The first major Galaxy S8 problem…

The Galaxy S8 will finally reach buyers later this week, but some users have already received their units and discovered the first major issue of the phone, a problem that affects the most important feature of Samsung’s new flagship handset. According to a report from The Korea Herald, the Galaxy S8’s display has a reddish tint. The Infinity display of the Galaxy S8 is one of its best features, one that’s currently unavailable on other devices. Sure, the LG G6 also has an high-resolution edge-to-edge display, but Samsung went for a curved OLED display rather than a flat LCD screen. The Galaxy S8’s screen is currently graded as the best screen out there by some experts, and the iPhone 8…
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Netflix is all set to hit…

Nearly 10 years after Netflix began offering online streaming of movies and TV shows, the company says it’s all set to hit the 100-million subscribers mark. The California-based company says it expects to hit the milestone this weekend. “It’s a good start,” the company wrote (PDF) to shareholders at the earnings call for the first quarter of 2017.  Netflix added nearly five million subscribers worldwide in the first quarter of 2017, down from more than seven million subscribers it added the quarter before that. As of end of March, the on-demand streaming service had 98.75 million streaming members worldwide.  With nearly 100 million subscribers, Netflix assumes lead in the on-demand streaming space. The company says it remains “incredibly excited about…
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After United dragging incident, 3 major…

File photo. A passenger talks on the phone American Airlines jets sit parked at their gates at Washington’s  Reagan National Airport. American says it has changed its Conditions of Carriage. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Delta has raised the compensation available to passengers who have to give up their seats on overbooked flights to nearly $10,000. American promises that no passenger who has boarded a plane will be removed to give the seat to someone else. And, United said it will no longer allow crew members to displace passengers who are already seated on a plane. The changes at the three major U.S. airlines address traveler concerns following the infamous United incident last week in which a passenger was dragged off a…
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Vietnamese Prime Minister nixes major steel…

By Associated Press By Associated Press April 17 at 5:42 AM HANOI, Vietnam — Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered a halt to work on a major steel plant, citing environmental and other concerns. The Vietnam-based Hoa Sen Group last year announced plans to build a $10.6 billion complex with an annual capacity of 16 million tons of steel. But a government statement Monday called for further studies on the potential environmental impact of the project, and its economic feasibility. It cited risks of a disaster like the chemical spill last year during a test run at another steel complex, built by Taiwan’s Formosa Plastic Group, that devastated fisheries, tourism and the economies of four central provinces. Economic concerns…
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People suffering heart attacks near major…

People suffering heart attacks near major marathons face grimmer survival oddsScience DailyDate: April 12, 2017; Source: Harvard Medical School; Summary: People who suffer heart attacks and cardiac arrests in the vicinity of major marathons are more likely to die within a month. The bleaker survival odds are linked to delays in …and more »
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United makes major change to ensure…

On Friday, United Airlines announced that all crews traveling on board its aircraft should be booked 60 minutes ahead of the time of departure. This is a significant policy change aimed at preventing the set of circumstances leading up to the violent removal of Dr. David Dao from happening in the future. Even though passengers involuntarily denied boarding is quite common across the airline industry, the forceful removal of a fare-paying customer after he has boarded the aircraft is virtually unheard of. And this is the exact scenario the new policy seeks to prevent. RELATED: Reactions to the incident In a statement to Business Insider, United Airlines wrote: “We issued an updated policy to make sure crews traveling on our…
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Turkey’s major referendum, analyzed and explained

A turbulent year in Turkish politics reaches its tipping point on Sunday. After surviving a coup attempt in July and leading a devastating purge of his country’s civil society and state institutions, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan now hopes voters will approve his plan to transform Turkey from a parliamentary democracy to a republic led by an immensely powerful president – which his opponents fear will be a de facto dictatorship.Here’s a primer on the referendum that will decide Turkey’s political fate. Ok, so what’s going on?Turkish voters face two stark choices. They will either say yes to constitutional amendments that would give Erdogan sweeping new powers or no – an act of defiance that would nominally preserve Turkey’s battered democracy….
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Predicting 10 major Raw and SmackDown…

FOXSports.comPredicting 10 major Raw and SmackDown feuds after the superstar shakeupFOXSports.comEverything you thought you knew about Raw and SmackDown changed drastically last week, thanks to the first superstar shakeup of this brand extension. You know about all the moves. Kevin Owens is on the blue brand now. The Miz heads to Mondays.Shane McMahon ushers Charlotte Flair and Tamina onto the blue brand: SmackDown LIVE, April 11, 2017YouTubeall 184 news articles »
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Nintendo Just Broke Some Major US…

ForbesNintendo Just Broke Some Major US Sales Records For ‘Zelda’ And SwitchForbesThe Nintendo Switch is the fastest-selling video game console Nintendo has ever made according to the Japanese game maker. The new system sold 906,000 units in March in the US alone. Tack on another half million in Japan and an unknown number in …Why Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the biggest system seller in historyArs TechnicaMarch 2017 NPD: Nintendo Switch Outsells PS4 & Xbox OnePlayStation LifeStyleMarket analysts predict Nintendo will develop a Switch Mini for younger gamersDigital TrendsGameSpot -VentureBeat -Fortune -Polygonall 809 news articles »
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Major Leak Suggests NSA Was Deep…

WIREDMajor Leak Suggests NSA Was Deep in Middle East Banking SystemWIREDFor eight months, the hacker group known as Shadow Brokers has trickled out an intermittent drip of highly classified NSA data. Now, just when it seemed like that trove of secrets might be exhausted, the group has spilled a new batch. The latest dump …New Leak Suggests NSA Penetrated Mideast Banking NetworksU.S. News & World Reportall 16 news articles »
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