Author: Henry

DRAM contract prices nearly doubled in Q1 2026, yet ONS data shows UK computer prices still falling. We tracked the series back to the last shortage.

A Florida sheriff’s detective has been arrested, fired and charged with four felonies after investigators say she turned one of America’s most powerful police surveillance tools into a personal tracking system — aimed at her husband’s ex-wife. The fallout has switched off an entire county’s camera network, and reignited a national fight over who is watching the watchers. For years, privacy campaigners have warned about a specific nightmare scenario: that the vast networks of automated license plate cameras spreading across America would one day be used not to catch criminals, but by someone with a badge to follow a private…

Dr Berhanu Kibret was arrested at Dallas Fort Worth airport as he headed home from the conference where he was honoured, with his university insisting he holds valid work authorisation while Homeland Security alleges he overstayed his visa. A University of Maryland pharmacy instructor has been detained by US immigration officers at Dallas Fort Worth airport as he returned from the conference where he was named national Teacher of the Year. Dr Berhanu Kibret was arrested on 21 July after attending the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy’s annual meeting in Texas, according to the university and the Department of…

Commissioners unanimously backed a 3 November referendum on extending the 0.75% sales tax collected outside Atlanta for a further five years, with city mayors signing an agreement on how the revenue would be shared. Voters in Fulton County will have the final say in November on whether to extend a sales tax expected to raise $650 million for transportation projects, after the Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to put the measure on the ballot. The resolution, passed by voice vote at a special meeting on Monday, sets up a 3 November referendum on renewing the county’s Transportation Special Purpose Local…

Washington and Tel Aviv are reportedly preparing a major bombing campaign against Iran’s energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend. British drivers have already lived through one fuel-price shock this year. Here is exactly what happens at UK forecourts if the bombs fall — and how fast. The United States and Israel are planning strikes against Iran’s energy infrastructure that could begin as soon as this weekend, according to sources cited by CBS News, though a final decision has not yet been made. Tehran says it is preparing a response of its own, and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has personally…

Saleem Martin, 21, faces charges including kidnapping and cruelty to children after officers used licence plate readers to find the vehicle within 15 minutes, the Atlanta Police Department said. A two-year-old girl has been reunited with her parents unharmed after the car she was sitting in was stolen while her mother dropped off an Instacart order in Atlanta, Georgia. Police traced the vehicle within 15 minutes using the city’s licence plate readers, and body camera footage released on Friday shows officers ordering the suspect out before comforting the crying toddler. Saleem Martin, 21, has been charged with offences including kidnapping,…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says nearly 600 cumulative years of litigation has cost countries billions and created a “regulatory chill”, after an investigation by the Guardian and partners uncovered 235 lawsuits over anti-obesity policies. The head of the World Health Organization has accused the world’s largest ultra-processed food companies of standing in the way of the global fight against obesity by dragging governments through the courts. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said litigation over measures such as warning labels and junk-food taxes had cost countries billions of dollars and delayed vital protections for years. His intervention follows an investigation by the Guardian, the…

The Australian-founded company chose the city over other contenders including San Diego and Austin, pointing to office costs it says can be a third of New York or London prices — and plans to double its headcount by the end of 2027. Uptick, an Australian-founded software company serving the fire protection industry, has opened its first permanent North American headquarters in Denver, selecting the city over other candidates including San Diego and Austin, Texas. The firm said Denver’s comparatively cheap office space, well-qualified workforce and central location won it over, and it intends to use the new base to drive…

The Prime Minister said his “instincts” were to protect access to juries, citing his Hillsborough campaigning, and likened his approach to the pause he has placed on Labour’s early release scheme. Andy Burnham has signalled that Labour’s plan to restrict jury trials in England and Wales may not survive, days after he removed David Lammy as Justice Secretary. The Prime Minister told reporters on Friday that he had “concerns” about the measures in the Courts and Tribunals Bill and was “probably looking for changes”, saying his “instincts” were that access to trial by jury should not be reduced. Mr Lammy…

Joniah Walker, now 19, was found 730 miles from her Milwaukee home when officers answered a domestic disturbance call in Blacksburg — and Owen Lars Anderson, 37, now faces kidnapping charges in Wisconsin and 55 child sexual abuse material counts in Virginia A girl who disappeared from Wisconsin at the age of 15 and was found safe four years later had been abducted and held captive in Virginia throughout that time, police say. Joniah Walker, now 19, was rescued on May 23 at a house in the mountain town of Blacksburg, some 730 miles from her family’s Milwaukee home, after…