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Canadian security software supplier Blackberry Ltd (BB.TO), beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, lifted by a rebound in demand for its QNX operating software and cybersecurity products. U.S.-listed shares of the company were up 1.3% at $12.84 in extended trading. Revenue fell to $174 million in the first quarter ended May 31 […]
Alot of people remember Winamp, the PC MP3 player that almost everyone used in the 1990s or early 2000s for their downloaded music. With technology costantly changing the way we listen to our music, Winamp, the MP3 legend from back in the day also faded out as we picked up new ways to listen to […]
A lightning strike is thought to have sparked a large fire that erupted at a coffin maker and sent flames shooting several feet into the air. About 80 firefighters were battling the inferno which broke out at O’Doherty and Sons Coffin and Casket manufacturers in Strabane in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland, around 4pm on Sunday. […]
The 49ers completed only seven of a possible 10 organized team activity practices, calling an early end to their offseason program. Everyone thought at the time that it was because of season-ending injuries to Justin Skule and Tarvarius Moore. Instead, we find out today it was part of NFL Management Council discipline imposed on the […]
Healthy eating campaigns have largely failed in Britain for the last four decades because consumers have adapted confusing advice, and incorporated fast and convenience foods into self-defined ‘balanced’ lifestyles, a new study argues. Supermarkets and food manufacturers have been excessively blamed for Britain’s unhealthy eating habits since the 1980s, according to Cambridge historian Dr. Katrina-Louise […]
Bitcoin price continued to remain below $35,000-mark on Tuesday amid further crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry across the world. The world’s largest cryptocurrency saw a marginal increase of 0.74% on a day, to $34,673.09 at 0730 hours IST on June 29 on coinmarketcap.com Index. Over the weekend, Britain’s financial regulator said Binance, one of the […]
LG’s new range of Mini LED TVs, which it’s branding “QNED,” are releasing worldwide starting next month, the company has announced. The lineup consists of three sets, the 8K QNED99 and QNED95, and the 4K QNED90, but only the 8K QNED99 and 4K QNED90 are releasing in the US. The TVs range in size from […]
A dog saved the lives of his owners after he woke a sleeping couple while their house was on fire. Craig Jones and Marie Jordan were fast asleep in the early hours of Sunday morning when they were woken up by Shadow, their white German Shepherd. Assuming Shadow needed a visit to the loo, Craig […]
The Dolphins have extended the contracts of a couple of players from their 2018 draft class, but it doesn’t look like anything is imminent for tight end Mike Gesicki. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports that there is “nothing percolating” between Gesicki and the team on the contract front right now. There’s no word […]
Women who develop heart failure following certain breast cancer treatments are generally healthier and have a better prognosis than those with heart failure from other causes, a new study finds. Two widely used treatments for breast cancer are known to harm the heart. A class of chemotherapy drugs called anthracyclines interferes with cancer cells’ DNA […]