Monthly Archives: August 2021

Police say they expect to make arrests after footage emerged appearing to show Rangers supporters singing a sectarian song before Sunday’s Old Firm game. A video on social media showed a group being escorted by police through Glasgow city centre while chanting an anti-Irish song referencing the famine. Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins defended the […]

The UK is seeking international agreement to ensure the Taliban sticks to its commitment to allow safe passage for Afghans and foreign nationals who want to leave Afghanistan. A series of diplomatic meetings will be held this week with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab set to hold talks with Turkish and Qatari officials. It comes as […]

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has received more than five million shares in the technology giant, as he marks ten years in the job. A company filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) watchdog shows that he sold most of the shares for more than $750m (£550m). It is part of a deal […]

OnlyFans has announced that it will delay making changes to policy on content creation, following a widespread backlash by its users. The content subscription service announced plans last week to block sexually explicit photos and videos from October. On Wednesday, it tweeted that it has “suspended the planned 1 October policy change”. It is currently […]

Taxi driver Chris is obsessively checking his phone for updates. “I’m set to lose almost 2,500 euros (£2,100) worth of cryptocurrency coins,” he says. Chris describes himself as “a small crypto-holder from Austria” and is one of many victims of a hack attack on cryptocurrency exchange Liquid Global last week. The company has insisted it […]

A news article about a doctor who died after receiving a Covid-19 vaccination was Facebook’s most viewed link in the US in the first quarter of 2021, a previously shelved report shows. The piece – updated after a report said there was no proven link to the vaccine – was popular with vaccine sceptics. The […]

The subscription site OnlyFans, known for its adult content, has announced it will block sexually explicit photos and videos from 1 October. People will still be able to post nude content on the site. But this will need to be consistent with OnlyFans’ policies. The announcement comes after BBC News had approached the company for […]

Leading Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has been hit by hackers, with almost $100m (£73m) estimated to have been stolen. The company announced that some of its digital currency wallets have been “compromised.” It is the second major theft of cryptocurrencies to take place in recent days. Last week, digital token platform Poly Network was at […]

The Wall Street watchdog has charged three former Netflix software engineers over an alleged insider trading ring that made $3m (£2.2m). The ex-staff members and two close associates were named in court papers. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said confidential Netflix subscriber growth data was used in the scheme. The information was allegedly […]

You may not think much about the emoji you use to text every day but there are compelling human stories behind them. “My father’s music is message music, to uplift the world from its slumbering mentality,” says reggae musician Andrew Tosh, speaking from his home in Kingston, Jamaica. His father, Peter Tosh, was one of […]