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Google Acquires AI Firm DeepMind For $240 Million
Internet January 29, 2014
Is the rise of the machines nearly upon us? It maybe nearer than you think, as Google’s latest acquisition is in line with their recent purchases of seven robotics firms, including Industrial Perception, which specialises in machines that can package goods and Mekabot, which makes humanoid robots. However, as... Read more
How The Super Bowl Plans To Combat Terrorism
Internet January 29, 2014
It’s a sad fact that anytime you get a ton of people all together in one place anymore it becomes a target for terrorists. If you have a hard time accepting this fact, just think back to the Boston Marathon bombing. It is no different this year for the... Read more
Microsoft just pulled off a huge deal, something that may give Xbox a huge edge over the PlayStation. Remember Microsoft saying that the spec difference between the two consoles is fairly marginal and that it will all boil down to games? Well, it now all makes sense! Xbox Wire... Read more
Bill Gates Loses To 23 Year Old Chess Player
Internet January 28, 2014
Bill Gates is a lot of things: founder of Microsoft, richer than almost anyone else alive, brilliant, you name it. But none of those attributes helped him out one tiny bit when he faced off against a young man in a chess match on a Swedish talk show. Of... Read more
Dumbest Criminal Award Goes To This Facebook User
InternetSocial Media January 28, 2014
You’ve probably heard it a million times – there’s no such thing as the perfect crime. Eventually every crime will be solved and the details will be spilled out into the open. Just like there are no perfect crimes, there obviously aren’t any perfect criminals, either. Now, let’s be... Read more
Revenge Porn Site Owners Arrested For Theft Of Naked Photos
Internet January 28, 2014
Two men have been arrested in California for stealing naked phots to post on their revenge porn website. The U.S. authorities made the arrest following an FBI investigation, where it was discovered that the men were hacking in to email accounts, stealing the photos and then loading them on... Read more
Lenovo/IBM Server Deal Worth $2.3 Billion
Internet January 27, 2014
Lenovo have just announced this week, that they have agreed to buy IBM’s x86 server hardware business and the related maintenance services for $2.3 billion. Lenovo will pay $2.07 billion in cash for the IBM business unit, topping this up with shares. The deal will encompass IBM’s System x, BladeCenter and... Read more
Man Yanked Out Of Cinema For Wearing Google Glass
Internet January 27, 2014
A man from Columbus, Ohio recently had a different kind of experience while sitting down to enjoy a movie at one of AMC’s theaters. Somewhere around the one hour mark of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, officials came out of the shadows and pulled him from his seat. The reason? He... Read more
A programmer from Saratov, Russia, has claimed responsibility for arming the Kaptoxa malware used to steal personal details of about 110 million customers of the US retail chain Target and other stores. In a recent interview with the Russian website lifenews.ru, Rinat Shabayev has admitted that he modified Kaptoxa (also known... Read more
Playstation Now: EU Earmarked For 2015 Release
Internet January 24, 2014
Sony has been at the cutting edge of gaming technology for a number of years now with the Playstation brand. It seems like only yesterday when I was gripping a wired controller attached to a Sony Playstation, skilfully negotiating the levels of Bubble Bobble and the like. Soon gamers... Read more
Snowden To Hold Q&A Online Tonight
Internet January 23, 2014
There will be a live Question and Answer session with whistleblower Edward Snowden, to be held on Thursday 23rd January, 8pm GMT, 3pm EST. Mr Snowden will be answering questions submitted by the public on his official support site; freesnowden.is. Mr Snowden’s support site is run by The Courage Foundation... Read more
Google is Still The Best Place to Work
Internet January 23, 2014
Are you looking for a good company to start a career with? Or, are you looking to make some kind of a mid-career change in your life? If so, I can tell you with certainty who the best company to work for is – at least in the way... Read more
Fake Rain Could Fix China’s Smog Problem
Internet January 23, 2014
Smog has become a huge problem in China. People are moving away from the cities in order to escape the airborne pollution, while hospitals have set up clinics dedicated to treating the effects of smog. Officials think they have found a solution in “cloud seeding” but Yu Shaocai, a... Read more
Paramount Goes All Digital
Internet January 22, 2014
Lights…camera…action! Smell the popcorn, watch the lights dim and get ready for the movie. We all love to go to see the latest blockbuster film and admire the cutting edge cinematic achievements that bring us so much pleasure. The days of film are finally ending though. Well, not really... Read more
Amazon to Ship Your Stuff Before You Buy it
Internet January 22, 2014
Have you ever noticed how freakingly good Amazon is at keeping track of the things you look at on their site? Not only can you go back and look at everything you’ve viewed in their store, they also regularly use all of that data to show you other similar... Read more
Woman Loses $500,000 On Online Christian Dating Site
Internet January 22, 2014
There’s an old saying about being ever careful who you decide to give (or lend) your hard-earned money to. This is doubly true if you are giving money to someone you met over an online dating site. One 66 year-old woman from California just recently learned this the hard... Read more
Christ The Redeemer Struck By Lightning
Internet January 21, 2014
I’ve seen quite a few lightning storms in my day, but I have never seen anything quite like this. It turns out that Rio de Janeiro has been getting hit pretty hard by lightning storms as of late. Recently, they had a lightning storm with some pretty shocking (I... Read more
Old school gaming giant, Nintendo, has drastically cut its profit forecast pointing the finger to weaker than expected sales of its new Wii U console. The Japanese company has said it now expects to make an operating loss of 35bn yen for the year end, this is against a previous... Read more