For Netflix, at least, it seems there is no such thing as too much Adam Sandler. The streaming service has signed up the much maligned comic for a further quartet of films, to go with the four it has already financed. According to Deadline, Netflix (...)
The most remarkable statistic attached to this victory is that England, for all their traumas and intermittent crises, have now gone 34 matches since they experienced defeat in a qualifying match. The last occasion was October 2009 when Fabio (...)
Dustin Johnson's only danger is associated with peaking too early. Even that seems a negative leap of faith. With little over a week to the Masters the world No1 secured a third victory in as many starts by seeing off Jon Rahm in what developed into (...)
The Bank of England has asked UK banks, insurers and other financial institutions to draw up comprehensive plans for how they will deal with Britain's exit from the European Union.
Two days before Theresa May's government plans to trigger article 50 (...)
Canal Street was never a high-end retail experience. But, like many streets in New York City and in cities across the US, it is becoming increasingly desolate.
Boarded-up stores line the thoroughfare that bisects much of lower Manhattan. Many stores (...)
Lights out in Melbourne and Formula One got just the start it needed after concerns over the new regulations introduced for the 2017 season were at least partially settled when Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari finally ended three years of Mercedes (...)
It's been a bad week for Google, with major brands pulling millions of dollars in advertising amid rows over extremist content on YouTube.
In the US, the telecom companies AT&T and Verizon, as well as the pharmaceutical company GSK, Pepsi, Walmart, (...)
For the past decade, Apple's philosophy has been summed up by an Andy Warhol line about Coca-Cola.
"What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest," (...)
Lewis Hamilton has opened Formula One's new season, one of new regulations and new cars, with a remarkably familiar performance at the front of the field to secure pole for the Australian Grand Prix. The three-time world champion saw off a (...)
The Russian distributors have given Power Rangers an 18+ rating after criticism from several anti-gay legislators who complained about the film's inclusion of a LGBT character.
WDSSPR, the Russian distributor of Power Rangers, informed cinemas on (...)
Brandon Crawford scored the tiebreaking run when Nobuhiro Matsuda bobbled Adam Jones' grounder to third in the eighth inning, and the United States reached the championship game of the World Baseball Classic for the first time by beating Japan 2-1 (...)
Facebook and Instagram have banned developers from using their data for surveillance with a new privacy policy that civil rights activists have long sought to curb spying by law enforcement.
Following revelations last year that police departments (...)
After the Wii U failed to ignite the imaginations of anyone but the most devout Nintendo loyalists, a lot rides on its successor. Thankfully, it's a much more exciting proposition for players: home console-quality gaming on the go.
The Switch itself (...)
The football club Arsène Wenger might have managed – and still might – did him a favour this week. Just 24 hours after his Arsenal team stumbled out of the Champions League, defeated 10-2 on aggregate by Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain stole the (...)
If one were to be kind on Arsenal, they did at least have 45 minutes when Arsène Wenger could argue that his team had the better of one of Europe's real superpowers. That, however, would be exceedingly kind – a sympathy vote, one could call it – (...)
One of the largest spam operations in the world has exposed its entire operation to the public, leaking its database of 1.37bn email addresses thanks to a faulty backup.
As well as email addresses, the holy grail of the spam operation, personal (...)
In theory, there is still time for Chelsea's rivals to catch and overhaul them at the top of the Premier League. In reality, though, it is beginning to feel almost inconceivable. Chelsea just look too strong, too experienced and too streetwise. They (...)
Google is facing accusations of spreading fake news, after being repeatedly discovered sharing falsehoods and conspiracy theories through its "featured snippets in search" functionality.
The feature automatically pulls in short answers to common (...)
Uber's annus horribilis continued apace Friday, as it was hit with revelations of a secret program to evade law enforcement, the resignation of another top executive and more allegations of workplace discrimination.
The New York Times reported that (...)
It could probably only happen to Nintendo. While other console manufacturers have dutifully stuffed their consoles with ever more expansive hard drives, the Kyoto-based veteran has always been somewhat penurious with storage. Its next release, the (...)
Kim Jong-nam was almost certainly murdered by North Korean agents, according to intelligence officials in South Korea, as suspicions mount that his assassination at Kuala Lumpur airport was ordered by his estranged half-brother, the North Korean (...)
President Donald Trump's proposed US-Mexico border wall would be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6bn, and take more than three years to build, according to a US Department of Homeland Security internal report seen by (...)
Democratic Republic of Congo's Junior Kabananga struck early in the second half to earn a 1-0 win against Morocco in their opening Africa Cup of Nations match on Monday.
Kabananga turned the ball home in the 55th minute after Firmin Mubele's low (...)
House prices in Aberdeen recorded the highest fall among major UK towns and cities over the past year, after demand for homes was hit by the slump in oil prices.
According to new research by Halifax, prices in Aberdeen were down 6.9pc to an average (...)
In 2016, 21st-century virtual reality really arrived. From cheap mobile experiences to exuberant desktop machines, if you wanted to dive into a virtual world, there was a way. But while the headsets opened up possibilities, the new breed of touch (...)