Chinese computer maker Lenovo presented a new tablet device including a hinge-come-handle allowing it to tilt and stand, a feature it billed as a “game-changing” innovation.

The Government asked the US about its spying activities in Ireland three months ago, the Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed, but a surveillance expert said he would not expect America to have an operation in this country, as the work would be carried out by Britain.

Germans used to joke that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s penchant for communicating via fleeting text messages effectively marked the end of traditional historiography.