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Mobile calls out Verizon with its latest switcher promotion

The offer is only available in the US and customers will get the remaining amount owed on their iPhones in a digital prepaid MasterCard in approximately 15 days...

Google working to further expand mobile payments, add loyalty programs

The fresh batch of emojis is cleaner and more contextual than the blobs. The company said that the feature of sending money through Google Assistant is bein...

Graco recalls car seats; webbing may not hold child in crash

The model impacted is the Graco My Ride 65 convertible child restraint. The NHTSA says in their description of the issue, "In the event of a crash, the ch...

For $1, you can add more muscle to Dodge's newest muscle vehicle

About that performance. Your $84,996 (because you want the full 840bhp, naturally) gives you a auto capable of 0-30mph in one second, 0-60mph in 2.3secs, a quar...

Wife of cop who probed Sheena Bora murder found dead in Mumbai

According to initial investigation conducted by the police hints that the message was written by victim's 21-year-son Siddhanth, who is absconding after the inc...

Microsoft's Netflix-Like Xbox Gaming Service Launches June 1

The full catalogue of games available on launch day has yet to be revealed , but will include Halo 5: Guardians , Payday 2 , National Basketball Association ...

Insider Activity for Investors: Mallinckrodt Public Limited Company (MNK)

Therefore 83% are positive. The stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $76.55. The stock of Aetna Inc (NYSE:AET) earned "Neutral"...

Military presence stepped up as Britain faces raised threat

Georgina Bethany Callander was an 18-year-old health and social care student, a music fan who had met Ariana Grande as well as other performers with whom she ...

How Google Plans to Reach its 'Next Billion' Users With Android Go

The equivalent of Alexa's "skills", this feature lets users interact with third-party apps via the Assistant . What are you most excited about for Android...

Amped-up VW Golf GTI First Decade goes hybrid for Wörthersee 2017

Volkswagen has revealed a hybrid Golf GTI concept vehicle that will go on display at the Wörthersee VW show in Austria. The first auto is a 404bhp versio...

Google Jamboard now available for purchase (if you have $5000)

So, the whiteboard does not offer search option and beyond the 4K resolution and companion apps, it is pretty standard. Google is teaming up with BenQ to handle...

Quitting Twitter, says Sonu Nigam after Abhijeet Bhattacharya's account suspended

The singer had received flak on social media for posting a series of inflammatory tweets against journalist Swati Chaturvedi , who had registered a police co...

Science Says: Whale of a mystery solved? How they got so big

With that advance, the time was right to address the long-standing question. Baleen whales like the blue whale's ancestors benefited from the bounty by feas...

Samsung to showcase world's first 'stretchable' display

In those moments, they prove us wrong by showing off some great new technology. The company showed off a massive 9.1-inch display that could be bend on eith...

Rumour: Final Fantasy XVI under development

Refusing to rest on its laurels, Square Enix wants to go as far as remaking " Final Fantasy 8" rather than just simply remastering it. Are you convinced it...

Grand Theft Auto 5 Sells 80 Million Copies

Take-Two revealed that recurrent consumer spending accounted for 50 percent of digitally-delivered net revenue, and 26 percent of total revenue. Revenue from ...

Ex-CIA chief concerned over Trump campaign Kremlin contacts

He says that if someone tracks WikiLeaks' releases over time, it's clear that they are often timed to coincide with certain events or to undermine national sec...

UK embassy sets up condolence book in NZ for Manchester bombing victims

The move, declared Tuesday evening, means members of the British military will be deployed throughout the country to supplement its police forces. Police have...

How Google is going to make sending money way easier

As the years passed, new AI assistants would pop up. We tested Google Assistant on iPhone at Google IO 2017 , and walked away as impressed as we were with ...

Apple reveals it received a secret national security letter

The company said that between July 1 and December 31, 2016 it received between 5,750 and 5,999 orders pertaining to 4,750 and 4,999 accounts. During the late ...

AAP wins Maujpur, Congress Sarai Pipal Thala in MCD by-polls

Nearly a month after its massive victory in the MCD polls, the BJP failed to open its account in the bypolls for two wards where the Congress and AAP candid...

Ex-SKorean President Park arrives for start of bribery trial

They are friends of four decades but did not acknowledge each other. Choi sobbed as she answered the basic questions. After months of peaceful protests agains...

Destiny 2's PC version won't have dedicated servers

They will be exclusively releasing Destiny 2 through Blizzard's online service Battle.net , although players can purchase a physical copy in a retail store. ...

That story about unaccompanied children at a Manchester Holiday Inn isn't true

She was praised as an "angel" and "hero" on social media. Martina Carson, who shared Robinson's post online on Monday night , wrote: "People like Paula give ...

The Popcorn Stand: On this deal, woman over the moon

In a space-themed comedy of errors, Armstrong initially turned the zippered bag over to scientists at a Houston lab, but the US space agency forgot about it...

James Corden Delivers Emotional Tribute to Manchester After Deadly Bombing

Sources tell CBS News the attacker has been identified as 23-year-old Salman Abedi . Numerous victims were children and young teenagers. The first victim...

United Kingdom terror threat raised to highest level

Charlotte Campbell last heard from 15-year-old Olivia shortly before Ariana Grande came on stage at on Monday night. "It shocks me that so many innocent peop...

Police Cordon Off Street Outside Manchester Arena

They said they would not be releasing the name of the suspected suicide bomber while investigations continue. Per a statement posted to the Manchester Arena...

Celtics stun Cavs on Bradley's buzzer beater

James took just three shots in that fourth quarter and missed them all. It's the Eastern Conference finals . "It's not enough, for him, for what he does, for...

More Games Added to Xbox Backwards Compatibility Today

The Xbox YouTube channel has released a video detailing this upcoming month's Games with Gold titles , providing more than $94 in value and over 4,000 in Gamer...

Longest-serving James Bond star Roger Moore dies at 89

According to the man's mourning family members, Roger Moore died at the venerable age of 89 after "a short but fearless battle with cancer". "The love with wh...

Trump seeks to slash government spending in budget plan

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump sent Congress his recommended budget for the coming fiscal year. "President Trump's budget is not just the wrong appr...

Indian-origin techie links ransomware attack to N Korea

Though North Korea has never admitted any involvement in the Sony Pictures hack, security researchers and the U.S. government are confident in the theory and ...

A bag of moon dust is up for auction

The bag was used by astronaut Neil Armstrong to bring the first sample of lunar material ever collected back to earth. It turned out the bag was the one Arms...

Samsung Galaxy S8 iris scanner is easily fooled by a printout

German hacking collective the Chaos Computer Club (CCC ) posted a video online this week that shows a simple way to fool it using an artificial eye. Samsung'...

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