SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A New York woman has appealed her 300-year prison sentence for her role in sexually abusing six children, including two Amish girls she and her boyfriend kidnapped in 2014. Nicole Vaisey filed the appeal in federal court in Syracuse on … Read the full article on Fox News »
LONDON — A husband and wife convicted of plotting to bomb a shopping mall or subway train on the anniversary of London"s 2005 terror attack have been sentenced to life in prison. Mohammed Rehman, 25, and his wife Sana Ahmed Khan, 24, were found … Read the full article on NBCNews.com »
DUBAI Iran denied on Thursday that its Revolutionary Guards launched rockets near the U.S. aircraft-carrier Harry S. Truman and other warships as they were entering the Gulf on Saturday. "The naval forces of the Guards have not had any exercises in the … Read the full article on Reuters »
(CNN) Tonya Couch, the mother of "affluenza" teen Ethan Couch has returned to the United States. In video obtained by CNN, the mother can be seen in handcuffs with U.S. Marshals at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Texas prosecutors have said … Read the full article on CNN »
(CNN) Suddenly, Bill Cosby can no longer escape prosecution. The number of his accusers had grown to the size of a choir. And the refrain of the 50-plus women has been virtually the same: He drugged me; he sexually assaulted me – or he tried to. Read the full article on CNN »
LONDON – New Year celebrations around the world were going ahead despite heightened terror fears Thursday — as New York deployed 6,000 police officers to Times Square and Belgium charged a 10th suspect over the Paris massacre. High-profile … Read the full article on NBCNews.com »
Rex Ryan has regrets about his first season in Buffalo, but he will be able to make amends in 2016.
The Bills announced Wednesday that Ryan and general manager Doug Whaley will be back for next season. Ryan’s return is not a surprise, but Whaley’s future has been reported at other outlets as in doubt. Whaley first-round quarterback (EJ Manuel) has not panned out and there have been whispers about Ryan and Whaley being at odds.
Not to be outdone by Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s statement of stern support on…
Homer and Marge Simpson have done their share of horrible parenting by encouraging their children to avoid failure, stay away from things that are hard, and aim low in life. Occasionally, though, they surprise us by being the stellar parents a kid could only dream of. Here are some moments where Homer and Marge did everything right, and it warmed our cold, cold hearts:
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In the season six episode “And Maggie Makes Three”, Lisa notices there are no pictures of Maggie in the photo albums. We learn…
Puerto Rico will skirt a catastrophic default on the vast majority of more than $1 billion in bond payments due in early January, an outcome that required island officials to raid cash set aside to pay other debts. The financial maneuvers will allow … Read the full article on Washington Post »
As we welcome another year in tech, with each one seeming to whizz past with ever-increasing speed, TNW challenged each department to share what they learned this past year, their hopes for the year to come and what resolutions they’ll be making, and sticking to, in 2016.
Ten years ago when we started this company life was chaotic, the future was uncertain and we didn’t really know what we had got ourselves into.
Since then The Next Web has grown immensely – in traffic, revenue and brand…
Although it’s highly unlikely there were fanfare trumpeters, streamers, balloons, and a big cake inside Ara’s Uber vehicle when Marvin hopped in on Christmas Eve, their journey nevertheless marked Uber’s billionth ride, and the San Francisco-based company wants everyone to know about it.
“Marvin and Ara just made our day,” Uber wrote in a blog post Wednesday. “Their £5 ($7.40) London uberX ride together on Christmas Eve from London Fields, Hackney to Hoxton in Ara’s blue Honda Insight Hybrid was the…
Goodbye, Swedish meatballs.
IKEA thinks we’ll be eating 3D printed meatballs in the “not so distant future.”…
© Reuters. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives a “namaste” as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg applauds on stage after a town hall at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, CaliforniaBy Himank Sharma and Douglas Busvine
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has become a battleground over the right to unrestricted Internet access, with local tech start-ups joining the front line against Facebook Inc (O:) founder Mark Zuckerberg and his plan to roll out free Internet to…
Microsoft will now tell users of its email services when their accounts are being attacked by government hackers. The change in policy comes as Reuters reported that the company chose not to tell thousands of Hotmail users that their email accounts had been hacked by Chinese government officials.
Security experts for the company reportedly found evidence in 2011 of attacks on Hotmail accounts used by Japanese and African diplomats, human rights lawyers, and Tibetan and Uighur leaders, but rather than inform them…
The last 12 months saw some truly impressive leaps forward in tech. Amazon’s Echo helped make the dream of smart homes closer to reality. Dell’s XPS 13 dethroned Apple and set a whole new design paradigm for laptops. LG’s first 4K OLED TV combined two futuristic technologies to jaw-dropping effect.
But none of them reshaped the future of technology more than Samsung’s Gear VR, our Best Product of 2015. It’s not the best VR headset out there, or even the first. But like Ford’s Model T…
LONDON—A British couple who plotted Islamic State-inspired suicide bomb attacks against targets including a popular London shopping mall and the city"s subway system were both handed life sentences on Wednesday. Mohammed Rehman, 25, will spend … Read the full article on Wall Street Journal »
Just keep swimming.
Pixar has just released new information about two quirky characters…
Investing.com – Global stock markets were mostly lower on Thursday, the last day of 2015, as investors continued to track oil prices
Oil prices ticked higher after falling more than 3% in the prior session
Holidays limited the damage in Asian markets, with many either closed or shutting early
European shares were lower ahead of a shortened trading session on the last day of 2015
Meanwhile, U.S. markets wrap up the last week of trade for the year on Thursday, and are closed Friday for New Year’s Day
The OnePlus X Champagne Edition is now available for purchase in India, where Amazon has it listed for INR 16,999, which translates into $255 at current exchange rates. FYI, It is the same price at which the standard Onyx variant can be purchased.
The model made its debut in China, and is already available for purchase in several other countries. OnePlus has also announced open sales of the device on every Tuesday, but, unfortunately, that’s only for international markets.
This means, in India you’ll have to have an…
Twenty one passengers — including three children — on an Air Canada flight from China have been taken to a Calgary hospital after turbulence caused multiple injuries Wednesday. Flight 88 was en route to Toronto from Shanghai when the airplane … Read the full article on CBC.ca »
LONDON — Revelers in cities worldwide will ring in 2016 under extraordinary security Thursday night, with law enforcement agencies deploying extra police, shutting down popular venues and warning of an increased threat of terrorism following recent … Read the full article on Washington Post »
More than 50 women have accused Cosby of sexual assault or unwanted advances, but these are the first criminal charges filed against him. 12/30/2015 10:02 am ET | Updated 6 hours ago. Michael McLaughlin Reporter, The Huffington Post. X … Read the full article on Huffington Post »
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been a pretty incredibly success, earning glowing reviews, breaking cinema records, and helping to make 2015 the highest grossing year in US box office history. However, at least one person isn’t completely happy with the new film: George Lucas. In an interview with Charlie Rose, the Star Wars creator compares selling rights to the films to selling his kids to “white slavers,” and says, regarding the possibility of him helping out with the new movies: “They weren’t that keen to…
Although it’s highly unlikely there were fanfare trumpeters, streamers, balloons, and a big cake inside Ara’s Uber vehicle when Marvin hopped in on Christmas Eve, their journey nevertheless marked Uber’s billionth ride, and the San Francisco-based company wants everyone to know about it.
“Marvin and Ara just made our day,” Uber wrote in a blog post Wednesday. “Their £5 ($7.40) London uberX ride together on Christmas Eve from London Fields, Hackney to Hoxton in Ara’s blue Honda Insight Hybrid was the…
Expected in Q1 2016.
Virtual reality platformer Lucky’s Tale will come bundled for free with every Oculus Rift,…
BEIJING Any foreign counter-terrorism mission for China"s armed forces would need to respect the charter of the United Nations and the sovereignty of the host nation, China"s Defense Ministry said on Thursday, outlining the possible limits to such a … Read the full article on Reuters »
LONDON — Many homes remained flooded and without power on Thursday, after heavy rain and strong winds battered northern Britain. Storm Frank spread on Tuesday and Wednesday, damaging property and affecting roads and rail services in England, … Read the full article on USA TODAY »
© Reuters. A C-130J aircraft takes part in a flying display during the 49th Paris Air Show at the Le Bourget airport(Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp (N:) has been awarded a contract worth more than $1 billion for 32 C-130J aircraft, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
The work is expected to be completed by April 2020, the Department of Defense said in its daily digest of major contract awards.
Earlier this year, Lockheed announced that it had reached a verbal agreement…
A week after it was banned in India, Facebook’s Free Basics service – which aims to bring affordable Internet to the 5 billion people in the world who otherwise can’t access it – has been suspended in Egypt.
The service was suspended following the expiry of a mandatory permit that the Egyptian government issues. Free Basics was launched in the country only a couple of months ago, and according to Facebook, around 3 million people had already signed up for it, of which 1 million were accessing the Internet for the…
Microsoft will now tell users of its email services when their accounts are being attacked by government hackers. The change in policy comes as Reuters reported that the company chose not to tell thousands of Hotmail users that their email accounts had been hacked by Chinese government officials.
Security experts for the company reportedly found evidence in 2011 of attacks on Hotmail accounts used by Japanese and African diplomats, human rights lawyers, and Tibetan and Uighur leaders, but rather than inform them…
LONDON — Many homes remained flooded and without power on Thursday, after heavy rain and strong winds battered northern Britain. Storm Frank spread on Tuesday and Wednesday, damaging property and affecting roads and rail services in England, … Read the full article on USA TODAY »
Last Updated Dec 31, 2015 12:08 AM EST. NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago – the first criminal charges brought against the comedian out of the torrent of … Read the full article on CBS News »
Falling in line with other tech firms, Microsoft says it’ll also start warning users of its Web-based email service of any suspected state-sponsored hacks on their accounts.
The company has been issuing alerts about potential security breaches for the last two years, though the warnings have never offered any detailed information as to who might be behind the attacks. That’s now changing.
“As the threat landscape has evolved, our approach has too, and we’ll now go beyond notification and guidance to specify if…
Expected in Q1 2016.
Virtual reality platformer Lucky’s Tale will come bundled for free with every Oculus Rift,…
BEIJING China on Thursday confirmed it is building a second aircraft carrier, as neighbours worry about Beijing"s new assertiveness to claims in the South China Sea. Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said the carrier had been designed in China and … Read the full article on Reuters »
Last Updated Dec 31, 2015 12:08 AM EST. NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago – the first criminal charges brought against the comedian out of the torrent of … Read the full article on CBS News »
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This EURJPY chart is quite complicated as it it taking into account a scenario that calls for a zigzag to start the c wave to the downside.
It is complicated because of the structure of wave b in magenta as it seems to end with an impulsive move with a failure of a lower degree.
The problem with these failures comes from the fact that they are really rare, but when they do happen, are signaling a top or a bottom. In our case, a possible top.
Like any zigzag, wave c should travel minimum to the end of wave a and that is our…
© Reuters. Alumni of the University of Hong Kong protest before a university committee meeting in Hong KongBy Farah Master
HONG KONG (Reuters) – One of Hong Kong’s top universities has appointed a pro-Beijing professor as its chairman despite widespread objections and fears of diminishing academic freedom in the Chinese-ruled city.
Arthur Li, a former Hong Kong education minister, was appointed chairman of the governing council of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), one…
FORT WORTH/MEXICO CITY The mother of a Texas teenager, scorned for his "affluenza" defense in a trial over a deadly car crash, arrived in the United States on Thursday after deportation from Mexico, while her son won a delay in his extradition, media … Read the full article on Reuters »
A day after there were reports that some retailers in the UK – including Carphone Warehouse (CPW) – have halted Lumia 950 XL shipments due to unknown hardware issues, Microsoft has issued a statement refuting the reports.
“Demand for L950XL has been strong. CPW has listed L950XL as a pre-order purchase for more than a week as it has run out of stock and is awaiting more,” the company said. “L950XL is available to UK customers via other outlets – see here. We are working to re-supply CPW and keep all our other…
Earlier this year, chipmaker Qualcomm announced it would be producing a custom version of its widely-used Snapdragon chipset for drones. The company says that its Snapdragon Flight processors will bring down the cost of drones, improve their battery life, and make advanced features more widely available. This new video from Qualcomm offers a preview of Snapdragon Flight’s capabilities, showing a drone autonomously dodging obstacles and mapping out 3D spaces with built-in sensors. (A warning, though, the music is…
Last week on Christmas, something went wrong on Steam. As players browsed through the massive catalog of discounted games as part of the Steam Winter Sale, they saw the private information of other Steam users, such as their billing addresses, purchase history and the last two digits of their credit card number. According to Valve, the issue lasted for two hours, and then service was back to normal. Almost a week after the issue, the company finally provided details about the problem.
It started with a denial of…
DAMASCUS, Syria — Late night explosions at two restaurants in a predominantly Kurdish city in northeastern Syria killed 16 people and wounded 35, Syria"s state news agency reported Thursday. The SANA news agency said the "terrorist explosions" … Read the full article on New York Times »
(CNN) One says she cried like a baby. Another says she did a kind of "happy dance." When news broke that Bill Cosby faces a criminal charge of sexual assault for the first time, it prompted strong reactions from the women who have accused him of a … Read the full article on CNN »
DUBAI Iran denied on Thursday that its Revolutionary Guards launched rockets near the U.S. aircraft-carrier Harry S. Truman and other warships as they were entering the Gulf on Saturday, rejecting a U.S. report as "psychological warfare". "The naval … Read the full article on Reuters UK »
I needed a quick recipe that didn’t require a lot of time, and this is quite good. I skipped the nuts and added an entire bag of chocolate chips instead of what the recipe listed, but I’ll post it as written. Recipe courtesy of Duncan Hines. — posted by AmyZoe
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My photographic style has always favored precision and sharpness with rich tones and vibrant colors. I also have a bit of a control issue – my inner engineer likes predictable behaviors and consistent results. But sometimes I get into a photographic rut and I need something to give me a creative jump-start. Where do I turn? To Lensbaby of course, because how better…
The FDA last year approved the so-called DEKA arm, a highly advanced robotic prosthetic developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for amputees. (Photo courtesy DARPA)Military.com’s DefenseTech blog is back online after a challenging transition period that involved redesigning the website and moving it to a new server.
The process took longer than anticipated and resulted in unexpected publishing challenges.
We have worked hard over the years to…
Apparently Disney does more than buy movie franchises like Star Wars. It"s also in the business of creating physics-bending robots. That"s right. Disney announced Tuesday that Disney Research Zurich, along with ETH, an engineering, science, technology, … Read the full article on Mashable »
Adding to a growing number of rumors claiming iPhones will soon integrate OLED display technology, a report out of South Korea claims Apple is close finalizing a supply agreement that will see both Samsung and LG Display provide the necessary panels … Read the full article on Apple Insider »
Julius Baer Group Ltd, Switzerland"s third-largest wealth manager, said it expects to pay about $547 million to settle a U.S. investigation into how it helped Americans evade taxes, clearing the way for other Swiss banks to resolve similar criminal probes. Read the full article on Bloomberg »
New York City"s top cop has a four-letter word for people who are jumping on the hoverboard craze: nuts. "I think that anyone that buys one of those things is out of their mind," NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said at a news conference Tuesday.and more » Read the full article on NBCNews.com »
It"s no secret that India is experiencing absolutely explosive growth in the web and mobile spaces, on a scale practically unmatched in the world right now. Google has attempted to capitalize on this growth, with CEO Sundar Pichai"s first official trip … Read the full article on Android Headlines – Android News »
A California commission was overreaching when it banned the breeding of captive killer whales at a $100 million planned exhibit at San Diego"s SeaWorld, the park claimed in a lawsuit. The suit filed Tuesday in San Diego County Superior Court asserts … Read the full article on ABC News »
WASHINGTON (AP) " Americans are more likely to say protecting religious liberties of Christians is important than to say the same for Muslims, according to a new poll by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. email · print. Read the full article on Victorville Daily Press »
gop debate george pataki George Pataki worked hard to get his equal time on NBC following Donald Trump"s appearance on "Saturday Night Live." Back in November, George Pataki sent a letter to NBC demanding that he be granted "equal time" to match … Read the full article on CNN »
The deaths of Davia Garth, Ramon Burnett, and Major Howard aren"t as political as Tamir Rice but they should be just as shocking. CLEVELAND — Philip backed his silver Pontiac into the driveway next to his mother"s home in the 900 block of East 131st … Read the full article on Daily Beast »
A moderate earthquake shook an inland area of Southern California near San Bernardino on Tuesday night, giving a start to thousands across a heavily populated area with more than one person comparing it to a rumbling big rig. There were no immediate … Read the full article on ABC News »
In this Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 photo released by the U.S. Navy, guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley participates in a replenishment-at-sea with fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall in the Gulf of Oman. Iranian naval vessels conducted rocket … Read the full article on ABC News »
ST. LOUIS – Federal officials were monitoring 19 vulnerable levees on the rising Mississippi River and its tributaries, warning that hundreds of homes in Illinois and Missouri could be threatened by a rare winter flood that already forced the partial … Read the full article on Fox News »
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