Hockney painting breaks auction record for living artist
A celebrated painting by British artist David Hockney has been sold at Christie’s in New York for just over $90m (£70m) – an auction record for a work by a Continue Reading
Aldyr Schlee, designer of Brazil’s famous yellow jersey, dies
The man who designed the Brazilian football team’s famous yellow shirt has died. Aldyr Garcia Schlee, a designer, journalist, and writer, was 83 and had been diagnosed with skin cancer. Continue Reading
Uber loss tops $1bn ahead of planned IPO next year
Uber posted a loss of $1.07bn (£821m) in the three months to September, as the ride-sharing firm prepares for a public stock offering next year. The US company’s net losses Continue Reading
MiSafes’ child-tracking smartwatches are ‘easy to hack
A location-tracking smartwatch worn by thousands of children has proven relatively easy to hack. A security researcher found the devices neither encrypted the data they used nor secured each child’s Continue Reading
Climate change: Worries over CO2 emissions from intensifying wildfires
Rising numbers of extreme wildfires could result in a significant increase in CO₂ emissions, scientists warn. That could mean attaining the Paris climate agreement’s goal of keeping global temperature rise Continue Reading