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Your Favorite Free Product Is Now Paid? Tough

False promises abound in Silicon Valley, especially when it comes to free products going paid. But what can you do? Nothing really, and that's a problem. Silicon Valley works well with false promises. But what happens when those false promises cover free products that eventually require payment? In other words, who gets hurt? You might recall that in 2014, Microsoft announced [...]

Holly to Bolly: George Clooney pays surprise visit to fan on her 87th birthday, Disney sued over Zootopia and more

newslide Actor George Clooney has surprised a fan on her 87th birthday in London. Clooney paid a visit to the fan named Pat Adams, a resident at a facility in Berkshire, to celebrate her special day on March 19 after she had told staff members how fond she was of him, reports telegraph.co.uk. He brought her flowers and a card. Linda Jones, a worker at the care [...]

Johor sultan to build affordable bungalows for lower-income families – Channel NewsAsia

KUALA LUMPUR: Owning a bungalow or semi-detached house for below RM100,000 (US$22,600) is just a dream for most people, but Johor's Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar is about to make it reality.The project called Rumah Impian Bangsar Johor (Johoreans' Dream House) had its soft launch on Wednesday (Mar 22), marking the start of construction for 1,840 units, including bungalows and semi-detached houses. These will be built in phases at three [...]

Scoping out fitness options in Abu Dhabi

In the 1990s, fitness options in Abu Dhabi were limited to a smattering of dingy ­bodybuilding gyms and pricey hotel health clubs. "Gyms used to mean a treadmill, a bike machine, some weights and that was it," recalls Maria Oritz, a self-confessed fitness freak who arrived in the city in 1998. "Classes were practically unheard of." The following year, when Abu Dhabi Country Club opened the city’s [...]

The Kagans Are Back; Wars To Follow

Authored by Robert Parry via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The Kagan family, America’s neoconservative aristocracy, has reemerged having recovered from the letdown over not gaining its expected influence from the election of Hillary Clinton and from its loss of official power at the start of the Trump presidency. Former Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland, who pushed for the Ukraine coup and helped pick [...]

How a freelance journalist told the real story of the U.S. Yemen raid

Iona Craig, who reported on the aftermath of the botched Navy SEAL raid in Yemen for The Intercept from Yeman, did so with the help of the Pulitzer Center. Iona Craig.Grants from the Pulitzer Center go a long way for international journalists who eke out a difficult existence covering tough stories from dangerous places. The details of her recent Yemen experience should give pause to most journalists [...]

Rain causes traffic havoc on Dubai, Abu Dhabi roads

The overnight deluge of rain in the UAE, which carried on into the morning, has seriously affected traffic in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The downpour saw the normally heavy morning traffic grind to halt in many places in Dubai and the capital. Multiple accidents were showing up on the Google’s traffic map for Dubai and Abu Dhabi this morning, with Dubai police warning drivers to “reduce speed [...]

10 things to do today: hear a talk about Arabian horses in Al Ain, register to attend Noche Flamenca's Antigona and more

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for March 22, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Ellen Fortini rounds up 10 things to do today in the UAE.Want to see your event listed here? Email us with the details and contact information at [email protected] Al AinCultural talkAttend the talk Horses: Symbol [...]

Dubai's newest workout options

Feeling energetic? Ready for a change? From Barry’s Bootcamp to Curvalicious, Afshan Ahmed rounds up the newest workout options in Dubai - a city that is already teeming with the best and newest ways to get and stay fit. newslide Warehouse GymJumeirah Beach Residence Price: From Dh400/month04 368 4080 / www.whgym.com After opening up a gritty warehouse space for CrossFit, circuit training and boxing a few years [...]

You're right. That 'electronic Muslim ban' makes no sense

(Image: file photo) NEW YORK -- A lot of people woke up confused by the news this morning that the US government is banning electronics on some inbound flights from several Muslim-majority countries. They're right. It doesn't make sense. The simple rundown is that passengers on all airlines with direct flights from ten Middle Eastern and African airports -- including in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan -- [...]

De Lima faulted for technicalities – Inquirer.net

DE LIMA SUPPORT While oral arguments continued on Tuesday at the Supreme Court on Sen. Leila de Lima’s petition questioning her arrest on drug trafficking charges, her supporters outside the court once again demand her release. —RICHARD A. REYES Justices of the Supreme Court on Tuesday hinted that detained Sen. Leila de Lima’s petition questioning her arrest might be headed for an outright dismissal due to violations [...]

PSIM Market Expects Banking Organizations To Drive Future Demand As Panama Papers Leak Triggers Security … – EconoTimes

PSIM Market Expects Banking Organizations To Drive Future Demand As Panama Papers Leak Triggers Security Overhaul - MarketIntelReports Monday, March 20, 2017 8:00 PM UTC Wilmington, Delaware, March 20, 2017 -- The report “Global PSIM Market by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2021”, available on MarketIntelReports, estimates that the North American market will continue to remain as a key growth driver till 2021. Browse numerous [...]

UAE pledges Dh55m for heritage site protection fund

The UAE has pledged US$15 million (Dh55m) to a historic alliance to protect cultural heritage sites threatened by war and extremism. The Emirates was among the world donors that pledged more than $75m during a conference at the Louvre Museum in Paris, attended by Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, French president Francois Hollande and other officials. The conference established the International [...]

10 things to do today: watch new film The Belko Experiment, join the Color Run and more

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for March 21, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film creenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Aarti Jhurani rounds up 10 things to do today in the UAE.Want to see your event listed here? Email us with the details and contact information at [email protected] NationwideNew filmIn The Belko Experiment, an ordinary [...]

Old Linux kernel security bug bites

OK, hands up, who knows what High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) is? It's an archaic networking data framing protocol that's used in modems, X.25, frame-relay, ISDN, and other now uncommon networking technologies. I know it because I used to work with them back in the day. You'll get to know it now because a researcher discovered a security hole hidden within the Linux kernel driver that implements [...]

Rivlin responds to public broadcasting saga from Vietnam – Jerusalem Post Israel News

Rivlin speaks in Jerusalem at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. (photo credit:AVI HAYUN) In Hanoi and Beijing, they’re talking about Israel’s public broadcasting crisis, or more accurately why the crisis should not be a pretext for holding new elections. Reporters traveling in Vietnam with President Reuven Rivlin and in China with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were more inclined to report on [...]

Sighthound Cloud brings accuracy to emotion and gender detection

(Image: Sighthound) Palo Alto, Calif.-based Sighthound has released an emotion recognizer on its Sighthound Cloud API for developers. The recognizer has a Detection API for person, face, gender, and facial landmark detections, and a Recognition API that developers can use for face and vehicle recognition applications. Its Cloud Recognition API makes it easy to add face recognition to applications. Currently, the API only supports Objects with a [...]

Yalla learn the lingo: the importance of learning the native language of where you live

When Jhumpa Lahiri decided to learn Italian, she took the plunge. The Namesake author moved her entire family to Rome in 2013 and spent several years refusing to read or write another word in English.Born to Bengali-speaking Indian parents in London and raised in the United States, 49-year-old Lahiri decided the only way to fully immerse herself in an unfamiliar language was to renounce her own."For 20 [...]

Panama Papers have helped fuel ‘a more aggressive CRA’ – Toronto Star

CRA assistant commissioner Ted Gallivan said tax fraudsters identified in the Panama Papers will not be allowed to clear their name by declaring their hidden assets and paying back taxes and interest, a process called voluntary disclosure.  (Graeme Roy / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo)  For the Canada Revenue Agency, the Panama Papers was a line in the sand. Unlike those exposed by previous leaks, tax cheats named in [...]

IBM Cloud enters China through new Wanda joint venture

IBM IBM and Wanda Internet Technology Group have agreed to form a new joint venture to bring IBM Cloud services to China. On Sunday, the two companies announced the plans in Beijing, which includes the formation of Wanda Cloud Company, a JV which will push Wanda into the public cloud business. Based on IBM's cloud platform, Wanda's new offerings will focus on Chinese enterprise customers seeking to [...]

Welcome to the life of one of the UAE’s defence and real estate moguls

Mansour Bin Jabr’s idea of a hard life may not resonate with everyone. “The cars, the jets, they don’t make me happy. I’m a hippie in a way. I love islands, beaches,” says the 30-year-old chief operating officer of Bin Jabr Group, having just returned from a business trip in the Maldives. “I see myself retired in the Bahamas in a resort I own with my toys. [...]

Jobs that sparkle: the UAE's experts tell us what it's like to work with gold

It’s in facials, on cappuccinos and most recently on the award-winning Burg Khalifa. But what is gold leaf like to work with when it comes to more permanent projects? We speak to a variety of artists about this tricky material.newslide Gold-leaf gilderAll that glitters is gold at Emirates Palace. Most of the ceiling and many of its walls, totalling a one-kilometre surface, are covered in Italian gold [...]

John McCain – The Rise And Fall Of An American 'Hero'

Authored by 'Vaniam' via The Burning Platform blog, This is an Arizona patriot's unique view on John Sydney McCain As of late, we the people of Arizona are very shocked to see what he has become. He is a caricature of a man who, around here, is about as popular as the ping-pong president. How could the people of Arizona, the state that brought you the O.K. [...]

O'We Smartwatch Will Help You Get The Ideal Amount Of Sunshine Every Day

From smartphones, smartwatches, and smart home devices, these gadgets assist in daily activities from the mundane to the truly incredible feats. Smartwatches, however, are starting to be the norm as one of the most popular wearable devices today, each with its unique capabilities that set it apart from the competition. While more well-known brands boast advanced OS, and others sleek designs, one smartwatch in particular boasts its capability of [...]