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It looks like the US government may finally be taking a proactive step with cybersecurity.

MLB has announced that it's revamping the format for this year's Home Run Derby.

When police caught the second escaped convict from the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York near the Canadian border on Sunday a rumor emerged about how he, David Sweat, had evaded police for 23 days using pepper.

It's official. The "Top Gear" that became a global media phenomenon is over. 

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Facebook is getting serious about making money in Africa.

The just opened its very first office on the continent: An ad sales bureau in Johannesburg, South Africa. 

Facebook also appointed a designated exec, Nunu Ntshingila-Njeke, chairwoman of the ad agency Ogilvy, to spearhead its Africa efforts.

Right now, more than 52% of Facebook's ad revenue comes from overseas.

About 80% of that international revenue comes from Asia-Pacific and Europe, meaning that about 20%... Читать дальше...

Spending $500 on a game console that first launched over 30 years ago is a little crazy, but one company is betting on exactly that. Analogue Interactive created a ridiculously high-quality re-creation of the original Nintendo Entertainment System – the original Nintendo – and is selling the unit in a variety of colors.

In a city of over 8 million people, photographer Brandon Stanton always comes across the most interesting ones. His massively popular blog Humans of New York began to take shape after Stanton lost his job in the bond trading market and moved to NYC in 2010, determined to create a catalog of the city's diverse and fascinating population. 

France will continue border controls on migrants at the Italian frontier after a French court ruled they don't violate an agreement that guarantees free movement among 26 European countries, France24 reports.

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Malibu, California might be losing one of its saltiest residents.

As reported by Variety, film and music industry mogul David Geffen is quietly selling his "Billionaire Beach" compound for $100 million.

The estate — which once belonged to Doris Day — comprises five parcels of land first bought in 1970 and 1999. Geffen combined them to make two gigantic homes, complete with a swimming pool, screening room, and privacy hedges aplenty.

Of course, there's no public listing for this infamous property. Читать дальше...

Nearly 700,000 people have signed a petition calling on Macy's to fire Donald Trump.

Microsoft is shutting down most of its display advertising business and handing over parts of it to AOL and AppNexus, the company said in a blog post this afternoon.

onefinestay — the London startup that lets people stay in expensive, serviced houses in cities around the world — just raised $40 million (£25.4 million) to expand to more cities across Europe.

Greece is causing a huge headache for bookmakers right now.

A looming referendum and capital controls in Greece are making it really difficult for bookies to calculate the odds of a Grexit because the situation is just so unpredictable.

William Hill, one of Britain's bookmakers, has stopped taking bets on whether Greece will leave the EU, saying the situation is too volatile. Ladbrokes, another of the so-called "Big Four" bookies in the UK, is also considering closing its book on Greece... Читать дальше...

Athens (AFP) - 08:35 GMT - Safe havens sought - "The euro experienced heavy selling... as traders sought the safety of the yen, Swiss franc and gold to protect against the negative fallout from events in Greece," says Craig Erlam, senior market analyst at Oanda trading group

Greece's economic and political chaos is hitting headlines around the world again — a trickle of news is becoming a flood ahead of Greece's bailout referendum on Sunday July 5. 

London (United Kingdom) (AFP) - European stocks dived in early trading Monday as investors fear Greece could be heading for a eurozone exit, with a number of indices shedding more than four percent.

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China's stocks crashed 3.3% to enter bear market territory. Monday's loss has the Shanghai Composite down 22% from its June 12 high. 

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian equities tumbled Monday on expectations of a Greek eurozone exit after Athens announced a referendum on creditors' proposals, while Chinese stocks gyrated wildly after losing some 20 percent in the past two weeks. 

European markets are getting a kicking Monday morning, after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' shock referendum announcement on Friday.

Taipei (AFP) - A 20-year-old partygoer died Monday after suffering 90 percent burns from a fireball that injured nearly 500 people at a Taiwan "colour party", with organisers facing charges after plumes of decorative powder ignited.

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in the second Test at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Monday to level the three-match series 1-1.

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