I feel I owe my Bose QuietComfort Headphones an apology after I allowed myself to be led astray by the allure of a pretty pink pair of Edifier ES850NB over-ears. This was but a brief hiatus, however, as despite my new pair being so aesthetically pleasing, something just wasn’t sitting quite right. Available in black,…
LONDON: British retail sales volumes recorded their sharpest drop since December 2023 last month, as demand fell back after shoppers splurged on food, summer clothes and home improvements the month before, official figures showed on Friday. Retail sales volumes dropped by 2.7% in May, the Office for National Statistics said, a much sharper decline than…
Midjourney has launched its first AI video model, V1. The model lets users animate images into five-second motion clips. The tool is relatively affordable and a possible rival for Google Veo or OpenAI’s Sora. Midjourney has long been a popular AI image wizard, but now the company is making moves and movies with its first-ever…
Say what you want about Apple in 2025, but I truly believe that iOS still represents the very best of mobile software design. It’s intuitive, with a great design language that permeates throughout the OS, and it’s just really fun to use. But if there’s one area that hangs like a lifeless limb from iOS’…
MOSCOW: Potential use of tactical nuclear weapons by the United States in Iran would be a catastrophic development, Russian state news agency TASS quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Friday. Peskov was commenting on what he called speculative media reports about that possibility. His comments, as reported by TASS, did not mention any…
BEIJING: The leaders of China and New Zealand discussed on Friday the role of trade in boosting ties, while New Zealand also pressed its interests for peace and security in the Pacific, government statements showed. President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met in the capital’s Great Hall of the People as China’s influence…
James Gunn has confirmed Superman‘s full cast hasn’t been revealed yet The co-CEO of DC Studios won’t say who else might appear I’m convinced that another superhero will show up, albeit in a cameo role Superman is less than a month away from flying into theaters and, according to James Gunn, the superhero movie’s full…
COUNTRIES around the world are taking measures to evacuate their citizens from Israel and Iran as the two nations enter the seventh day of their air war and airspace in the region remains closed. A week of Israeli air and missile strikes against its major rival has wiped out the top echelon of Iran’s military…
WASHINGTON: Iran said on Friday it would not discuss the future of its nuclear programme while under Israeli attack, as Europe sought to draw Tehran back to the negotiating table, with a decision on potential U.S. involvement expected within two weeks. Israel began attacking Iran last Friday, saying it aimed to prevent its longtime enemy…
LONDON: An influx of taxes paid by businesses put Britain’s budget deficit on track to meet official forecasts at the start of the 2025/26 financial year, welcome news for finance minister Rachel Reeves as she seeks to repair the public finances. Official data on Friday showed public sector borrowing for May was 17.686 billion pounds…
