Apple Goes Big With iPhone 6, And Small With A Smartwatch – Apple on Tuesday introduced a highly anticipated smartwatch, which combines health and fitness monitoring with mobile computer capabilities like maps. The company also introduced two iPhones with larger screens. [nyt]
Tim Cook Invokes Steve Jobs’ Classic ‘One More Thing’ for First Time – Apple’s late cofounder Steve Jobs was known for ending his public presentations by acting as though the event was over and then saying, “One more thing” before revealing a new innovation. [mash]
Public Protector CEO, CFO Resign – The public protector’s office confirmed on Tuesday that its chief executive officer and chief financial officer have resigned, Eyewitness News reported. [n24]
U2 Release Surprise Free Album ‘Songs of Innocence’ at Apple Press Conference – Rock band U2 has yet again proven why they’re one of the best in the world by releasing a surprise new album, Songs of Innocence, without warning, and entirely for free. [forbes]
Kebby’s Bid To Attack ‘CIA’ Report Backfires – Kebby Maphatsoe misled Parliament on Tuesday when he tried to discredit The Star to get himself out of trouble. [iol]
‘Relaxed’ Shrien Dewani Ready To Stand Trial – British businessperson Shrien Dewani is ready to stand trial next month regarding the death of his wife Anni, the Western Cape High Court heard today. [citp]
Austrian Player Handed Enormous 70-Match Ban For Head-Butting Referee – An Austrian amateur league player has been handed an enormous 70-match ban after head-butted a referee in a fit of rage, leaving the official on hospital with a cut lip. [ind]
MH17 Switched Places With Another Jet – When Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 declined the chance to fly higher, allowing another jet to move out of missile range, the pilot had no idea what a huge risk he was taking. [beast]
Michael Schumacher Leaves Hospital For Home – The seven-times F1 champion’s manager says his condition has improved in recent weeks but he still has “a long road ahead”. [sky]
Microsoft May Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang For $2 Billion – Is no independent PC gaming phenomenon safe from the enticing billions of massive technology conglomerates? Oculus sold to Facebook, Amazon bought Twitch, and a new report in the Wall Street Journal claims that Microsoft is in the final stages of a deal to purchase Minecraft developer Mojang for a cool $2 billion or more. [pcw]
232 Carat Diamond Found In Cullinan – A 232 carat white diamond has been found at Petra Diamonds’ Cullinan mine, east of Pretoria, the company said on Tuesday. [tlive]
US President Obama Says He ‘Has Authority’ To Widen IS Fight – President Barack Obama has said that he has the authority to widen military action against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria without the approval of Congress. [bbc]
Refusal To Say ‘So Help Me God’ Sidelines Airman – An atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada was denied re-enlistment last month for refusing to take an oath containing “so help me God,” the American Humanist Association said Thursday. [usat]
Someone’s Threatening to Expose Bitcoin Founder Satoshi Nakamoto – Someone has taken over the email account belonging to bitcoin’s secretive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, saying he will sell Nakamoto’s secrets for money. [wired]
Tonight’s Powerball Lotto Jackpot Is R1.3 Billion – And you can get tickets online, to play it from anywhere in the world. [here]
At Surgery Clinic, Rush to Save Joan Rivers’s Life – The call came in to 911 one second before 9:40 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28, from the staff at a clinic on East 93rd Street in Manhattan — a patient in cardiac arrest. The call was coded as “Segment 1,” the highest-level priority handled by 911, according to two New York City officials. [nyt]
Dad Takes Cops To Five Dead Bodies – A South Carolina man led authorities to the rural dirt road in Wilcox County, Alabama Tuesday afternoon where he revealed the location of five dumped bodies belonging to his children, ages between 1 and 8. [wyf]
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