Jeff Bezos just took an opportunity to reveal a brand new and perhaps radical way Amazon is planning to deliver packages to your home within the next 4 to 5 years. During an interview with Charlie Rose on 60 Minutes Bezos showed off unmanned drones…
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Apple has acquired social media analytics firm Topsy for more than $200 million, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The newspaper, citing sources familiar with the deal, said it was unclear how Apple planned to use the firm but that it could be…
Lebanese authorities decided Monday to place Tripoli under army control for six months after a wave of sectarian killings linked to Syria’s war left 11 dead in the main northern city. The decision was taken at a meeting between President Michel Sleiman…
A hundred self-driving Volvo cars will roll onto public roads in and around the Swedish city of Gothenburg in 2017, the Chinese-owned car maker said Monday. The pilot initiative, called “Drive Me”, has a 500 million kronor (56.3 million euros, $76.2…
Last week, word broke that Microsoft was seriously working to unify its divergent Windows platforms into one OS, an effort that would help customers and developers alike get more out of the operating system. Today, a post on ZDNet reports that the first…
Taliban insurgents fighting against the US-backed Afghan government expressed their support on Monday for President Hamid Karzai’s refusal to sign a security pact with Washington. Karzai is locked in a public dispute with the US over the security deal…
The United States Monday urged Beijing to scrap new aviation arrangements set up by its new air defense zone which Washington has denounced as confusing and likely to increase the risk of accidents. “Our general position as a US government is that we…
Juventus veteran Andrea Pirlo faces missing the rest of 2013 and perhaps the start of next year after the Serie A leaders confirmed on Monday he has suffered knee ligament damage. Coach Antonio Conte admitted to fears over Pirlo on Sunday after the…
The US military has begun outfitting a ship with special equipment that will be used to destroy part of Syria’s chemical arsenal, the Pentagon said Monday. A hydrolysis unit is being installed on the MV Cape Ray, a 650-foot (200 meters) cargo ship,…
Pop star Beyonce dethroned reality TV personality Kim Kardashian as the most searched person on the Internet in 2013 for Americans, in a year when entertainment celebrities reigned. That was the verdict from Microsoft search engine Bing, which released…
The first full study of a snake’s genome has revealed the Burmese python to be one of the most evolutionarily advanced creatures on Earth, international researchers said Monday. The findings shed new light on how these southeast Asian natives have survived…
If you own a smartphone, you’re now in the majority — 56% of American adults do too, according to the Pew Research Center. However, with new models continually entering the marketplace and a non-stop barrage of TV and online advertising urging you…
The Central African Republic needs foreign financial assistance as well as troops, its prime minister told AFP Monday as French forces deployed in a bid to halt spiralling violence. Speaking in Bangui before flying to Paris for a 40-nation France-Africa…
Syrian rebels, including jihadist groups, have captured the historic Christian town of Maalula north of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday. Rebels assaulted the town by rolling explosive-filled tyres down the hills onto regime…
Saudi Arabia is satisfied with current crude prices as well as global supply and demand levels, its oil minister said Monday, indicating OPEC will freeze its output ceiling. “The market is in the best position it can be,” Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister…
A least a million Syrians are going hungry, as fighting and checkpoints prevent aid deliveries, the international Red Cross warned on Monday. “A conservative estimate is a million people without food,” said Simon Eccleshall, crisis management chief…
Hong Kong on Tuesday confirmed its first human case of the deadly H7N9 bird flu, according to a report, in the latest sign of the virus spreading beyond mainland China. A 36-year-old Indonesian domestic helper with a history of travelling to the mainland…
British and Irish Lions and Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips has signed for Racing-Metro, the French Top 14 club said on Monday. Earlier in the day, club president Jacky Lorenzetti had announced the 31-year-old was close to penning a deal. But the club…
The White House said Monday that it did not consider peaceful demonstrations in Ukraine as attempts at a coup, and called violent suppression of protests by police unacceptable. “We certaintly don’t consider peaceful demonstrations coup attempts,” said…
A recently published analysis on NetMarketShare covering November reveals that Microsoft’s Windows 8.1—the upgraded version of its flagship OS, Windows 8—is gaining ground month after month. Currently, it holds a mere 2.64 percent of the desktop…