Pint-sized Mario and his brother Luigi make their debut in September 1985, 35 years ago, in the first-ever “Super Mario Bros”. The mustached plumbers would have sold a staggering 373 million games across the world. Mario, wearing red overalls with an unfortunate habit of losing his love interest to a spiky over-sized turtle, has become…
While other leaders were marshalling resources to combat the greatest pandemic in modern times, President Donald Trump was watching Fox News over six hours a day which his staff refers to as “executive time”. In January 2020, when Fox News began to downplay COVID-19, the president was quick to agree. In March, as the deadly…
In 1960 America’s new leader John F Kennedy ‘s winning presidential election was widely reported that the presidency has been clinched with the help of a “secret weapon” : a super computer that crunched troves of data to profile voters , allowing Kennedy to better target his political messaging before the polls opened. Borrowing from…
The US Department of Commerce said it would bar people in the US from downloading the messaging and video sharing apps through any app store on any platform from Sunday. The Trump administration says the companies threaten national security and could pass US data to China, although China and both companies deny this. WeChat will…
The crew on the Flybe flight BE4321 with 105 onboard to Alicante reported smoke filling the cabin and cockpit during take-off on 28th February 2019. Two fire engines rushed to the scene. Passengers were stuck on the wing of a plane during an emergency evacuation at Exeter Airport as some passengers escaping via overwing…
In August as the effect of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme which ran from Monday to Wednesday, and offered 50 per cent off food up to the value of £10, pushed down the restaurant prices and July’s consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation figure had been1 per cent. The VAT cut in the hospitality…
Sir Terence Orby Conran, the innovative British designer who revolutionised retail and décor with his iconic Habitat stores died, aged 88. He promoted the best of British design, culture, and the arts around the world with a very simple belief that good design improves the quality of people’s lives.” His empire went on to span…
ARM Holdings, a UK-based computer chip designer, is at the heart of most smartphones, and other devices are being sold to the American graphics chip specialist Nvidia for £31.2bn ($40bn). Nvidia has promised to keep the business based in the UK, to hire more staff, and to retain Arm’s brand and create “ the premier…
UK economy recovered half of GDP lost since the start of the pandemic lockdown, amid faster rate virus spreading with the R number rising from 1 to 1.2, as the government faces backlash on new curbs. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that the UK “ has still only recovered just over half of…
Too many very clever people who are not very collaborative, in a room together could block the prospects with their love for complexity and conflict. What they have in their brainpower, lack in empathy. In our meritocracy IQ is valued much more highly than EQ (Emotional intelligence) or most physical ability. Political analyst David Goodhart…