Cybersecurity start-up Darktrace raises $50 million

Cybersecurity business Darktrace has raised $50m (£38m) in new funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $1.65bn, up from a valuation of $1.25bn in May.

WhatsApp co-founder reveals clashes with Mark Zuckerberg: 'I sold my users' privacy... I live with that every day'

One of the co-founders of messaging service WhatsApp has claimed that he sold his users’ privacy to Facebook and expressed his frustration over the technology giant’s ongoing efforts to squeeze more money out of the app.

Sergio Garcia knows he can relieve stress in Ryder Cup camp - but has own proud playing record to protect

Sergio Garcia spends so much time being Europe’s pressure valve you might not notice the heat building on him. Fortunate to be in Paris as a captain’s pick, the player Thomas Bjorn calls “my Seve” knows he needs to bring more than “fun” to this Ryder Cup.

Ryder Cup 2018: What date is it, what TV channel is it on, who make up the teams and what's our prediction?

What is it? The Ryder Cup - a golf competition held every other year between the best selected teams from Europe and the United States. Where is it? This year's Ryder Cup will be in France, for the first time in the history of the event, at Le Golf National, Guyancourt. The venue alternates each biennial between courses in Europe and in the US. This is only the second time the competition has been held on continental Europe- until now UK and Irish courses have dominated.

Bubba Watson's Ryder Cup virus worry for Team USA as Rory McIlroy declares, 'I've waited two years for this'

Bubba Watson has revealed he has a virus and is “exhausted” ahead of Friday's first day of the Ryder Cup. He also hinted that some of his team-mates are also suffering. Watson, the two-time Masters champion who is making his fourth appearance, arrived here in the media centre wearing his golf glove and let on that he had been instructed to do so part of a US team-room jape. However, his raspy voice highlighted that the bug is no laughing matter.

England dealt huge blow as Joe Marler announces international retirement just 12 months out from World Cup

England head coach Eddie Jones has been dealt a blow just 12 months from the start of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan with news that one of his most experienced players, Harlequins prop Joe Marler, has announced his retirement from international rugby in order to spend more time with his young family.

Revealed: Paul Pogba determined to force Man Utd exit as he clashes with Jose Mourinho over Instagram post

Paul Pogba informed Manchester United’s hierarchy that he wanted to leave Old Trafford more than seven weeks ago as the collapse in the midfielder’s relationship with manager Jose Mourinho was laid bare during an extraordinary training ground confrontation.

Arsenal survive second-half Brentford rally as Danny Welbeck double clinches Carabao Cup victory

The most effective means of contract negotiation has always been out on the pitch and, in approaching October as Arsenal’s joint-top goalscorer, Danny Welbeck is making an unexpectedly persuasive case. He is in the final year of his current deal, and two more goals here were not only sufficient to effectively see off Brentford and double his season’s tally but also demonstrate to new head coach Unai Emery that he is a legitimate option across any of the front three positions.

Antony and Cleopatra review, National Theatre: Ralph Fiennes needs to loosen up in stirring revival of Shakespeare's epic drama

Didn’t they have back-masseurs in Ancient Egypt? Watching Ralph Fiennes’ intense, imposing but slightly too stiff-mannered performance as Antony in Simon Godwin’s opulent, lucid, initially slow-paced, finally stirring revival of Shakespeare’s immortal drama of middle-aged love and political strife, I kept wishing an attendant - or maybe Sophie Okonedo’s magnificently springy and contrastingly lithe ‘serpent of old Nile’ – could give the old boy a shoulder-rub.

Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure, episode three review - an enlightening tour of Iran that's absolutely fabulous

It’s “axis of evil” week on television. While Michael Palin tours North Korea on Channel 5, the third leg of Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure (ITV) found her traversing Iran. The programme’s access to the country was in doubt until the 11th hour. “Suddenly our visas came through and I’m here now,” Lumley reported with breathy urgency. “And so are you.”

Can Holly Willoughby transform the fortunes of M&S?

At a time when there seems to be a new sell-more, make-shoppers-fall-in-love-with-us-again tactic every week from Britain’s high street stores, Marks and Spencer’s latest ploy is an act of simple genius: get the country’s biggest fashion influencer to pick her favourite stuff from the latest collection.

Clipped accent and curly writing: how Meghan has evolved into the Duchess of Sussex

It has been over four months since she wed Prince Harry at Windsor Castle, and as the Duchess of Sussex has been settling into royal life, every move she makes has been scrutinised by royal watchers looking for signs she might be Breaching Royal Protocol.