The Opening Ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympic Games Finds Poetry Amid the Politics The Olympic opening ceremony broadcast by NBC on Friday had dozens of agendas, and like an awards ceremony that takes three hours to hand out many awards — some of them a little bit boring — the […]
Vikings hire Eagles QB coach John DeFilippo to run offense John DeFilippo stood on top of a double-decker bus with the rest of the Eagles, as they cruised through raucous downtown Philadelphia on Thursday to celebrate the franchise’s first championship in 57 years. Hours later, the Minnesota Vikings handed him […]
Tony Romo makes golf his latest challenge Tony Romo is ramping up his work again – with a golf club in his hand, not a football or mic. The former Dallas Cowboys star received terrific reviews in his first season as the lead NFL analyst for CBS Sports but now […]
Facebook launches $10 million community leader awards Facebook (FB.O) launched a community leadership program on Friday that will award $10 million in total to more than 100 people who have successfully built groups on the social network as part of its push to create “meaningful” interactions. The initiative, announced at […]
English Premier League rights bonanza kicks off with focus on Amazon England’s multi-billion pound Premier League rights auction kicked off on Friday with soccer fans waiting to see if a digital giant such as Amazon would enter the fray against pay-TV players Sky and BT. Officials running one of the […]
U.S. transportation agency calls March 1 ‘summit’ on autonomous cars Auto manufacturers, technology companies, road safety advocates and policy makers will attend a March 1 conference over potential government actions that could speed the rollout of autonomous cars, the U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday. Last month, Transportation Secretary Elaine […]
Mobile data plans outnumber residents in developed nations: OECD Mobile broadband subscriptions outnumbered people in developed nations for the first time last year as access costs fell amid increased regulation and competition, an OECD report published on Friday said. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found there were […]
Facebook runs into lawsuit over Cambodian politics Former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy has filed a legal case in the United States to get Facebook to release information on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s use of the social media platform, his legal team said. Lawyers for Sam Rainsy, who fled Cambodia […]
Amazon hires NBC executive Salke to run video studio Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Friday said it has hired Jennifer Salke, president of NBC Entertainment, to run its television and movie studio, ending months of limbo as its entertainment division switches from a lineup heavy on art-house fare to broader-appealing hits. […]
Waymo accepts $245 million and Uber’s ‘regret’ to settle self-driving car dispute Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] will pay $245 million worth of its own shares to Alphabet Inc’s Waymo self-driving vehicle unit to settle a legal dispute over trade secrets, allowing Uber’s chief executive to move past one of the […]
