The Skype Support Twitter account has this morning referred to the outage as a "global incident". Now we are very uncertain as to what caused problems of this magnitude and nature but from what it looks like, this could well a system bug, a glitch, or even an attack on the Skype network. Read More »
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How you can play with a fidget spinner on Google
You can click on "spin" or drag the spinner to replicate flicking one in real life. Type in the word "spinner" and hit go. You can, however, toggle over to a number wheel spinner that actually has some level of usefulness. This can be customized - just choose the number of digits to include (from 2 to 20). Fidget spinners "are over", but they're also " producing local success stories ". Read More »
Hear Jared Kushner speak
The CEOs and White House also planned to discuss Trump's review announced in April of the United States visa program for bringing high-skilled foreign workers into the country. "When securely implemented with scalability, these solutions offer improvement in day-to-day government operations but also dramatically enhance long-term prospects for job creation, workforce skill development and citizen education", Gelsinger said. Read More »
Activision Blizzard, Inc (ATVI) Given New $67.00 Price Target at Morgan Stanley
Egerton Capital UK LLP now owns 11,122,654 shares of the company's stock valued at $492,734,000 after buying an additional 67,394 shares in the last quarter. Pictet Asset Mgmt holds 0.07% or 553,984 shares in its portfolio. Analysts await Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) to report earnings on July, 26. C's profit will be $3.50B for 12.73 P/E if the $1.26 EPS becomes a reality. Read More »
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (NYSE:HPE) Chalking Up Volume in Session
Point View Wealth Management Inc. now owns 53,423 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,215,000 after buying an additional 2,555 shares in the last quarter. A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on HPE shares. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company was covered by a number of analysts recently, 7 rated the stock as Buy, 17 rated Hold, 0 rated sell and 1 gave an Underperform. Read More »
Donald Trump's legal plan built in his image: Fight, fight, fight
If Trump's tweet sounded like a confirmation, his legal team's initial statement sounded like a non-denial: "The FBI leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal". Asked if exploring obstruction under Trump would be part of the probe, Feinstein said, "I think whether it includes it or not, people look for it". Read More »
US Student Detained in North Korea Suffered Serious Brain Function Loss
Trump told reporters about Warmbier's passing during a meeting. More than 15 months after he gave a staged confession in North Korea, he is with. Dozens of North Korean missile launches and two nuclear bomb tests since the beginning of previous year have heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula. Read More »
Ram Kovind resigns as Bihar Governor
I do not know him. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has selected a strong candidate. An annoyed opposition, including the Left, accused the ruling party of going back on its offer of a consensus candidate and taking the decision on the presidential nominee "unilaterally". Read More »
Apple's HomePod "reinventing" listening to music at home
Chief executive Tim Cook said, ' Just like portable music, we would like to reinvent home music'. Six microphones in the speaker's base - one less than the Echo but four more than the Home - let HomePod pick up your requests from across the room (even with loud music playing). Read More »
Dad accused of severely beating infant daughter - on Father's Day
But doctors say her injuries are not consistent with his story. 'He said that about a year ago he was going to hit the baby if she brought [her] around, ' Christine Munford, Nylaha's aunt, told the New York Daily News . He was charged early Monday with felony assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child younger than 17. He was also charged with beating Lewis. "She just said he said to get everything and just get out, that's it", Munford said. Read More »
Diablo 3 Rise of the Necromancer Set to Release on June 27th
Blizzard has announced that the Rise of the Necromancer pack for Diablo 3 , which adds the much-loved Necromancer character class from Diablo 2 to the younger game, will be released next week on 27th June. Pitched as a jumping-on point for new players (or perhaps those who never moved over from the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions), the Eternal Collection has a standard price of £54.99 (€69.99), but will be available to Xbox Live Gold and PlayStation Plus subscribers at an introductory price ... Read More »
Team India should have refused to play against Pak: Sena
The fans, especially the youngsters who saw the team dethrone India, will be inspired to replicate the performances of their heroes in the years to come. But the key ingredient was reverse swing. Pakistan made sure it did not turn out to be a costly mistake, though, as Amir dismissed him with the next ball. Read More »
Google unveils new measures to remove extremist video content on YouTube
To counter this, Google and its YouTube division have worked for years identifying videos that fall outside of the confines of YouTube's terms of service, but in acknowledging an "uncomfortable truth", Google said that "more needs to be done". Read More »
Apple seeks to void patent claims, fees in Qualcomm dispute
The claim comes as part of a lawsuit Apple filed alleging Qualcomm improperly kept back $1B of Apple's rebates after the tech giant participated in a Korean investigation into Qualcomm. Apple's initial lawsuit was a relatively narrow one focused on whether it violated a contract with Qualcomm by helping regulators that were investigating Qualcomm's business practices. Read More »
Amazon strikes again; the dressing room in your house
Not all clothing sold on Amazon will be eligible for the Prime Wardrobe, but items that can be put in a Wardrobe box will be marked with a logo for the service - over 1 million of them, according to the promo video. This announcement comes after Amazon announced a $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods on Friday, a move many say is aimed at gaining a stronger foothold in the grocery and grocery delivery business. Read More »
Writing a bill in private not unusual — INSIDE WASHINGTON
A federal court initially sided with The Slants , and today the Supreme Court did so too, unanimously, in fact. The team's name itself is not at stake, but if the trademark is canceled, the name becomes less valuable because the owners would struggle to enforce their trademark against anyone who wanted to use the name or Indian logo on their own merchandise. Read More »
Jared Kushner Speaks at White House Tech Summit
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the administration was focusing on technology this week. In May, Trump created an American Technology Council, his latest effort since taking office to modernize the US government. He added that the federal government's problems are "more than simply technical". "Many of our federal systems are decades old, with our ten oldest being between 39 and 56 years old", he continued. Read More »
The Sirius XM Holdings Inc
COPYRIGHT VIOLATION WARNING: "Sirius XM Holdings Inc". Wade G W & Inc. increased its stake in shares of Sirius XM Holdings by 43.7% in the third quarter. The firm's 50-day moving average is $5.05 and its 200-day moving average is $4.90. Market Cap is also the figure use to determine company's size, as opposed to using sales or total asset figures. Read More »
Champions Trophy 2021 in doubt, ICC mulls 2 WT20s in 4 years
Has to come in down at three in this line-up - but after starting with a century against England, very almost following up against Australia and then doing his best to keep Bangladesh competitive in their semi-final against India too, his weight of runs keeps him in the mix. Read More »
Stock Exchanging Hands at a Rapid Volume Today: Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL)
KEYW Holding Corp. Halliburton Company has a 12 month low of $40.12 and a 12 month high of $58.78. It has outperformed by 2.33% the S&P500. Moreover, Pier Capital Llc has 0.67% invested in the company for 316,053 shares. The rating was maintained by Barclays Capital with "Overweight" on Thursday, October 20. The stock of Benefitfocus Inc (NASDAQ:BNFT) earned "Buy" rating by Berenberg on Tuesday, February 7. Read More »
Cell Phone Outages in Central Illinois
Some Sprint and Verizon users reported phone and Internet outages Monday via Twitter , causing a cascade of warnings to spill across some news and social media sites. This year's survey "was the tightest contest ever". The huge amount of popularity gained by Verizon may be due to the reliable and consistent high-speed network. Read More »
Warnings were issued before Autopilot crash
For those who can't recall, Brown's Model S vehicle collided with a truck a year ago, which was crossing the highway near Williston, Florida, killing Brown at the impact. New results in the investigation of Tesla's 2016 autopilot crash case reveal the vehicle company to be "not guilty". Tesla in September unveiled improvements in Autopilot, adding new limits on hands-off driving and other features that its chief executive officer said likely would have prevented the crash death. Read More »
Hear Jared Kushner speak - KBZK.com | Continuous News | Bozeman, Montana
CBS News reports he kicked off the White House's "Technology Week" to brainstorm how the government can become more efficient. "Territories to continue the discussion about the possibility of peace", Mr Greenblatt tweeted on Sunday night. Read More »
Microsoft & Accenture to provide legal IDs to over billion undocumented people
The app could also give displaced people the ability to share their identities when needing to access services like education and healthcare. Approximately one-sixth of the world's population can not participate in cultural, political, economic and social life because they lack the most basic information: documented proof of their existence. Read More »
Positioning itself as trade, transit hub; India joins UN TIR Convention
Elaborating further, Kazem Asayesh, Senior Adviser on TIR and Trade Facilitation said: "The TIR system has been facilitating trade and worldwide road transport for over 60 years, by allowing customs-sealed vehicles and freight containers to transit countries, without border checks". Read More »