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Nothing OS 5.0 brings a new Glyph Interface app and a more customizable homescreen
Nothing has announced Nothing OS 5.0, a new version of its Android skin that introduces a redesigned homescreen with adaptive colour theming, alongside a range of customisation and usability improvements. The update is significant for Nothing owners as it adds a dedicated Glyph Interface app consolidating the brand’s signature lighting controls, while also bringing the…
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Putin tells Russian companies: Shoot down Ukrainian drones or we’ll seize your assets
Vladimir Putin has warned Russian companies that the state can temporarily seize control of their critical infrastructure if they fail to defend it against Ukrainian drone strikes. The threat, made on Monday, targets private firms in the energy, industrial, communications and transport and logistics sectors, and comes as Ukraine intensifies attacks on Russian ports, oil…
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Devoted and much-loved mom of two is killed while driving after being hit by a PLANE falling out of the sky onto busy road
A mother of two from Prince George, British Columbia, has died after a small charter plane lost power mid-flight and crashed onto a busy road, striking her car along with three others. Alex Garneau was the only fatality in the incident on 20 August; two other people in the affected vehicles were taken to hospital…
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Government under fire as Russia threatens UK factories and gold hits five-month high
Burnham signals more tax rises are possible before October’s Budget as Russia warns of strikes on British drone factories over Ukraine support; Carney readies fresh tariffs against the US, and Druckenmiller attacks Bessent over bond yields.
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Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on wide range of US goods
Canada has finalised a sweeping package of retaliatory tariffs on US goods, targeting cosmetics, dairy, wood products and outdoor equipment, after trade talks with Washington collapsed and US tariffs on Canadian exports took effect at the weekend. Finance minister François-Philippe Champagne called the measures a “focused response” to what Ottawa views as unfair American trade…
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First look inside tech oligarch Mark Zuckerberg’s remote Irish castle: The jaw-dropping feature that wouldn’t look out of place in a JAMES BOND villain’s lair – and the sinister ‘murder hole’ that forms part of its dark past…
Tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have completed the purchase of Strancally Castle, a gothic 19th-century estate near Knockanore in Co. Waterford, Ireland. The Meta CEO, reportedly the world’s seventh-richest person, is understood to have paid between €20 million and €30 million for the 200-year-old castle and its 440-acre grounds, which include…
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Arriva bus drivers resume strike over cab heat concerns
London bus drivers have resumed strike action over working in high temperatures, after rejecting an offer from operator Arriva North London to improve air conditioning across its fleet. Around 1,500 Unite union members across north London and Essex are taking part in a four-day strike from Tuesday to Friday, with drivers concerned that promised cab…
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Volkswagen workers boo chief executive over restructuring plans
Volkswagen’s chief executive, Oliver Blume, was booed by more than 10,000 workers at the company’s Wolfsburg headquarters after urging staff to “pull together” amid plans for a sweeping restructuring that could involve widespread job losses and factory closures. The confrontation, his first public appearance since details of the cuts emerged, underscores the depth of anger…
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‘Bubbly’ young woman, 27, killed when Tesla rammed into a Westfield shopping centre cafe is identified
A 27-year-old woman has been named as the victim killed when a Tesla mounted a pedestrian crossing and crashed into a café at Westfield Knox shopping centre in Melbourne. Jennifer Keen was on her lunch break from a nearby call centre when she was struck by the car, which then went on to hit the…
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Pacific Fusion’s next fusion machine could clear a key hurdle to commercial power
Pacific Fusion has broken ground on a demonstration facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, aiming to become the first US project to achieve “net facility gain” — generating as much energy as the whole plant consumes, rather than just the fusion reaction itself. The milestone, targeted for 2030, would mark a significant step towards commercial fusion…