July 12, 2016
Death robots: Where next after Dallas?
The use of a robot to deliver an explosive device and kill the Dallas shooting suspect has intensified the debate over a future of "killer robots". While robots and unmanned systems have been used by the military before, this is the first time the…
July 12, 2016
Secret Life of Pets holds off Tarzan at UK box office
The Secret Life of Pets has retained the top spot at the UK box office for the third week in a row. The movie took £3.62m over the weekend - holding off competition from The Legend of Tarzan, which debuted at number two with takings of £3.57m. Now…
July 12, 2016
Taylor Swift is the world’s highest-paid celebrity, according to Forbes
Taylor Swift has topped Forbes' annual list of the 100 highest-paid celebrities. With a $170m (£130m) fortune, the singer-songwriter is ahead of Adele, who's at number nine with $80.5m (£61.9m), Madonna is in 12th spot with $76.5m (£58.8m) and…
July 12, 2016
BOE Governor defends private Osborne Brexit meetings
The Bank of England governor has said it is "important" that he and Chancellor George Osborne are allowed to have private meetings. However, Mark Carney has agreed minutes of their private talks on Brexit may be examined "discreetly" by MPs. It was…
July 12, 2016
JP Morgan to raise pay for 18,000 US staff
Banking giant JP Morgan Chase plans to raise the hourly wages of 18,000 US staff over the next three years. The bank's chief executive Jamie Dimon said he wanted to address income inequality and called on others in the private sector to do more. "A…
July 12, 2016
Odeon & UCI cinemas sold to China-owned firm
Odeon & UCI Cinema Group has been bought by AMC Entertainment, a US chain owned by Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda, in a deal worth £921m ($1.21bn). Odeon & UCI is currently owned by private equity firm Terra Firma, and has 242 theatres…
July 12, 2016
Dead driver’s car displayed outside Parliament
The parents of a man killed when his car was hit at high speed have put the wreckage on display at Westminster as part of a campaign for tougher sentences by road safety charity Brake. Joseph Brown-Lartey died as his vehicle was split in half by a…
July 12, 2016
F-150 sales undented by Chevy attack ad
The Chevrolet Silverado grabbed its biggest piece of the U.S. full-size pickup market since January in the first month of its blistering ad campaign attacking the Ford F-150's aluminum body as too flimsy. But the F-150 emerged from the fray looking…
July 12, 2016
Mercedes beats BMW at half-year mark
Mercedes-Benz solidified its sales lead over the BMW brand in the first half of the year, moving closer to a goal of unseating its rival for the first time since 2005. BMW’s global six-month brand deliveries rose 5.8 percent from a year earlier to…
July 12, 2016
‘Water-resistant’ Samsung Galaxy S7 Active fails test
A Samsung smartphone advertised as being water-resistant has failed a water immersion test by a leading product review site. The Samsung Galaxy S7 Active stopped working after being put in a tank that simulated the effect of being about 5ft (1.5m)…