HTC, amidst a major revenue decline, brags about its VR revenue

Enlarge (credit: HTC) Taiwanese electronics manufacturer HTC used its position as a VR headset maker to shoot back at the industry’s critics on Thursday. The resulting story HTC tells is an interesting one, both because it makes new claims about VR revenue figures and because any brags from beleaguered HTC about revenue drip with irony […]

Trade war to accelerate decline of US empire as China & India dominance grows – Dr. Doom Marc Faber

US influence on the global economy has been gradually falling, and emerging economies like China and India can overtake the US as global leaders, according to Marc Faber, editor and publisher of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report. Read more “The US as an empire against the rest of the world peaked in 1950s or […]

Decline of the debutante

ALAMY A debutants ball held at the Dorchester hotel in London in 1958 At St James’s Palace aristocratic daughters were presented to her when they were 17, the age considered ripe for marriage. Before the First World War, its main purpose was to act as a social adjunct to political life. But after that, it […]

Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 1.4% in Q1 2018, 14th straight quarter of decline

The PC market has now been in decline for 14 quarters in a row, according to research firm Gartner. The streak, if you will, dates back to the second quarter of 2012. For Q1 2018, Gartner found PC shipments were down globally year-over-year, while IDC reported they were flat. So far, 2018 doesn’t look like […]

Parkinson’s disease and cognitive decline could be postponed with this vitamin supplement

Patients recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease that have low levels of vitamin B12 develop symptoms faster than those with higher levels, which suggests supplementation could postpone the progression of symptoms. This is according to a new study published in the journal Movement Disorders. Parkinson’s disease is a condition where parts of the brain become progressively […]

Arsenal dressing room in serious unrest… and blame one thing for decline

Arsenal rewarded Mesut Ozil with a new £350,000-a-week contract in January, while Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang are the next highest earners on £200,000 and £180,000 respectively. The Gunners are also trying to strike a new deal for Jack Wilshere, however they have told him to accept a pay cut. Negotiations for a new deal […]