After the free Windows 10 offer expires July 29th, Microsoft will finally spare Windows 7 and 8 users those annoying, nagging messages urging them to upgrade.
Читать дальше...LONDON — British commuters were met by the eerie sight of World War I soldiers in uniform as they made their way to work Friday, the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. Young men in vintage uniforms sat, stood and mingled with travelers at railway stations across the country during
A driver with a history of speeding who was so enamoured of his Tesla Model S sedan that he nicknamed the car "Tessy" and praised the safety benefits of its sophisticated Autopilot system has become the first U.S. fatality in a wreck involving a car in self-driving mode.
A polite neocon is unexpectedly angling for the top job in British politics, writes Henry Mance
Gold futures settled higher on Friday to tally a fifth weekly gain in a row, buoyed by a weaker U.S. dollar and strong demand for assets considered less risky in the wake of the U.K.'s vote last month to leave the European Union. Silver futures also rallied to see their largest weekly gain in almost 3 years. Gold for August delivery rose $18.40, or 1.4%, to settle at $1,339 an ounce. Futures prices were up 1.3% for the week and marked their highest settlement since July 10, 2014, according to FactSet data. Читать дальше...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Detroit Lions cornerback who was shot by a homeowner when authorities say he tried to break in to a multimillion-dollar home in Portland said at a court hearing that he was happy to be…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Detroit Lions cornerback who was shot by a homeowner when authorities say he tried to break in to a multimillion-dollar home in Portland said at a court hearing that he was happy to be…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Detroit Lions cornerback who was shot by a homeowner when authorities say he tried to break in to a multimillion-dollar home in Portland said at a court hearing that he was happy to be…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Friday that between 64 and 116 civilians have been killed by drone and other U.S. strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Africa since President Barack Obama took office in 2009.
But the administration's first such public assessment put the civilian death toll significantly lower than estimates by various human rights groups. These range as high as 1,100 killed.
Seeking to create a precedent for his successor, Obama also... Читать дальше...
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Before the Wright brothers came along, America lived on the rail. Our country’s transportation infrastructure rested on the clickity-clacks and chug-chug-chugs of rail. It was a delightful way to travel. You could see the country out your window, and stroll to the dining car for a fine meal at the end of the day. But cheap, easy air travel removed all the romance from long distance transportation, thrusting us into joyless fuselages with experiences so terrible we built an entire social platform... Читать дальше...
SALT LAKE CITY — The NBA is loaded with top-tier point guards, and talented players at the position will get good looks during Summer League play. Games begin Saturday in Orlando, on Monday in Salt Lake City, and on July 8 in Las Vegas. And though there are about 90 roster spots for point guards
Business ties between Russia and Austria remain strong and Russian companies are not leaving the Russian market despite the decline in trade turnover amid anti-Moscow sanctions, Russian Ambassador to Austria Dmitry Lubinsky told Sputnik on Friday.
Intel
Intel announced a big partnership deal with BMW and Mobileye on Friday that will help bring self-driving cars to the market by 2021.
The three companies will work together to build a new platform that will become the backbone to many self-driving cars in the future. Intel believes its chips will serve as the brain of those autonomous vehicles.
In a blog post Friday, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich further elaborated on why Intel is stepping into this space that's seen increased competition from everyone from carmakers... Читать дальше...
It turns out that democracy is a lie!
Hello lovely Americans. Greetings from London. How is it going? Are you enjoying having less ridiculous politics than us this week?
So are we, ha ha ha! HA! Ha.
Daily Mail
Anyway, we thought we'd chip in from across the pond for Turn Up To Vote week, to try and take on a big challenge: explaining the electoral college.
This is a map showing the results of the 2012 election. Читать дальше...
WASHINGTON -- A couple of weeks after blaming the Orlando massacre on President Barack Obama, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) let fly again, telling a Pakistan television station in an interview posted online Friday that the U.S. is to blame for the deteriorating state of Afghanistan.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The NBA is loaded with top-tier point guards, and talented players at the position will get good looks during Summer League play.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The NBA is loaded with top-tier point guards, and talented players at the position will get good looks during Summer League play.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The NBA is loaded with top-tier point guards, and talented players at the position will get good looks during Summer League play.
It would be no surprise if more South Africans in the post-isolation era had been to watch football at Old Trafford than to play a test at the cricket ground of the same name.
Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, and Mark Hoppus of blink-182 perform a concert on Good Morning America on Friday morning (July 1) at Rumsey Playfield in New York City. The guys just dropped their new album California today and it is available to stream below via Spotify. You can also download it now on iTunes! “Happy [...]
Shanika Minor, 24, was captured by sheriff's deputies at a Fayetteville, North Carolina, motel near an airport at about 1:30 a.m., the FBI's Milwaukee office said in a statement. Deputies located Minor after someone called the FBI's public tip line with information about her whereabouts, the FBI said. Minor, who is being temporarily held at the Cumberland County Detention Center in Fayetteville, faces a top charge of intentional homicide, the FBI said.
Читать дальше...Living reminder of soldiers who went over the top 100 years ago and did not come back
According to the Russian ambassador to Austria, the Day of Russian Regions will be held in Vienna this November.