‘I wanted to make the biggest impression I could, so I dressed up like a Hobbit in the audition’: Elijah Wood in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ (Pierre Vinet/New Line/Saul Zaent)The Lord of the Rings hadn’t failed to make it to the big screen through a lack of trying. Everyone…
Toyota is a really interesting company. With an annual production rate of close to 10 million vehicles, they have sold just 10,000 electric vehicles. Today they announced a roadmap that sets out to change all that, now committing to produce 30 different models of fully-electric vehicles by 2030. While all automakers are facing the massive…
Foxtel has gone through a number of iterations in Australia and with the latest hardware, the iQ5, Foxtel may have finally nailed the hardware, delivering one of the best… Posted by Jason Cartwright on December 14, 2021 9.6Review: Foxtel iQ5 The GoodDesign4K live broadcastConnectivity (IP/Sat)Easy setupDesign9.8Features9.6Value9.3 Jason Cartwright Creator of techAU, Jason has spent the…
The former Conservative London mayoral candidate has apologised for attending a party with his campaign team at a time of heightened coronavirus restrictions in the capital last year.Shaun Bailey, who lost to Labour’s Sadiq Khan in London’s mayoral election in May, wrote on Twitter: “I want to apologise unreservedly for attending a gathering held by…
A full invasion of Ukraine by Russia would spread conflict around Europe and could even trigger World War Three, a Ukrainian government minister has warned.Yuliia Laputina, the minister for veterans affairs – who previously served as a top officer in Ukraine’s equivalent of MI5 – told Sky News that her country was ready to defend…
Large numbers of COVID patients ending up in hospital is a “nailed on prospect” as the Omicron variant spreads at an “absolutely phenomenal pace” across the country, England’s chief medical officer has warned.Professor Chris Whitty, speaking at a Downing Street news conference, warned the UK was facing “a really serious threat” from the new coronavirus…
European marketers turned to the primary pillars of audience engagement as the pandemic and quarantines continued to upend and alter the pace and approach to shopping in 2020 and 2021. With an eye on Gen Z audiences, they leaned into the persistent power of influencers. They doubled down on strategies that brought personalized, meaningful messages…
The SAR administration on Tuesday said it “strongly opposes” the “unfounded allegations” the UK made about the Hong Kong government in its latest Six-monthly Report on the city. The report, compiled by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Office, alleged that since the introduction of the National Security Law in Hong Kong just over…
A car caught fire inside Tate’s Cairn Tunnel on Tuesday evening, forcing a brief closure of the tunnel. Police said they were alerted about the incident shortly after 6pm. An online photo showed flames coming out from the front of a car in the Sha Tin-bound lane of the tunnel. Meanwhile, videos taken by affected…
The Competition Commission said on Tuesday that it has launched a probe into possible antitrust violations among companies supplying fuel for vehicles. “The ongoing investigation into auto-fuel cases is something which we decided to do in view of the fact that there is a reasonable cause to suspect that certain anti-competitive behaviours might exist within…
