sunil Bharti Mittal, through his firm Bharti Global, yesterday exercised an option to increase his stake in Oneweb to 38.6 per cent. In exchange, he will pump an extra £360million into the business – … Read more
In the event you get bored waiting for your Audi A6 e-tron to charge its batteries, instead of kicking back to read a newspaper you can play a video game in the car – and have it beamed onto a wall by the headlights. That’s the key gimmick flagged by the German car bosses at … Read more
A pizza box sized solar panel in orbit is producing enough electricity to power an iPad, according to a succesful test of the technology by the US Navy. The Photovoltaic Radiofrequency Antenna Module (PRAM) was launched in May 2020 attached to a drone that loops around the Earth every 90 minutes and is designed to harness … Read more
As with most members of the legal profession, Sir Keir Starmer would crawl through an open sewer to hear the sound of his own voice. No topic is too obscure, too arcane, on which he would happily hold court. Weighty matters of Human Rights jurisprudence, for example, or the finer points of the Equality Act. … Read more
A new technique can help patients undergoing radiotherapy for throat cancer retain the ability to swallow normally — a development that could benefit around 12,000 people in the UK who are diagnosed with head and neck cancers each year. Treatment usually involves surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy and can be successful, with up to 90 per … Read more
Thought your Zoom meeting was big? More than 150 people beam in to TV’s The Voice Kids after Covid restrictions prevent live audience from cheering on young stars ITV invited virtual crowd to watch the series final of The Voice Kids via Zoom call Guests were emailed a Zoom link and the footage of them … Read more