The creators of Cut the Rope release King of Thieves for Android

If you’re a fan of addictive games you’re probably well acquainted with Cut the Rope from ZeptoLab. The game first arrived in 2010, and since then there have been many variations of the classic game. Today ZeptoLab has released a brand new game for Android called King of Thieves. If it’s half as good as Cut the Rope we’re in for a treat.

There are two genres mashed into King of Thieves: platformer and tower defense. The platformer aspect involves going on raids and trying to steal gems and gold from the tombs of other players. However, you also have a tomb, which is where the tower defense aspect comes into play. You have to build traps and defenses to protect the contents of your own tomb from other players.

The longer you play the more gear you will unlock to make the game easier. Of course, since this is a mobile game in 2015, you can make in-app purchases to speed things along. At first glance King of Thieves seems to have all the ingredients of a hit game. You can download it from the Play Store for free right now.

Verizon offers up $10,000 to catch Southern California copper cable thieves

We’re not sure what the going rate is for copper wiring, but it must be high enough that someone would risk their freedom to try and steal it. That’s the situation Verizon Wireless is facing down in Southern California where someone (or a group of individuals) has been making their way from city to city, stealing Verizon’s copper communications cables along the way.

Verizon says that over 16,000 feet of copper cable has been stolen over the past 6 months, with the most recent of 16 incidents taking place last week on June 22nd. The result has been outages in these areas, sometimes lasting as long as several days until service could be restored. Margaret Serjack, Verizon California’s region president made the following statement:

“These thefts not only disconnect our customers from the phone and online services they count on every day, they also endanger the communities where they reside by severing a communications link to emergency services we all depend on in times of crisis. We will not tolerate these deliberate and malicious acts against our customers and our communications network.”

The thefts have occurred around the cities of Hesperia and Victorville in San Bernardino County, as well as Baldwin Park in Los Angeles County, and the community of Thermal in Riverside County. Verizon is offering up to ,000 to anyone with information leading to the arrest and prosecution of these copper bandits. You can contact Verizon Security at 1-800-997-3287; or Deputy R. Oakleaf with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department at 760-248-7655.

[Verizon]