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PC sales grow for the first time in five years

Lenovo has lost its four-year-hold on the world's top PC seller mantle, according to a new report. Analysts agree that business purchases prop up the market a...

Galaxy S8 pre-order demand '5.5 times higher' than the Galaxy S7

It has cleared that Bixby is still not fully ready to be launched with the Galaxy S8. And yet one key feature that Samsung itself has been boasting about wo...

Samsung forecasts 48% profit surge in Q1 2017

But with the company gearing up to release its first flagship phone since the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7, it seems as though Samsung could certainly benefit from...

Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Shares Bought by Ancora Advisors LLC

MSI Financial Services Inc increased its position in shares of Cisco Systems by 9.3% in the third quarter. The company reported its last quarter on 12/31/2016. ...

Is The U.S. Trade War With China Over Before It Began?

President Donald Trump says he tried to persuade China's leader last week to pressure North Korea to stop its nuclear programme in exchange for a good trade d...

Microsoft will be selling its own 'edition' of the Samsung Galaxy S8

Samsung's Galaxy S8 isn't even out yet but there's a "feature" that's not as secure as you might think. So overall, the Galaxy S8 line shows solid upgrades ...

Jupiter boasts 'Great Cold Spot' believed to be storm 24000 kilometres wide

Now, scientists say they have found another great spot on Jupiter at higher latitudes. The scientists used the CRIRES instrument on the Very Large Telescope i...

Scientists find "invisible hand" could be why shoelaces become undone

The experiment with weights on shoelaces, done to replicate similar forces to walking, found the weak knot untied 100 per cent of the time and the strong knot 5...

Wheels to Watch: Dodge unleashes Demon with 840 horsepower

The presentation confirmed a few new things about the Demon that have been kept a secret for months, including that you can option to remove the passenger seat ...

Acura TLX First Look

Apparently, Acura agrees. For the mid-cycle update of the TLX, the Japanese brand focused on refining three elements: styling, trims and tech. "We've really u...

Tillerson, Haley issue differing statements on future of Assad in Syria

But the agenda is now likely to be dominated by last week's suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Syrian town that killed at least 87 civilians,...

NASA Plans First Live 4K Video from Space at NAB 2017

During this event, Astronaut Whitson will speak with Sam Blackman, chief executive officer and cofounder of AWS Elemental , via an ultra-high-definition (UHD) ...

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe File Size Leaked

According to a recent listing by Amazon Germany , the digital download will take up a relatively small 6.75GB on Nintendo Switch. The Nintendo Switch only co...

Bayonetta Now Available on PC in Stunning 4K

It's the brainchild of Hideki Kamiya, the famed director behind Resident Evil 2 , Okami, Devil May Cry , Viewtiful Joe, The Wonderful 101 and the now-cancelle...

United passenger's removal sparks outrage in China

United Airlines sparked outrage for the treatment of a passenger who was physically dragged off a plane the airline had overbooked, and one of the security offi...

Russia-US may be worse than Cold War, said Putin's spokesman Peskov

Russian President Vladimir Putin has described allegations that his country meddled in the 2016 United States election as " fictional , illusory, provocations ...

USA says Syria's Assad must go after chemical attack

Syrian residents of Khan Sheikhun hold placards and pictures on April 7, 2017 during a protest condemning a suspected chemical weapons attack on their town ea...

NASA puts the Earth up for adoption

Adopters unhappy with their random assignments are also covered; they can explore NASA's world map and get the same data for any location. It is expected that...

NASA puts Earth up for adoption

NASA is putting the Earth up for adoption . Or users can explore and interact with a world map to print certificates from anywhere in the world-from a childho...

The Trump Administration Has No Idea What It's Doing on Syria

Still, Haley said the US didn't see a peaceful future for Syria with Assad in power. The Foreign Secretary shelved his own plans to meet with Russian counte...

Bull shark washed up onto Australia road by flood waters

Reports state that thousands of people are still without power in certain areas, including Bowen, Mackay and the Whitsundays. Authorities fear deaths overnigh...

Apple iPhone Chip Report Hits Dialog, Rattles Supply Chain

Tech stocks .SX8P were the biggest sectoral losers, down 0.8 percent after Dialog Semiconductor dropped 18.4 percent. Using custom chip designs gives Apple ...

Samsung Galaxy S8 phone series

Furthermore, Phandroid has noted that the unlocked versions of Samsung Galaxy S8 and Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus are essentially tagged at a cheaper price compar...

Life beyond Earth? New NASA findings may indicate that

Highlights for the space agency include discovering water on Mars, which massively increases the chance of finding life on the Red Planet. That's 2 PM ET (1...

Concourt grants UDM access over secret ballot on motion of no confidence

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has filed papers in the Constitutional Court, seeking to ensure a secret ballot during Parliament's vote of no confidence. UDM legal...

King Harald of Norway is invited to a state visit to China

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg began a trade trip to China on Friday, signaling a restoration of diplomatic ties between the two countries, six years aft...

Asian doctor dragged off overbooked flight by United Airlines

A video shot by another passenger shows the man being pulled across a seat and armrest and physically dragged from the plane. The man - who reportedly said...

Rescuers find body of Northwestern University rower who fell overboard

Ramzan was a first-year student, Northwestern University officials said. "It is with great sadness that we report the loss of one of our teammates, Mohammed R...

Man helping at crash scene hit, killed by highway patrol car

A bus driver was struck and killed by a California Highway Patrol vehicle while assisting at the scene of a traffic accident near Truckee Saturday night. The bu...

Twitter users mock United over overbooked flight incident

The airline had overbooked a flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, and wanted to put four of its employees on the flight. The man was forced out of hi...

Samsung reveals Galaxy S8

As far as specifications go, the Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition is the same as the regular version being sold by Samsung . Iris recognition - The iris recogni...

Japanese prime minister applauds Trump's missile attack

A USA decision to move a Navy strike group toward the Korean peninsula is a "prudent" reaction to a pattern of provocative behavior from North Korea, White Hous...

Samsung Galaxy S8 facial recognition security is easily fooled

According to a CNET report , the new phones will carry a price tag of $750 (for Galaxy S8 ) and $850 (for Galaxy S8 Plus). Are you looking forward t...

Last week's marches were racist, says embattled president

Gordhan, a person of Indian origin, has become a symbol of the fight against corruption for refusing to approve several projects that would allegedly benefit bu...

Sassa CEO files papers to dispute Dlamini's version

The papers claim that the minister's affidavit to the Constitutional Court saying that she was not kept in the know concerning the looming grant crisis was simp...