En bilist försökte köra på två poliser i samband med en nykterhetskontroll i Hedemora i kväll.

SmartAboutThings writes "Mozilla has officially introduced the first update to its mobile Firefox OS. The very first update to Firefox OS adds some important new features, performance improvements and additional language support. Some of the most important changes include MMS support, Push Notifications API, Contact Management enhancements, Firefox browser downloads, Keyboard improvements and much more. In a separate announcement, Mozilla also said that new launches of Firefox OS smartphones will begin soon with more devices and in more markets around the world."

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Washington will suspend some of its $1.5bn in annual military aid until Egypt ushers in a democratic government.

En 65-årig man sitter anhållen i Borås misstänkt för att ha våldtagit en flicka vid flera tillfällen under åtta års tid, uppger lokala medier.

En man i södra Stockholm har en glad överraskning att vänta.

Känd travtränare drabbad. Flera hästar saknas ännu.

Då en kvinna kom hem till sin lägenhet i Biskopsgården i Göteborg hade dörren brutits upp.

SvD reder ut forskarnas upptäckter.

iONiUM writes "Samsung today unveiled the Galaxy Round phone with a curved 5.7" display. It comes with a hefty $1,000 USD price tag. This is a follow-up to the 55" curved TVs it began selling in June, and is most likely an intermediate form in the development of fold-able phones. Considering the recent LG announcement of mass OLED flexible screen production, it seems we are getting close to flexible phones. One question I wonder: will Apple follow suit? So far there has been no indication they are even attempting flexible/bendable screens."

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An anonymous reader writes "More than 90% of nuclear regulators are being sent home due to the Federal Government shutdown, as the agency announced today that it was out of funds. Without Congressional appropriations, the nuclear watchdog closes its doors for what appears to be the first time in U.S. history. CNN reports that while a skeleton crew remains to monitor the nation's 100 nuclear reactors, regulatory efforts to prevent a Fukushima-like incident in the United States have ceased."

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Current deputy chief of Federal Reserve to replace Ben Bernanke as head of US' central bank.

Amazon has announced two new Kindle Fire HDX tablets with quad-core processors and new features aimed at making them more competitive with Apple’s iPads.

 

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USA:s president Barack Obama ska i morgon träffa några av hans tyngsta motståndare i bråket om statsapparatens nedstängning och landets skuldtak.

Utrikesminister Carl Bildt (M) tror på en lösning för de 13 ryska barn som inte får komma till sina svenska adoptivföräldrar.

En bankman från Uppland dömdes i dag till villkorlig dom och 240 timmars samhällstjänst för att ha lagt beslag på över tre miljoner kronor från kunder.