Richard Irvine-Brown, Kevin Nguyen and Kayleen DevlinBBC Verify BBC Investigators are racing to establish how and why the deadly New Year’s Eve fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort spread so rapidly. Authorities on Friday said in a press conference that sparklers attached to champagne bottles that were held “too close to the…
MediaTek has quietly unveiled the Dimensity 7100 chipset, presumably the successor to the 7050. The 7100 comes with an octa-core CPU with four Arm Cortex-A78 cores clocked at up to 2.4GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores clocked at up to 2GHz. The CPU is paired with the Mali-G610MC2 GPU. The SoC supports LPDDR5 memory at 5500Mbps…
ASTON VILLA v NOTTINGHAM FOREST Saturday 12.30pm Sky Sports Premier League Venue Villa Park Referee Simon Hooper This season G10 Y47 R2 4.9 cards/game Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest: probable starters in bold, contenders in italics Aston Villa Subs from Bizot, Wright, García, Bogarde, Digne, Routh, Hemmings, Elliott, Jimoh, Malen, Sancho, Alysson Doubtful None Injured…
President Donald Trump was seeking to send a “strong warning” to Iran on Friday when he suggested in an early morning Truth Social post that the US would forcibly intervene if Tehran shot and killed protesters. But as of now, there have been no major changes to troop levels in the region and no direct…
At least 20 separatist fighters were killed by airstrikes on Yemen on Friday as a Saudi-led coalition hit back at the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-backed Southern Transition Council, two days after UAE said that it would withdraw its forces from Saudi Arabia following the bombardment in Yemen’s Mukalla. This was the first time that coalition…
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Tesla Inc (Symbol: TSLA), where a total volume of 3.0 million contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 299.2 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100…
EUR/USD extends losses on Friday’s European session, trading near 1.1720 heading into the US trading session, down from highs past 1.1800 in late December. The disappointing manufacturing activity figures in the Eurozone and some of its main economies have increased bearish pressure on the Euro, in an otherwise calm New Year’s session. From a wider…
A release date for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark director André Øvredal’s next horror movie has been set. Øvredal is a Norwegian filmmaker who made the beloved Trollhunter movie in 2010. After that, he went on to make The Autopsy of Jane Doe in 22016 before tackling Scary Stories to Tell in the…
Robust spending by memory manufacturers to meet AI-fueled demand is going to be a tailwind for this company. The memory industry has been in red-hot form over the past couple of years. Market research firm Yole Group estimates that the industry’s revenue grew by a whopping 78% in 2024 to $170 billion, followed by another…
For years, flying Southwest meant knowing exactly what you were getting. No seat assignments, no first class curtain, and no hierarchy beyond boarding groups. It was democratic, predictable, and refreshingly simple. But that familiar experience may soon evolve. Southwest Airlines is actively exploring the idea of introducing a First Class cabin as early as 2026,…