Apple Watch To Become Apple Inc.’s Most Successful Product

The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Watch has received 7 million orders since it first hit the shelves in April. The wearable product from Apple is moving toward becoming the most successful product launch ever, believe analysts at Global Equities Research.Apple Watch outperforms all
To date, a total of 2.5 million watches have been shipped, says Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research, who cites tracking methods used by developers. Chowdhry told CNN Money that by the end of this quarter, the Cupertino-based company is estimated to ship 5 million Apple Watches, which is well above analysts’ estimates. If achieved, this sales number will outperform the company’s previous “new category” debuts such as the iPod, iPhone and the iPad.
In 2001 when the iPod went on sale, a total of 125,000 units were sold in the first quarter. Six years after the iPod, the first iPhone was launched, selling 1.1 million units. In 2010, 3.3 million iPads were sold during the first three months of the debut. Apple could ship only around 50,000 Macs within the first three months of sale in 1984.
Based on these numbers the Apple Watch will undoubtedly be the most successful launch to date, driving ahead on a number of factors, including being the first product from Apple to launch in more than one country on the same day. In nine countries, consumers were able to place an order for the Apple Watch, with pre-sales going live on April 24. In contrast, international customers had to wait for months to get their first iPhone and iPad.
Factors pushing Apple Watch sales
Primarily, two factors will work in favor of pushing demand of the Apple Watch with the year passing. Word of mouth is the first factor that will fuel the demand of the watch. Chowdhry noted that every week “at least one existing Apple Watch owner is showing their Apple Watch to about 15 to 20 people," adding that, on average, two of those friends or colleagues will buy the watch.

U.S. data hack may be 4 times larger than the government originally said

The personal data of an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected by a cyber breach at the Office of Personnel Management - more than four times the 4.2 million the agency has publicly acknowledged. The number is expected to grow, according to U.S. officials briefed on the investigation.

FBI Director James Comey gave the 18 million estimate in a closed-door briefing to Senators in recent weeks, using the OPM's own internal data, according to U.S. officials briefed on the matter. Those affected could include people who applied for government jobs, but never actually ended up working for the government.

The same hackers who accessed OPM's data are believed to have last year breached an OPM contractor, KeyPoint Government Solutions, U.S. officials said. When the OPM breach was discovered in April, investigators found that KeyPoint security credentials were used to breach the OPM system.

Some investigators believe that after that intrusion last year, OPM officials should have blocked all access from KeyPoint, and that doing so could have prevented more serious damage. But a person briefed on the investigation says OPM officials don't believe such a move would have made a difference. That's because the OPM breach is believed to have pre-dated the KeyPoint breach. Hackers are also believed to have built their own backdoor access to the OPM system, armed with high-level system administrator access to the system. One official called it the "keys to the kingdom." KeyPoint did not respond to CNN's request for comment.

U.S. investigators believe the Chinese government is behind the cyber intrusion, which are considered the worst ever against the U.S. government.

Why would China hack the U.S. government?

OPM has so far stuck by the 4.2 million estimate, which is the number of people so far notified that their information was compromised. An agency spokesman said the investigation is ongoing and that it hasn't verified the larger number.

The actual number of people affected is expected to grow, in part because hackers accessed a database storing government forms used for security clearances, known as SF86 questionnaires, which contain the private information of multiple family members and associates for each government official affected, these officials said.

OPM officials are facing multiple congressional hearings this week on the hack and their response to it. There's growing frustration among lawmakers and government employees that the Obama administration's response has minimized the severity of breach.

WHO says insecticide lindane causes cancer

 

The insecticide lindane causes cancer in humans, says the World Health Organization after conducting a review.

A specialist panel found sufficient evidence to link the chemical, already banned in the EU and the US, to a cancer called non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Lindane is still used in some developing countries.
And it is an ingredient in some head lice and scabies treatments used in some countries, including China, India, the US and Canada.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) panel also concluded that another insecticide, called DDT, was "probably carcinogenic to humans".
And it classified a third insecticide called 2,4-D as possibly carcinogenic to humans.
Most uses of DDT have been banned since the 1970s, but the IARC says exposure to DDT still occurs, mainly through diet.
This is because DDT and its breakdown products are highly persistent and can be found in the environment and in animals.
Since its introduction in 1945, 2,4-D has been widely used to control weeds in agriculture, forestry, and urban and residential settings. Occupational exposures to 2,4-D can occur during manufacturing and application, and the general population can be exposed through food, water, dust, or residential application, and during spraying, says the IARC.
The Lancet Oncology journal has a summary of the full evaluation.
Dr Kurt Straif, Head of the IARC said the evidence on lindane and cancer was largely based on studies among agricultural workers that showed a consistent, approximately 50% increase in risk, with higher risks in heavily exposed agricultural workers.
"This agricultural usage of Lindane has been severely restricted starting in the 1970s and current general population exposure is mainly through the diet or when treated for scabies or lice. There are currently no epidemiological studies to quantify the lymphoma risk from these exposures."

Two British teenagers arrested over Auschwitz theft

 

Two British teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of stealing artefacts from the former Auschwitz death camp, police in Krakow have said.

The unnamed pair were held by guards at the site, now a museum, on Monday and are in custody, police told AFP.
They took artefacts belonging to prisoners held there during World War Two, including buttons and pieces of glass, a museum spokesman told AFP.
The UK Foreign Office confirmed two British nationals had been arrested.
"We are in contact with the Polish authorities and stand ready to provide consular assistance," a spokeswoman said.
If found guilty the teenagers could face up to 10 years in prison, local police said.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum was founded in 1947 and has more than 80,000 British visitors each year.
In 2010, a Swedish man was jailed for plotting the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work sets you free") sign from the entry gate of the Auschwitz site.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, located near the city of Krakow in southern Poland, was the largest camp established by the Germans during World War Two.
Some 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were killed there between 1940 and 1945, when Soviet troops liberated it.

James Horner: Oscar-winning Titanic composer dies in crash

James Horner, the Hollywood composer who wrote the Oscar-winning score for Titanic, has died in a California plane crash aged 61.

A trained pilot, he is reported to have been alone aboard a small private plane which crashed north of Santa Barbara on Monday morning.
The musician worked on three James Cameron films, as well as A Beautiful Mind, Braveheart, Troy and Apollo 13.
He won one Oscar for the Titanic film score and another for its theme song.
The musician shared his second Oscar with lyricist Will Jennings for best original song, the hugely successful My Heart Will Go On, sung by Celine Dion.
Dion released a statement saying she was "deeply saddened" by the composer's "tragic death".
"He will always remain a great composer in our hearts. James played an important part in my career. We will miss him. We offer his family and friends our deepest sympathy."
Horner was nominated for a further eight Oscars, for scores and songs for the films Avatar, House of Sand and Fog, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Braveheart, Field of Dreams, An American Tail and Aliens.
He was also the composer for the two highest-grossing films of all time, Avatar (£4.2bn) and Titanic (£3.2bn) and is listed on the Internet Movie Database as having 95 soundtrack credits and 158 composer credits.
"My job is to make sure at every turn of the film it's something the audience can feel with their heart," Horner said in a 2009 interview with the Los Angeles Times.
"When we lose a character, when somebody wins, when somebody loses, when someone disappears - at all times I'm keeping track, constantly, of what the heart is supposed to be feeling. That is my primary role."

The plane crash in the Los Padres National Forest, north of Los Angeles, left an impact crater and sparked a brush fire that had to be put out by firefighters, local fire authorities said.
Horner's personal assistant, Sylvia Patrycja confirmed his death, writing on Facebook on Monday: "We have lost an amazing person with a huge heart, and unbelievable talent. He died doing what he loved. Thank you for all your support and love and see you down the road."
American composer Steve Jablonsky, writer of the music for the Transformers movie series, tweeted about the influence the composer had on him, saying: "James Horner, thank you for inspiring a young me to pursue a career in film music. Thank you for your music. Rest in peace."
The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb added: "Last time I spoke to JH he was scoring for a kid at AFI. 2 Oscars and he agreed to score a student film! What generosity."
Cameron, who directed Titanic and Avatar, paid tribute to Horner in 2011 when the composer won an award at the eDIT Filmmakers Festival in Frankfurt.
The director said: "In Titanic, I challenged you to do an emotionally powerful score without violinists, and with the use of haunting vocals and bittersweet Celtic pipes, you reinvented the romantic score.
"Avatar was a very different challenge - to capture the heart and spirit of an alien culture without alienating the audience.
"By combining the sweep of a classic orchestral score with indigenous instrumentation and vocals, you came up with a unique sound that created both the epic sweep of the film and also childlike sense of wonder of experiencing that fantastic world for the first time."
Horner leaves a wife and two daughters.

Skinny jeans given health warning

 

Skinny jeans can seriously damage muscles and nerves, doctors have said.

A 35-year-old woman had to be cut out of a pair after her calves ballooned in size, the medics said in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
She had spent hours squatting to empty cupboards for a house move in Australia. By evening, her feet were numb and she found it hard to walk.
Doctors believe the woman developed a condition called compartment syndrome, made worse by her skinny jeans.
Compartment syndrome is a painful and potentially serious condition caused by bleeding or swelling within an enclosed bundle of muscles - in this case, the calves.
The condition caused the woman to trip and fall and, unable to get up, she then spent several hours lying on the ground.
On examination at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, her lower legs were severely swollen.
Although her feet were warm and had enough blood supplying them, her muscles were weak and she had lost some feeling.
As the pressure had built in her lower legs, her muscles and nerves became damaged.
She was put on an intravenous drip and after four days was able to walk unaided.
Other medics have reported a number of cases where patients have developed tingly, numb thighs from wearing the figure-hugging low-cut denim trousers - although the chance of it happening is still slim for most people.
Priya Dasoju, professional adviser at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, said: "As with many of these warnings, the very unfortunate case highlighted is an extreme one.
"There's no need to ditch the skinny jeans just yet, simply avoid staying in the same position for too long and keep moving throughout the day. If you do suffer any prolonged pain you should of course seek help, but no-one should be alarmed by this warning or change the cut of their jeans."

Facebook's new app powered by artificial intelligence

 
Facebook's new Moments app scans those images for faces and matches them to your Facebook friends. You can then share the photos, which are grouped by occasion, directly with those people though the app.

It's a neat trick and a fun tool for sharing group photos. It also happens to be a window into Facebook's ambitious push into artificial intelligence.
Moments uses facial recognition technology, which was developed by Facebook's Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR) lab, a group of 50 researchers led by Yann LeCun, an expert in a type of machine learning called deep learning. Their techniques are being used for voice recognition, natural language processing, and detecting faces and objects in images.
The future of Facebook
"The one thing we're missing is actually understanding what we're showing to people," said Mike Schroepfer, Facebook's chief technology officer.
If Facebook (FB, Tech30) has a clearer idea of the content and context of posts, then it can create a smarter, more personalized version of your news feed. Some of FAIR's face detection technology is already being used in Facebook and Instagram's Layout app.
Facebook's accessibility group is testing out new ways to use FAIR's research to help blind users. It's working on a prototype of a tool generates a text description of what's in a photo. Someone using a screen reading program could know exactly who and what's in an image, their location, maybe even their expressions.
"One of the core problems of the modern age is just how much information is out there," said Schroepfer. "We suffer from this, we can't actually pay attention to everything because we don't have the time."
AI could also help eventually automate posts by looking through, say, hundreds of baby photos and identifying the best one.
Eventually, Schroepfer sees us talking to Facebook like we do Siri, asking casual questions like "What's going on with my grandkids this week?" AI will be crucial for developments like this.
Everyone's competing for AI
Artificial intelligence is one of the next major battlefields for technology companies. Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30), Apple (AAPL, Tech30) and China's Baidu (BIDU, Tech30) are investing heavily in AI labs, and they are snatching up some of the best academic minds in the field. Facebook just opened a new Paris office in June.
AI is one of Facebook's three big long-term technology bets. The company is also investing in virtual reality with Oculus, and is developing technology to bring Internet to underserved communities around the world.
Fighting fear
Schroepfer says Facebook is not developing AI as a way to mine more data about people -- a persistent worry among Facebook users who are perpetually uneasy about their information being used to sell ads.
Some of the features in Facebook's Moments app are similar to Google's new Photos app, which launched last month. Google has face recognition, but also uses impressive image recognition tools to search photos by keywords.
Another difference is that Google has been careful to avoid the phrase "artificial intelligence" when describing Google Photos.
Artificial intelligence is a controversial area. Sentient computers are regularly responsible for the end of humanity in movies and books. Respected minds like Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have warned against its dangers.
"Were there ever to be concerns, we could have a constructive dialog," said Schroepfer. "I think the compound positive effect on humanity is going to be huge. I think the applications for Facebook are really clear and obvious."
Today, the application seems deceptively small. Recognizing your friends' faces for sharing pictures isn't exactly Skynet or Her. But it could be the start of a major shift in how we interact with our technology.

Estonian Football Team Lose to Rivals #36 - 0!!!

 

Imagine watching your team concede a goal every two and a half minutes.

That was the harsh reality faced by Virtsu Jalgpalliklubi -- a team from a town of just 500 people -- when they went up against FC Infonet on Saturday.

However bad you think it gets for your team, spare a thought for the fans of the Estonian minnows who witnessed their first division opponents hand out a 36-0 hammering in the Estonia Cup on Saturday.

Already 13-0 up at half time, far from easing off and sparing their opponent's blushes, FC Infonet went on a 23-goal second half scoring spree to inflict a record-breaking defeat in front of a less-than sell-out crowd of 83.The previous record was set in 1998-99 season when Narva Trans beat Valga Warriors 25-0.

Trevor Elhi scored an incredible 10 goals and is surely now a shoo-in for the Estonia Cup Golden Boot.

In what will be scant consolation to Virtsu Jalgpalliklubi, it wasn't the only team to suffer a humiliating defeat at the hands of a more elite rival in the weekend's fixtures.

Kuressaare beat Rapla Lokomotiv 20-0 and Eestimaa Kasakad lost 14-0 to Trans Narva.

How many Earths do we need?

 

It has been suggested that if everyone on the planet consumed as much as the average US citizen, four Earths would be needed to sustain them. But where does this claim originate, and how is it calculated?

The world's seven billion people consume varying amounts of the planet's resources. Compare the lifestyle of a subsistence farmer with that of a wealthy city-dweller in a developed country. More land is required to grow the city dweller's food, more materials are used to build the city dweller's home and workplace, more energy is required for transport, heating and cooling.
So it's obvious that Americans consume more, on average, than the people of less developed countries. But the claim that four Earths would be needed if everyone lived like Americans is still a striking one.
It has been recurring on social media at least since 2012, when science writer Tim De Chant produced this infographic illustrating how much land would be required if seven billion people lived like the populations of nine selected countries from Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates.

China's teenage spin doctors

 

A week ago, an unusual job advertisement popped up on a Chinese university website.

Mianyang University is recruiting volunteer internet commentators, the post explained.
The university in southwest China's Sichuan province wanted "patriots who would cheer China's progress" and "rebut online slander about China, using statistics to unpick lies in order to sway the majority".
In short, the university wanted to hire students to work as unpaid internet spin doctors.
It's long been known that China employs legions of people to plant comments on the internet in support of the Chinese government. They're often called "Fifty Centers", since the state pays 50 Chinese cents for each pro-government message posted online.
Typical pro-government commentators write in support of controversial government policies, or major public campaigns, hoping to sway the public.
The Mianyang University advertisement is unusual because it reveals the Communist Party's use of young people to influence what's said on the internet - a programme that's often hidden from view.

CV booster

Across China, large groups of young people are working as government cheerleaders, many of them just teenagers. Most become involved as part of their initial attempts to join the ranks of the Communist Party, a bureaucratic process that often takes years.
A select few join the party because they agree with its ideology, but a large number see membership as a CV booster, a necessity in a tough job market.
For hundreds of thousands of young people, internet commentating is another step on the ladder.
China's eastern Fujian province has 157,553 commentators, according to an email from the Communist Youth League. More than half of them are teenagers, aged 14 to 18, the email explains.
One senior student from a university in China's central Hubei province agreed to explain the practice of hiring internet commentators, or "youth volunteers for internet civilisation", as he calls them.
He didn't want his name used, but he told us that two years ago he built a team of 500 commentators when serving as the head of his school's youth league.
"Most of the students I recruited are class cadres and the applicants for party membership," he explained. "The more politically correct their behaviour, the easier and faster they get promoted. It is kind of compulsory."
At first, the team was built to refute negative rumours about the university. But later, the student says, things changed, and "we started to challenge political rumours instead".

Balcony collapse in California 'kills five people'

 

The balcony of a fourth floor flat in California has collapsed, killing five people and injuring eight, some seriously, police have said.

A number of young Irish citizens are among the dead, said Irish officials.
Police found the structure smashed on the street below after an emergency call at 01:00 local time (08:00 GMT) on Tuesday morning in Berkeley.
Officials are still unsure why it happened, said Jennifer Coats, a Berkeley Police Department spokeswoman.
Many of those hurt have life-threatening injuries, she said.
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan said young Irish people were among the dead.
He said it was "too early to know the full extent of this dreadful accident", but a crisis hotline had been set up.
"My heart goes out to the families and loved ones of the deceased and those who have been injured in this appalling accident," said Mr Flanagan.It is believed the Irish people involved had come to California to work for the summer.
The Irish consul general in San Francisco is helping those affected and there is an Irish helpline (+353 1 418 0200).
The building has shops on the ground floor and flats on the higher floors.

Actor volunteering with Kurdish fighters in Syria appeals for help fighting ISIS

 

For British actor Michael Enright, the release of video footage by ISIS showing the August killing of U.S. journalist James Foley first motivated him to make the difficult journey into Syria to join the fight against the terror group.

"It was heartbreaking, it was shocking, it made me angry," he said. The subsequent killings of other hostages from Britain and Japan, and ISIS' persecution of the Yazidi minority in Iraq, only hardened his resolve to help out however he could, he said.

The 51-year-old, who's volunteering with Kurdish fighters in Syria, has now appealed for the United Kingdom to give the Kurds more help in their battle against the Sunni extremists.

Speaking to CNN from Rojava, a Kurdish enclave in northern Syria, Enright said the Kurdish forces had the heart and will to fight but needed more air support to cut off ISIS supply routes. The actor left Los Angeles in March for Syria, traveling via Turkey and Iraq.

While Enright is clear his mission is to help the Kurds, whom he sees as friends and comrades, others have been more skeptical.

Last week, a former U.S. Army serviceman who has turned recruiter for foreigners eager to fight with Kurdish forces against ISIS claimed in a Facebook post that Enright was a liability who is in danger of being killed by his own comrades.

Jordan Matson of Sturtevant, Wisconsin, said that Enright had been kicked out of four fighting units and had been asked to leave twice by the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG.

He also questioned the actor's state of mind, said he was carrying around an AK-47 that had been disabled by his own side, and suggested Enright was there writing a movie script.

Top Players Released by English Clubs At the End of the Season.

 

With the transfer window officially opening for Premier League clubs on Wednesday, June 10, a full list of the players retained or released by all 20 PL teams from the 2014-15 season has been published.
Safe to say there are some tidy free transfers to pick up.
Although those players on the released section can still agree to sign new deals at their current clubs up until June 30 when their contracts officially expire, the likes of Glen Johnson, Abou Diaby, Micah Richards, John Guidetti, Didier Drogba, Ron Vlaar, Sylvain Distin, Paul McShane, Brad Jones, Jonas Gutierrez, Joey Barton, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Wes Brown, Youssouf Mulumbu and Gareth McAuley have all technically been released.
Surely a few of those players will land elsewhere in the PL this summer?

British actor Christopher Lee, who played Count Dracula and starred in The Lord of the Rings, has died aged 93.

Sir Christopher Lee, the veteran actor and star of many of the world's biggest film franchises, has died aged 93.

The English-born actor, who made his name playing Dracula and Frankenstein in the Hammer horror films, appeared in more than 250 movies.
He was best-known for his villainous roles - including Scaramanga in James Bond and evil wizard Saruman in The Lord of the Rings.
The actor's other credits include The Wicker Man and Star Wars.
The actor is reported to have died on Sunday at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London after being hospitalised for respiratory problems and heart failure.
He was knighted in 2009 for services to drama and charity and was awarded a Bafta fellowship in 2011.
Born into an affluence in London in 1922, Sir Christopher traced his lineage to Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor.
After public school he served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches.
His screen career began when he joined the Rank Organisation in 1947, training as an actor in their so-called "charm school".
It was his association with British studio Hammer that made him a household name, playing characters such as Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy and Dracula in the late 1950s.
Sir Christopher Lee would go on to reprise the trademark vampire role in a number of sequels before finally laying him to rest in the 1970s.
His 6ft 5in frame and pointed features often typecast him as a bad guy. His distant cousin Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond books, wanted him to play Dr No in the film of the same name - but that role went to Joseph Wiseman.
Lee eventually starred as Scaramanga in 1974's The Man With The Golden Gun.
He also played Fu Manchu in a series of films in the 1960s.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Star Wars prequels - in which he was the nefarious Count Dooku - were the most successful films of his career from a commercial standpoint.
He also demonstrated his versatility in comedies like 1941 and Gremlins 2.
His other films include 1959's The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Three Musketeers (1973), and Jinnah - which he considered to be one of his most important films. (1997).
Sir Christopher also worked with director Tim Burton on films including Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Alice in Wonderland (2010), in which he voiced the Jabberwocky.
"I've appeared in so many films that were ahead of their time - some of them were very good," the actor told the BBC News website in 2001. "Some weren't."
A lover of opera, Sir Christopher launched his singing career in the 1990s, with an album of Broadway tunes, including I Stole The Prince from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers, and Epiphany from Sweeney Todd.
He also enjoyed an unlikely heavy metal career. In 2010, his album Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross won a Spirit of Metal Award from Metal Hammer magazine.
He marked his 92nd birthday by releasing an album of heavy metal cover versions.

More Dangerous Than Cocaine, Cheaper Than a Big Mac

 

The hottest designer drug to hit the underground market is a cousin of bath salts known as flakka. Placed on the U.S. list of illegal controlled substances in 2014, flakka’s popularity has surged, especially in Florida, where it arrives in droves from China through the mail. The drug has reportedly also shown up in Ohio, Texas and Illinois. Other states, such as New York, have issued warnings about it.

Flakka is part of a chemical class of drugs called cathinones, and it’s designed to mimic the stimulative effects of the cathinone found in the leaves of the khat plant chewed in some parts of the world.

Flakka — its chemical name is alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone, or Alpha-PVP — comes in the form of white or pink crystals that can be swallowed, snorted, injected or vaped. “Vaporizing, which sends the drug very quickly into the bloodstream, may make it particularly easy to overdose,” the National Institute on Drug Abuse warned in April. The term flakka apparently comes from the Spanish slang for a slender and attractive woman (“la flaca”). The drug is also referred to as gravel because its white crystal chunks have been compared to aquarium gravel.The drug has effects similar to MDMA, also known as ecstasy or Molly. It acts as a re-uptake inhibitor of the neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine, leading users to feel “excited delirium.” Some users can have hallucinations that result in violent behavior, or experience spikes in body temperature (up to 105-106 degrees Fahrenheit) and paranoia. In addition, the drug can cause muscles to break down, a result of higher body temperatures, leading to kidney complications and, potentially, the need for long-term dialysis.

Flakka may be more addictive than meth and some have said it can be more dangerous than cocaine because it’s difficult to control the exact dose an individual takes. A small overdose can lead to extreme symptoms, including death. The effects of the drug can take days to wear off.

Plus, flakka is cheap. A dose can reportedly go for $3 to $5. On the street, one kilo can cost $50,000, but ordered online from China — where it isn’t illegal — one can go for as little as $1,500, according to experts cited by Reuters.

Top 10 Highest Paid Sport Stars: Mayweather Tops List.

Top 10 Highest Paid Sport Stars.

• 1. Floyd Mayweather, US, Boxing = US$300m (£194m).
• 2. Manny Pacquiao, Philippines, Boxing = $160m (£103.4m)
• 3. Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal, Football = $79.6m (£51.4m)
• 4. Lionel Messi, Argentina, Football = $73.8m (£47.7m)
• 5. Roger Federer, Switzerland, Tennis = $67m (£43.3m)
• 6. LeBron James, US, Basketball = $64.8m (£41.9m)
• 7. Kevin Durant, US, Basketball = $54.1m (£35m)
• 8. Phil Mickelson, US, Golf = $50.8m (£32.8m)
• 9. Tiger Woods, US, Golf = $50.6m (£32.7m)
• 10. Kobe Bryant, US, Basketball = $49.5m (£32m)

Using multiple SIM cards in an iPhone 6

Ever wanted to install a couple of extra SIM cards on your iPhone 6? Here’s exactly how to do just that. I guess you never thought this was ever possible to do, but it’s right here!

A lot of people find it hard to manage multiple phones with different SIM cards, but if you want a better demarcation between your work and home life, or you want to make roaming with multiple SIM cards easier,  having the extra SIM or SIMs already in your smartphone is a big breakthrough. Some people think of phones with multiple SIM slots as “inferior” or “China-like” but if you need convenience and are the type that can’t handle the use of multiple phones (like myself), this is the only way forward.
Question is “How do you install an extra SIM or two into the iPhone 6? After all, that SIM tray is far too small for another SIM to fit in. .
Here’s the solution! Fear not, no Jailbreaking or “tweaking is required”.

How to install a multiple SIM adapter in an iPhone 6

1. Enter the SIMore X-Triple 6, a dual SIM device that allows you to have 3 SIM cards (1x nano SIM, 1x micro SIM and 1x mini SIM) in your smartphone.
2. The nano SIM sits in the SIM card tray along with the tail of the X-Triple 6 adapter so that it makes contact with the SIM card pin assembly inside the handset (yes, that ribbon cable is thin enough to fit between the SIM tray and the body of the iPhone 6. Then the other SIM cards fit into the adapter.
Now you don’t want to be moving about with a string of ribbon cable hanging off your handset, which is exactly why you pop it all into a supplied case, which keeps everything neat and tidy. The case also protects your handset and also servers as a holder for additional SIM cards and a SIM tray popout pin. #winning
There you go! It’s that simple. You can switch between SIM cards by going to Settings > Phone > SIM Applications.
This kit is relatively inexpensive. It includes the adapter and a case for your iPhone 6 (Bonus if you don’t yet have a case), is around $53. Unfortunately, the SIM adapter doesn’t fit well with the iPhone 6 Plus, so you need a flexible rubber case for that.
There are versions available for other smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and S6.

U.S. government hacked; feds think China is the culprit

Four million current and former federal employees, from nearly every government agency, might have had their personal information stolen by Chinese hackers, U.S. investigators said.

U.S. officials believe this could be the biggest breach ever of the government's computer networks. China called the allegation irresponsible.

The Office of Personnel Management, which is conducting background checks, warned it was urging potential victims to monitor their financial statements and get new credit reports.

The breach was initially thought to have impacted the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Interior, But government officials said nearly every federal government agency was hit by the hackers.

An assessment continues, and it is possible millions more government employees may be affected.

U.S. investigators: We believe this was China's work

U.S. investigators believe they can trace the breach to the Chinese government. Hackers working for the Chinese military are believed to be compiling a massive database of Americans, intelligence officials told CNN on Thursday night.

It is not clear what the purpose of the database is.

The Washington Post and Wall Street Journal first reported Thursday that Chinese hackers were responsible for the breach.

A spokesman from the Chinese Embassy in Washington objected late Thursday to allegations that the Chinese government may be behind the massive hack."Cyberattacks conducted across countries are hard to track, and therefore the source of attacks is difficult to identify. Jumping to conclusions and making hypothetical accusation is not responsible and counterproductive," said Zhu Haiquan.

Battle of Berlin: Old Ladies of Juventus vs. The Catalans of Barcelona!

Juventus and Barcelona contest intriguing Champions League final.Football's biggest club prize is on the line as Juventus face Barcelona in the Champions League final this Saturday. A treble beckons for one side, with Juve and Barca both winning their respective league and cup competitions this season.