July 2021 - Page 35 of 37 - Brief Briefing

Robinhood app involved in Gamestop frenzy makes moves towards stock market listing

Robinhood, the online trading platform linked to an upsurge in armchair investors during the pandemic, has taken its first step towards floating on the...

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Number of Britons vaccinated against COVID hits 45 million – as daily cases fall slightly to 27,125

The number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 in the UK has hit 45 million, while the number of daily cases reported has dipped slightly....

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Reality star Stephen Bear appears in court accused of sharing sexual images

Reality star Stephen Bear has appeared in court accused of sharing a secretly recorded sex tape of a woman without her consent. The 31-year-old,...

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Sports

What should expectations be for Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence as a rookie?

7:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Trevor Lawrence has been called a generational talent, and ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. rated him...

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Politics

PM ‘confident’ UK’s India-produced vaccines won’t be a problem – as Merkel offers travel hope for double-jabbed

Boris Johnson is “very confident” that the UK’s use of India-produced jabs won’t prevent Britons being able to travel abroad – as German chancellor...

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Politics

‘Labour is coming home’: Starmer hails narrow by-election win as Tories blame Hancock scandal

Sir Keir Starmer has declared “Labour is back” as he told his party the Batley and Spen by-election win shows what can be achieved...

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US forces leave main base in Afghanistan – despite fears of looming civil war

US forces have left their main military base in Afghanistan – the hub for a 20-year mission against the Taliban and al Qaeda –...

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Science

Astrophysicists Detect Black Hole-Neutron Star Mergers For The First Time

Astrophysicist have observed the merger of a black hole with a neutron star for the very first time. Approximately 900 million light years away a...

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Science

Biel Glasses: Spanish Couple Develop High-Tech Specs to Help Son See

When their two-year-old son Biel started falling over a lot and had difficulty climbing stairs after learning to walk, Jaume Puig and his wife...

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Quick Charge Podcast: July 1, 2021

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and...

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Environment

$100 oil? Analysts share their price forecasts after a strong rally in the first half of 2021

An employee wearing a face mask refuels a vehicle at a gas station of Sinopec (China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation) on July 10, 2020...

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Science

Blue Origin: Trailblazing Female Pilot Will Go to Space at Age 82 With Jeff Bezos

Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos will be joined by Wally Funk, one of the 13 women who passed NASA’s astronaut training programme in the...

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Science

Light-Years Away From Earth? This Website Lets You Listen to Music Depending on Your Distance From the Planet

Ever wondered what songs on radio broadcasts you would hear if you moved light-years away from the Earth into space? Lightyear.fm website can help...

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Science

Cambridge University Researchers Use AI to Find 200 Drugs For COVID Treatment

Researchers at Cambridge University say that they have used AI to find 200 potential drugs that can treat COVID-19. With the coronavirus pandemic still...

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Business

Haribo sweet deliveries to shops gummed up by lorry driver shortage

Confectionery giant Haribo has warned a shortage of lorry drivers is causing difficulties getting its sweets to shops in the UK. The German firm,...

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Politics

Relief for Starmer but the reality of Batley’s result is more complicated

Labour confounded expectations and held on to its Batley and Spen constituency. Kim Leadbeater, sister of murdered former MP Jo Cox, won by the...

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Science

Richard Branson Aims to Make Space Trip on July 11, Ahead of Jeff Bezos

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson will travel to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic Holdings’s test flight on July 11, Branson’s space tourism firm...

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Wealth management firm wants to pull out of Britney Spears conservatorship

The wealth management firm that was set to become a co-conservator of Britney Spears’ finances has said it does not want to be part...

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‘A win is a win’: Kim Leadbeater narrowly holds Batley and Spen by-election for Labour

Labour’s Kim Leadbeater has pulled off a surprise victory in the Batley and Spen by-election. Tory challenger Ryan Stephenson had been expected to defeat...

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Technology