GIGANTIC RATE HIKE IN TURKEY

The Central Bank of Turkey just announced massive rate hikes.

It raised the overnight lending rate to 12%, from 7.75%.

It raised the  benchmark repurchase rate to 10%, from 4.5%...

$9.84 credit card charge could be indicator of fraud

If you see a $9.84 charge on your credit card statement, you should give it a hard look.

The Better Business Bureau says scammers are charging stolen credit card numbers for a small amount of money, and many recent victims were charged $9.84. 

The scammers believe few cardholders will review purchases involving such small amounts -- and that credit card companies won't aggressively...

Solar-Powered Laptop with Dual-Sided Display Detailed in Apple Patent

Apple has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (viaAppleInsider) detailing an "electronic device display module" for a laptop that would include the ability to act as a secondary rear display featuring touch controls. 

The patent also details a...

Κινήσεις ματ αξίας €4 δισ. από Τράπεζα Κύπρου

Κινήσεις για ενίσχυση της ρευστότητας της Τράπεζας Κύπρου βρίσκονται σε εξέλιξη. Η πρώτη αφορά την πώληση της ουκρανικής θυγατρικής της PJSC Bank of Cyprus στο πλαίσιο του σχεδίου αναδιάρθρωσης και η δεύτερη την παραχώρηση κυβερνητικών εγγυήσεων ύψους €2,9 δισ. 

Χθες η κοινοβουλευτική Επιτροπή Οικονομικών, μετά από αίτημα του υπουργού Οικονομικών Χάρη...

Παραιτήθηκε ο Πρωθυπουργός της Ουκρανίας

Ο πρωθυπουργός της Ουκρανίας Μικόλα Αζάροφ υπέβαλε σήμερα την παραίτησή του, σύμφωνα με ανακοίνωση που αναρτήθηκε στην ιστοσελίδα της ουκρανικής κυβέρνησης, την ώρα της έναρξης της έκτακτης συνεδρίασης του ουκρανικού κοινοβουλίου για την αντιμετώπιση της πολιτικής κρίσης...

Facebook update allows you to hide certain stories and people from your news feed

A Facebook for iOS update that was released earlier today includes the ability to hide certain people from your main news feed...

Former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden accuses US of industrial espionage

The United States has been accused of engaging in industrial espionage as well as using mobile phone apps such as Angry Birds to scoop up personal data.

In the latest revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden, he says the National Intelligence Agency (NSA) spies on big companies that compete with US firms.

During a recorded, six-hour interview...

Apple reports $57.6B revenue for Q1 2014: 51M iPhones, 26m iPads, 4.8m Macs

Apple has just released its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2014, which runs from the beginning of October to the end of December. 

The company earned $13.1 billion in profit on a record $57.6 billion in revenue. Both the revenue numbers and the company's 37.9 percent gross margin were in line with the guidance Apple released at the end of last quarter...

Grammys Red Carpet 2014 Photos: See All The Wild Dresses From Music's Big Stars

If you want sophisticated gowns with understated silhouettes and classic colors, go to the Golden Globes or the Oscars. 

The Grammys are a wilder game, with unexpected fashion statements that always get us talking...

Google reportedly buying AI startup DeepMind for over $400 million

Google appears to be building on its already massive interest in AI and robotics. Re/codereports that the search company is in the process of acquiring DeepMind Technologies for $400 million as part of a concerted talent acquisition effort. We've reached out to Google for confirmation.

According to the startup's website (which is currently only a placeholder), DeepMind combines machine learning and neuroscience to create...

The GRAMMYs winners

The GRAMMYs winners list:..

Πώληση BOCY στην Ουκρανία για €225 εκ.

Πολύ κοντά στην πώληση της ουκρανικής θυγατρικής της PJSC βρίσκεται η Τράπεζα Κύπρου, μετά από πολύμηνες συζητήσεις με επίδοξους αγοραστές. 

Οι διαβουλεύσεις για την πώληση της PJSC είναι προχωρημένες και υπολογίζεται ότι είναι θέμα λίγων ημερών να ανακοινωθεί επίσημα η τελική συμφωνία, αφού γίνει ο απαραίτητος έλεγχος των στοιχείων ισολογισμού της τράπεζας...

Pitbull teams up with Jennifer Lopez for official 2014 World Cup song

Four years ago it was Shakira telling the world to "Waka Waka" ahead of South Africa 2010.

Now, with Brazil 2014 just months away, FIFA has announced U.S. artist Pitbull will team up with Jennifer Lopez for "We Are One (Ola Ola)," the official song of this year's World Cup...

Apple could take on PayPal, Square, and Isis with its own mobile payments business

Apple Inc. AAPL -1.82% is laying the groundwork for an expanded mobile-payments service, leveraging its growing base of iPhone and iPad users and the hundreds of millions of credit cards on file through its iTunes stores.

Eddy Cue, Apple's iTunes and App Store chief and a key lieutenant of Chief...

French President Francois Hollande Splits From His Partner

French President Francois Hollande confirmed his split from partner Valerie Trierweiler on Saturday, the BBC reports. 

Hollande, 59, was expected to announce the separation in a formal statement on Saturday, but instead, saying he was speaking in a personal capacity, told the AFP: "I am making it known that I have put an end to my shared life with Valerie Trierweiler."...

Steve Jobs' First Public Demonstration of the Macintosh, Hidden Since 1984 (video)

On January 24, 1984, Steve Jobs famously demonstrated the Macintosh for the first time at Apple's shareholders meeting at the Flint Center in Cupertino.

Less than a week later, Jobs again showed off the Mac. But this time, instead of showing it to Apple's investors, he showed it to his potential user base at the monthly general meeting of the Boston Computer Society.

This lesser known introduction actually comes off more polished than the January 24 version,..

Fearless man plays with grizzly bears like you play with your dog (video)

Oh, nothing to see here. Just a guy playing wrestle with a grizzly bear and letting it fake swallow his head. Wait, what? Mmhmm. Bear trainer Doug Seus plays around with an 8 foot tall behemoth of a beast the same way you would mess around with your dog. It's stunning to see...

What's eating the gigabytes in Samsung's 16 GB Galaxy S4?

FORTUNE -- No 16 GB smartphone on the market actually delivers 16 GB of usable storage, but some come closer than others.

Of the eight models evaluated by the British product-testing charity Which?, Apple (AAPL)'s iPhone 5C scored the highest with 12.6 GB (79%) of free memory...

Apple Mac turns 30 (video & timeline)

Thirty years ago, Apple introduced the Macintosh with the promise to put the creative power of technology in everyone’s hands. It launched a generation of innovators who continue to change the world...

IBM sells its x86 server business to Lenovo for $2.3 billion

Giving up a years-long fight for profits in a highly competitive part of the market for powerful networked machines, IBM has agreed to sell its x86 server business to Lenovo for $2.3 billion, the companies announced Thursday...

Juan Mata's £37million transfer to Manchester United accepted by Chelsea

Chelsea have accepted a £37million bid for Juan Mata and immediately released the Spanish international to join Manchester United to complete the most dramatic deal of the transfer window.

Mata will undergo a medical on Thursday at United before completing the move that will see him more than double his £70,000-a-week Chelsea salary at Old Trafford...

How to create and manage multiple user profiles in Chrome

One of Google's Chrome's flagship features is the ability to sign in with your Google account and sync your history, bookmarks, apps, and extensions across multiple PCs. Signing in also helps improve your Google Now suggestions, and automatically signs you in to Google services like Gmail, Drive, and Google+.

The downside: If you share a PC at home, other family members can...

Three-year, 27,000 drive study reveals the most reliable hard drive makers

If you’re looking to upgrade your PC’s hard drive in the next few months, you might want to take a look at an interesting blog post from online backup provider Backblaze.

 After shining a general light on how long hard drives actually last late last year, the company took to its blog on Tuesday to provide a detailed look at how consumer-grade hard drives...

Πρόεδρος: Άλμα στις σχέσεις με Βρετανία - Αυτούσια η συμφωνία για τις βάσεις

Ποιοτικό άλμα στις σχέσεις της Κύπρου με τη Μεγάλη Βρετανία χαρακτήρισε ο πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας τη συμφωνία για τις βάσεις, απορρίπτοντας τους ισχυρισμούς ότι δόθηκαν ανταλλάγματα ή ότι έπεται «γιβραλταροποίηση» των συγκεκριμένων εδαφών. 

Σε παρουσίαση της συμφωνίας, σταχυολόγησε τα οφέλη που προκύπτουν από τη συμφωνία, διευκρινίζοντας ότι με τις νέες ρυθμίσεις αλλάζουν κάποιες πρόνοιες της συμφωνίας του 1960 και του...

The 25 worst passwords of 2013: 'password' gets dethroned

“123456” is finally getting some time in the spotlight as the world's worst password, after spending years in the shadow of “password.”

Security firm Splashdata, which every year compiles a list of the most common stolen passwords, found that “123456” moved into the number one slot in 2013. Previously, “password”...

Verizon agrees to buy Intel's failed internet TV project

After publicly announcing and failing to follow through with a big plan to launch a set-top box, Intel is selling the project to Verizon. The telecoms company will purchase assets of Intel Media, a division set up to develop "over the top" TV services. Details of the transaction have not been disclosed, but previously a figure of $500 million was rumored...

Προς απελευθέρωση €900 εκατ. στην Τράπεζα Κύπρου

Σχεδόν ένα χρόνο μετά τα γεγονότα Μαρτίου 2013, ενδέχεται τέλος του μήνα να απελευθερωθούν από την Τράπεζα Κύπρου καταθέσεις 900 εκατ. ευρώ. Πρόκειται για κεφάλαια που είναι δεσμευμένα στην Τράπεζα Κύπρου υπό μορφή γραμματίων. 

Το θέμα ήταν μάλιστα ένα από τα σημαντικά που συζήτησε χθες με την ηγεσία της Τράπεζας ο υπουργός Οικονομικών και στη συνέχεια η...

Facebook Saves All The Stuff You Type, Even If You Never Post It

Most of us have, at one time or another, started writing something and then, probably wisely, changed our minds.

Unfortunately, the code that powers Facebook still knows what you typed—even if you decide not to publish it. It turns out that the things you explicitly choose not to share aren't entirely private...

WhatsApp’s global message volume may have just overtaken SMS

The number of daily SMS messages exchanged globally is tough to measure but by some estimates, it may have just been surpassed by the number of WhatsApp message exchanged each day...

In bid to improve artist relations, Spotify will help sell merchandise commission-free

One day before the launch of its newest competitor, Beats Music, Spotify has announced that it will now allow artists to list and sell merchandise through their profile pages. 

The new service — powered in partnership with music marketing startup Topspin — will let musicians sell items like t-shirts, posters, and custom vinyl without having to pay any fee or commission to either company....

10 απλά tips για πιο γρήγορη χρήση του iPhone

Αν ανήκετε στους χρήστες του iPhone που χρησιμοποιούν το τηλέφωνό τους διαρκώς, τα tips που ακολουθούν θα σας δείξουν πώς μπορείτε να επιταχύνετε τη χρήση του και να εντυπωσιάσετε τους φίλους σας με τις «κρυφές» γνώσεις σας. 

Οι νέοι χρήστες θα πάρουν μια γεύση από τα μυστικά που κρύβει το iPhone, ενώ οι πιο...

2014 Screen Actors Guild Awards Complete List of Winners

2014 Screen Actors Guild Awards Complete List of Winners:..

Amazon plans to ship your packages before you even buy them

Drawing on its massive store of customer data, Amazon plans on shipping you items it thinks you'll like before you click the purchase button. 

The company today gained a new patent for "anticipatory shipping," a system that allows Amazon to send items to shipping hubs in areas where it believes said item will sell well...

30,000 bitcoin forfeiture in Silk Road case is biggest ever, prosecutors say

Nearly 30,000 bitcoins were ordered forfeited by the Silk Road website in the largest such action ever involving the e-currency, federal prosecutors said Thurday in New York.

But that’s a drop in the bitcoin bucket in this case: The government says it has another 144,336 bitcoins seized from computers belonging to Ross Ulbricht, the alleged...

Google Unveils Smart Contact Lens That Lets Diabetics Measure Their Glucose Levels

This isn’t Google Glass in a contact lens, but it may just be Google’s first step in this direction. The company’s Google X lab just teased a smart contact lens on its blog that is meant to help diabetics measure their glucose levels...

California woman who got a ticket for driving with Google Glass is off the hook

A California woman who got pulled over last October while wearing an early version of Google Glass has been given a reprieve by a San Diego court commissioner.

 In a decision today, the citation...