Employing in excess of 74,000 people and with a parent company boasting a market value of more than 110.8 billion, Google can certainly be seen as a corporate monster. With investments ranging from autonomous vehicles to smart home tech, their aims seem to be limitless....
In research published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in 2014, they revealed that, on average, Britons spend more money on drugs than personal grooming….
Google’s original catchphrase from its code of conduct is probably one of the most well-known three word phrases in history. It was designed to sum up a simple philosophy where technology and devices would be used to improve our lives, rather than ruin them….
Global sensation Kanye West has this week announced that he is evolving his business venture Yeezy by adding an architecture branch which will be known as ‘Yeezy Home’….
Demand for energy grows year-on-year, as the developing world adopts more technology into everyday life. Much of the energy generated to power household and industrial electronics comes from coal power stations….
There is no denying Starbucks popularity, given that most cities around the world boast at least one outlet. Besides independent shops Starbucks coffee can be found in service stations, cinemas, hotels, theme parks and aboard aircraft to name just a few….
9/11 was an inside job. Jet fuel doesn’t melt steel beams. We never went to the moon. The earth is flat. Some of the more famous conspiracy theories often invoke laughter and mockery, and rightly so, but there often seems to be a wilful misunderstanding of the reasons behind conspiracy theories and what drives them….
There has been a lot of talk since the start of the year surrounding Tesla’s difficulties in getting Model 3 production off the ground. Tesla find themselves in the unusual position of having a vast backlog of orders, all of whom having to wait an inordinate amount of time to receive a build slot. Even with fairly optimistic ramp up plans, Tesla have failed to hit any of their production targets for the Model 3….
We’ve all heard a lot about graphene, the 2D super-material isolated by a team at the University of Manchester in 2004 which has the potential to change the world. It is so thin, so strong, and so conductive that its applications are, to all intents and purposes, endless….
A new ban on insecticides agreed by the European Union has been agreed in a bid to save bees. The ban comes after a report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) showed that neonicotinoids pose a high risk to the population of wild bees and honey bees….
History was made in this past week as Kim Jong-Un became the first North Korean leader to set foot in South Korea since the unofficial end to The Korean War in 1953….
The coca leaf has picked up a bad reputation over the years. Its status as the key ingredient at the base of the global cocaine trade has led many to see it as a fundamentally bad thing to grow – but to allow cocaine to define the coca plant tells only half the story….
One of the major hurdles currently facing the electric car industry is the limitations created by charging batteries. With the range of batteries only growing it seems to be the only real remaining issue that a would-be consumer may feel the need to query....
A twin-hotel planning application for Manchester’s Airport City looks to spur on a £180m masterplan for a new hotel district at Manchester Airport. The application is for two hotels to be developed close to Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2 and is part of a wider £1bn transformation…
Cuts have been a popular topic in recent times, as the UK Government looks to reduce overall national spending. Following on from George Osbourne, the former UK Chancellor, Phillip Hammond has continued with the aim of reducing the gap between borrowing and spending….
London is the tallest UK city by a long way. World-famous landmarks such as the Shard and Canary Wharf dot its skyline, making it instantly recognisable. Whether this is a good thing or not is a matter of personal taste, but one group who seem almost universally in favour are people on planning committees….
A council in London has become the first in the UK to set up an exclusion zone outside abortion clinics in its district to stop pro-life demonstrators from harassing women using its services....
One of the creeping suspicions of modern life is that we collectively get ripped off by brands. Deep down we all know that we pay a premium for items because they have a desirable name and picture on them – but how can we avoid them?
The UK’s much loved pub chain, Wetherspoon (or ‘spoons’ as it is commonly known) has taken the step this week to withdraw from social media....
Already a major supplier of energy in the form of petroleum and auto gas, Shell have started to make the move into providing households across the UK with energy. In a recently agreed deal Shell will buy energy supplier First Utility, enabling the business to gain the market knowledge and customers of an already established energy provider....
