Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results to make pics harder to steal Google is making a change to image search today that sounds small but will have a big impact: it’s removing the “view image” button that appeared when you clicked on a picture, which allowed you to […]
Male stars at Berlin film festival say #MeToo movement is making them think Male stars attending the Berlin film festival on Thursday told Reuters they were reassessing their own behavior in light of the #MeToo movement by women against sexual harassment and abuse. Actor Bob Balaban whose voice featured in […]
Berlin festival movie tells true story of Cold War rebels with a cause As Soviet tanks crushed an uprising in Hungary in 1956, a group of children in East Germany began their own protest, taking on a communist regime that would keep their country divided for three more decades. The […]
Bitcoin rises above $10,000, strategist sees new high by July Bitcoin rose above $10,000 on Thursday for the first time in more than two weeks, as investors bought back the digital currency after having fallen 70 percent from its all-time peak hit in mid-December. Bitcoin has been buffeted this year […]
Golf: Inconsistent Woods six behind first-round leaders at Riviera Tiger Woods “fought hard” in an inconsistent performance to trail first round leaders Tony Finau and Patrick Cantlay by six strokes at the Genesis Open on Thursday. Woods, in his second start of the PGA Tour season after a year-long absence […]
Bengals QB AJ McCarron wins grievance, becomes a free agent AJ McCarron tried to stay busy Thursday. He got a workout in, working on his dropbacks and getting in some throws. He went to lunch with his cousin. Anything to stay out of the house as he anxiously waited to […]
Alpine skiing: Swede Hansdotter wins gold, no medal for Shiffrin Sweden’s Frida Hansdotter won gold in the women’s slalom as defending champion and clear favorite Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States failed to even reach the podium. Shiffrin has utterly dominated women’s slalom, winning four of the last five World […]
Charles Barkley sounds off: Cavaliers, LeBron’s future and problems in the NBA Charles Barkley was late. The TNT analyst was scheduled to sit down with a small group of writers inside the Nokia Theatre on Thursday afternoon, to chat about all things NBA for a bit here at All-Star weekend […]
Pengilly’s quick expulsion due to admission of guilt: IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday denied double standards in the expulsion of the most vocal critic in the Russian doping affair from the Pyeongchang Olympics, saying British IOC member Adam Pengilly had admitted his guilt. Pengilly was ordered home […]
Google to acquire Xively IoT platform from LogMeIn for $50M Google announced today that it intends to buy Xively from LogMeIn for $50 million, giving Google Cloud an established IoT platform to add to their product portfolio. In a blog post announcing the acquisition, Google indicated it wants to use […]
