Liverpool transfer news: Barcelona 'set Ousmane Dembele price' as La Liga giants eye deals

Barcelona star Dembele is on Liverpool’s radar with the Reds already confirming their interest in the France international. Speaking after their defeat to Chelsea earlier this month, Jurgen Klopp said: “Is he available? Then I’m interested.” Dembele could swap Barcelona for Liverpool having failed to settle at the Nou Camp following his £134million move from […]

CA court ruling could upend gig economy giants like Uber, Lyft

A recent California Supreme Court decision (PDF) could give Uber and Lyft drivers (as well as other gig workers) fighting to be classified as employees a huge boost. In a case against package and document delivery company Dynamex Operations West, the court has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs — drivers seeking employment status who […]

China quietly pulled a propaganda film celebrating its tech giants days after the US sanctioned one of them — and it could be troubling news for Huawei

The US Department of Justice is reportedly investigating the tech company Huawei on accusations of breaching sanctions on Iran. The investigation, which sources say has been running since 2016, could anger China. Last week the US slapped restrictions on another Chinese smartphone maker, ZTE, for numerous infractions including breaching Iran sanctions. But China appears to […]

An early investor in Alibaba has raised $375 million to help build $10 billion European tech giants

Eight Roads Ventures Eight Roads Ventures has raised $ 375 million to fund late-stage startups, an underserved area in Europe. Eight Roads was an early backer in Alibaba in 1999, and has also invested in furniture company Made.com and Notonthehighstreet. The venture firm wants to build more $ 10 billion companies out of Europe, where startups […]

Giants’ sights set on top-two finish

SITTING in fourth place with two rounds left to play in the AFLW, GWS Giants are daring to dream of a possible final berth in 2018. It’s no easy task. The Giants will have to win their final two rounds and that means taking down the first-placed Western Bulldogs today in Canberra then the second-placed […]

Child labor and debt bondage: Apple audit exposes ‘core violations’ of tech giant’s suppliers

Apple suppliers have breached the firm’s core labor rules 44 times in the last year, according to a new audit. The number of overall violations, which include debt bondage and underage employment, have doubled. The 2017 Supplier Responsibility Report includes 756 of the tech giant’s suppliers. Some 197 suppliers were audited for the first time. […]

Can the Giants recoup?

Video Can the Giants recoup?1:35 AFL: Giants fans will be watching the form of their team in the pre-season to see how they play given they’re missing a host of players due to injury. March 1st 2018 2 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/AFL/ AFL Trading places Macca’s SuperCoach rankings3:08 March 1st 2018 6 hours […]

4G in space: Telecom giants to set up mobile internet on the Moon

Future astronauts will be able to watch movies in ultra-high-definition after Vodafone and Nokia announced they will be bringing a 4G mobile network to the Moon next year. In the first ever privately-funded mission to the moon, SpaceX is set to be launch a rocket carrying Nokia masts from Cape Canaveral in Florida next year. […]