Springboks 'different animals'
Heyneke Meyer insists that when the players put on the Springbok jersey they become a ‘totally different animal’.
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The PC Gamer: Why Dota 2 Reborn is finally a game for everyone
I’m far more excited about Valve’s Dota 2 Reborn than someone who doesn’t play Dota 2 should be. It may not have been the Half-Life 3 announcement we’re still hoping to hear (keep the faith, everyone!), but it could easily end up being more exciting – games as a platform, finally pushed into the mainstream limelight. This isn’t of course a world first by any stretch. FPS games have long
Taylor Swift says Apple Music's three-month trial is a big mistake
Taylor Swift has well and truly put the cat among the pigeons this Sunday with a Tumblr post criticising Apple for its approach to royalties – specifically during the three-month free trial that all Apple Music users will get through iOS. It sounds like artists won’t receive any payments during that three-month period, and they aren’t too happy about it. Taylor Swift is by far the biggest name to voice
Fighting Talk: It's time we stopped getting angry about our internet speeds
Do you spend your evenings sitting in the kitchen, counting how long it takes to fill a bucket of water from your cold tap, then sending angry emails to your water supplier when it’s not filling as fast as Simon’s identical bucket is three doors down on the same street? Probably not. That would be weird, wouldn’t it? It still works. You still get water out of it. There are
Amazon's star ratings are about to get a lot more useful
Do you pay much attention to the star ratings left by previous purchasers when shopping for stuff on Amazon? The e-commerce giant has told CNET that those star ratings are being tweaked to be more useful. Newer reviews get more priority over older reviews, while ratings left by “verified Amazon purchasers” will also carry extra weight. Reviews upvoted by other users get pushed to the top too. “The system will
OS showdown: OS X 10.11 El Capitan vs Windows 10
Introduction and split screen Apple showed off its latest computer operating system, OS X 10.11 “El Capitan,” at WWDC and as predicted it was an iterative upgrade, based around improving the core features of OS X and providing a better experience to users. Just like iOS 9, El Capitan takes the essentials of OS X – Safari, desktop management, Spotlight – and makes them better, tweaking the interface or reworking
Chinese firms pour money into U.S. R&D in shift to innovation
Surging investment by Chinese companies in U.S. research labs is yielding a fast-growing trove of patents, part of a push to mine America for ideas to help China shift from being the world’s factory floor to a driver of innovation. Largely absent from American research hubs a decade ago, Chinese firms including Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) and ZTE Corp are now using U.S. researchers to create patents ranging from new software
Anthem offers $47 billion for Cigna as insurers race for a deal
U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc (ANTM.N) said on Saturday it had offered $47 billion in cash and stock for smaller rival Cigna Corp (CI.N), signaling a pick-up in the industry’s long-awaited consolidation. The biggest U.S. health insurers are seeking acquisitions to boost membership in government-paid healthcare plans and the employer-based insurance that is Cigna’s specialty. Anthem’s offer comes as Cigna, as well as insurer Aetna Inc (AET.N), are participating in
Greek drama nears final act, ending uncertain
Euro zone leaders will attend an emergency summit on Monday, hoping to thrash out a plan with Athens to provide Greece with additional funds to prevent it defaulting on its debt — but only if both sides play ball. With the outcome uncertain, markets will also be looking at data due on Tuesday for clues as to how the global economy rounded off the first half, with business surveys expected
Greece offers new proposals ahead of emergency summit
ATHENS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a new offer on a reforms package to foreign creditors on Sunday, signaling eleventh-hour concessions to break a deadlock that has pushed Greece to the brink of bankruptcy. After months of wrangling and with anxious depositors pulling billions of euros out of Greek banks, Tsipras’s leftist government showed a new willingness this weekend to make concessions that would unlock frozen aid