It is hard to remember the last time a week went by without a Silicon Valley tech company doing something which manages to not only disappoint, but also horrify. The latest culprit is YouTube…
HS2 to be reviewed
In what is perhaps the least surprising news of the year, the future of HS2, England’s new high speed rail line linking London to the North, appears to be in doubt…
Huawei gets a reprieve
The future of Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications company, remains uncertain following its addition to an American “entities list” due to worries about cybersecurity and as part of…
Google’s hi-tech Toronto neighbourhood
The question of what the cities of the future will look like is one of the most urgent facing human society. For the first time in human history more of us live in cities than the countryside…
Sotheby’s bought by French billionaire
Sotheby’s is one of the world’s largest brokers of art, jewellery, real estate and other collectibles, and this week it was purchased outright by French businessman Patrick Drahi who…
Opinion: Bring on the era of ‘meat’ alternatives
We are right at the beginning of a massive dietary shift away from eating so much meat. Doing so every day is not normal and never has been according to the latest research…
Jaguar Land Rover and BMW join forces
The latest major move in the faltering automobile industry comes from Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and BMW which are joining forces to develop the next generation of electric vehicle technology…
What’s the alternative? Investing in chickpeas
The global food industry is one of the largest sectors in the world for obvious reasons. Everybody on earth – from richest to poorest, biggest to smallest – needs to eat…
Richer Sounds becomes an employee-owned trust
Richer Sounds, a UK audio and visual equipment retailer, has become an employee-owned trust after its founder handed over 60% control to his staff…
The long goodbye for coal
The world’s first coal-fired electricity generating power plant was opened in London in 1882. After that, it took until 2017 for the UK to go a whole day without using coal to generate electricity…
Is Jakarta being abandoned?
Jakarta is one of the great cities of the world. It is home to almost 10 million people and is the capital of Indonesia, making it the heart of the most populous Muslim nation…
From cradle to grave, the Adidas way
Each year Adidas develops and releases a small run of what it dubs a ‘Futurecraft’ shoe. The annual design doubles as a limited-edition trainer and a way to push a new technology…
A new side to solar power
One of the unavoidable truths of a solar panel is that it takes up a certain amount of physical space and it has to be pointed at the sun to generate energy. This creates…
A rural skyscraper for Denmark
When we think of the world’s tallest buildings, we tend to imagine the skylines of the biggest cities. The Shard and 22 Bishopsgate in London and the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt…
Dairy sales fall, plant-based milks grow
The dairy industry is enormous, but it is struggling. The price of dairy milk, and the quantity consumed around the world, is falling rapidly. At the same time, plant-based milks…
Opinion: Luxury architecture has gone wrong
The London cultural elite and their ‘starchitect’ friends are at it again. Following the completion of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Philharmonie in Paris…
Hudson Yards developer to take on Amazon
Whether you consider it to be the exciting future of urban development or a soulless capitalist architectural nightmare out of a billionaire’s fantasy…
Toyota and BMW issue a further warning to Britain
One of the most obvious downsides of the Brexit process so far is the effect it is having on the UK automotive industry. Building cars is one of the pillars of the British economy…
What is the point of foldable phones?
The world of mobile phone technology has been largely stagnant for a while now. An improved screen or a new handset material can’t hide the fact that…
UK supermarket merger on the brink of failure
Supermarkets are big business in the UK, with the food and groceries sector alone anticipated to grow 14.8% by 2023. Online commerce is becoming…