Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckery said he is sorry for misleading consumers into believing that the Oculus Rift only costs $350, when it is really priced at almost $600.
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IRS Fines 8 Million Americans, 0.3 Million of Them From Low Income Group
IRS has fined some 8 million people and 1.4 million households are forecast to fall prey of fines due to ignorance on new healthcare law. Commonly criticized as the Obama Care Law, the new law instructs all Americans to go through insurance net. But mainly due to ignorance about mandatory submission of tax returns and moreover legally remain exempted from tax net, have fall victim to count fine for $210 each.
Tax refund to take longer due to IRS tighter security against fraud
Taxpayers who would file their tax return beginning January 19 will have to wait until March 1 to get their tax refund due to the tighter security the IRS will implement to prevent tax frauds.
Vietnamese Fishermen Are Often Beaten By China in South China Sea
In the recent update of South China Sea dispute, incident of Chinese coastguard attacking Vietnamese fishermen occurred even more. The fishermen were beaten and their equipments were broken. Chinese coastguard also damaged the ship.
Funky 3D Faces makes Lego look-alike possible for only $30
An Etsy shop makes it possible to put one’s face on his or her Lego mini figure. For $30, a new technology lets Lego fans, who have long dreamed of seeing their own faces on Lego mini figures, get their 3D faces printed and pasted on Lego refrigerator magnets or cake toppers, or more.
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Delhi residents have been witnessing chilling cold, drizzling and heavy fog. The Fog is so dense that visibility range has been reported to remain around 75 meters during 10 am to 4 pm. Despite adopting highest ILS, CAT IIIB, air movement has been kept stalled for around 6 hours. According to IGIA met office partly thundery weather may prevail on Sunday next.
Last December, Martin Shkreli, who was arrested for securities fraud in pharmaceutical company was released on bail. Court document shows his $5 million security bond was secured with $45 million E-Trade account.
Floyd "Money" Mayweather stood up to his nickname when he added only the fastest car in the world and definitely his most expensive car so far. The arguably best boxer of his generation posted a photo of his latest toy that cost only $4.8 million.
The American broadcast television network NBC, is preparing to cast the replacement for Donald Trump in the upcoming season of the reality show, "The Celebrity Apprentice". Rumors have it that George Lopez will be replacing the business mogul. Previously, Lopez had said in an interview that if Trump wins the presidency, then they will have to move out.
A few months after considering a venture on the smartphone gaming policy, Satoru Iwata, CEO of Nintendo died on Saturday at 55 due to a bile duct tumor. Reports say this is such a big lost for Nintendo.
Nobel Prize winner and mathematician John F. Nash Jr. died in a car accident on Saturday at the New Jersey Turnpike. His wife Alicia Nash was also killed in the said accident. Know more about this story when you read on.
Turning 50 today, it doesn’t change the fact that Trent Reznor from the rock band Nine Inch Nails is getting older. He has expressed some weariness lately on hitting the road with this band. Read on and know more about this prodigy and what his future career holds.
Lionel Messi is creating history while leading Barcelona’s win over Bayern Munich. He ranks one spot higher than Cristiano Ronaldo in this UEFA Champions Leagues season.
The Philippines expressed huge relief that Mary Jane Veloso was spared execution. Her legal team will be using hte temporary reprieve to exhaust measures aimed at getting executive clemency from the Indonesian President. Meantime, Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao had begged Indonesian President Joko Widodo to grant executive clemency to Veloso, but President Widodo had underscored the fact that temporary reprieve was granted to Mary Jane Veloso to allow the Philippine authorities to investigate and allow Veloso to testify.
