Video game Olympics announced for Rio

Image copyrightIEGC A new eGames international gaming tournament will make its debut in Rio during this summer's Olympic Games. The event, launched as part of this week's London Games Festival, offers medals and national pride rather than cash prizes for the winners. The competition, backed by the UK government, will be run by the new International eGames Committee (IEGC). Britain, Canada, Brazil and the USA are the only confirmed...

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Uber pays $10m in driver vetting row

Image copyrightAP Ride-sharing company Uber has agreed to pay $10m (£7m) to settle a dispute over its background checks for drivers. Uber was sued in 2014 after it claimed its vetting process was better than systems traditional minicab firms used. But district attorneys in San Francisco and Los Angeles said Uber's very public statement it was "the gold standard" for safety was misleading. Uber said it had dealt with many of the concerns...

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US pushes Apple for access to iPhones in criminal cases

The US Department of Justice has said it will pursue its request for Apple to help unlock an iPhone that is part of a drugs case in New York. A letter filed to a local court said the government "continues to require Apple's assistance". In Boston, unsealed court papers show a judge ordered Apple to assist authorities in another criminal case. The judge ruled it was "reasonable" to ask Apple to extract data from the device. US Magistrate...

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THE CHANGE VIRTUAL REALITY CAN BRING WHILE WATCHING A MOVIE

You're standing on the edge of a cliff, hundreds of feet above a snaking river. Your palms are sweaty. Your heart is beating fast. Someone tells you to jump, but everything in your body screams, "Don't do it!" Your brain is having a hard time overriding what your eyes are seeing in the goggles you wear on your face. "Jump!" you're told again. It's actually a harmless request, since this is virtual reality. Instead of a cliff's edge...

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TESLA MOTORS LAUNCHES AN AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC CAR

Telsa announced that the cheapest among electric vehicle to date.The price and five seater arrangement can provoke interest in buyers and may be other companies may also have interest in producing "ELECTRIC CARS". Company CEO Elon Musk said they will produce upto 500,000 cars a year when the production is at full speed.Within the day of launch there were 180,000 vehicles preorderd which shows people have interest in Electric cars and...

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Inventor of Email 'Ray Tomlinson' dies at 74

Internet pioneer Ray Tomlinson, who is credited with the invention of email, has died at the age of 74. The US computer programmer came up with the idea of electronic messages that could be sent from one network to another in 1971. His invention included the ground-breaking use of the @ symbol in email addresses, which is now standard. Tomlinson died of an apparent heart attack on Saturday, according to News. He sent what is...

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