Mike Lynch, 59, is the founder of enterprise software firm Autonomy. He was acquitted of fraud charges in June after defending himself in a trial over allegations that he artificially inflated Autonomy’s value in an $11.7 billion sale to tech giant Hewlett Packard.Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLONDON — British technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch was acquitted of fraud charges in June in a landmark trial over allegations made by Hewlett Packard that he had artificially inflated the value of his company when he sold it to the U.S. enterprise tech giant for $11.7 billion in 2011.Just two months after…
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Higher temperatures mean more use of air conditioningmegapress images/Alamy When temperatures turn extreme, we rush to adjust our heating or cooling systems in an attempt to remain comfortable. With severe weather events becoming ever more frequent due to climate change, so too does our fiddling with the thermostat, which in turn is causing spikes in daily carbon emissions, leading to yet more climate change. Failing to break this vicious cycle will mean the problem only gets worse. Zhu Liu at Tsinghua University, China, and his colleagues have been tracking global daily CO2 emissions since January 2019 to examine… Read the…
Married couple and Dancing With the Stars pros Jenna Johnson Chmerkovskiy and Val Chmerkovskiy have four mirror ball awards between them. However, the two might be adding a pair of Primetime Emmys to their crowded mantel at this year’s Creative Arts ceremony. The two are nominated for “Outstanding Choreography For Variety Or Reality Programming” for the Len Goodman tribute waltz, set to one of the late judge’s favorite tunes, “Moon River.” TV Insider chatted with Johnson Chmerkovskiy about why the routine was so special and how it came about to have eight of the dance competition reality program’s veteran pros…
Google has issued an update for its Camera app on Pixel devices that brings changes to the astrophotography mode. Following the update, users can take advantage of manual controls when capturing images of celestial objects such as the Moon, stars and the night sky on their Pixel devices. This development comes a week after Google rolled out two exclusive features for Pixel smartphones that are aimed at enhancing accessibility.Google Pixel Camera App UpdateThe update for the Pixel Camera app was first spotted by the Google News Telegram channel. It brings the app version to 9.5.118. Before the update, there was…
A Boeing 777x aircraft during an aerial display on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, UK, on Monday, July 18, 2022.Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBoeing said Monday that it has paused flight tests of its 777X after it found damage in a structure of one of the wide-body aircraft.The company said it discovered the damage to the custom part, which it said is between the engine and the airplane structure, during scheduled maintenance. It has since grounded the three other 777-9 airplanes in its test fleet. No other flight testing was scheduled for the…
Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines planes takeoff at the same time from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on June 21, 2023.Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesAlaska Airlines said that its plan to acquire Hawaiian Airlines has cleared the U.S. Justice Department after the period for antitrust regulators to finish an investigation of the deal ended without a lawsuit to block the deal, eight months after the two carriers announced a $1.9 billion agreement to combine.The two airlines now have to win approval from the U.S. Transportation Department before the deal closes. It wasn’t…
Nicolas Cage presents a nominee for Oscar® for Actor in a Leading Role during the live ABC telecast of the 96th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Credit/Provider: Trae Patton ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.Preview: Nicolas Cage is playing John Madden in a new movie called ‘Madden’.David O. Russell wrote the script and will direct.It’ll follow Madden from his 1970s days and beyond.Nicolas Cage is on a bit of a hot streak at the moment. Between showing some serious self-awareness (and self-deprecation) for ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ and logging some of the best performances…
Chappell Roan has criticised her fans’ “weird” and “creepy” behaviour in a series of new TikTok posts – see what the pop star had to say below. READ MORE: Chappell Roan: the pop supernova who feels like one of the ‘Drag Race’ girls The fast-rising pop star has lambasted the “entitled” attitude of fans, who have begun displaying “creepy” behaviour to the singer. In two new TikToks, Roan, who has become increasingly agitated on the topic, said: “If you saw a random woman on the street, would you yell at her from the car window? Would you harass her in public?…
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks to reporters outside Primanti Bros. Restaurant and Bar during a bus campaign tour stop in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, on August 18, 2024.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesCHICAGO — Major Harris campaign donors are slated to attend various VIP events and enjoy exclusive perks at the Democratic National Convention this week. They include private brunches, evening cocktail parties and a tour of Wrigley Field, according to a schedule obtained by CNBC.The ritzy events, sprinkled in between the convention’s headliner speeches, are available for top donors to the Harris Victory Fund,…
Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely too much tea. She is a regular co-host on the All the Books podcast who especially loves mysteries, gothic lit, mythology/folklore, and all things witchy. Vanessa can be found on Instagram at @BuenosDiazSD or taking pictures of pretty trees in Portland, OR, where she now resides. View All posts by Vanessa Diaz New week, new stories. Let’s get right to ’em. Backpack…
(Image credit: Michele)”Big Mama” and “Little Mama’s Special Little Lady” are the hilarious nicknames Ashley Graham gave to two watches she wore on her recent Michele campaign shoot. In a phone interview, I asked Graham about her favorite watch from the brand’s latest launch, and she realized she didn’t know the timepiece’s actual moniker. A quick confirmation with PR revealed it was, in fact, the Deco Two-Tone 18k Gold Diamond Watch ($2995).”Honestly you can’t go wrong with this watch,” Graham told Who What Wear. “It’s mixed metals and has a little bit of bling on it. I am a sparkly…
The bad news is, we’ll have to wait quite a while for the third season of Will Trent. The show is set to return midseason, which means fans will have to wait until very late 2024 or even early 2025 for more of their favorite special agent and his chihuahua companion. But the good news is that that patience is sure be rewarded, thanks to a major addition to what is already one of the most talented and likable casts on TV. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) Deadline is reporting today that Gina Rodriguez (no relation to titular star Ramon…
Age of Empires will soon be available on smartphones. The Mobile version of the historical real-time strategy game will launch globally later this year. The developers have announced the release date of the mobile version. It will be accessible to both Android and iOS users with pre-registration for the game is now live. Aside from the familiar elements of medieval war strategies from the series of PC games, the Age of Empires Mobile edition is said to offer new, mobile-specific gameplay.Age of Empires Mobile ReleaseThe Age of Empires Mobile will hit smartphones on October 17, co-developers TiMi Studio Group (a Tencent Games…
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesShares of Trump Media fell to their lowest price since Donald Trump’s social media company completed a merger nearly five months ago.Trump Media, which owns the Republican former president’s preferred social messaging platform Truth Social, ended the trading day at $22.24 per share, a drop of more than 3.5%.The once-privately held firm merged with publicly traded Digital World Acquisition Corp. in late March, and began trading on the Nasdaq with the ticker DJT, soaring to a high of $79.38 per share. The stock price has continued to be volatile, but since mid-July has lost…
A bank employee count China’s renminbi (RMB) or yuan notes next to U.S. dollar notes at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, January 26, 2023.Athit Perawongmetha | ReutersBEIJING — The U.S. and China last week signed agreements for cooperating on financial stability, according to a People’s Bank of China readout Monday.The agreement was part of a meeting of the U.S.-China Financial Working Group in Shanghai on Thursday and Friday. Brent Neiman, deputy under secretary for international finance at the Treasury Department, and Xuan Changneng, deputy PBOC governor, co-lead the working group.The two sides also exchanged a list of people to contact…
I May Destroy You creator, director and star Michaela Coel is reteaming with HBO and the BBC for her next series. The two outlets will co-produce First Day on Earth, which Coel created and will star in as a British writer named Henri who takes a job on a movie filming in Ghana, her parents’ homeland. Various Artists Limited, which counts Succession creator Jesse Armstrong among its principals (and which produced I May Destroy You) and A24 are also behind the new series. “I am delighted to be working with VAL, HBO and the BBC again, and to partner with…
Joanna Sternberg has shared a new song titled “A Country Dance.” The single will appear in Between the Temples, an upcoming movie directed by Nathan Silver and starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane. Listen to it below.“A Country Dance” was inspired by Sami Bronowski, the first person who ever encouraged Sternberg to sing in public. “The joke of the song is: I don’t dance, I don’t drink wine, I don’t go outside and I DEFINITELY do not go out in nature (allergies and insect phobias), but I wanted a playful nonsensical song to sing and to capture the fun I…
Carl Icahn, billionaire activist investor, waits for Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, not pictured, to speak at an election night event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 19, 2016.Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday said it had fined billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn and his company $2 million, settling allegations that he failed to disclose billions of dollars worth of personal margin loans pledged against the value of his Icahn Enterprises stock.Icahn and the publicly-traded company that bears his name settled those charges…