The rape accusations against Silicon Valley venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale...
The claims against Palantir cofounder and popular Silicon Valley venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale will make your stomach turn.In late January, a recent Stanford grad, Elise Clougherty, filed a lawsuit...
View ArticleWhy we should ban non-vaccinated kids from schools
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) have both come out in favor of voluntary vaccinations - though to varying degrees. In 2014 there were over 600 cases of measles...
View ArticleMichelangelo's last surviving bronzes 'identified in Britain'
London (AFP) - The only two surviving bronzes by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo are thought to have been identified with the help of a tiny clue in a 500-year-old sketch, British researchers...
View ArticleLenovo is doing a lot better with Motorola than Google did (GOOG)
Lenovo is faring a lot better with Motorola's phone business than Google did.The Chinese hardware company just reported that Motorola sold 10 million handsets in the last quarter of 2014 – up 118% from...
View ArticleSamsung will announce its new Galaxy phone on March 1
Samsung will announce its new flagship Galaxy phone on March 1 at an event in Barcelona.The company sent invitations to the press Monday for one of its "Unpacked" events, which are used to announce its...
View ArticleApple just took out a $6.5 billion loan even though it's sitting on $178...
Apple sold $6.5 billion in bonds on Monday, according to Bloomberg.That's the same Apple that last week announced an record-breaking $18 billion profit over the holiday quarter.It's reasonable to ask:...
View ArticleFacebook's demographics show why no other social network can match its...
Who's on Facebook? The short answer, of course, is everyone. And that's why every company and brand needs to seriously consider a major presence on the platform, as well as a Facebook-specific content...
View ArticleLas Vegas bookies lost their Super Bowl
If being $3.3 million richer after Sunday's Super Bowl is what Nevada sports books consider a worst case scenario, imagine the riches if a last minute play, second-guessed around the world, had gone a...
View ArticleNASA just announced they'll be visiting this beautiful moon for the first time
The hunt for extraterrestrial life just grew a little hotter.On Monday, during his "State of NASA" speech, administrator Charles Bolden announced that NASA will be selecting projects to accompany a...
View ArticleVMware says it's not concerned about being late to the cloud (VMW)
When VMware released its first hybrid cloud service in 2013, the server virtualization company was considered late to the cloud market. Amazon had already launched Amazon Web Services in 2006 and...
View ArticleUS man convicted over 'revenge porn' scam
Los Angeles (AFP) - A US man was convicted in San Diego on Monday of extortion and identity theft for running a "revenge porn" website hosting over 10,000 sexually explicit photos.Kevin Christopher...
View ArticleGoogle puts brakes on Uber rival speculation
San Francisco (AFP) - Google late Monday fired off a terse tweet that appeared aimed at putting brakes on a report that it is readying a ride-sharing service that would rival Uber."We think you'll find...
View ArticleAussie star Cahill joins Shanghai Shenhua football club
Sydney (AFP) - Australia's leading goalscorer Tim Cahill joined Shanghai Shenhua in China's Super League on Tuesday shortly after the New York Red Bulls announced he had left the club by mutual...
View ArticleAussie dollar gets destroyed after RBA cuts rates (USD, AUD)
Australia has joined the monetary easing party.The Reserve Bank of Australia just announced a 25 basis point interest rate cut, and now the Aussie dollar is getting destroyed. On Monday night, the RBA...
View ArticleIrving, James power Cavaliers to 11th consecutive NBA win
Cleveland (AFP) - Kyrie Irving scored 24 points while LeBron James contributed 18 points and 11 assists in sparking the Cleveland Cavaliers to their 11th NBA victory in a row, beating Philadelphia...
View ArticleFish and chips, Britain's comfort food, goes hip
London (AFP) - A slab of battered fish on top of a heap of chips doused in salt and vinegar has long been one of Britain's favourite dinners -- but now it is getting a reboot.A new wave of fish and...
View ArticleSharp reverses annual profit forecast to $256 mn loss
Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese consumer electronics giant Sharp on Tuesday reversed its fiscal year profit forecast, warning that it would instead lose about $256 million as its battered television business...
View ArticleJanuzaj hopes for Cambridge chance in FA Cup
Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Manchester United winger Adnan Januzaj hopes Tuesday's FA Cup fourth-round replay at home to lowly Cambridge United will help him to prove his worth to manager Louis...
View ArticleJack Ma defends Alibaba amid fakes row
Hong Kong (AFP) - Alibaba founder Jack Ma has defended his company's reputation after authorities accused it of allowing "illegal" actions on its multi-billion-dollar online shopping platform, saying...
View ArticleWelcome to year 11 of people worrying about a tech bubble
It's time to kick off another round of worrying about the tech bubble.According to the New York Times, there was a "sense of foreboding" hanging over a panel discussion about venture capital at Harvard...
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