Argos catalogue to be online-only after 47 years 1bn copies

At its height it was Europe’s most widely printed publication, a book found in three-quarters of British homes, a work only beaten by the Bible for its sheer ubiquity. The complete works of Shakespeare or the latest Harry Potter? No. The Argos Catalogue… which is no more. After 47 years, and an astonishing one billion printed, … Read more

Argos catalogue to be online-only after 47 years 1bn copies

At its height it was Europe’s most widely printed publication, a book found in three-quarters of British homes, a work only beaten by the Bible for its sheer ubiquity. The complete works of Shakespeare or the latest Harry Potter? No. The Argos Catalogue… which is no more. After 47 years, and an astonishing one billion … Read more

Taylor Swift’s surprise eighth album Folklore has sold 1.3 million copies in 24 hours

Taylor Swift’s surprise eighth album Folklore has sold 1.3 million copies in 24 hours… as it breaks global streaming records By George Stark For Dailymail.com Published: 15:38 BST, 26 July 2020 | Updated: 15:38 BST, 26 July 2020 It’s official: Taylor Swift’s eighth record Folklore is a unanimous critical and commercial success. The surprise album, … Read more

UK Government copies Trump attacking journalists on Twitter

The UK Government has today been accused of ‘taking a leaf out of Donald Trump’s playbook’ after using social media to publicly denounce journalists.   Ministers have come under increasing scrutiny from the press during the pandemic for a series of failings which have led to the UK suffering the worst death toll in Europe.  The … Read more

Bestselling author Josephine Cox whose 60 books sold over 20 million copies dies aged 82 

Bestselling author Josephine Cox whose 60 books sold over 20 million copies dies aged 82  Publisher HarperCollins confirmed author Josephine Cox has died aged 82  She penned bestselling books such as Two Sisters and Her Father’s Sins  Blackburn-born author leaves husband Ken and two sons Wayne & Spencer By Lydia Catling For Mailonline Published: 20:18 … Read more

LinkedIn and Reddit remove app code that copies user clipboards

LinkedIn and Reddit will remove code in their apps that copies users’ clipboard information after being outed by an iOS 14 privacy feature Reddit and LinkedIn are changing code in their apps that copy users’ clipboards The practices was brought to light by an iOS 14 privacy feature Reddit says it used information to auto-suggest … Read more

Ant and Dec share clip as they joke about signing seven billion copies of their book in one sitting

Ant and Dec share a light-hearted clip as they joke about signing more than seven BILLION copies of their new book in one sitting By Raven Saunt For Mailonline Published: 17:58 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 18:16 BST, 23 May 2020 They recently joined a host of British stars as part of a new … Read more

Researchers engineer two copies of an antibody produced by llamas which bind to coronavirus proteins

Antibodies from an unusual animal could help scientists develop a treatment against the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests. Researchers found two copies of an immune protein produced by llamas can create a new antibody that binds tightly to part of the surface of the new virus. This part, called a spike protein, is what … Read more

Meet the trio who want to stamp out toxic receipts for good and have processed 1.5m digital copies 

Getting a receipt printed out at the till could soon be a thing of the past on a national and even global scale if these three entrepreneurs get their way. Matty Cusden-Ross, Veronique Barbosa and Tom Reay are the founders of a digital receipts start-up called Flux which aims to eradicate the practice of automatically … Read more