The Silicon Valley investor John Doerr, an early backer of Google and Amazon, has written the second-largest cheque in a $40 million funding round for Isometric, the London-based industrial certification firm. Doerr, the billionaire chairman of Kleiner Perkins, the California venture capital firm, invested in a personal capacity alongside theContinue Reading
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Miguel Almiron was sent off for covering his mouth against Turkiye. (Image: Getty) A Paraguayan commentator at the World Cup has had his credentials withdrawn following an extraordinary on-air tirade after Miguel Almiron’s red card, during which he launched a scathing attack on both the referee and FIFA. Paraguay securedContinue Reading
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Everything you need to know about World Cup suspensions and delays as France vs Iraq is brought to a halt Historical tournament first: The Group I clash between France and Iraq in Philadelphia marked the first fixture of the 2026 World Cup to be disrupted by severe weather. Heavy rainfallContinue Reading
Television in the UK has changed fast. Aerials and satellite dishes are no longer the default, and more households now watch live channels, catch-up, and on-demand content entirely over broadband. That’s IPTV — Internet Protocol Television — and it’s quietly become one of the most talked-about, and most misunderstood, categoriesContinue Reading
As governments in high-obesity countries ramp up efforts to improve nutritional health, ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are increasingly in the firing line, giving policymakers a highly visible target through which to project resolve. Leading the global anti-UPF movement, US Health Secretary and ‘MAHA’ architect, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., revealed earlier thisContinue Reading
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