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August 16 update below, post originally published August 15. There’s no doubt that the hardware and software intended for Apple’s first ARM-powered MacBooks are impressive technical feats, but that all will mean nothing if Tim Cook and his team are unable to sell the machine. Fortunately, that’s one of Apple’s …

A ship that has leaked more than 1,000 tons of oil into independent waters off the coast of Mauritius has split in two. The Japanese-owned bulk carrier MV Wakashio landed on a coral reef off the southeast coast of Mauritius on July 25 and began oiling more than a week …

That you know all that sly baseball the Rangers have played so far this season? Well, it finally got her today. Texas was defensively a mess, the bats did not contribute much until it was too late, and the real difference here was that they did not have a starter …

MINSK – Huge crowds of Protestants stormed the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on Sunday in the largest political demonstration in the country’s history, demanding the resignation of its authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko. Protesters in the capital were rumored to number well over 100,000. Thousands more protested in cities and towns in …

President Trump has spoken out for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after a weekend of violence in which at least 52 people were shot, leaving seven dead across the city. ‘Law and order. If @NYCMayor can not, we will! the president wrote on Twitter late Sunday night. Data …