What do Wiz Khalifa, Mark Ronson, Meghan Trainor, Enrique Iglesias, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Psy all have in common? As you might have guessed if you read the headline, they all have videos with more than a billion views on YouTube. Khalifa’s See You Again, a tribute to the late Paul Walker and featured on the Furious 7 soundtrack album, is the newest member of that exclusive
By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As China’s economy stutters, growing numbers of diners on a budget are tapping into smartphone applications to snap up meal delivery deals, spelling big trouble for fast food chains like Yum Brands Inc’s KFC and Pizza Hut. People like Li Jiali, a 20-year-old Shanghai student, say they have all the dining options they need nestling in their phones, without needing to venture out of
Acquisition talks between EMC Corp. and Dell Inc. are significant not just for the size of the potential transaction but also for a common element behind this and dozens of other major tech deals over the past decade: Elliott Management. The possible tie-up between the $50 billion storage company and the privately owned computer maker, which surfaced on Wednesday, would be the largest tech deal ever and would solidify Elliott’s
The Chinese government took unprecedented action by complying with a U.S. request and arresting hackers suspected of stealing secrets from U.S. companies to pass to Chinese state-run companies, the Washington Post reported on Friday. The arrests came in September before Chinese President Xi Jinping went to Washington for talks with U.S. President Barack Obama that included one of the most contentious issues between the two countries – corporate and government
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp is set to get the go-ahead from EU antitrust regulators for its $16.7 billion offer for Altera Corp, its largest ever deal, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday. The world No. 1 chipmaker is looking to Altera to reinforce its portfolio of higher-margin chips used in data centers and to focus on chips for cars, watches
China’s top aircraft manufacturer has revealed specifications of an advanced stealth fighter jet in a bid to lure foreign buyers, the official China Daily reported on Friday. In a rare disclosure, the state-owned Aviation Industry Corp of China (Avic) unveiled the capabilities of the J-31 aircraft at an aviation show, even though the jet is still being tested, the newspaper said. Countries that cannot buy weaponry from the United States
Sometimes you come across a video game mashup so perfect it makes you question why anyone let Mario and Sonic compete in the Olympic Games. Pokémon Sims is an example of a game we’d like to play – the chocolate and peanut butter of video games. It comes from the brain of YouTuber Hat-Loving Gamer (thanks Kotaku) and mixes the graphic style of the older Pokémon games with the gameplay
Update: Facebook has now officially announced the new ‘Like’ buttons, which are called Reactions and allow you to give alternative responses to the standard thumbs up. Chris Cox, Chief Product Officer at Facebook, shared a video of Reactions in action and said, “As you can see, it’s not a ‘dislike’ button, though we hope it addresses the spirit of this request more broadly. “We studied which comments and reactions are
Printers in high-rise office buildings could potentially be hijacked by hackers using drones to pilfer confidential documents. First reported by Wired, Singapore-based researchers demonstrated how malicious actors armed with a drone and mobile phone are able to intercept documents sent to a Wi-Fi printer that’s otherwise inaccessible to the outside world. The setup consists of a drone that’s used to transport a mobile phone on which there are two different
The social network said on Thursday it is launching a pilot test of “Reactions”, which will allow users to express a range of emotions including love, happiness, anger and sadness. The feedback from the pilot test will be used to improve the feature and the company hopes “to roll it out to everyone soon,” Cox wrote in the post.
