Новости за 19.08.2015

India will have to end a run of nine Test matches without a victory if they are to prevent Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakarra bidding farewell to the international stage by helping his country to a series win. Sri Lanka mounted a stunning fight back to clinch the opening contest between the sides in Galle last week and now have the opportunity to seal victory in the three-match series in the second test in Colombo, beginning Thursday.

While the NFL preseason's primary objective is to evaluate talent before teams announce their 53-man rosters, some matchups stand out over others due to their regular-season expectations. On Sunday afternoon, two top teams go head-to-head when the Green Bay Packers visit the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field.

Remember nine years ago when Steve Jobs debuted the first Apple TV device and everyone predicted the tech giant would revolutionize the television industry just as it did the music industry? If you’re still waiting for the Apple Inc. equivalent of a cable subscription -- that is, a set-top box that lets you stream live TV channels in addition to consuming on-demand content at will -- the bad news is, you’re probably going to have to wait a little bit longer.

Talk about an August of outsiders. Internet meme and presidential candidate Deez Nuts has pulled off a surprising feat in a North Carolina poll, raking in 9 percent of the vote in a theoretical 2016 general election matchup against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and real estate mogul Donald Trump (spoiler: Nuts still loses).

Consumers looking for a little more privacy can now preorder the Blackphone 2. It’s a smartphone that mobile manufacturer Silent Circle claims can keep users' apps, data and communication secure. At the center of it is Silent OS, a custom version of Google Android built with various security features and apps, including peer-to-peer encrypted VoIP calling, messaging and address book. It also includes a smarter Wi-Fi feature to protect the device against insecure wireless networks.

Bigger. Badder. Faster. That's the promise of a new teaser promo for Season 2 of "The Flash" on the CW.

The U.S. Federal Reserve may wait until after September to lift interest rates after the latest minutes from the central bank’s July meeting indicated conditions for the first rates increase in about a decade had not been met, due primarily to muted inflation that has not yet moved toward the Fed’s target. The Fed minutes were released on Bloomberg terminals about a half-hour early, after a news organization broke the embargo, set for 2 p.m. EDT. The central bank then released the minutes on its website around 1:45 pm EDT.

Are “Anaconda” rapper Nicki Minaj and her boyfriend, Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill, still together? It seems one day the couple is supposedly expecting a child together and the next they have broken up. In the latest gossip, some fans assumed the two were headed toward splitsville after they posted confusing Twitter messages to their official accounts Monday.

Jessa Seewald is reportedly upset following TLC's decision to cancel "19 Kids and Counting" after nearly a decade. The network announced on July 16 that itwould not be moving forward with a new season of the Duggar family's reality TV show. The cancellation came nearly six weeks after it surfaced that star Josh Duggar had molested several young girls when he was 14. Seewald, 22, is currently expecting her first child and was reportedly really looking forward to sharing that journey with viewers.

Fans of Mumford & Sons and Blink-182 were treated to a dream performance Tuesday night. Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus joined the band onstage to cover the Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" during a performance at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

Members of a Native American tribe in Wisconsin are deciding whether they will grow and sell marijuana to tap into a new revenue stream. About 9,000 Menominee tribesmen will vote Wednesday and Thursday on a referendum that asks if they support either medicinal or recreational marijuana use, or both, on the reservation, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Sad news for "Dancing With the Stars" fans. An executive producer for the ABC show said Len Goodman is exiting as a judge ahead of the Season 21 premiere. Rumors of his departure began circulating in December, though nothing was confirmed until now.

The honeymoon won’t last long for May and Andrew on “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 3. Although Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) reunited with her ex-husband Andrew (Blair Underwood) in the Season 2 finale, the couple will still have differences. However, they’ll suddenly be on opposite sides of an old fight.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley took a swipe at Donald Trump on his own turf. The Democratic presidential hopeful lent his support Wednesday to a group of largely immigrant workers trying to organize a union at a Las Vegas hotel owned by the real estate mogul-turned-Republican presidential front-runner.

German and French leaders should press Ukraine harder to implement the peace plan in eastern Ukraine that was signed in February, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.

A growing body of evidence suggests hedge funds don't live up to the hype -- a finding especially important for institutional investors, including the pension funds that ensure the retirements of millions of teachers, firefighters and other public employees. Now, two studies reveal the chief marketing strategies employed by the hedge fund industry substantially overstate returns and benefits.

The Germans were never going to sit idle and allow Tesla Motors to take over the luxury electric car market. Now we have the first glimpse -- albeit in stylized renderings rather than photos -- of the direction Audi is going in its challenge to the highly anticipated Tesla Model X sport utility vehicle. The Model X will begin appearing on U.S. roads in the coming months.

NEW YORK-- The atmosphere at the Starbucks on North Seventh Street in the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood Williamsburg was soothing but purposeful on a recent morning. Customers dressed in button-down shirts and jeans with briefcases slung over their shoulders sipped on foamy cappuccinos and iced lattes as they swiftly exited the coffee shop, hurrying to work. Others sat quietly on the numerous bar stools throughout the restaurant, hunched over newspapers and laptops, keeping to themselves.

"The Big Bang Theory" creator Bill Prady has no problem with loyal viewers getting excited about what will happen in the show's upcoming ninth season, but he would prefer if people would stop sharing spoilers. The executive producer took to Twitter Wednesday to urge fans to stop releasing details from the new episodes and withhold their opinions on the show until the new season airs.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has made a name for himself as an action star going back to his days with WWE and more recently for his roles in movies like “Fast and Furious.” Johnson, along with actor Zac Efron, are looking to bring this tough approach to the upcoming “Baywatch” film.

Subway took less than 140 characters to make its stance clear after its spokesperson Jared Fogle was charged with soliciting sex with minors and possessing child pornography. “We no longer have a relationship with Jared and have no further comment,” it tweeted Tuesday evening. In the age of the Internet, companies have to be especially careful when dealing with scandals that risk metastasizing into full-blown disasters, public relations experts said.

Google has reported four successive lightning strikes have resulted in a small fraction of permanent data loss for its Google Compute Engine (GCE) disks, which allow customers to run cloud-based virtual machines. The incident last Thursday caused power loss to capacity stored in Belgium, resulting in loss for 0.000001 percent of disk space. In a report Tuesday, Google explained some recently written data was on storage systems less equipped for power failures due to extended backup battery drain.

After beginning its World Cup victory tour in style, the United States Women’s soccer team will be going for another big win against Costa Rica in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Wednesday. In its first match since beating Japan to lift the country’s first World Cup title in 16 years in Vancouver last month, the U.S. celebrated in front of a sell-out crowd in Pittsburgh with a dominant 8-0 win over an overmatched Costa Rica side.

Jamal Crawford has been the subject of trade rumors throughout the summer, and it appears that a few teams are interested in acquiring the veteran guard. Frank Isola of The New York Daily News reports that the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat have all looked into the possibility of adding Crawford.

There's a new way to find your co-workers -- and it's not over Slack or your company's kludgy in-house system. LinkedIn Corp. has released a new mobile app and site for professionals that allows them to search for, learn about and message colleagues, the company announced Wednesday.