Could today’s word be MONEY? Perhaps GAMES? Or DEALS, or TIMES, or even VIRAL? Just kidding, of course. I’ve already done my Wordling for the day. No spoilers here. Welcome to Wordle, the free online daily word game that has reportedly amassed millions of players since its inception just four months ago. For many, it
After several delays, SpaceX has finally launched an Italian satellite aboard its Falcon 9 rocket from a station in Florida, US. The space company founded by billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk initially planned to launch the Earth-observation satellite last week but continuous bad weather forced it to reschedule the launch several times. A window of
Two thousand rupee notes on display with an Indian flag in the background. Manish Rajput | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images India’s central bank will launch a digital version of the rupee in the next financial year, the country’s finance minister said on Tuesday. “Introduction of a central bank digital currency will give
Labour is calling on Rishi Sunak to allow the National Crime Agency (NCA) to investigate fraud associated with the government’s COVID support schemes. In an opposition day debate in the Commons today, the party will urge the government to allow the “astronomical levels of fraud” committed during the coronavirus pandemic to be investigated. But the
A teenager has asked Elon Musk for $50k (£37k) after the billionaire requested that the youngster delete a Twitter bot which tracks his private jet. Jack Sweeney, 19, turned down an initial offer of $5k to shut down the @ElonJet account, saying the payment wouldn’t replace the satisfaction he received from running it. The SpaceX
Shoppers are facing a further rise in grocery bills equivalent to £180 a year on average as the squeeze on households intensifies, new industry figures show. Grocery prices in the four weeks to 23 January rose by 3.8%, according to data company Kantar. It adds to the cost of living surge facing households with consumer
Tesco said 1,600 jobs were at risk as it announced a further round of restructuring across its store network. Britain’s biggest supermarket said it was moving overnight re-stocking to the daytime in 36 large stores and 49 convenience stores. It is also converting 36 of its petrol stations to become pay-at-pump only sites during overnight
James Bond actress Lashana Lynch and West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose are among the latest crop of young performers nominated for BAFTA’s rising star award. Before appearing as the new 007 in No Time To Die last year, Lynch, 34, had starred in Marvel’s Captain Marvel opposite Brie Larson, and Sky police drama Bulletproof. DeBose
Nintendo has celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise with the biggest game launch in the franchise’s history. Pokémon Legends: Arceus has already outsold any previous Pokémon titles that were released with just one version available. According to GfK Entertainment data, Arceus accounted for nearly half of all physical, boxed games copies in the
Planet Earth is home to 14% more tree species than previously thought, with thousands yet to be discovered, according to a global count conducted by dozens of researchers around the world. The new study, compiled by 140 researchers in 100 countries, estimates the world to have 73,300 species, with 9,000 not even yet discovered. But
People who followed COVID rules “will feel like they’ve been taken for mugs” by the prime minster, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky News. Speaking to Kay Burley, Sir Keir said many members of the public will have felt “anger, grief and guilt” when looking back at how they obeyed COVID-19 restrictions over
Royal Mail has added special barcodes to stamps, making it possible for people to watch videos, read messages and view other information from senders. The move, which starts on Tuesday, follows a successful trial, with the aim of connecting a letter with the digital world. Customers can scan the barcodes while using the Royal Mail
House price growth picked up to 11.2% in January – the strongest start to the year since 2005, according to figures from lender Nationwide. It suggested the surge in the cost of living, with inflation at a near 30-year high, had yet to dent housing market activity, the lender said. The year-on-year pace of growth
British model Cara Delevingne has said she would have “hated herself less” and “not have been so ashamed” if she had an LGBTQ+ role model growing up. The 29-year-old previously described herself as pansexual and bisexual, but said last year that how she sexually identifies frequently changes. Delevingne also said her struggles with her sexuality
Mike Lynch, former CEO of Autonomy. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg via Getty Images LONDON — Mike Lynch, one of the U.K.’s most notable tech entrepreneurs and a man that has often been referred to as “Britain’s Bill Gates,” is on the brink of being extradited to the U.S. to face criminal charges related to the
PlayStation maker Sony has announced a $3.6bn deal to buy Bungie, the games developer behind titles such as Destiny. It comes two weeks after Microsoft, maker of the rival Xbox console, said it was paying $68.7bn for Activision Blizzard, whose titles include Call of Duty and Candy Crush. US-based Bungie was founded in 1991 and
A single flash of lightning stretched across the sky over three US states, setting a new world record. The lightning bolt extended 477.2 miles across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi in April 2020, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said. This beat the old record of 440.6 miles set in 2018. Also in 2020, a single lightning
A pregnant reporter shut out of her native New Zealand has said she will be returning home after being offered a place in the country’s quarantine system. Charlotte Bellis’s situation gained worldwide media attention after she said she was forced to turn to Afghanistan’s Taliban for refuge after being locked out of New Zealand due
Whoopi Goldberg has apologised for comments about the Holocaust that were described by others as “devastating” and “dangerous”. The actor co-hosts ABC talk show The View and was part of a discussion about a US school board’s decision to ban Maus, a Pulitzer prize-winning graphic novel about the experiences of a Holocaust survivor. Goldberg, 66,
In this article NYT This photo illustration shows a person playing online word game “Wordle” on a mobile phone in Washington, DC on January 11, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The New York Times is acquiring Wordle, an online game that shot up to popularity seemingly overnight. The move highlights the importance