The Latest Breaking News from Horizon

UK ready to snub EU’s £88bn science scheme over Brexit row

Britain ‘ready to go it alone’, claims new science secretary Michelle Donelan

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2023

Meta wants teens to save its metaverse

Young metaverse users are spending little time on Meta's Horizon Worlds, opting instead for its competitors' products.

Fortune · Feb 7, 2023

Users have avoided Meta's metaverse flagship so far, so the company is looking to bring in teen users

Zuckerberg’s focus on the virtual world is still going strong.

Fortune · Feb 7, 2023

'Horizon 3' needs to avoid 'Zero Dawn' and 'Forbidden West's biggest mistake

'Horizon Zero Dawn' and 'Forbidden West' are among the best PlayStation games in recent memory. But both have a major flaw Sony needs to rectify with any future installments.

Inverse · Jan 10, 2023

Elon Musk’s Twitter Is a Shakespearean Psychodrama Set in Silicon Valley

He’s ruling his newest acquisition the way he rules the rest of his empire: impulsively, erratically, vindictively, loudly. It really doesn’t need to be this way.

Businessweek · Dec 14, 2022

Amgen to buy Horizon Therapeutics in $26.4B deal

Horizon Therapeutics, whose U.S. headquarters is in Deerfield, is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on treatments for rare, autoimmune diseases.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 12, 2022

Amgen to buy Horizon Therapeutics in $26.4B deal

Amgen will acquire Horizon Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on treatments for rare, autoimmune diseases, for about $26.4 billion

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

Grant Shapps has apologised ‘unreservedly’ to those caught up in Horizon scandal

Making a statement on the GLO (group litigation order) compensation scheme, Grant Shapps set out further details in the Commons for MPs.

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Small golf clubs tap into virtual pro-shop

"It is going to allow the volunteer-based clubs and some resort clubs, who shut their pro-shop early, to have unlimited access for players."

Newcastle Herald · Dec 4, 2022

Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse is the best case for publicly funded TV yet

Graham Hancock’s new Netflix documentary, about an advanced ancient civilisation that was wiped off the face of the Earth, has been accused by scientists and reviewers of espousing a ‘dangerous’ conspiracy theory. The value of the UK’s independently regulated broadcasters has never seemed clearer in comparison, writes Louis Chilton

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2022