10 things in tech you need to know today
Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday. 1. Google’s parent company Alphabet brought in more revenue this quarter than Wall Street analysts expected. The company delivered...
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Here is what you need to know. Chinese policymakers are moving to shore up economic growth. A statement released by China’s State Council on Tuesday said policymakers are taking steps to support...
View ArticleUBS reports 9% profit jump — but warns of the ‘threat’ of Trump’s trade war
UBS sees profits jump 9% in the second quarter, well ahead of analyst expectations. The Swiss bank made a net profit of 1.3 billion Swiss francs ($1.31 billion) in the quarter. It did, however, warn...
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Bitcoin is back above $8,000 for the first time since May
Bitcoin has reclaimed the $8,000 level for the first time since late May. It has rallied 35% off its June low. Watch bitcoin trade in real time here. Bitcoin climbed back above the $8,000 mark in...
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A veteran Republican senator reminded Google that he’s not dead in a series...
Senator Orrin Hatch tweeted at Google that he wasn’t dead after search results suggested he had died last September. Hatch’s team tweeted a series of comical posts showing the 84-year-old senator is...
View ArticleFacebook security chief’s brutally honest leaked email reveals how distraught...
A leaked memo has cast more light on Facebook’s discomfort at being thrust into the frontline of nation-state cyberwarfare. Alex Stamos, Facebook’s outgoing chief security officer, said having to be...
View ArticleRussia indicates that Putin would rather see Trump in a group setting next time
President Donald Trump invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet in Washington just three days after their summit in Helsinki. But it looks like Putin doesn’t want to go. Instead, a Kremlin...
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Deze phishingmail jaagt mensen de stuipen op het lijf — afpersers dreigen met...
Er is een nieuwe e-mailzwendel in zwang die de meeste mensen de stuipen op het lijf jaagt. Slachtoffers krijgen een afpersmail met een bestaand wachtwoord, waardoor het lijkt alsof de daders...
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I ordered a ‘low calorie’ meal on a transatlantic British Airways flight for...
I ordered a “low calorie” meal on a recent transatlantic British Airways flight for free – and I’ll never eat the standard economy food again. There are a number of special meals you probably didn’t...
View ArticleTrump says to ‘be cool’ as Europe readies to hit the US with $20 billion in...
The European Union has prepared retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion of US goods in case talks with the Trump administration fail. “We hope that it doesn’t come to that and that we can a solution. If...
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The Georgia lawmaker who screamed the N-word on Sacha Baron Cohen’s show is...
Georgia state Rep. Jason Spencer yelled the N-word and exposed himself on comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s TV show “Who Is America?” Cohen was pretending to be an Israeli counterterrorism expert giving...
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This Conservative Brexiteer wants British people with “EU loyalty” to be...
Conservative MEP David Campbell Bannerman wants people with “extreme EU loyalties” to be prosecuted for treason. Campbell Bannerman has been an MEP since 2009, initially for UKIP, then defecting to...
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Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday. 1. Alex Stamos, Facebook’s head of security, called for a radical overhaul of how Facebook operates in a leaked memo from March...
View ArticleGM slashes its 2018 earnings forecast
General Motors reported mixed quarterly results and slashed its 2018 earnings outlook on Wednesday, sending shares down more than 5% shaead of the opening bell. The automaker earned an adjusted $1.81...
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Here is what you need to know. Europe is ready to unleash a $20 billion tariff retaliation. The European Union has prepared retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion of US goods in case this week’s talks...
View ArticleAmazon staat klaar om de beleggerswereld op zijn kop te zetten
Een van de ondernemingen die menig sector en bedrijf de kriebels kan bezorgen, is Amazon. Het internetconcern van Jeff Bezos wordt gevreesd om zijn disruptieve krachten. Volgens analisten van Bernstein...
View ArticleOil prices climb as Iran-backed Houthi rebels attack Saudi Arabian tankers
Oil prices climbed on Thursday after Saudi Arabia closed a strategic shipping lane. The world’s largest oil producer closed the Bab al-Mandeb Strait after two large oil tankers were attacked by...
View ArticleDeze Amerikaan wil dat we kunnen beleggen in studenten in ruil voor een deel...
Ben je student en je bang voor een torenhoge studieschuld? Dat is nergens voor nodig. Ik betaal de kosten van je studie. O ja, we spreken wel af dat ik tien procent van al je toekomstige inkomsten...
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Dit gebeurde er tijdens de dramatische conference call van Mark Zuckerberg,...
Facebook heeft een teleurstellend tweede kwartaal achter de rug. En topman Mark Zuckerberg maakte het er naderhand niet beter terwijl hij zijn bedrijfsresultaten toelichtte. Hij probeerde woensdagavond...
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Dit gaat NXP doen met de $2 miljard die ze van Qualcomm krijgen na het...
De grootste Nederlandse techdeal ooit gaat definitief niet door. De Amerikaanse chipmaker Qualcomm ziet af van de overname het Eindhovense NXP, waar zo’n 44 miljard dollar mee was gemoeid. NXP is de...
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