Senate probe accuses Apple of avoiding billions of dollars in taxes with offshore havens

A few hours after Apple released testimony defending itself against allegations that it avoided taxes by shifting assets offshore, a Senate probe has concluded that it employed elaborate and extensive measures to exploit loopholes in the tax code. In a hearing tomorrow, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will examine numerous accusations, including claims that Apple created offshore subsidiaries in Ireland but did not declare....

Leap Motion reveals first footage of Windows 8 gesture control

Leap Motion reveals first footage of Windows 8 gesture control Leap Motion revealed a new video today showing off the device’s gesture control capabilities with Windows 7 and 8. When plugged into a Windows OS device, the Leap Motion will support full multitouch gestures out of the box, allowing users to click, drag, scroll, swipe and rotate screens entirely with gestural input. Leap Motion’s previous demos focused on native apps a....

Yahoo won’t restrict porn on Tumblr

Yahoo won’t restrict porn on Tumblr During Yahoo’s Flickr press event this evening, CEO Marissa Mayer said that “we don’t intend to [restrict content on Tumblr]” (read: porn), answering one of the most pressing questions for many users of the service since rumors of the $1.1 billion acquisition began to swirl. However, Mayer promoted Tumblr’s existing “NSFW” (not safe for work) tools to label co....

‘Plants vs. Zombies Adventures’ is a Facebook game you’ll actually want to play

‘Plants vs. Zombies Adventures’ is a Facebook game you’ll actually want to play Plants vs. Zombies Adventures combines a thing you like with a thing you don’t: it’s a spin-off of Popcap’s terrific strategy franchise, but it’s also a game that’s exclusively available on Facebook. Despite the social network’s best efforts, Facebook is still viewed as a home for spammy, sub-par games, not a platform for truly ....

Men diagnosed with ADHD as children have higher obesity rates, study finds

Men diagnosed with ADHD as children have higher obesity rates, study finds Men diagnosed with ADHD as children had higher rates of obesity and larger body-mass indices (BMI) than their peers not diagnosed with childhood ADHD, according to a study published online in the journal Pediatrics today. However, it’s important to keep in mind that correlation does not imply causation, and the findings of this study do not go so far as to say AD....

EA Sports to reveal next-gen ‘FIFA 14′ at Xbox event

EA Sports to reveal next-gen ‘FIFA 14′ at Xbox event Microsoft is preparing to unveil its latest gaming console to the world, and we now know at least one of the titles it will be showcasing on stage in Redmond tomorrow: FIFA 14. EA Sports has announced (via Facebook) that a next-generation version of the enormously popular soccer franchise — which continues to regularly top Xbox Live’s activity charts — will be ....

Amazon kills ‘Zombieland’ series, picks ‘Betas’ and ‘Alpha House’ for original programming

Amazon kills ‘Zombieland’ series, picks ‘Betas’ and ‘Alpha House’ for original programming After leveraging its customers as a test audience, Amazon has begun choosing which of the 14 pilots it will produce as part of the company’s first major foray into original programming. Viewer feedback and engagement have led to Alpha House (starring John Goodman) and Betas (centered around a Silicon Valley star....

Sony teases PlayStation 4 hardware ahead of Xbox event, says you’ll ‘see it first at E3′

Sony teases PlayStation 4 hardware ahead of Xbox event, says you’ll ‘see it first at E3′ Sony has teased the hardware design for its upcoming PlayStation 4 for the first time, after a February reveal that kept the device completely under wraps and left fans guessing about how Sony’s next-generation console would look. In a new video, shown below, the company teases the PS4′s hardware with a blurry black rectangle....

Fountain of youth: with Tumblr, can Yahoo buy a new generation of users?

Fountain of youth: with Tumblr, can Yahoo buy a new generation of users? Marissa Mayer just made her biggest bet to date as Yahoo’s CEO — and if it goes badly, she may not get the chance to make another. A series of recent acquisitions culminated Monday with the announcement that Yahoo is spending roughly one sixth of its cash hoard to buy Tumblr, the popular but under-monetized blogging platform. The deal brings Yahoo the vibrant....

‘The Pirate Cinema’ monitors popular torrents to create a video wall of piracy

‘The Pirate Cinema’ monitors popular torrents to create a video wall of piracy The Pirate Cinema is a cinematic collage or sorts. Its creators took torrent database The Pirate Bay’s Top 100 video files and monitored each, creating small, fragmented clips based on traffic (torrents are transfered block-by-block in a somewhat random order). The resulting installation, which runs through to May 29th in Montreal’s Eastern ....