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Did Apple Just Acknowledge Samsung Superiority With 70M OLED Screen Order?

Apr 04, 2017 08:18 am UTC| Technology

Samsung is Apples biggest rival in the smartphone market. No other company even comes close. They fight over everything, from patent rights to device hype. This is why the news of Apple ordering 70 million OLED screens...

Apple Brings More Technology In-House, Imagination Technologies Shares Drop 70%

Apr 04, 2017 08:18 am UTC| Technology

Imagination Technologies used to be the provider of graphics technology used in the products of Apple Inc., but this is not going to be the case for long. In a bid to consolidate its business, the iPhone maker just dropped...

Trump Signs Anti-Privacy Bill To No One’s Surprise, Users Pollute Data In Response

Apr 04, 2017 06:28 am UTC| Technology

In what was an expected eventuality, President Trump recently signed the bill that would abolish the Privacy Protection act that the previous administrations Federal Communication Commission implemented. Furious at the...

Verizon Places Yahoo And AOL Under New “Oath” Company To Mocking Tune

Apr 04, 2017 06:28 am UTC| Technology

With Yahoo under new management, it was only a matter of time before some big changes would be made. One of the bigger changes that people are about to see is the new company that will manage both Yahoo and AOL, which...

Facebook And Mozilla Invest In $14M War Against Fake News

Apr 04, 2017 06:27 am UTC| Technology

Fake news is the vile propaganda empire that pretty much anyone with an ounce of morality is against at this point, but it is still prolific. There are so many publishers, websites, and YouTube channels that spread...

Tesla Stock Rises After Record Car Deliveries; Analyst Says Company Is “Underselling” Self-Driving Capabilities Of Its Upcoming Model 3

Apr 04, 2017 00:34 am UTC| Technology

Over the weekend Tesla revealed that it has released more than expected number of its Model car variant deliveries for the first quarter of 2017. BGR reports that during the first three months of this year, Tesla made...

Nintendo Switch Users Claim Consoles Are “Bending” After Major Use

Apr 04, 2017 00:33 am UTC| Technology

Heavy users of the new Nintendo Switch gaming console are now complaining that their gadgets are warping. BGR said there have been many complaints written on Reddit, blaming the warping over the consoles known...

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Economy

Asian Stocks Slide as U.S.-Iran Fighting Lifts Oil Prices

Asian stock markets fell on Monday as renewed U.S.-Iran fighting heightened geopolitical risks, pushed oil prices higher and added to inflation concerns at a time when investors are increasingly pricing in another Federal...

Gold Prices Rebound as Fed Rate Hike Bets Rise

Gold prices edged higher on Monday, recovering slightly after a sharp selloff in the previous session as investors reassessed the Federal Reserves interest rate outlook following Chair Kevin Warshs hawkish comments on...

Ukraine Seeks Early EU Funds to Cover $27B Defence Gap

Ukraines new Defence Minister Yevhenii Khmara has pledged to give Kyivs international partners a clear strategy for fighting Russia as the government seeks additional financing to address a $27 billion military budget...

Canada Backs €100B Global Defence Bank as G7 Support Lags

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is backing plans for a new global defence bank designed to accelerate military investment, although several major economies have yet to join ahead of a planned charter signing this...

US Stock Futures Fall as Iran Strikes, Fed Rate Fears Rise

U.S. stock futures moved lower Sunday evening as renewed military tensions between the United States and Iran pushed oil prices higher, while investors remained concerned about the Federal Reserves increasingly hawkish...

Politics

Nepal Seeks More China Glacier Data After Deadly Himalayan Flood

Nepal is pushing for stronger disaster data-sharing with China after a catastrophic Himalayan glacier collapse triggered floods and mudslides that killed nearly 800 people across both countries and left more than 3,000...

Iran Targets U.S. Forces in Jordan as Missiles Intercepted

Iran launched missile attacks targeting U.S. forces stationed in Jordan on Sunday, marking a fresh escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran as military exchanges resumed across the region. Fox News reporter...

Iran’s Khamenei Urges Muslim, Gulf Unity Against ‘Real Enemy’

Irans Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has called on Muslim countries, particularly Gulf Arab states, to strengthen unity and confront what he described as their real enemy, arguing that divisions across the Islamic world...

U.S. Strikes Iranian Launchers on Larak Island

U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island after detecting preparations by Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to deploy sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported, citing a U.S....

Ukraine Eyes US Investment for New Defence Tech Fund

Ukraines former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov is seeking investment from the United States for a proposed defence technology fund focused on developing next-generation weapons systems, according to a Financial Times...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Faraday Future Delivers First Robots in Middle East, Plans September Launches

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFAI) has completed its first robotics sale and delivery in the Middle East, marking an early milestone in the electric vehicle and AI technology companys regional...

Pinterest Stock Falls as CFO Julia Brau Donnelly Resigns

Pinterest Inc. (NYSE: PINS) shares fell sharply in after-hours trading on Friday after the social media company announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer Julia Brau Donnelly, prompting investor attention on the...

PayPal Shares Sink as $50 Billion Takeover Bid Collapses

PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) shares plunged in extended trading after a consortium led by private equity firm Advent International and payments giant Stripe reportedly ended its pursuit of the digital payments company....

Nvidia Pauses AI Cloud Financing Deals Amid Antitrust Concerns

Nvidia has temporarily halted some deals tied to a recently introduced financing program for artificial intelligence cloud companies, amid internal concerns that the arrangement could attract greater antitrust scrutiny,...

Google Changes EU Spam Policy Amid Antitrust Scrutiny

Google has revised its spam policy in Europe after concerns from European Union regulators raised the possibility of a significant antitrust fine for Alphabet, the search giants parent company. The company said Friday that...