Новости за 13.07.2016

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The battle between Hyperloop One executives and former co-founder Brogan BamBrogan just got more interesting. 

On Tuesday, former chief technology officer Brogan BamBrogan and several other employees filed a lawsuit against Hyperloop One on claims that company executives misused funds, breached their fiduciary duty, violated California labor code, and assaulted at least one employee by placing a noose on his desk seat. 

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A retired general and former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency doesn't buy the Obama administration's argument that the US is winning the war against ISIS.

Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, among the final candidates reported to be on Donald Trump's list of potential running mates, noted that while the terrorist group has been losing territory in the Middle East, its battlefield extends far beyond the boundaries of its self-declared "caliphate."

"So we take a little... Читать дальше...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has a reputation for traffic and pollution, but a new local television show premiering Wednesday will highlight the "garden" part of the Garden State.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has a reputation for traffic and pollution, but a new local television show premiering Wednesday will highlight the "garden" part of the Garden State.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has a reputation for traffic and pollution, but a new local television show premiering Wednesday will highlight the "garden" part of the Garden State.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has a reputation for traffic and pollution, but a new local television show premiering Wednesday will highlight the "garden" part of the Garden State.

The PC market is continuing to slowly implode.

According to new data from research companies IDC and Gartner, sales of PCs globally continued to declined in the second quarter of 2016.

IDC records a 4.5% year-on-year drop for the quarter, while Gartner's drop is even steeper — 5.2%.

IDC's data is below. Apple suffers particularly badly — negative 8.3% growth over the last year, while Asus has enjoy a 5.4% bump.

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Gartner, meanwhile, thinks 64.3 million PCs were sold worldwide in Q2 2016... Читать дальше...

Because, really, who wants a Mediterranean paradise anyway?

The scenery is just awful.

What a surprise, more rolling hills in Italy. You're better off staying at home.

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And there are absolutely no beaches anywhere.

Good luck finding a nice place to relax.

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The towns have no charm whatsoever. Читать дальше...

Andrew Fifita lost his head and the referees almost lost control during a State of Origin encounter in which even the greatest referee-whisperer of all, Cameron Smith, got the rub of the blue.

New York Men's Fashion Week just got streamed.  John Elliott, the luxury men's clothing line, and Boiler Room, an exclusive online...

Since Rodrigo Duterte won election as president of the Philippines in May, over 110 people have been killed by police following the leader’s call to target drug dealers and drug addicts in an attempt to wipe out crime, officials confirmed late Tuesday.

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JERUSALEM, July 13 (UPI) -- The sadistic Standartenfuhrer Hans Landa in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Basterds" is the best character he ever created, he said.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NEA Big Read, a book group project launched a decade ago by the National Endowment for the Arts, is getting an update.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NEA Big Read, a book group project launched a decade ago by the National Endowment for the Arts, is getting an update.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NEA Big Read, a book group project launched a decade ago by the National Endowment for the Arts, is getting an update.

The NEA announced Wednesday that the Big Read, for which communities throughout the country have been assigned a single work to discuss, will focus on contemporary works of literature and offer a more diverse range of voices and styles. Starting in the fall of 2017, featured titles will range from Emily St. John Mandel's dystopian novel Station Eleven to Kevin Young's poetry collection Book of Hours to Claudia Rankine's hybrid of poetry and other art forms Citizen: According to the NEA, more than... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — The NEA Big Read, a book group project launched a decade ago by the National Endowment for the Arts, is getting an update.

Former NBA star Lamar Odom has rebounded from Monday's alarming airplane incident and made it to New York.

UK lenders worried about future profitability, BoE survey shows

CAIRO (AP) — Flying through the haze over the pyramids of Giza, an experimental solar-powered airplane arrived on Wednesday in Egypt as part of its globe-circling voyage.

CAIRO (AP) — Flying through the haze over the pyramids of Giza, an experimental solar-powered airplane arrived on Wednesday in Egypt as part of its globe-circling voyage.

CAIRO (AP) — Flying through the haze over the pyramids of Giza, an experimental solar-powered airplane arrived on Wednesday in Egypt as part of its globe-circling voyage.

A Rs 12,000-crore outlay for Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to impart skills to 1 crore people over the next four years (2016-20) got Cabinet approval Wednesday.