More than 37 million people are expected to travel through the United Kingdom in 2018. And while most will be there to take in the country’s rich history, many more will undoubtedly make the journey to take in the biggest event of the year: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding. According to Visit Britain, the couple’s nuptials will […]

Jennifer Lopez says that a Met Gala red carpet proposal was “amazing,” but not quite what she has in mind for herself when the time comes. Lopez appeared on Wednesday’s Today, where she talked about the fashion and the magic of the Met, her favorite dress, which was worn by Juliette Binoche, and the sweet moment when rapper 2 Chainz proposed to his […]

So you don’t have to worry so much about phishing — at least if websites support the new technology. With Mozilla’s release of Firefox 60 on Wednesday, web browsers will start letting you log into websites without a password — an important change in authentication technology that could help curtail costly phishing attacks. Firefox 60 supports technology called Web Authentication, […]

ESO telescopes find first confirmed carbon-rich asteroid in Kuiper Belt An international team of astronomers has used ESO telescopes to investigate a relic of the primordial Solar System. The team found that the unusual Kuiper Belt Object 2004 EW95 is a carbon-rich asteroid, the first of its kind to be confirmed in the cold outer […]

BBC investigation shows electrical fault could affect more cars than thought in 2017 BMW is recalling more than 300,000 cars in the UK because of an electrical fault that has caused some vehicles to cut out. The German carmaker had issued a safety call covering about 36,000 petrol vehicles last year but has extended it after […]

The Rhum gas field in the North Sea, which supplies 5% of the UK’s gas, is half-owned by the Iranian State Oil Company. BP, which owns the other half, is in the process of offloading its share to small North Sea specialist Serica, but that deal has not completed. BP does huge amounts of business […]

Facebook has appointed David Marcus, its Vice President in charge of Messaging Products, as the leader of a new blockchain unit. Marcus joined the board of American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase in December last year. He confirmed his new move in a Facebook post, saying, “I’m setting up a small group to explore how to best leverage […]

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has addressed US President Donald Trump directly, telling him he “made a mistake” in deciding to leave a multi-country nuclear deal. Mr Khamenei said: “I said from the first day: don’t trust America.” He urged his government to get guarantees from European powers before agreeing to continue with the […]

Who hasn’t dreamed of living as a royal, waking up each morning in Buckingham Palace? Now, a rare opportunity to serve as a chef for the Queen of England (and actually live among royalty!) has popped up: the palace is currently looking for a new Demi Chef de Partie. A chef de what?! A demi chef de partie assists the […]

Winklevoss IP, the company owned by Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has been awarded with a patent claim that aims to settle exchange traded products (ETPs) holding cryptocurrencies. The company outlined a system that can execute transactions for ETPs holding cryptocurrencies “such as bitcoins … ripple, dogecoins … ether” as well as BBQCoin, among others, […]