Hard rock fans, get ready to empty your wallets. On June 29, Guns N’ Roses will commemorate the 30th anniversary edition of the group’s landmark album, “Appetite for Destruction” – and it will cost a whopping $999. In 1988, the original album topped the Billboard charts, buoyed by hit singles like “Sweet Child O’ Mine” […]
Read moreA start-up called Volans-i is building drones that can deliver heavy parts over long distances, even to a ship that’s sailing at sea. This kind of technology could have saved the Titanic, CEO and co-founder Hannan Parvizian quipped. The company shared footage of a recent test flight over Lake Pleasant in Arizona with CNBC where […]
Read moreSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in held a surprise meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday to ensure a summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump goes off successfully, South Korean officials said. It was the clearest sign yet that the on-again off-again summit between Trump and Kim is likely to be […]
Read moreIreland is set to liberalize some of the world’s most restrictive abortion laws after exit polls suggested a landslide vote for change in what was until recently one of Europe’s most socially conservative countries. As the vote count began on Saturday morning, the official LoveBoth campaign against liberalization conceded that the polls painted “a bleak […]
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Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson says he's 'neck and neck' with Bezos in the space race
Richard Branson, the 67-year-old British entrepreneur, says he’s in a closely-fought race with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to get the first fare-paying passengers into space. Speaking to the BBC’s “You and Yours” radio show, he said that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is doing “fantastically well” with rocket development and space transport for cargo. But, he […]
Read moreSouth Korea on Saturday expressed cautious relief about the revived talks for a summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un following a whirlwind 24 hours that saw Trump canceling the highly-anticipated meeting before saying it’s potentially back on. The statement by Seoul’s presidential office came hours after Trump welcomed North […]
Read moreHere’s a round-up of the most important deals in venture capital from the past two weeks. PayPal announced plans to acquire iZettle for $2.2 billion last Friday. The Swedish company makes mobile credit card readers and other payment technology for small businesses. The merger should catapult PayPal into hundreds of thousands of brick-and-mortar storefronts globally […]
Read moreBest Buy is expanding its tech support options with an eye toward keeping its older customers healthy. On the retailer’s earnings call this week, company executives said that they see opportunities to make money in the health space. “We already assort a variety of health-related products and technology products designed for seniors like specially designed […]
Read moreMobile Virtual Player’s (MVP) $8,000 football robots cost a whole lot less than hiring a professional athlete, but MVP President and CEO Joe McLaughlin doesn’t see these robots replacing players anytime soon. “When you run kickoffs, running 11 players down over and over again, it wears guys out,” McLaughlin said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.” The […]
Read moreAmerica’s Office of Management and Budget was aiming to to save $2.7 billion in technology costs by the end of the year — but amid a sizeable shortfall, agencies are looking at adopting more cloud contracts instead. Bean-counters have been trying to get the government to cut down for years on investing in new servers […]
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