Introduction How’s that Steam Machine under your TV doing? The wait for virtual reality to become the future is proving quite torturous really, especially since it’s already been 25 years. And it’s been delayed once again, with the Oculus Rift looking like it’s even further away than we thought. Maybe it’ll scrape in this year, but don’t put money on it. As for the competition, yes, the HTC Vive is
Introduction and choice of platforms Before the IBM PC changed the computer world forever, for many the pinnacle of personal computing was the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and the BBC Micro. For gamers these computers defined the first screen generation. As an object of desire the ZX81 may not have won any design awards, but for many it was their first true computer. Anyone who would love a trip
The game of chicken between Greece and its international creditors is turning into a vicious blame game as Athens lurches closer to bankruptcy with no cash-for-reform agreement in sight. Europe’s political leaders and central bankers and Greek politicians agree on only one thing: if Greece goes down, they don’t want their fingerprints on the murder weapon. If Athens runs out of cash and defaults in the coming weeks, as seems
Deutsche Bank’s (DBKGn.DE) earnings fell by half in the first quarter, a greater-than-expected drop as hefty legal charges eroded gains in investment banking revenue, while it prepares to unveil details of a strategic overhaul. Almost half came from the investment bank, but its pre-tax contribution fell by more than half due to litigation and regulatory expenses and currency swings, the bank said on Sunday. Deutsche has so far positioned itself
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is convening a group of financial industry veterans for the first time next month to consider stock market reforms, but one group will be conspicuously absent: retail brokerages. The SEC’s 17-member Market Structure Advisory Committee includes representatives of fund companies, an exchange, off-exchange trading venues, dealers, and academia, among others. The group, which meets four times a year, will review old rules, and advise
Most central banks have been easing policy since the start of the year and are set to do more, but it still isn’t clear whether that new activism, which has pushed stock markets to record highs, will help the global economy much. Several meet this week to set policy, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan and Sweden’s Riksbank, which all have turned to government bond purchases as
Finland’s Nokia denied reports in Chinese media that it planned to return to manufacturing phones. “Nokia notes recent news reports claiming the company communicated an intention to manufacture consumer handsets out of a R&D facility in China. These reports are false,” Nokia said in a statement posted on its website. Nokia sold its phone business to Microsoft last year, but just months after that it launched a new brand-licensed tablet
Macklemore and pregnant fiancée Tricia Davis are set to become parents soon and their delivery team has been assembled! Davis Instagrammed on Saturday a sweet pic of her and…
Avengers: Age of Ultron will be “darker” and “weirder” than its predecessor. So said Joss Whedon, who returned to direct the sequel to 2012’s The Avengers. During an…
Barack Obama got in plenty of jabs of his own at the 2015 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but for the real digs, he called his “Anger Translator,” Luther! Key & Peele…
