'Kouyate intended Silva elbow'
West Ham’s Cheikhou Kouyate intentionally used his elbow on Manchester City midfielder David Silva, say the Sky Sports pundits.
'Kouyate intended Silva elbow'
Opinion: Binge-watching is ruining the magic of TV
Watching five episodes of a new thing in a row isn’t a good idea, no matter how enticing Netflix and opinion columns about Game of Thrones in the Guardian make the concept seem. Yes, it gives you something to talk about on the internet the next day, but it devalues the experience of watching a series unfold and grow. Good TV used to be associated with a time in your
Running Man of Tech: Can you turn a runner into a triathlete in 8 weeks?
Swimming: harder than I remember I’m clinging to slippery tiles, fingers rapidly wrinkled, while small children play happily on foam tubes near me. In between the waves of sickness I’m wondering when these spaghetti-like buoyancy aids were invented. Did they have them when I was young? Was I deprived of the joy they’re bringing nearly ever child in this pool? Would I be able to pass as a swimmer now
Moore's Law at 50: how his predictions have shaped the future
Introduction and impact of Moore’s Law It’s 50 years since Gordon E Moore, co-founder of the Intel Corporation, made the observation that became known as Moore’s Law. In 1965 Electronics magazine had asked him to write an article predicting what would happen in the semiconductor component industry in the subsequent 10 years. Moore was, at that time, director of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductor, and this made him something of an
China fines Alibaba $129,000 for pricing violations
China’s e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, has been fined 800,000 yuan ($129,000) by the price bureau in eastern Zhejiang province for violations by third-party sellers during promotions on its e-commerce platforms. Since Alibaba turned “Singles’ Day”, a November 11 Chinese response to Valentine’s Day, into an online shopping festival in 2009, the event has grown to similar proportions as Cyber Monday and Black Friday in the United States. “The company has
Russian cyber attackers used two unknown flaws: security company
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A widely reported Russian cyber-spying campaign against diplomatic targets in the United States and elsewhere has been using two previously unknown flaws in software to penetrate target machines, a security company investigating the matter said on Saturday. FireEye Inc , a prominent U.S. security company, said the espionage effort took advantage of holes in Adobe Systems Inc’s Flash software for viewing active content
Exclusive: SunGard to explore possible $10 billion sale – sources
Financial technology company SunGard Data Systems Inc is preparing to appoint financial advisers to explore a sale that could value it at as much as $10 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. SunGard has asked investment banks vying for advisory mandates to prepare for interviews as early as next week, the people said. The company plans to simultaneously explore an outright sale as well as
Japan, U.S. report progress on trade talks, though Tokyo stands tough on rice
Japan and the United States reported progress in top-level trade talks on Sunday that could pave the way for a broader trans-Pacific trade deal, although Tokyo cautioned that a bilateral accord was unlikely in time for a summit next week. Japan’s Economy Minister Akira Amari and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman both said they had made good progress in the first of two days of cabinet-level discussions. “We exchanged opinions
Shanghai GM to invest $16 billion to develop new vehicles
Shanghai GM, a joint venture between General Motors and Chinese automaker SAIC Motor Corp , plans to spend 100 billion yuan over the next five years to develop new vehicles, Shanghai GM President Wang …
For short-sellers in U.S. stocks, the agony just piles on
In January 2014, veteran short-seller Bill Fleckenstein said he was readying a new fund to bet on falling stock prices. Despite lackluster U.S. economic data, a world grappling with slow growth, concern that Greece and Ukraine could default on their debts, the U.S. stock market has been more than resilient. It has been impossible,” Seattle-based Fleckenstein told Reuters. “It all comes down to free money and that old saw –