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This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series "Life, Disrupted," about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis -- if at all.The main street in Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesvos, wraps around the green-tinted Aegean like a horseshoe. Brightly painted buildings line the road while wooden sailboats bob near the pier. It's beautiful.It's also where I bump into Waleed, a young boy I'd met earlier that day at the gate of the Kara Tepe refugee camp just outside town.He was fishing with two other migrants.I ask where his mom is. He points back toward the camp. "Kara Tepe," he tells me.And his father?"Dad. Syria. Psh, Psh," he says, pointing a finger to his head while imitating the sound of gunfire.I say, "I'm sorry," but he shrugs it off. That's life in Syria, where he came from. It was another reminder of the pain refugees have faced both at home and in Greece, where they fled to safety. The pain often sits just under the surface, bubbling up after they talk about th,greece,greece map,greece flag,greece news,greece currency,greece islands,greece ridge mall,greece vacations,greece beaches,greece economy ...ادامه مطلب

Most people think of Greece as a great place to escape from the stress of everyday life. But not to the more than 57,000 people now trapped there. In 2015, thousands of refugees and migrants fled war and chaos in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq and headed to Europe seeking shelter. A year later, many are living in squalid camps and abandoned buildings in Greece, waiting for asylum or a chance at legal residence in the European Union. During a 10-day trip in June, we talked to officials, migrants and activists in Athens, Lesvos -- the Greek island where most refugees first set foot in Europe last year -- and Thessaloniki, near the closed border of Macedonia, shutting migrants' way out. Our mission: to see if the technology that many of us use every day -- phones, the inteet, messaging apps, social networks -- is helping during this crisis. Or not. We met people from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Morocco and Somalia, all on a jouey they hoped would take them to safer and better lives. Everyone (except the children) has a phone. All rely on the inteet to lea what's new and important. Facebook is a tool for escape and escapism. Power strips are the new watercoolers. Here are a few stories of their stories.Google it Five men sit around a battered, wooden patio table just outside the gate at Kara Tepe, an official refugee camp on Lesvos. All have their phones plugged into two power strips on top of the table. Smoke wafts from their cigarettes. Beko Al-Falahi, a 28-year-old from Iraq, tells us he used to work as a US Army translator. He's wearing a camo hat, flip-flops and a shirt that reads, "Grace isn't a little prayer you say before receiving a meal. It's a way of life."In April, Pope Francis visited migrant detention centers on the Greek island of Lesvos. Beko Al-Falahi shows a photo of the Pope holding his son Tayim. Richard Nieva He talks about his wife and son, Tayim, just 35 day, ...ادامه مطلب

After being the editor-in-chief of Engadget, co-founding The Verge, and serving as the editor of Bloomberg Digital, Josh Topolsky is prepping a new media brand, according to the Wall Street Joual.The new website is called The Outline, and has reportedly raised $5 million in funding with a plan to launch in the fall of 2016. Topolsky told the Wall Street Joual that his plan is to focus on bringing readers directly to the website, rather than relying on social media to drive traffic. Moving beyond just technology, The Outline will focus on politics, business, culture as well as technology. At the moment, if you visit the website for the Outline, there's a simple email notification signup and links to social media accounts. If you sign up for the site's mailing list, the on-screen response is "The Illuminati has been notified."The Outline editor-in-chief and CEO Josh Topolsky did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

BitTorrent BitTorrent, best known for its peer-to-peer sharing technologies, continues its push toward becoming a media company with the BitTorrent News network. The live-streaming news network will be available through its BitTorrent Live app for Apple TV, iOS devices and MacOS computers starting July 18 with coverage of the Republican National Convention."Television news has been stagnating for some time," Vice President of Media for BitTorrent Erik Schwartz said in a statement on the company's site. "It's having trouble appealing to a generation that grew up online. We're building BitTorrent News to solve that problem. We are using superior data and tools and the Silicon Valley ethos of lean startup to build a nimble news organization that will lea quickly from user behavior."According to BitTorrent, viewers can see 10-12 hours of live coverage of the RNC with play-by-play commentary on the speeches and events as well as guest commentary and all in real-time. The network will also be covering the Democratic National Convention starting on July 25. BitTorrent News will continue on after the conventions with other live news coverage including broader sports coverage than you'll find from traditional TV news outlets. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting., ...ادامه مطلب

Good news for those still intrigued by the Raybu family and all its dark secrets. Netflix said Wednesday that it renewed its original series, "Bloodline," for a third season, to be aired in 2017.Like the recently released second season, Season 3 will be 10 episodes long.Based in the Florida Keys, "Bloodline" centers on a family of adult siblings dealing with issues that arise when their black sheep brother retus home. It's stars, Kyle Chandler, Sissy Spacek and Ben Mendelsohn, have all eaed Emmy nominations for the show.This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting., ...ادامه مطلب

[embedded content]Weatherman Bobby Deskins with WTSP 10 News in Florida was in the middle of a normal forecast on Monday moing, talking about the temperature, when news anchor Allison Kropff walked in front of him and his weather map while staring intently at Pokemon Go on her phone. Kropff shared a video of the humorous incident on her Facebook page with the caption "That moment you realize you may be addicted to ‪#‎PokemonGO‬...."The Pokemon stunt appears to have been staged all in good fun, though it's unclear if Deskins was in on the planning. His laugh seems genuine and he comments, "You guys got to be careful with these phones and these Pokemon. You're just walking around all over." You can hear laughter coming from the WTSP team in the background.Pokemon Go has become quite the gaming phenomenon, leading players into all sorts of strange real-world situations. One woman discovered a dead body in the course of the game. Another Pokemon Go hunter fell into a pond. That makes Kropff's live-on-air stroll seem pretty tame by comparison. There's no word on which Pokemon creature Kropff was pursuing or if she caught the little monster. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting., ...ادامه مطلب

Pokemon Go started to roll out last week, and with it finally making it way to the hands of people all over the world, there have been some interesting and humorous stories popping up. Some of the stories have come from waings from the police, Nintendo's financial success, and even a picture of a man catching Pokemon while his wife gives birth. We've collected all of these stories and compiled them below.News From Around the World Armed Robbers Target Pokemon Go Players, Police SayDon't Play Pokemon Go While Driving a Car, State SaysCops Offer Good Advice to Pokemon Go PlayersHere's What We Know About That Pokemon Go Story Making the RoundsPokemon Go Player Catches Pidgey as Wife Gives BirthAbout the Game Pokemon Go: Everything You Need to KnowNew Features Detailed; Here's What Updates Will HaveAll the Known Issues HereInteational Rollout Paused as Servers Suffer IssuesDevs Still Exploring Multiplayer, Say Players Will Shape The GameFinancial News Pokemon Go Launch Lifts Nintendo Shares to Highest in Two MonthsPokemon Go Reportedly Bigger Than Tinder in US, Helps Nintendo Shares Rise DramaticallyPokemon Go Launch Adds $9 Billion to Nintendo's Market Cap, Inteational Release Coming SoonVideos Explore Your Town and Catch Pokemon!Ponyta and Rattata Loose in San FranciscoPokemon Go Beta: What Worked and What Didn't?This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting., ...ادامه مطلب

Enlarge ImageTwitter will be live-streaming CBSN's coverage of the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Twitter Twitter is adding presidential politics to its live-streaming repertoire. The social network, known in part for its users' bite-size, and often biting, commentary in real time, will be joining forces with CBS News to live-stream CBSN's coverage of the Republican and Democratic national conventions, the first of which kicks off next week. (Disclosure: CBS is the parent company of CNET.) It's yet another step in Twitter's shift toward live-streamed video, a format that has also been embraced by rival Facebook. Later this year, for instance, Twitter will stream the NFL's Thursday night football games, and the company is reportedly in negotiations to get the digital streaming rights for the NBA and Major League Soccer.For the political conventions, Twitter will provide the fastest way to find out what's happening and to talk about it, said Anthony Noto, Twitter's financial chief, about the deal, announced Monday. "We believe we're giving people around the world the best way to experience democracy in action," he said. CBS News President David Rhodes said that the network is pleased to have its reporting prominently featured on Twitter's live platform.CBSN, CBS News' digital streaming news service, begins gavel-to-gavel convention coverage of the Republican National Convention starting next Monday at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. A key point of interest: whether controversial presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump, can unify a fractured party during what's expected to be a raucous affair. The scene will then shift to the Democratic National Convention, taking place July 25-28 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, where a central question will be whether the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, will still be looking over her sh, ...ادامه مطلب

China has issued a waing to news sites over using social media as a source. César Salza/CNET China has issued a crackdown on online news organisations across the country, waing them not use social media as a source without carefully verifying and fact-checking claims first.The Cyberspace Administration of China issued the directive, with the state media agency Xinhua reporting that the move was made in a bid to combat "false news.""It is forbidden to use hearsay to create news or use conjecture and imagination to distort the facts," Xinhua reported, according to a translation in the South China Moing Post. "All websites should bear the key responsibility to further streamline the course of reporting and publishing of news, and set up a sound inteal monitoring mechanism among all mobile news portals [and the social media chat websites] Weibo or WeChat," it said.It's not the first time that China's vexed relationship with censorship and the inteet has been in the spotlight. In 2014, censors targeted WeChat messaging accounts hosted by a number of joualists, while Google has long faced issues over with its Gmail service in China as well as the blocking certain search results, such as those associated with Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Roku is making it easier for viewers to catch up on the news by adding it into its universal search feature.The search feature -- which is available on current Roku streaming boxes, the Streaming Stick and televisions that have the Roku platform built-in -- now allows for entering in a topic such as "Apple" or "NBA," and will retrieve a listing of videos pertaining to that topic from across many of streaming news channels on the platform. These include news broadcasts from the four major US networks -- such as ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX -- as well as from digital outlets like Yahoo (Disclosure: CBS is the parent company of CNET). The streaming company announced the addition in a blog post on Friday.And what if you don't have a specific topic in mind? News videos can also be searched using the date by entering in the numbers without punctuation (for instance, June 20th would be 620).Roku's search feature has mainly served to help a viewer find a movie or television show across the myriad of digital stores and subscription services available on the platform. That way, a viewer could find out if they would need to purchase an episode of "Bates Motel" from a store like Amazon Video or if they can stream it from a service that already subscribe to such as Netflix.CNET has reached out to Roku for additional comment on this feature, and will update after hearing back.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

E3 2016 was a big show, with a spotlight on virtual reality, new console hardware and the retu of some fan favorites. While everyone had their favorite games and announcements, these were the most-important big-picture stories from the biggest week in gaming.Xbox One SAt least one new console from Xbox was rumored before E3, and Microsoft wasted no time announcing it. The Xbox E3 press briefing kicked off with the new Xbox One S. This revamped console promises to be an improvement on the original, with a 40-percent smaller body, no exteal power brick, and 4K video support. The Xbox One S: A closer look (pictures) , ...ادامه مطلب

E3 is done. We're packing up equipment and getting ready to get out of LA, but we already know when the show will start next year.We'll have even more content going up throughout the week, but here's everything you might've missed from the end of E3.An Xbox exec said that Project Scorpio will "wipe out" generational boundaries.We posted up an in-depth interview with the producer behind the highly anticipated Resident Evil 7.Miyamoto says Nintendo is working on a new kind of Mario game...but we don't know much more than that.Here's how Capcom plans to fix Street Fighter 5.A serious interview with Kojima and his thoughts on Resident Evil 7 and the development of Death Stranding. Nintendo says that, with NX on the way, they're more conceed with providing great content than focusing on specs.How much stronger will the newly revealed Project Scorpio be than the Xbox One? Xbox boss Phil Spencer says 4.5 times more powerful.The Microsoft console-exclusive Sea of Theives won't have a free-to-play model.And in case you missed the latest news, David Cage closed out the show by announcing 1080p PS4 Remaster of Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy.For a roundup of everything earlier this week, check out our recaps of the biggest news from Sunday,Monday, and Tuesday.Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Back in 2015, the FCC reclassified broadband as a utility. Then the agency made rules to ensure all bits on the inteet were treated equally. That would mean no special treatment for any kind of data. This led to telecoms and cable companies to sue the US govement. Well, the battle is now over. Meanwhile, Microsoft showed off a new initiative called "Xbox Play Anywhere" which links up Xboxes and Windows 10 PCs. Digitally buy an Xbox Play Anywhere game and you'll get access to both the Windows 10 version and the Xbox version. Subscribe: CNET Update delivers the biggest tech news of the day, breaking down trends, hot devices, new apps and what's ahead. Subscribe to the podcast via the links below.iTunes (HD) | iTunes (SD) | iTunes (HQ) | iTunes (MP3)RSS (HD) | RSS (SD) | RSS (HQ)| RSS (MP3)Download the audio version of today's Update. Good news! The Inteet is staying the same in the US Your browser does not support the audio element. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageSo very clever. Licor Beirão; YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You don't like soccer? OK, you can go. But wait. You like liquor, don't you? Please stay then and consider the clever maneuverings of Portuguese liquor brand Licor Beirão. It placed an ad alongside the field at a recent soccer match between England and Portugal. During the game, a Portuguese player accidentally kicked England star Harry Kane in the head. This happened right in front of the Licor Beirão ad. Given that the Euro 2016 European soccer championship began Friday, the company thought it would capitalize on this dramatic piece of action. So it took to YouTube and created a video that's beautifully intelligent. The company didn't want its liquor brand to be associated with, well, a headache. So please watch a work of art that is so meticulously wise that you imagine the product must be too.It takes the form of an apology letter, but it's so much more than that.Though its govemental processes can sometimes resemble a 3-card trick with 17 cards, Portugal has a long history of entrepreneurship -- and excellence in food and drink.On a recent visit, I experienced the astonishingly soulful creativity of 26-year-old Marco Silva at Lisbon's Raizes restaurant. (Sample: One night Silva announced that we'd be drinking only wine made by Portugal's finest women winemakers.)At the Ervideira winery, I tasted not only invisible wine, but also wine that had been aged at the bottom of a lake.Creativity is at the heart of many of Portugal's finest elements -- even its soccer team, one that enjoys the world's second best player (though he doesn't think so), Cristiano Ronaldo. Licor Beirão's YouTube creativity has already enjoyed more than 327,000 views in three days. Even more than that, in a place where comm, ...ادامه مطلب

Are there too many war games? Jeff and Russ the latest announcements and leaks of the two major players in the war-game scene and why the genre might be growing a little long in the tooth. Also, they'll talk about which generation they identify with and why Russ recently had to call 9-1-1. The 404 Show # 1661 Your browser does not support the audio element. Download today's podcastLet's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب