General Motors said Thursday it had put two engineers on paid leave over the automaker’s deadly ignition switch recall as the company revealed costs from the scandal could soar to $1.3 billion. GM chief executive Mary Barra announced the first disciplinary…
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England pace bowler James Anderson admits he and his team-mates must take more responsibility as they look to bounce back from a woeful Ashes defeat against Australia. Anderson and company will be led by a new coach this season, with the new man set…
The current console war between Microsoft and Sony is barely half a year old, but conventional wisdom says that the PlayStation 4 is winning over the Xbox One pretty handily so far. But Microsoft seems determined to close the gap. During the company…
Okay, maybe “new” look isn’t accurate. How about “borrowed” look? Yes, the Facebookification of Twitter continues. In an announcement posted this morning on the company’s blog, Twitter designer David Bellona showed us the future of Twitter…
Last week Amazon finally ended months of rumors when the company unveiled Fire TV, a tiny black square box that plugs into your television and streams content from the web. As it happens, Amazon’s long-awaited entry into your living room space was…
Norwich City sacked manager Chris Hughton in a bid to retain their Premier League status, the club announced on Sunday. A club statement said: “Norwich City can confirm Chris Hughton, Colin Calderwood and Paul Trollope have parted company with the club…
Massimo Cellino has won his appeal against a Football League decision to block his takeover of Championship club Leeds. Cellino agreed a deal two months ago for the Miami-based Italian’s company, Eleonora Sport, to buy 75 percent of Leeds’ shares. But…
As you probably know by now, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP—a version of its operating system that’s been around since 2001, making it a twelve-year-old OS—on April 8. That’s next week. The company’s been making a big push to get…
Swiss cement group Holcim announced on Friday that it is in merger talks with building supplies giant Lafarge. Shares in the Swiss company surged by over 4 percent and Lafarge stock climbed by 6 percent late on Friday on rumours ahead of the announcement…
Today was the first day of Microsoft’s Build conference in San Francisco, and the company announced the long-awaited return of the Start Menu Windows 8.1’s forthcoming Update 1. That’s not all: Microsoft also announced “Universal Windows apps…