Star Wars: Holograms to Vaderselfies Star Wars’ impact on the world of film cannot be ignored, but George Lucas’ iconic sci-fi series has also been a significant player in the world of tech since 1977. From sound design to special FX, via computer games and CGI and from laser disc through to holograms, Star Wars has always been close to TechRadar’s heart. So, with Star Wars VII’s trailer nearly here,
What to watch in the markets today. The stock rally has come as Treasury yields have sunk, viewed by some traders as an odd divergence. Etsy and Virtu IPOs offer a telling contrast.
Ben Bernanke, the former Federal Reserve chairman and one of the world’s most closely watched economic thinkers, is joining one of the most successful hedge funds as an advisor, Citadel LLC said in a statement on Thursday. Bernanke, who retired from the U.S. central bank in 2014 after eight years at its helm, will advise the $25 billion hedge fund’s teams plus its investors on developments in monetary policy, financial
By Natalie Thomas BEIJING (Reuters) – In China’s online hostessing world, men find virtual company and the women can find riches. Student Xiao Yue, 21, spends four hours most days chatting online with fans who shower her with virtual roses and other presents. She is one of more than 10,000 hostesses on the internet site bobo.com, a live broadcasting web platform where anyone can record themselves singing, playing piano, dancing
Backed by well-connected venture capitalists, founder James Beshara says Tilt stands out in a crowded mobile-payments field with its focus on small groups pooling their money for a defined purpose.
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc amended a 2009 partnership to give Yahoo more flexibility to enhance the search services on any platform. Microsoft will get exclusive rights to sell ads delivered by its Bing ads platform, while Yahoo will continue to sell ads on its Gemini platform. The 10-year search partnership was crafted by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz in 2009. (Reporting
Apple is expanding its environmental efforts by investing in a new Chinese solar power project and preserving 36,000 acres of “sustainable” timberland in Maine and North Carolina. The initiatives …
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd has been sued by a white American information technology worker who accused India’s largest software services exporter of overwhelming favoritism toward workers of South Asian descent in the United States. In a complaint filed on Tuesday in San Francisco federal court, Steven Heldt said 95 percent of Tata’s 14,000-person U.S. workforce descend from South Asia, primarily India, and that the company violated federal civil rights law
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) – Street vendors selling Seattle’s Real Change newspaper will accept digital payments from Thursday through a new smartphone application developed by workers at Google Inc in a volunteer project to help hawkers serve increasingly cashless patrons. Seattle residents looking for a weekly dose of reform-minded news will be able to scan a barcode with their phones to receive a $2.99 digital edition of the
U.S. housing starts rose far less than expected in March and permits recorded their biggest drop since last May, which could raise concerns about the economy’s ability to bounce back from a soft patch hit in the first quarter. Groundbreaking increased 2.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 926,000 units, the Commerce Department said on Thursday. Starts for single-family homes rose, while groundbreaking for the multifamily segment fell
