Archive du mois : janvier 2018

A baby has been killed and at least 15 people injured after a car ploughed through a busy promenade on Copacabana beach. The horrifying incident happened at 8.45pm local time (10.45pm GMT) on Rio de Janeiro’s Rua Figueredo de Magalhães boardwalk near the iconic beauty spot. Initial reports claim an eight-month-old baby has been killed…

FOSDEM 2018 / Interviews / Michael Meeks – Re-structuring a giant, ancient code-base for new platforms. Making LibreOffice work well everywhere. Michael Meeks will give a talk about Re-structuring a giant, ancient code-base for new platforms. Making LibreOffice work well everywhere. at FOSDEM 2018. Q: Could you briefly introduce yourself? With pleasure. I’m Michael Meeks:…

A baby has been killed and dozens of people injured after a car slammed into pedestrians next to the world famous Copacabana Beach in Brazil. The terrifying incident happened at 8pm local time on Thursday as the promenade was packed with tourists. Early reports from Rio De Janeiro suggested at least 15 people were injured,…

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IBM saw its stock go down more than 4.5 percent after it reported better-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter and full year of 2017. The company will hold a conference call with analysts at 5 p.m. Eastern time. EPS: Excluding certain items, $5.18 in earnings per share vs. $5.17 in earnings per share as expected…

In September, the online shopping giant announced it was looking for a second home outside Seattle and invited municipalities across North America to submit bids. Hundreds of cities answered the call, with many of them completely debasing themselves in the process. Many cities and states vying for the headquarters have promised lavish tax benefits and…

Daniel CooperSenior Editor As far as genius business decisions go, getting otherwise-sensible adults to spend $80 on a sheet of cardboard (not to mention $10 for a tiny sheet of stickers!) is something else. But I can’t begrudge Nintendo, the home of wacky ideas that somehow work, for giving this one a punt, because if…