A sickening foul act on Kiwis captain Dallin Watene-Zelezniak soured what was otherwise a fabulous second Test match at Anfield on Monday morning (AEDT). First things first, England were the better team and thoroughly deserved their 20-14 victory over the Kiwis, after trailing 14-6 with less than 30 minutes to play. But England prop George […]
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New study: ‘People are downright scared of robot cars’
Intel is placing huge bets on autonomous driving technology, not only though things like its recent $ 15.3-billion acquisition of Mobileye and projects with BMW, FCA and Delphi, but development of its own silicon. As we all know the tech presents some formidable challenges, and Intel recently released a study detailing how people feel about […]
Stock moves are ‘downright insane’ after earnings, and investors have to get it right
Earnings season is growing in significance for money managers amid bigger price fluctuations and deeper risk to the downside. Much of the blame is being assigned to the rise of exchange-traded funds. Investors aren’t yet effectively positioned to benefit from this new volatility regime. If you want to make money in the stock market, you’d […]
‘The Leftovers’ Season 3 Trailer: It’s Getting Downright Apocalyptic Out There
In its second season, HBO’s The Leftovers reinvented itself. While the first season, noteworthy for its unrelenting grimness and incredible sense of dread, made for gripping and divisive television, the second season did something remarkable: it became fun. And more importantly, it became fun without sacrificing that uncomfortable tone and those complicated characters and the overwhelming sense that […]