How did Bernie Madoff do it? How did he steal twenty billion dollars from people who should have known better? It doesn't matter if you went to university or not--you can still be played as a chump. To pull off... | Continue reading
Microsoft is expanding its Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 line-up outside the US and Canada today. Both devices are now available with 1TB of storage, an Intel Core i7 processor, and 16GB of RAM in Australia, Austria, China, France, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the UK … | Continue reading
CDU/CSU - Bundestagsfraktion: Berlin (ots) - "15 Jahre Fahrtziel Natur" Am 1. Juli 2016 findet die Jubiläumsfeier "15 Jahre Fahrtziel Natur" in Potsdam statt. Hierzu erklärt die tourismuspolitische Sprecherin der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion Daniela Ludwig: "Natururlaub liegt nach … | Continue reading
Dinner at The Twits, an interactive theatrical dining experience, will celebrate 100 years since the birth of the famous children's author. | Continue reading
Dieser kranke Extremsportler-Stunt erinnert in seiner Comichaftigkeit an Evel Knievel: Die Base-Jumper Chris Douggs McDougall und Jimmy Pouchert haben sich in Dubai im PR-Auftrag eines Energy-Drink-Herstellers als lebende Munition von einem gigantischen... | Continue reading
UPDATE: The Blood for the Blood God DLC is now available on Steam, priced £1.99.Installing this DLC is likely to raise the age requirement in some regions,… | Continue reading
Capcom's given us a peek behind the development curtain and revealed a handful of characters who didn't make it into Street Fighter 5.Street Fighter 5 director Takayuki Nakayama took to Capcom's website to discuss the likes of Fighting Literary Master, Fighting President, Clumsy … | Continue reading
Shortly after hackers snatched $81 million from the Bangladesh Bank in an attempted $951 million cyber heist back in February, an unnamed Ukrainian bank has now fallen victim to a similar vulnerability, the KyivPost reports. The thieves exploited a flaw in the SWIFT network respo … | Continue reading
Festicket, the UK startup that lets you book a wide range of music festival experiences, has closed $6.3 million in Series B funding. Lepe Partners led the round, with participation from existing investors Wellington Partners, PROfounders, and Playfair Capital. Read More | Continue reading
Lego Star Wars reinvents itself enough to avoid the usual critiques of its gameplay, only to fall short trying to stretch out its story. | Continue reading
Another day, another high-profile Twitter account hacked. This time it's the account of Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, whose Twitter account is apparently still under the control of an unknown hacker, who used it to send a string of pranks, including the "announcement" of a new Oculus … | Continue reading
Following a summit in Ottawa on Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama received several standing ovations as he addressed the Canadian Parliament on topics from globalization and trade to security. Photo: The Canadian Press | Continue reading
Tesla is powering into the Australian market with its first retail store in the country.The iconic American electric car brand, created by Elon Musk, is making its mark locally, moving into an iconic retail area of Martin Place in the heart of Sydney's business districtSEE ALSO: … | Continue reading
Sky Deutschland: Unterföhring (ots) - - Sieben Autohöfe der Hoyer Tankstellen zeigen nun Sky Live-Sportberichterstattung, weitere Standorte folgen - Nino Treusch, Sky: "Die Kooperation mit Hoyer Tankstellen bestätigt, dass ein Sky Abonnement in ... | Continue reading
Cupertino, California-based hard drive maker Seagate revealed in an SEC filing that it will slash 1,600 jobs by the end of Q3 2016, amounting to roughly 3 percent of its global workforce. The company noted that its plan will likely result in pre-tax charges of $62 million, which … | Continue reading
Microsoft hat die Verfügbarkeit des ersten großen Updates für WIndows 10 bekanntgegeben. Das Anniversry Update, erstmals vorgestellt auf der diesjährigen Entwickler-Konferenz Build, geht am 2. August an den Start. Wer Windows 10... | Continue reading
Norisbank GmbH: Bonn (ots) - Rund die Hälfte der Bundesbürger (49 Prozent) plant in diesem Sommer einen mindestens einwöchigen Urlaub. Weitere 16 Prozent der Deutschen waren bereits in den Ferien oder werden in der Herbst-/ Wintersaison eine längere Reise antreten. ... | Continue reading
Träumerei #8: Kufstein (ots) - Die Saison war lang und fordernd... nachvollziehbar, dass sich TouristikerInnen in den Pausen ihres strapaziösen Jobs nach ruhevoller Auszeit und Tapetenwechsel sehnen. Wäre da nicht die erbarmungslose Tatsache, dass nach der ... | Continue reading
ASUS has its own unique skin for its Android handsets, and the launcher portion can now be downloaded on any OEM device provided it's running 4.3 or higher! | Continue reading
Google is rolling out a clever new feature on its Maps app for Android, which lets you add multiple waypoints en route to your destination for easier navigation. When you fire up the app and search for a location, tapping the options button (the one with three dots in the top rig … | Continue reading
Dragon’s Tale is a Bitcoin-based online casino like no other. Its originality has introduced a completely new gambling genre in the whole Bitcoin gambling Industry. Dragon’s Tale has been around since 2012 and is also one of the oldest Bitcoin casinos in the digital currency ecos … | Continue reading
Dass Apple bei der kommenden iPhone7-Generation möglicherweise auf den traditionellen Kopfhöreranschluss verzichten wird, hat sich mittlerweile auch bis in die letzten Ecken des Internet herumgesprochen. Dahingestellt, ob das eine sinnvolle... | Continue reading
Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe had his Twitter account hacked Wednesday; the hacker took the opportunity to promptly announce a new CEO for the virtual reality company. We here @oculus are very excited to announce our new CEO. @Lid ! :) — Brendan Iribe (@brendaniribe) June 30, 2016 Thi … | Continue reading
Amazon's second annual Prime Day will take place on July 12th, the company announced today, and will become the biggest Amazon sales event ever, with more than 100,000 price cuts for Prime subscribers around the world. The retail giant is also planning to run countdown deals in t … | Continue reading
Mit eigener Hardware, dem Fire Phone, ist Amazon im Smartphone-Segment tragisch gescheitert, jetzt versucht man es auf einem anderen Weg. Der Online-Händler will zukünftig Android-Smartphones subventionieren und seinen Prime-Kunden günstiger... | Continue reading
Whether you’re running a small business with data scattered across several employees’ systems or simply have a few terabytes of RAW photos lying around like I do, you probably want to back up all those files someplace safe and on the cheap. Over the past few months, Backblaze has … | Continue reading
IBM developer Andy Trice popped by the TechCrunch New York offices to demo a hack he’s been working on in his spare time, utilizing the company’s cloud computing platform and off-the-shelf drone hardware from DJI. The system, which started as a pet project for Trice, is able to g … | Continue reading
Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden: Berchtesgaden (ots) - Ab dem 1. Januar 2017 startet das Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden in ein ganz besonderes Jahr. Da nämlich feiert das Salz in Berchtesgaden seinen 500. Geburtstag. Gregor Rainer, Probst des Klosterstifts Berchtesgaden, gründete 1517 ... | Continue reading
Smartwatch maker Pebble wrapped its third Kickstarter campaign today with $12,779,754 in preorders for the company’s upcoming products: the Pebble 2, the Time 2, a little Spotify streaming box, and a refresh to the Time Round line. Pledges this year fell short of last year’s mile … | Continue reading
Key Highlights Ethereum price after moving below the $12.00 support area against the US Dollar started recovering. However, the ETH/USD pair is heading towards a major resistance area around the $13.50 level. This week’s highlighted bearish trend line on the hourly chart (data fe … | Continue reading
Want to eat like Steph Curry? Now you can. Ayesha Curry, the wife of NBA all-star Stephen Curry, has a new food delivery startup. The company is called Gather, and will deliver ingredients and recipes directly to your door on a weekly basis. https://t.co/e7bXFopFLp sign up now fo … | Continue reading
Approximately 2.34 billion people, or 32.0% of the global population and 68.3% of internet users, will access a social network regularly in 2016, up 9.2% from 2015. Greater access to the internet, particularly through mobile phones, will drive growth over the coming years. | Continue reading
Internet users in China have concerns when it comes to future adoption of virtual reality (VR). For one thing, they don’t want it to make them feel sick. But aside from that, they’re looking for a lot of immersive content. | Continue reading
Tight finances hold millennials back from spending freely, and when it comes to grocery shopping, this group is always on the lookout for coupons. Indeed, millennials say coupons enhance the grocery experience and they use their mobile devices to look for offers while they shop, … | Continue reading
Facebook has announced your News Feed is about to get less newsy, and instead focus more on your friends and family. While many users do get news from Facebook, research suggests that it’s not a primary news source for many—and most agree that friends and family are i … | Continue reading
Shopping digitally in the UK is a common habit for the vast majority of the population. Digital grocery sales are growing, meanwhile, but put next to overall retail sales, the figures seem less than impressive. | Continue reading
The continued decline of mobile service costs and the rise in smartphone adoption will help moderately increase mobile internet usage in Mexico this year, though the country’s mobile phone uptake in general remains low compared with many of its neighbors in Latin America. | Continue reading
TechCrunch is pleased to bring you Microsoft Accelerator’s London Demo Day on June 30th from 7:30-10:00am PT, 3:30-6pm GMT. The Microsoft Accelerator is an immersive three- to six-month program aimed at helping entrepreneurs get through the challenges of building a company, findi … | Continue reading
The Golden State Warriors have extended qualifying offers to forward Harrison Barnes and center Festus Ezeli, the team announced today. | Continue reading
Foreigners! They're weird, and scary, and they talk different. What are they talking about? Is it you? It must be you. They want your secrets! Your amazing American secrets, the files and documents on things like fleet movements, spy satellite capabilities, and other national sec … | Continue reading
Here we are again with another week and another big batch of new iOS games. It's a surprisingly beefy week in terms of games, with several big-name titles hitting the App Store for the first time but also several high-profile games that are exiting their soft-launch period and la … | Continue reading
This 1952 Buick raw steel-finished beauty has a lot of titles, from its formal model name — the Super Riviera — to six-time land-speed world record holder. You can just call her "Bombshell Betty."SEE ALSO: Ford gave its $450,000 GT supercar a limited-edition '60s race car makeove … | Continue reading
If you're unsure which political party to vote for Saturday in the Australian election, never fear: There are a multitude of online tools that can help.There are the questionnaires created by news outlets including Fairfax Media's YourVote tool and ABC's Vote Compass, but you may … | Continue reading
Sony first opened — and quickly closed — preorders for its PlayStation VR headset back in March, but now people in the US have one more chance to preorder the PlayStation 4-compatible virtual reality device. The company is opening a new wave of preorders at 7 AM PT (10 AM ET) on … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price could be in for another round of volatile action at the end of this month and quarter.The post Bitcoin Price Technical Analysis for 06/30/2016 – End-of-the-Quarter Profit-Taking? appeared first on NEWSBTC. | Continue reading
Chevrolet was the first automaker to add 4G LTE connectivity to every model in its lineup. And now, just in time for the Fourth of July, the American automaker is cutting its data plan pricing virtually in half.SEE ALSO: New Yorkers and Californians really want driverless cars, V … | Continue reading
The Minnesota Timberwolves have finalized the addition of the first Chinese minority owner in NBA history. | Continue reading
Meet Alvin, a Silicon Valley executive in his late-30s. Alvin has accounts with three banks, an online brokerage account and has borrowed from no less than nine lenders in the past five years. In today’s world, why wouldn’t he? Financially literate, technologically savvy and affl … | Continue reading