I was pleasantly surprised by the pretty pink-and-grey tweed of this £25 USB-powered scarf from Boots (tinyurl.com/heatedneckscarf), given the other heated garments I tried were hardly fashion-forward.
Plans for EE’s expansion come ahead of BT’s half-year results this Thursday, with many investors looking to see how the FTSE100 firm is holding up amid fears the cost-of-living squeeze will cause customers to cut back on internet and phone plans.
A huge range of gizmos — from microwavable slippers to a heated desk — promise to keep home workers so toasty they won’t need heating, and they can cost only pennies a day to run. Of course, you need to factor in the initial cost of the products when calculating possible savings.
Spiralling energy prices will hit everyone hard — especially the army of people who now work from home and who face having to put the heating on all day to stop themselves shivering at their laptops as winter blows in.
utlet. The lengthy Monday Intercept report reveals that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is still looking to control information online — even after being forced to dissolve its Disinformation Advisory Board just months after announcing its formation due to intense public
It follows an announcement last week that EE, which is owned by BT, would start offering customers cyber and home security packages through a partnership with antivirus firm Norton and alarm system group Verisure.
Twitter employee Simon Balmain told Sky News: ‘Late last night we all received an email saying there is going to be a large reduction in headcount and the email stated that if we would be laid off, it would go to our personal email and if not to our work email.
But with no heating on, it is difficult to keep those cuppas warm. Enter the £29.99 Garmee mug-warmer from Amazon (tiny url.com/mugheater) — a mini hotplate that plugs into the mains and costs just 0.68p per hour. Even if you have it on for the entire working day, it won’t cost more than 5p — cheaper than popping the kettle on. But a Thermos would be free…
In a swipe at Boris Johnson, who dramatically pulled out of the Tory leadership battle on Sunday night, Mr Sunak said the ‘mandate’ from the 2019 election did not belong to any individual.
He also stressed his government will have ‘integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level’.
Dehmlow was the lead briefer during a meeting with executives, including from Twitter and JPMorgan, in March stressing ‘we need a media infrastructure that is held accountable’. Pictured: President Joe Biden (left) walks with his son Hunter (right) when leaving Church during a vacation to south Carolina
Any padded gilet will keep you warm, but this £52.99 garment takes it to another level of cosy, with two heated panels operated by a rechargeable power bank in a pocket (not included but costs about £15).
While many staff appear to have already learned they no longer have a job when they woke up to find their computers had been wiped, workers received an email from Twitter’s HR department on Saturday which said they had until 9am on Tuesday to nominate any current employee.
Simon Deakin, a professor of Law at the University of Cambridge, said if 100 or more employees are sacked within a period of 90 days, the Business Secretary must be notified 45 days before the first dismissal.
To make myself extra snug, I plug in a heated seat pad, the velvety Dreamland Heated Multi Pad from John Lewis (tinyurl.com/heatedmultipad) and plonk myself down on it. And when my seat is warm enough, I lay the £39.99 pad over my lap while I type.
‘I hope that you will agree with me that the Government must make it clear to Twitter’s new owners a digital P&O would not be acceptable and that no-one is above the law in the UK, including big tech barons.’
Apparently (according to the Waste and Resources Action Programme, or WRAP), the clothes in the average UK wardrobe are worth around £4,000 and yet a third of the items have not been worn for at least a year.
I’m worried the surface of the desk might heat up too much and Gadgetinku cause problems with my laptop. Thankfully, it doesn’t: the heat is directed down on to my lower body — and it begins to feel very warm indeed.
While many staff appear to have already learned they no longer have a job when they woke up to find their computers had been wiped, workers received an email from Twitter’s HR department on Saturday which said they had until 9am on Tuesday to nominate any current employee.
So at least once a year I have a huge cull of all the clutter. Then I sort it into piles of things I want to keep and things I want to sell. The fun is seeing how much money I can make out of all the cast-offs.
Mr Clancy described the situation as the ‘digital P&O’ — in reference to the shipping company, which was widely condemned after it sacked nearly 800 crew members without notice in March and replaced them with cheaper agency workers.