Don't punch real trees — Microsoft's cute, polished answer to Pokemon Go is interesting, but unfinished. Sam Machkovech - Jul 16, 2019 5:00 pm UTC Mojang / MicrosoftWhen Microsoft acquired Mojang, the maker of Minecraft, in 2014, we all feared the worst: a zillion cash-in video games. Turns out, Microsoft has been really smart about…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s racially charged attacks on four Democratic congresswomen was headed for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, with Trump pressuring his fellow Republicans to oppose it. The measure, which would be symbolic and have no force of law, was expected to pass since…
Image copyright AFP/Getty Image caption Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded to the attacks at a press conference on Monday The four US congresswomen attacked by US President Donald Trump in a series of racially charged tweets have dismissed his remarks as a distraction. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley…
sprechen sie Cloud? Nein — Microsoft's future in Germany is in question again. Jim Salter - Jul 15, 2019 4:58 pm UTC Enlarge / Germany's government continues its history of principled Microsoft opposition.Last week, the German state of Hesse declared that its schools may not legally use the Office 365 cloud product. Hesse is one…
(Reuters) - Citigroup Inc beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit on Monday as a tight lid on costs and strength in consumer lending helped the third-largest U.S. bank counter weakness in its trading business. A view of the exterior of the Citibank corporate headquarters in New York, New York, U.S. May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar/FilesNew…
In the heart of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, alongside seemingly abandoned train carriages and overgrown tracks is a blossoming artists' community.Just metres from a busy road, but screened by tall trees and long grass, it is hidden in plain sight. This has been home to the Bombsquad, or BSQ, Crew for just over a year.The graffitied…
Variable — A massive simulation done with a "chameleon" theory of gravity. John Timmer - Jul 14, 2019 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Galaxy clusters generated by the Universe simulator IllustrisTNG.From our current perspective, the Universe seems to be dominated by two things we find frustratingly difficult to understand. One of these is dark matter,…
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on supporting the passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade deal during a visit to Derco Aerospace Inc., a Lockheed Martin subsidiary, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos BarriaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday told a group of mostly American-born Democratic congresswomen to…
Image copyright AFP Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite Barack Obama, according to a leaked memo written by the UK's former ambassador to the US.Sir Kim Darroch described the move as an act of "diplomatic vandalism", according to the Mail on Sunday.It says the memo was written after the then Foreign Secretary…
Libre as in beer — But will this "completely free" release run afoul of Steam Community Guidelines? Sam Machkovech - Jul 13, 2019 1:30 pm UTC Coming to Steam on July 30.LibretroRetroArch is coming to Steam as a free download on July 30, marking what appears to be the largest non-commercial emulation launch ever on…
