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PS4 Has Officially Sold 100 Million Units, and It’s Done So Faster Than Any Other Console
By jove, they’ve done it — Sony has now sold through 100 million PlayStation 4 consoles. The data for the first financial quarter of 2019 has been released, and the Japanese giant managed to sell 3.2 million PS4s between April and June, tipping it over the edge of the milestone. We’re sure all the folks …
Bitcoin has record-breaking Q2, network health at all time high – here’s what happened
Bitcoin, BTC the cryptocurrency that started it all. It first entered the wild ten years ago after its pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto released the eponymous white paper and got the world thinking about decentralized digital cash. The initial objective was to create an online peer-to-peer digital cash system that lets users transfer value online while …
Deadly Prison Riot in Northern Brazil Result Of Gang Turf War : NPR
A police officer patrols the surroundings of the Altamira Regional Recovery Centre after at least 52 inmates were killed in a prison riot, in the Brazilian northern city of Altamira, Pará state, on Monday. Bruno Santos/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bruno Santos/AFP/Getty Images A police officer patrols the surroundings of the Altamira Regional Recovery …
MediaTek announces flagship gaming-focused Helio G90 mobile chips
Taiwanese chip manufacturer MediaTek has announced its latest flagship processors, the Helio G90 and G90T. The chips include an octa-core CPU clocked at up to 2.05GHz, which uses the same ARM Cortex-A76 and A55 cores as the latest flagship processors from Qualcomm and Huawei. MediaTek’s chip also includes a Mali G76 GPU with speeds of …
Badger on ‘Breaking Bad’ ‘Memba Him?!
Sacramento born Matt Jones is best known for playing the junky best friend, Badger — whose job’s included meth cooker, dealer and bank mascot — on the thrilling AMC drama, “Breaking Bad.” Matt Jones shared screen time with some of the most iconic characters on the program including Aaron Paul as the drugged up Jesse …
A Hacker Stole Capital One Data on 106 Million Customers, and the FBI Says She Tweeted About It
Photo: AP A hacker swiped credit card applications, Social Security numbers, and bank account information affecting more than 100 million people from Capital One’s server, the bank announced Monday. Authorities say they arrested a suspect, Seattle software engineer Paige Thompson, after she posted about the incident on social media, the New York Times reports. “I’ve …
Howard City man arraigned in ‘severe’ beating death of Coral man
By Elisabeth Waldon | on July 29, 2019 STANTON — Ryan Griffee’s ex-girlfriend requested a personal protection order (PPO) against him on July 18. Ryan Griffee “He has extreme anger issues,” the woman wrote in her Montcalm County Circuit Court request. “I am afraid if I do not get …
Northern B.C. murders: Suspects continue to elude national manhunt
Two teens wanted for three murders in northern B.C. continue to elude a national manhunt led by RCMP and the Canadian military in Manitoba after a possible yesterday (July 28). Cpl. Julie Courchaine had said Monday morning (July 29) that RCMP are not yet in a position to confirm whether the sighting was of McLeod …