'Russia threat' used as excuse to funnel trillions into military industry – Russian envoy to US

Washington uses the alleged Russian threat as a pretext for its nuclear build-up, while the real purpose behind the new hawkish nuclear strategy is to pump money into the military complex, the Russian ambassador to the US told RT. “The problem is that the Americans are again using Russia as a bogeyman to justify the […]

Google and Facebook’s share of the online ad market could eventually be worth trillions of dollars (GOOG, AMZN, FB)

Justin Sullivan / Getty Staff Online advertising will be a bigger market than anyone is predicting, according to Credit Suisse. Google, Facebook, and Amazon could be going after a market as large as $ 3 trillion. Watch Google’s stock price move in real time here. Grab your calculators, because the online advertising market could be […]

Hilarious, spectacular EVE betrayal destroys player group, costs trillions

Enlarge / A Keepstar Citadel, one of the largest constructs in the game. CO2’s Keepstar was part of the heist. (credit: CCP) Space-based MMO EVE Online has a reputation for being somewhat difficult and tedious to actually play—while at the same time being one of the best games to watch others play (this video, for […]