Vancouver 2010 doping re-test catches undisclosed athlete

Re-testing of more than a thousand samples from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics uncovered only one athlete to have taken banned substances, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday. The IOC said it had conducted re-tests of 1,195 urine samples, including those of all medallists from the winter Games seven years ago as well as […]

‘Beyond Skyline’ Trailer: The Sequel to That Awful 2010 Movie Looks Surprisingly Not Awful

Do you remember Skyline, the 2010 science fiction movie about people trapped in an apartment during an alien invasion? Of course you don’t. It was awful. Terrible. Probably one of the worst movies given a wide release in theaters that year. But it was also cheap, produced for a modest $ 10 million budget, allowing […]

VW's French unit reported false delivery figures since 2010

Volkswagen’s French division reported inaccurate delivery figures to German headquarters for years to make its performance look better, Der Spiegel said on Friday, citing a report by the carmaker’s internal auditors. The auditors found a number of cars were registered by their owners “several months or even years” after the deliveries were recorded by the […]

Minecraft to receive its first top-engine visual overhaul since 2010 debut

(credit: Kyle Orland) LOS ANGELES—As expected, Xbox’s official E3 press conference included a major Minecraft segment, but the company’s biggest cash cow had two surprises up its sleeve: a massive visual overhaul, and a pledge to unify all versions of the game across all of its platforms. Unlike installable texture packs in Minecraft’s past, the Super-Duper […]

If you’d bought $1,000 of Bitcoin in 2010, you’d be worth $35M

Enlarge (credit: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The price of Bitcoin, the most popular the digital crytpo-currency, has skyrocketed this year. According to Coindesk, bitcoins are currently trading for $ 2,483 per coin. The price is an all-time record, and the remarkable valuation blows earlier price spikes out of the water. Bitcoins have more than doubled since the […]

Ex-coal CEO fresh from prison urges Trump to probe the 2010 mine blast that killed 29 people

Daniel Berehulak /Getty Images WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former coal executive who last week finished a yearlong prison sentence for conspiring to violate safety standards at a mine where a deadly blast occurred, has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to “get to the truth” about the incident. Donald Blankenship, who was chief executive officer of […]