Συμφωνία Ελλάδας με τρόικα

Η τρόικα επιβεβαίωσε χθες βράδυ ότι ενέκρινε την τελευταία αξιολόγηση της εφαρμογής του προγράμματος στήριξης της ελληνικής οικονομίας, αίροντας το αδιέξοδο στις διαπραγματεύσεις των τελευταίων έξι μηνών, εξέλιξη που αναμένεται να οδηγήσει στην εκταμίευση μιας νέας δόσης.

Η εκταμίευση της νέας δόσης του δανείου της Ελλάδας αναμένεται ότι θα γίνει «τις επόμενες εβδομάδες», αφού την εγκρίνουν και τυπικά το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο του ΔΝΤ και το...

You Can Take Selfies of Your Aorta With This Mini Camera

Scientific studies of selfies have yielded interesting insights on personalities, gender differences, and national moods, but scientist F. Levent Degertekin has invented a new camera that can provide high-def, 3-D images of your innards.

This “camera” uses ultrasound...

Malaysia Airlines: Αυτές είναι οι πρώτες εικόνες από τα αντικείμενα στο Νότιο Ινδικό Ωκεανό (pics)

Εικασίες ότι πρόκειται για την ουρά του αεροσκάφους - Το μεγαλύτερο από τα δύο αντικείμενα είναι 24 μέτρα - Βρέθηκαν νοτιοδυτικά του Περθ

Νέες ελπίδες, ίσως τις πιο σοβαρές αυτή τη φορά, γεννά η ανακοίνωση του αυστραλού πρωθυπουργού τα ξημερώματα ώρα Ελλάδας ότι εντοπίστηκαν δύο ευμεγέθη αντικείμενα στο...

Flappy Bird to officially make its triumphant return to the App Store

Has it only been a month since Flappy Bird mania gripped the world? 

Sadly, it has and Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen seems to have realized that he walked away from a huge pile of money when he...

UK's new 12-sided £1 said to be the world's most secure coin

The UK is planning to introduce a new 12-sided £1 coin that it says will be the hardest in the world to fake. Pending approval, the dodecagon coin will replace the current circular design, and will feature a number of security measures to prevent counterfeiting. 

The Royal Mint, a government-owned company...

Zombie moss: Plant revives after 1,500 frozen years

It sounds like the next purposefully bad SyFy channel production: "Zombie moss! It came from beneath the Antarctic!" Researchers pulled up a sample of moss that had been sitting frozen for the last 1,500 years. 

Remarkably, it came back to life and started to grow again. This isn't quite the same as an unfrozen caveman lawyer, but it's pretty cool...

Συνεχή υποχώρηση καταγράφουν οι αποδόσεις των κυπριακών ομολόγων

Συνεχή υποχώρηση καταγράφουν οι αποδόσεις των κυπριακών ομολόγων εν μέσω της βελτίωσης του κλίματος στην ευρωζώνη και τη θετική πορεία του κυπριακού προγράμματος. 

Σύμφωνα με τα τελευταία διαθέσιμα στοιχεία, η απόδοση του δεκαετούς κυπριακού ομολόγου με λήξη το 2020, υποχώρησε την...

Dropbox will let you switch between work and personal accounts next month

Dropbox will let you manage separate work and personal accounts on all of your devices next month, The Verge has learned. In advance of an April 9th press event, the company has notified users of its Dropbox for Business product that they will soon be able to access...

Motorola Introduces The Moto 360, Its First Smartwatch Based On Google’s Android Wear (pics & video)

Motorola is an early partner for Google’s new Android Wear smartwatch SDK, and that’s not surprising given that the company was Google owned until Lenovo began the procedure of buying it in January...

Google reveals Android Wear, an operating system for smartwatches (video)

Google is officially getting into wearables. The company has announced Android Wear, a version of the operating system designed specifically for wearable devices. 

To start with, the system is designed for smart watches, and Google has released a video that shows off a concept of what the watch interface will look like...

Καμπανάκι για bitcoin

Το υπουργείο Οικονομικών, το υπουργείο Ενέργειας, Εμπορίου, Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού και η Κεντρική Τράπεζα της Κύπρου, επισημαίνουν στο κοινό τους κινδύνους που ελλοχεύουν από την αγορά, κατοχή ή εμπορία εικονικών νομισμάτων (όπως είναι το bitcoin), τα οποία δεν αποτελούν να κυκλοφορούν χρήμα ή χρηματοοικονομικό μέσο...

Apple's Healthbook App for iOS Shown in Renderings with New Details

Apple's rumored "Healthbook" app for iOS 8 may be the company's first big push into the current health and fitness craze that is being fueled by wearable technology, and a new report from 9to5Mac offers a look at what users can expect from the app as well as a few renderings of the app said to be recreated from actual screenshots. 


The renderings show a Passbook-inspired user interface with cards for different heath and fitness data points, with the app able to keep track of vitals mentioned in previous...

HDMI vs. optical: Which digital-audio connection to use?

When it comes time to connect your shiny new sound bar or AV receiver, your two main choices are HDMI or optical digital audio.

The simplest advice is to go with HDMI when you can. But if you can't it's not the end of the world...

Apple Launches 8 GB iPhone 5c, Relaunches 16 GB iPad 4

As indicated by multiple reports yesterday, Apple has officially launched an 8 GB version of the iPhone 5c and relaunched a 16 GB version of the previously-discontinued fourth-generation iPad. 

The 8 GB iPhone 5c is currently being sold in Apple's European Online Stores for £429 unlocked in all of the existing color options,..

Microsoft Office for iPad to Launch on March 27

Microsoft will launch its Office suite on the iPad at a media event on March 27 according to a report from The Verge. 

The suite -- including Word, Excel and PowerPoint -- has been in the works for years, with recent...

Coffee Fuels Drive for Drugs for Parkinson’s to Dementia

For clues to treatments for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, scientists are looking at their morning cup of joe.

What they’ve found is that caffeine, the world’s most widely used drug, does more than wake people up. 

It’s been linked to...

President Barack Obama today imposed sanctions on seven top Russian government officials

President Barack Obama today imposed sanctions on seven top Russian government officials and four others from Ukraine and warned Russia will face more penalties if it doesn’t pull back from Crimea.

“Continued Russian military intervention in Ukraine will only deepen Russia’s diplomatic...

Apple Reportedly Launching 8 GB iPhone 5c Tomorrow

Apple is planning to release a new 8 GB version of the iPhone 5c tomorrow, according to an alleged note to retailers from Vodafone's O2 unit in Germany shared by Caschys Blog. 

The legitimacy of the note is unverified, but German site iFun reported a similar tip just a few minutes later and several tipsters have even reported...

Bank Of England To Withdraw Houblon £50 Note

The Bank of England is withdrawing 63 million £50 notes from circulation following a review of the note's ability to withstand fraud.

The note in question bears the portrait of the first bank governor, Sir John Houblon, who took office in 1694...

Ένα δωμάτιο από σοκολάτα!

Το εμπορικό κέντρο «Kaliningrad Plaza» στη Λιθουανία βρήκε έναν πρωτότυπο τρόπο για να γιορτάσει τα πέντε χρόνια λειτουργίας του. 

Ανέθεσε στη γλύπτρια Elena Climent να δημιουργήσει ένα δωμάτιο 20 τετραγωνικών μέτρων εξ ολοκλήρου από σοκολάτα!...

Moody's: Αναβάθμισε την προοπτική της ΕΕ σε «σταθερή», διατήρησε τα AAA

Ο οίκος αξιολόγησης Moody's ανακοίνωσε ότι αναβαθμίζει την προοπτική του αξιόχρεου της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης σε «σταθερή» από «αρνητική», ενώ διατήρησε την διαβάθμισή της στο τριπλό A, στο βέλτιστο δυνατό επίπεδο,..

EU vote for universal mobile charger to be introduced in 2016

The days of not being able to easily charge your phone may soon be coming to an end, as yesterday European politicians backed calls for a new charger to be introduced that will be suitable for all phone models.

The draft law was approved by 550 votes to 12. However, it still requires formal approval from the Council of Ministers...

Warren Buffett: Don’t dump stocks on China or Ukraine and stay away from bitcoin (video)

Warren Buffett told CNBC on Friday he would be "surprised a lot" if stock prices around the world fell 50 percent from their current levels in the near future.

He predicted there will be another financial crisis...

Σταθεροποίηση ρευστότητας στο σύστημα

Την σταθεροποίηση της εξάρτησης του συστήματος από επίσημη ρευστοτική στήριξη δείχνει ο νέος ισολογισμός της Κεντρικής Τράπεζας, που δόθηκε σήμερα στη δημοσιότητα. 

Σύμφωνα με τα τελευταία στοιχεία, η ρευστοτική...

The US Mint is making a curved coin that looks like a baseball

The US plans to mint a trio of coins that will certainly be a bane for vending machines and pockets alike, with a curved design depicting a baseball on one side and a baseball glove on the other. 

The coins, which come in 50 cent, $1, and $5 denominations (in gold, silver, and clad), are being made to...

Facebook: Introduces 15-second video ads that auto play without sound in News Feed

Facebook will gradually introduce 15-second video ads that auto play in News Feed to its 1.23 billion members following a three-month test of the product, the company said Thursday...

Google Smartwatch Specs Leak, Show Hardware Comparable To Galaxy Gear 2

Some new details about Google’s upcoming smartwatch, which is said to be made by occasional Nexus hardware partner LG, have emerged from mobile leaker @evleaks, who has a solid track record when it comes to unreleased devices. 

Shortly after TechCrunch reported that Google’s smartwatch development is...

Google slashes Google Drive storage pricing, offers 1TB for $9.99

Google is cutting the monthly cost of extra storage for Google Drive today. Users always receive 15GB for free, but they can now jump up to 100GB for $1.99, down from the...

Fort Lauderdale-Bound Plane Blows Tire Taking Off from Philadelphia Airport (pics & videos)

A U.S. Airways plane aborted its takeoff after blowing a tire while leaving Philadelphia International Airport tonight...