I. Love. Birthdays. A lot of people see them as silly, frivolous, or uncomfortable occasions where unwilling strangers are forced to listen to that godawful Frankie & Benny’s Birthday Medley Of Hell, but I think they’re great. I mean, I agree with the Frankie & Benny’s thing, but you don’t have to go there. I also love video games. Video games are a means of escapism, whether that’s the gentle
The announcement by FCA US LLC, formerly Chrysler Group LLC, comes more than a month after the company recalled about 1.4 million vehicles in the United States for the software update. FCA said on Friday that it was unaware of any injuries related to software exploitation. The recalled vehicles include 2015 Jeep Renegade SUVs equipped with 6.5-inch touchscreens.
Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA, Europe’s largest media group, is close to acquiring a minority stake in learning technology firm HotChalk, according to people familiar with the matter, as the educational technology sector continues to grow. Bertelsmann is leading a funding round that could value the Campbell, California-based company at $600 million to $800 million, the people said this week. Bertelsmann may use one of its subsidiaries for the investment,
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Latvian man pleaded guilty on Friday to engaging in a scheme to transmit a computer virus that infected more than a million computers worldwide and caused tens of millions of dollars in losses. Deniss Calovskis, 30, pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to conspiring to commit computer intrusion, admitting that he had been hired to write some of the computer code
By Mari Saito SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is adding staff for a new division dedicated to restaurants in Seattle and New York, with indications the unit is trying to rapidly expand a meal delivery service, according to posts on LinkedIn and the company’s jobs site. Amazon, which declined to comment on Friday, is best known as a place to buy millions of products including books and electronics. The
(Reuters) – Google Inc expects to return to mainland China as early as this fall following a five-year absence, tech website The Information reported on Friday. The company hopes to get Chinese government approval for a China version of its Play store mobile app, The Information reported, citing people familiar with the plan. Google has assured Chinese authorities that it will follow local laws and block Play store apps that
Clicking on a Web address ending in .zip will not endanger users, the authors of a study that put .zip at the top of a list of “shady Web neighborhoods” said on Friday. Google, which owns the top-level domain (TLD) .zip challenged the study after it was published on Tuesday. .zip is one of more than 1,000 new TLDs that have cropped up since a liberalization of Web addresses in
Clicking on a Web address ending in .zip will not endanger users, the authors of a study that put .zip at the top of a list of “shady Web neighborhoods” said on Friday. Google, which owns the top-level domain (TLD) .zip challenged the study after it was published on Tuesday. .zip is one of more than 1,000 new TLDs that have cropped up since a liberalization of Web addresses in
Because you’ve used the Internet at least once in your life, you’ve probably gotten emails from someone claiming to be the deposed Prince of Nigeria who says he will send you his entire fortune as long as you send him your bank account information. British comedian James Veitch has received several such emails over his career but unlike the rest of us, he hasn’t just tossed them into the trash. Instead, he’s
Samsung’s Sleep Sense can be placed underneath the mattress at night where it can monitor heartbeat, breathing and movements. Data is transmitted to a tablet, where it will be ready for analysis over breakfast, the head of Samsung’s digital products, Yoon C. Lee, said. Sleep Sense could also be connected to air conditioning, electronic window blinds or lights, allowing for room temperature and lights to be adapted depending on the
