Author: Lucas Bennett

British fashion house Burberry has warned of a second consecutive year of falling profits, with weakness across Asian markets continuing to weigh heavily on the iconic trenchcoat maker’s financial performance. Chief Executive Officer Christopher Bailey will see his pay reduced as part of a broader cost-cutting response to the downturn, with other staff across the group also facing salary reductions as the company looks to manage the impact of slowing demand. The profit warning points to ongoing difficulties in China, which has been a critical growth market for luxury brands in recent years. A cooldown in consumer spending across the…

Two separate space events are set to give astronomers and skygazers plenty to watch over the coming weeks, with a piece of debris believed to date back to the Apollo programme due to crash into the Indian Ocean and a stadium-sized asteroid set to pass closer to Earth than usual. The more unusual of the two involves an object designated WT1190F, a fragment of space debris measuring between one and two metres that is expected to enter Earth’s atmosphere and come down in the Indian Ocean south of Sri Lanka on the morning of November 13. Only the portions that…

A young boy from Minnesota has gone viral after recording a heartfelt video challenging Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson over his comments that a Muslim should never become president of the United States. Yusuf Dayur, a 12-year-old middle school student from Eden Prairie in the Twin Cities area, posted his response to Facebook after Carson made the remarks on NBC’s Meet the Press, where he stated he would not advocate for a Muslim to lead the country and that he did not believe Islam was consistent with the Constitution. The video has since been viewed more than 117,000 times. In…

A popular free application that allows Windows 10 users to switch off the operating system’s built-in data collection processes has received a significant update, adding new controls over wireless networking features that some users have raised concerns about. O&O ShutUp10, which enables users to disable telemetry and tracking services beyond what is accessible through Windows 10’s standard settings menu, has been updated to version 1.3.1355 with a fresh set of privacy options alongside a number of bug fixes. The most notable addition in the new release is the ability to disable Wi-Fi Sense, a Windows 10 feature that automatically connects…

Experienced Swiss international Gökhan İnler has explained that Leicester City chairman’s ambitious vision for the club was the decisive factor in his decision to join, passing up interest from German side Schalke and Turkish giants Beşiktaş in the process. The 31-year-old midfielder completed a reported £5 million move to the King Power Stadium and made his debut in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham at the weekend, slotting into a Leicester side that has made an impressive start to the Premier League season with two wins and a draw from their opening three games. İnler drew a comparison with his previous…

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign found itself mocked by media commentators this week after reports emerged that aides had been briefing journalists about a planned effort to make the candidate appear more natural, joyful and unscripted on the campaign trail. Parallel reports in both the New York Times and the Washington Post revealed that Clinton’s team intended to introduce what the Times described as new efforts to bring spontaneity to a campaign that had at times appeared wooden and overly cautious. The announcement prompted immediate ridicule from television hosts and political analysts who noted the obvious contradiction in strategically planning to…

New figures from the United States’ leading public health body have revealed a troubling rise in suicide rates among girls and young women over nearly two decades, even as rates among males moved in the opposite direction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the data covering the period between 1994 and 2012, focusing on individuals aged between 10 and 24. The report found that suicide rates among females in that age group rose from 2.7 to 3.2 per 100,000 during that period, with suffocation recorded as the most commonly used method. While the female figures represent a statistically…

DC’s upcoming superhero ensemble series Legends of Tomorrow has confirmed that Hawkman will appear in every single episode of the show, putting to rest earlier suggestions that the winged hero would only feature as a guest character. Executive producer Phil Klemmer confirmed the news, revealing that actor Falk Hentschel will be a series regular throughout the run and will also appear in crossover episodes with both The Flash and Arrow. The character is expected to feature prominently alongside Hawkgirl, played by Ciara Renee, with the two forming one of the show’s central relationships. Klemmer addressed concerns that Hawkman’s expanded role…

Apple’s release of iOS 9 has set off a flurry of activity in the jailbreaking community, with multiple development teams reportedly closing in on a working solution and rumours pointing to a possible public release before the end of October. The iOS 9 update introduced a range of new features and improvements while simultaneously patching the vulnerabilities that had allowed previous jailbreaks on iOS 8.4 and 8.4.1 to function. That has left developers scrambling to find new entry points into Apple’s operating system, with several teams understood to be working on the problem simultaneously. Jailbreak team Pangu and independent iOS…

Apple’s newest iPhone camera feature has split opinion among photographers, technology writers and industry insiders since its unveiling in San Francisco, with some calling it a meaningful step forward in mobile photography and others dismissing it as little more than a dressed-up video clip. Live Photos, introduced as part of the iPhone 6s launch, works by recording a brief moment of movement immediately before and after a still image is taken. The result is a picture that appears to come to life when held down with a long press, showing the subject in motion rather than frozen in a single…