People have really just scratched the surface when it comes to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Mike Winkelmann, a digital artist who goes by Beeple and recently sold a piece for $69 million, told CNBC on Friday. “I really think this is a technology that has just so many use cases,” Winkelmann said in a “Squawk Alley”
The owner of All Bar One is facing a shareholder revolt over plans to bolster the guaranteed pay awards of its top executives amid a broader firestorm over corporate governance at the company. Sky News understands that several major institutional investors are planning to oppose Mitchells & Butlers’ (M&B) remuneration policy because it plans to
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN NFL free agency kicks off next week and teams will be working with a salary cap of $182.5 million for the 2021 season, an 8% decrease from the $198.2 million cap in 2020. The cap has risen every year since 2011, but the reduced revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic
The prime minister has held “frank” conversations with the DUP about the Northern Ireland Protocol during a visit to the region, while he was snubbed by Sinn Fein. Boris Johnson visited Northern Ireland as it prepares to mark its centenary in May. He toured a mass COVID-19 vaccination centre in First Minister Arlene Foster‘s Co
Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and snatched at least 30 students in the latest of a string of such kidnaps. The abduction happened at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization on the outskirts of Kaduna, nearly 400 miles from the capital Lagos. The gang struck at around 11.30pm on Thursday, according to
The Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is suing HSBC in Hong Kong after a case it brought in English courts was dismissed. The company is seeking documents from the bank which it says the United States possesses but “deliberately and wilfully withheld” when requesting the extradition of its chief financial officer, Meng Wenzhou, from Canada –
8:00 AM ET Are you not entertained? What the FCS spring season lacks in length and quality, it makes up for in pure, magical nonsense. The best program in the country got blown out by an unranked opponent two weeks ago, and the new No. 1 has now been scared twice into the second half.
It’s music’s biggest night, and this year’s Grammy Awards has set the tone for up and coming ceremonies across 2021. Beyonce dominated at this year’s Grammys, winning four of the top awards. Other winners included Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Megan Thee Stallion. Image: Beyonce is the most decorated female artist in Grammys history. Pic:
Italy is set to impose another national lockdown over the Easter weekend to combat growing numbers of coronavirus cases. It will see non-essential shops closed from 3 April to 5 April, with people only allowed to leave their homes for work, health or emergency reasons, according to a draft government decree seen by Reuters news
Tesla’s giant stamping machine, believed to be the world’s biggest, caught on fire at Fremont factory today. No one was injured, but the incident is likely to affect production. We previously reported that Tesla is now producing the Model Y with one giant rear underbody that used to be made of 70 parts. That’s possible due to Tesla’s
Baac3nes | Moment | Getty Images A range of tests using drones at a wind farm in the North Sea have been completed, offering another glimpse of how the technology could have an important role to play in the renewables sector. The tests were carried out at the 309 megawatt Rentel offshore wind farm by
The UK economy rediscovered a reverse gear in January as renewed coronavirus lockdowns knocked output while trade suffered a Brexit hit, according to official figures. The initial estimate of a 2.9% contraction in gross domestic product (GDP) compared with the previous month, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), was better than the figure of
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million miles (two million kilometres) of our planet on March 21, NASA said Thursday. The US space agency said it will allow astronomers to get a rare close look at an asteroid. The asteroid, 2001 FO32, is estimated to be about
Joe Biden has said that all American adults will be eligible for a vaccine by 1 May. In his first primetime address to the nation as US president, Mr Biden said his goal is to get the country “closer to normal” by 4 July, so Americans can celebrate Independence Day with their loved ones. He
Netflix is testing a feature to clamp down on people sharing passwords with other households. Some users have started to get notifications which ask them to verify they live with the account holder. The message states: “If you don’t live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching.” Users
Organisers of a vigil for Sarah Everard are launching a legal challenge after the Metropolitan Police said that the gathering would be unlawful. The Reclaim These Streets group were planning to meet at 6pm on Saturday at Clapham Common – not far from where the 33-year-old went missing on Wednesday 3 March. Although the police