In 2016, the European Commission ruled that Apple had to pay $15 billion to Ireland, after determining that the low tax rate given to the U.S. technology giant by Irish tax authorities broke the state aid rules. Ireland had allowed Apple to pay a maximum tax rate of just one percent, significantly lower than its usual corporate tax rate of 12.5 percent. What is the disagreement about? . [Full Article...]
Tadlock told Fox 31 she was frustrated with the ordeal and pointed to the Delta logo on the wrapper, showing the fruit came from the airline. "It is very unfortunate some body needed to experience that and also be treated as a criminal over a parcel of fruit", she informed KDVR . [Full Article...]
This indicated to the scientists that they originally formed inside a planetary body ranging in size between Mercury and Mars , suggesting the ureilites were, in fact, the last remaining remnants of one of these lost planets. They gathered the tiny pieces and cataloged them into Almahata Sitta , a collection of rare meteorites that often carry nano-sized diamonds . But at first, the origins o... [Full Article...]
The TESS launch overview will begin at 11:00 followed by the prelaunch news conference at 13:30 EDT, a science news conference from 15:00 EDT and then live coverage from the countdown will run from 18:00 to 20:00. There should be no issues with SpaceX being able to broadcast video from space as TESS is considered a public rather than commercial mission. "TESS is going to significantly buil... [Full Article...]
When some of us thought the franchise was dead along with Dracula after Konami's Castlevania Pachinko machine from 2015 , it's risen from the dead once more just like the lord of vampires. The story is pretty simple: after the defeat of Count Dracula, it seemed like eternal peace had finally descended upon the world. Protagonist Genya Arikado soon receives a letter that declares "The Grimoire h... [Full Article...]
The Dreamcast didn't sell particularly well, so this re-release will put the original games in front of many who missed out at the time. Like we said, Shenmue 1 and 2 will be hitting modern platforms sometime later this year. The Shenmue I & II collection is billed as the "best Shenmue experience to date". The official announcement trailer is not enough to base on, either, since Sega n... [Full Article...]
Manchester United failed to keep the league competitive as a late header from Jay Rodriguez gave West Brom a hugely surprising three points and finally gave their fans something to cheer this season. I was unfortunate enough to play against that quality United side that dominated in the '90s, but this side would have beaten them - that's how good they are. [Full Article...]
It's getting a new limited-time mode as part of the Night on Endor update called Ewok Hunt . There must be some serious mind control devices over at EA, with the publisher reintroducing microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront II , because why the hell not. [Full Article...]
The apartment, they have six athletes in the apartment. "Irfan and Rakesh will not be allowed to partake in the Games. So we are appealing on this ground". The Indian team officials were not immediately available for comment. A sixth Cameroon athlete, Ulrich Rodrigue Yombo, was on Wednesday confirmed missing after he failed to appear at the weigh-in on Wednesday ahead of the quarter-final bo... [Full Article...]
The Trojans lost several key participants from last season's North State Class 5A runner-up squad. With all of the postponements, games are now stacked every second that they can be played. "When she is up at the plate", Hutton said, "we know what is going to happen". "Knowing that you have one thing in common, and that one thing is the center of our lives, it brings us together and builds a tig... [Full Article...]
As part of the second phase, 12 more cities, including 4 Indian cities, are being added, Uber said in a statement . "We are in this to promote shared transportation in general". Several recent studies suggest that Uber and its competitors create more congestion, rather than reducing it, in cities. Uber's announcement spree started earlier this week with the acquisition of Jump Bike... [Full Article...]
However, he does seem to be coming around on the issue, as earlier this year he commissioned a study on the issue. Nixon says 80 percent of the New Yorkers arrested for marijuana are black or Latino, despite the fact that whites and people of color use marijuana at roughly the same rates. [Full Article...]
Unlike Samsung's technology that uses a sensor embedded in the top bezel, Apple is looking at integrating proximity sensing into displays. Whether either of these features ever gets implemented into a single iPhone remains a mystery, so for now, all we can do is speculate. [Full Article...]
This new cadence allows us to iron out more complex bugs, while continuing to provide fun content every week . In Fortnite , you encounter Hidden Gnomes tucked inside brick walls when you build them at named locations on the map . If you still can't find a Vending Machine, we have a guide for that too. The 3.4 content update even would introduce a kick off new limited-time mode, a ... [Full Article...]
The Tesla bears, meanwhile, can point to yet another production milestone missed for the Model 3. In total, 4,060 Model S and X, and 2,040 Model 3 vehicles were in transit to customers by the end of the first quarter and the company says these vehicles will be delivered early in the second quarter. [Full Article...]
And by uniting a sculpted 2.5D display with damage-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass, the New Nokia 6's compact and refined body is built to last. The front-facing unit gets a downgrade with a 5 MP unit as opposed to the 13 MP PDAF unit on the older Nokia 8 . There's also support for fast charging that's claimed to fill up the battery from nothing to 50 per cent within 30 minutes. [Full Article...]
Spotify is a company that has been burdened with issues particularly in the latter half of its existence. Launched in 2008, the company claims to have almost 160 million monthly active users, across dozens of countries. And it feels like the right time to pause and acknowledge the thousands of Spotify employees around the globe who helped build out the Spotify ecosystem while staying true to who w... [Full Article...]
Winter weather advisories have been issued across the Philadelphia and NY metro areas, while heavy snow is falling along the I-95 corridor from Washington, D.C.to Boston. How much precipitation, rain or snow, has not yet been determined. State Superior Court opened at 10:30 a.m. Sussex County Community College will open at noon, according to online postings. [Full Article...]
Mr Krag said: "There have been 13,000 tonnes of space hardware coming down in the whole history of space flight and there has not been a single casualty reported". The yellow areas, meanwhile, indicates zones that have a higher probability, which extend a few degrees south of 42.7° N and north of 42.7° S latitude, respectively. [Full Article...]
Russian-backed Syrian troops and allied militia have waged an offensive since February 18 in which they have recaptured more than 90 per cent of Ghouta, a one-time rebel bastion on the edge of Damascus . Late last week, the Russian Defense Ministry said that civilians have continued to leave Eastern Ghouta via the humanitarian corridors, and that more than 108,000 people have already fled the are... [Full Article...]