Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images The IMF forecast Russia’s economy to contract 6% this year — an improvement from its April forecast. Russia’s crude-oil and energy exports have been holding up better than expected, said IMF. Global economic outlook is gloomy, with growth likely to hit 3.2% this year, down from 6.1% in…
Google’s 3D “immersive view” isn’t completely ready, but you can get a glimpse of it starting today. The company is rolling out updates to Google Maps for Android and iOS that introduce aerial views of close to 100 famous landmarks, including Alcatraz in San Francisco, Big Ben in London and the Empire State Building in…
I still can’t get over hearing that Grand Theft Auto was nearly canned – the Grand Theft Auto, the original, the game that started it all. What would have happened if it never came out? And it very nearly didn’t, to hear Gary Penn talk about it, senior producer and then creative director on it….
Everything starts somewhere, and when the games industry began to form in the UK, back in the ’80s, Gary Penn – my guest on the One-to-one podcast today – was there. A young adult passionate about games, he was propelled to micro-stardom, as he puts it, when he won a competition to find Britain’s best…
IBM releases its annual “Cost of a Data Breach Report, which finds the cost of of intrusions is increasing and creating a cyber tax.Read MoreRead More
Google is relaunching Street View, the Google Maps feature that allows users to explore an area through 360-degree panoramic street-level images, in India roughly six years after the South Asian nation rejected the feature over national security concerns. The company, which has been attempting to launch Street View in the country for over 10 years,…
Rumors become reality as the upcoming DJI Avata FPV (first-person view) drone has appeared on the FCC’s (Federal Communications Commission) website. You can view the documents by going to the FCC ID website where you can see that Avata was given the grantee code of SS3 and you can read a few documents pertaining to…
A long queue of travellers seen awaiting their security checks at London’s Heathrow Airport on June 1. Carl Court/Getty Images Heathrow Airport’s CEO told Bloomberg the current travel chaos could last until the end of 2023. He said it may take 12 to 18 months to resolve the flood of delays and cancellations, per Bloomberg….
The OnePlus 10T will launch on August 3, and on the same day, OnePlus will also introduce the OnePlus Ace Pro in its home country China. OnePlus previously confirmed the Ace Pro will be powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, and now the company has revealed the smartphone will come with 16GB of…
Unclaimed luggage piles up at London Heathrow Airport on July 8, 2022. PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images. Some flights are arriving at the Dublin Airport with no baggage at all, said Sky Handling Partner. Some airlines are choosing “on a daily basis which flights they’re not going to load.” The Dublin Airport is dealing with…