Producers on Fox’s long-running animated series The Simpsons announced in June that they will no longer have white actors voicing black characters, though today it’s been revealed who will voice one of the show’s longest-running black characters. Alex Desert (Swingers, High Fidelity) has come aboard to voice Carl Carlson, one of Homer Simpson’s longtime co-workers … Read more
New lockdown rules at a glance Office workers who can work ‘normally’ from home should do so. English pubs, bars and restaurants must close by 10pm from Thursday. The hospitality sector will be restricted to table service only. Face coverings must be worn in taxis and retail staff while at work. Customers in indoor hospitality … Read more
The Government is expected to bring forward its ban on new fossil fuel vehicles by ten years in order to accelerate the rollout of electric cars in the UK. MPs last week urged the Prime Minister to move the sales ban to 2030 in order to help the Government achieve its target of reaching net … Read more
The Government is expected to bring forward its ban on new fossil fuel vehicles by ten years in order to accelerate the rollout of electric cars in the UK. MPs last week urged the Prime Minister to move the sales ban to 2030 in order to help the Government achieve its target of reaching net … Read more
Struggling test and trace programme now forced to bring in super-management consultants from KPMG to try and get back on track Government is preparing to draft in a new team to bolster the £10billion scheme Consultants are expected to start within 72 hours and remain for six months It comes as Boris Johnson sounded Covid … Read more
Struggling test and trace programme now forced to bring in super-management consultants from KPMG to try and get back on track Government is preparing to draft in a new team to bolster the £10billion scheme Consultants are expected to start within 72 hours and remain for six months It comes as Boris Johnson sounded Covid … Read more
Dividend-starved shareholders were given good news yesterday after two British building firms vowed to bring back their payouts next year. When the pandemic reached its height and hammered construction businesses, Redrow and Galliford Try were among companies that suspended their payouts to save cash. But the pair will resume their divis and said they expected … Read more
Anyone who has a basic knowledge of the history of Facebook (or if you watched The Social Network) know that the social media giant started out as a college-focused network. The goal was to let students connect with other students in their area. Now they’re sort of bringing back this aspect of their business with … Read more
Epic Games’ famous battle royale game Fortnite met a sorry fate when the game maker allegedly sidestepped Google Play Store and Apple App Store policies to introduce a direct payment feature to the gaming app. Fortnite was immediately deleted from the two ecosystems, shortly after which Epic Games filed a lawsuit against both Google and … Read more
If you owned a Pebble smartwatch back in the day (by that we mean 8 years ago), you may know that there are still some loyalists and former employees that are keeping it alive to this day. We’ve had several advances when it comes to wearables but they still believe in the somewhat analog-looking powers … Read more