Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) filed a protest on Monday with the U.S. Department of Defense over its plans to award a cloud computing contract that could be worth up to $10 billion to a single company instead of allowing for multiple winners. A sign marks a building housing Oracle offices in Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S., June 21, […]

(CNN) – The last man authorities were seeking in the killing of rapper XXXTentacion surrendered at his lawyer’s office, Broward County authorities said Tuesday evening. Trayvon Newsome was booked in the Broward County Jail on charges of first-degree murder and robbery with a deadly weapon. CNN could not immediately learn the name of his attorney. […]

A blockchain startup that sets out to offer cross-blockchain payments has announced it is planning to bring its existing stablecoin – a cryptocurrency tied to a stable asset – to the EOS network. Called Havven, the Australia-based project said in a release on Wednesday that it is expecting to issue its nUSD stablecoin on EOS by the […]

Prime minister supports Tory chairman in seeking apology for comments about Muslims Theresa May has rebuked Boris Johnson over his claim that Muslim women in burqas resemble letter boxes and bank robbers, urging the former foreign secretary to apologise after he defied an order to do so by Tory chiefs. The prime minister said she agreed […]

From Justin Bieber to Post Malone and Kat von D, an increasing number of stars are getting their faces inked, squashing stereotypes At Chicago Tattoo & Piercing Co., which has been in business in that city since 1973, the employees have a name for tattoos on the hands, neck and face. “We call them job […]

‘The Valkyrie’ will play under the artistic direction of German composer Richard Wagner’s great granddaughter For the first time ever, the Bayreuth Festival steps out of its specially designed home, the Festspielhaus, and brings one of its creator’s, German composer Richard Wagner’s, operas to the UAE’s capital. Part of Abu Dhabi Classics, organised by the […]

Tesla boss Elon Musk has suggested via Twitter that he is “considering” taking the electric car firm private. In his tweet, Mr Musk said he could buy outstanding shares in the firm for $420 each, around a fifth higher than the share’s current price. “Funding secured”, the tweet added, offering no further details on where […]

California’s biggest wildfire on record is expected to burn for the rest of the month, fire officials said on Tuesday. The Mendocino Complex Fire has already engulfed 290,692 acres (117,639 hectares) – almost the size of Los Angeles. Barely a third of it is under control, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire […]

Professional services firm Accenture has filed a patent which seeks to enhance the speed and security of transactions on blockchains using patented hardware. Besides accelerating the software processes the technology described in the patent titled ‘Hardware Blockchain Acceleration’ will also improve the security of the applications supporting the transaction chains. Per Accenture, the need for the technology is driven […]

WASHINGTON  – The Trump administration expects economic sanctions that it is re-imposing on Iran this week to further cripple the Iranian economy and will aggressively enforce the measures, senior U.S. administration officials said on Monday. The so-called snapback sanctions, due to come into force early on Tuesday, would target Iranian purchases of U.S. dollars, metals […]