David Lagercrantz wrote the highly-anticipated sequel to Stieg Larsson’s best-selling Millennium crime trilogy in a manic depressive state, he told reporters on Wednesday, amid controversy over the decision to continue the series. “I’ve been terrified … and I used to say that I was bipolar, manic depressive all the time and I think it was kind of a good thing to write” in this condition, he said. “The Girl in
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Defense Department guidelines allow commanders to punish journalists and treat them as “unprivileged belligerents” if they believe journalists are sympathizing or cooperating with the enemy.
Less high-profile but more durable than some of their Britpop rivals, Stereophonics are back with their ninth studio album which harks back to their roots in a small Welsh mining village. In the small brick house in west London where the band have their studio, the classic Beach Boys album “Pet Sounds” drifted out of the stereo as singer and guitarist Kelly Jones reflected on his band’s past and future.
MOENTA, Va. (AP) — General manager of TV station: 2 crew members shot, killed on air in central Virginia.
Despite the popularity of instant messaging, texting and social media, the poll showed that email is the top communications tool at work and will grow in importance over the next five years. In the online survey, comprising 400 U.S. white-collar, adult workers, nearly half of the respondents said they think their use of emails for work will increase in coming years. “Email is and will remain a cornerstone of the
By Victoria Bryan and Peter Maushagen BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) – No-drone zones, software to block flights into sensitive areas and registration rules are among proposals from European regulators and aviation experts to ensure growing numbers of drones don’t case dangerous run-ins with passenger aircraft. The use of civil drones, whether for commercial purposes such as crop surveillance, monitoring of natural disasters, photography or just as a fun leisure activity, is
(Reuters) – Research firm International Data Corp said it expected 2015 PC shipments to fall steeper than its earlier forecast due to a large inventory of notebooks and the impact of a strong dollar. IDC on Wednesday forecast PC shipments to fall 8.7 percent this year, higher than its earlier estimate of a 6.2 percent decline. PC shipments are expected to start growing again in 2017 led by the commercial
By Adrian Croft BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona’s new mayor is picking a fight with home rental websites as she tries to crack down on uncontrolled tourism that she fears could drive out poor residents and spoil the Catalan capital’s charm. Ada Colau is threatening to fine firms like Airbnb and Booking.com if they market apartments from tourists without a number showing that they are on the Catalan tourism register. “Everybody
By Jussi Rosendahl HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s Rovio, maker of mobile phone game Angry Birds, forecast its earnings would fall for a third consecutive year and said it planned to slash up to 39 percent of its workforce to try to improve its prospects. Rovio has failed to create new hit games since the 2009 launch of Angry Birds, the top paid mobile app of all time, though it has
U.S. stocks jumped, attempting for a second day to bounce from a recent plunge, as investors eyed stimulus moves out of China and U.S. data.