Trucks jam up highway in honor of Don Anderson
Apple to build second renewables-powered data centre in Denmark
Apple Inc said Monday it will spend 6 billion Danish crowns ($921 million) on a new data centre in Denmark, its second in the Nordic country to run entirely on renewable energy. Facebook Inc in January also announced plans to build a data centre in Denmark, only its third outside of the United States.
Qatar central bank says country has $340 billion in reserves, can weather Arab sanctions
Qatar has $340 billion in reserves that could help the Gulf country to weather the isolation by its powerful Arab neighbours, central bank governor Sheikh Abdullah Bin Saoud al-Thani said. Al-Thani said the central bank has $40 billion in reserves plus gold, while the Qatar Investment Authority sovereign wealth fund has $300 billion in reserves that it could liquidate. Qatari stocks have weakened and the riyal has been volatile in the spot market since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic and transport ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of backing terrorism.
Will the Qatar crisis be resolved?
Becca Wasser at RAND Corporation says rifts occurring among countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council have been solved in the past, but it's taken time.
Kangaroos, road chaos challenge driverless technology
As companies race to develop the next autonomous breakthrough, the obstacles that are uncovered can help measure progress.
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Day of reckoning for rail commuters arrives in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — The day of reckoning has come for rail commuters into New York City.
Facebook’s Oculus cuts price of virtual reality set, matching rival
Oculus, the virtual reality company owned by Facebook Inc, is temporarily cutting the price of its hardware, as the industry tries to figure out why the technology for immersive games and stories has not taken off among consumers. Oculus is cutting the combined price of its Rift headset and Touch controllers to $399 for six weeks beginning on Monday, said Jason Rubin, Oculus vice president for content. Vive, a virtual reality set developed by HTC Corp, is listed for sale at $799 on its website, and it has not recently cut the price.