In news that has saddened almost no-one, Britain’s largest payday lender is on the verge of collapse. Wonga has long been the poster child for the predatory lending practices….

Uber has had a pretty bad year. The company’s reputation has been rocked by everything from sexual harassment lawsuits to claims that it stole technology from Google….

Are wearable cameras really about to become the next big thing? The gradual failure of technologies such as Google Glass and GoPro suggests that it is a tough market….

Social media sites such as twitter are rapidly redefining the way we get the news. Newspapers are getting past the sell by date and news shows on the television feel increasingly old fashioned….

Vineyards are fairly susceptible to diseases and pests. The majority are monocultural – planted with only one crop – meaning that when a problem appears it tends to be a big one….

The German government is making moves to increase its power over large foreign investments into the country. Big enough deals are subject to a final ministerial veto which can be exercised to halt takeovers which are considered to be undesirable for the larger German economy. Now the threshold at which this veto kicks in is set to be lowered significantly….

The growth of the electric car market is one of the most intriguing and important stories around at the moment. Are we finally on the road to breaking our addiction to petrol….

The UK’s newest high speed train line – HS2 – has been billed as “more than just a railway” and a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to connect the big cities….

The good ship Facebook has sailed into stormy waters recently and indications are that it might have found itself driven onto the rocks….

The Cold War was a fairly rotten time for many things, but a good one for architecture fans. The Iron Curtain separating East from West was more than just a physical boundary….

House prices across the European Union (EU) have fluctuated quite noticeably since at least 2006 and in particular since the 2008 banking crisis. That year saw an average fall of 4% across the continent according to Eurostat – however it looks like things are finally fully bouncing back….

When asked to name the most expensive places in the world to buy property, Monaco would probably be a mandatory guess for most people. The city-state on the French Riviera is something of an anomaly which shouldn’t really exist by any rational rules – and yet it does….

The UK government has rejected plans for a £1.3bn tidal lagoon project in Swansea, a move which has inspired criticism and consternation from across the spectrum of opinion….

Online advertising is one of the biggest growth industries in the world. As traditional advertising avenues such as newspapers and television are seeing decreasing returns, it seems the power of online advertising only continues to grow….

Olafur Eliasson, an Icelandic-Danish sculptor and installation artist, has completed his first building and successfully marked his foray into the world of architecture….

Scientists have become convinced over the years that the octopus is an extremely intelligent animal. They can build ‘cities’ in the ocean, open jars, use tools and escape aquariums. They are possessed of an unusually large brain and looking an octopus in the eye can be an eerie experience akin to looking at a person….

When you think of wine, the same places always come to mind. France, Italy and Spain are the favourites of those who prefer ‘old world’ wines, whereas places like Australia, California or South Africa might be preferred by fans of ‘new world’ wines….

It is understandable to look at the ongoing revolution in self-driving car technology and think mainly about how it might affect the daily commute, or how they might manage over long-distance journeys. After all, a car is mainly for driving, right?

Investors are always looking for the next big technological breakthrough. If you can get in on the ground floor there is a lot of money to be made. The next big tech breakthroughs may well arrive courtesy of a field called optogenetics….

The impending arrival of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in our day-to-day lives has begun to perplex everyone from computer scientists to philosophers to government figures – and understandably so. Many are worried, perhaps rightly, that computers are on the path to taking over….