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First look: HTC U Ultra delivers gorgeous hardware, secondary display, advanced audio, UltraPixel cameras

HTC announced the U Ultra in early January and as it starts to ship to early pre-order customers the press is getting a chance to spend some time with the device. An evaluation device arrived yesterday for a couple of weeks of testing. After one day, it's clear the HTC U Ultra is better than I anticipated and brings the best of HTC into one single, and [...]

My Kind of Place: West Berlin

Why West Berlin?After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city’s eastern side, formerly occupied by the communist German Democratic Republic, was ripe for renovation. The space created by the removal of the wall, and the old buildings overdue for renewal, meant everything edgy and inventive went east. The formerly cool West Berlin districts fell into something of a funk as the gaze shifted elsewhere.But the comeback [...]

How to replace ‘planning’ with ‘doing’ in your work culture

By Vicki Krueger • March 8, 2017 Brainstorming new ideas is easy. Changing the culture to launch successful new projects is difficult. Here are some way to bring a startup culture into your organization. Divide and conquer: Pick two or three small teams and give them decision-making authority. Allow them to launch anything the whole team agrees is worth trying. One caution: Certain types of people prefer [...]

Opera to bring a new dimension to legend of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt

A rare opera by Franz Liszt has been meticulously restored by a senior lecturer at Cambridge University in England.David Trippett said he discovered the manuscript for the Hungarian composer’s Sardanapale in an archive in Weimar, Liszt’s long-time base in Germany, and spent two years restoring it.Sardanapale is based on an 1821 tragedy of the same name written by the British poet Lord Byron. Long thought to have [...]

Iran's foreign minister visits Qatar, meets ruler

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks in Qatar on Wednesday with the country's ruler about improving relations, soured by a dispute last year between Tehran and Gulf Arab powerhouse Saudi Arabia. Tasnim news agency said Zarif also met his Qatari counterpart during the trip to Doha, his second this year. Qatar and two other Gulf Arab states recalled their envoys from Tehran in January 2016 [...]

Simpler equity terms needed to help Singapore startups flourish

There are efficiency gaps between the startup ecosystems in Singapore and Silicon Valley, which the former can address by introducing simpler and clearer investment terms.Doing so would, in turn, attract more mature startups to their fold and better set up founders for success, according to executives from muru-D's Singapore outfit. The Telstra-owned accelerator had just completed its second batch of eight startups under the six-month programme, with [...]

Mega-Bears Smell Blood As REITs Tumble

While many have blamed today's spike in yields for the broader underperformance of the REIT sector, which sent the Bloomberg North American REIT index down 1.4%, its biggest one-day drop since December in a widespread selloff across all property sectors with 194 of the 214 stocks in the index lower today, it's more than just the jump in rates that is slamming the rate-sensitive sector. While longs [...]

UAE university develops robotic aid for surgeons

A medical device developed at United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) is set to help surgeons navigate complex and delicate procedures by acting as a robotic aid for accuracy. Created at UAEU’s College of Engineering, the Manipulator for Surgical Tools – for which patent approval has now been secured – employs a compactor robotic manipulator, which is specially configured with a remote "centre-of-motion" function that effectively gives the [...]

Why Can't the CIA Eradicate Ransomware?

Based on new leaks you'd think we live in truly Orwellian times, but the authorities building the surveillance state still can't do anything to stop actual crimes. WikiLeaks is rolling out Vault 7, a cache of documents that outline CIA hacking operations. Oddly, people are shocked. Why? We've been told for years that phone microphones and webcams can be turned on [...]

Salesforce's Einstein: One smart way to upsell AI

Salesforce has built in its Einstein artificial intelligence platform and the upshot is that the move appears to be a smart way to grow organically and hit its revenue growth targets. special feature How to Implement AI and Machine Learning The next wave of IT innovation will be powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning. We look at the ways companies can take advantage of it and [...]

Nikehijab causes huge online buzz

For hijabi athletes, Nike just did it. The sports brand has ticked all the boxes for fitness enthusiasts by announcing its Nike Pro Hijab which will be available in 2018. As of Wednesday morning, amid the online buzz, the garment even launched its own Instagram account A project that has been in the brand’s creative labs for over a year, the modest wear is a lightweight, breathable, [...]

Top U.S. General Discusses Syria With Counterparts From Russia and Turkey

Photo A convoy of United States armored vehicles in Manbij, northern Syria. A Pentagon spokesman said Monday that the deployment was intended as a “visible sign of deterrence and reassurance” to dissuade Turkish-backed militias and other groups from attacking the area. Credit Delil Souleiman/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — The top American military officer met Tuesday with his Russian and Turkish counterparts to discuss how to [...]

Homegrown Terrorism Is Top Threat To UK, New Report Finds

Via Soeren Kern of The Gatestone Institute, "The threat to the UK remains from homegrown terrorism, and is heavily youth- and male-oriented with British nationals prevalent among offenders." — Islamist Terrorism: Analysis of Offenses and Attacks in the UK (1998–2015). "The increased prevalence of smaller cells and individualistic offending, suggests a rise in terrorism cases that feature shorter lead times to offending and fewer opportunities for identification." [...]

Local Edition: ‘…Local journalism scares the sh*t out of me right now’

Hey, it’s boss week here at Local Edition. This week, we’re going to spend a little time with a Florida editor who doesn’t fit many molds (started as a designer, doesn’t care for sandy beaches, etc.) As a reminder, this is week three in our four-week conversation about why we’re still in journalism. (You can subscribe here.) Hang around after the boss talk for a peek at [...]

Google Cloud expands and invests in partner program

Google Cloud on Tuesday unveiled a series of steps it's taking to strengthen its partner program, such as simplifying requirements, creating new partner incentives, and introducing new partner specializations -- along with a new collection of partners recognized in those areas. "Google Cloud partners are essential to our commitment to help enterprises innovate faster, scale smarter and stay secure," Bertrand Yansouni, VP of Google's Global Partner Sales [...]

Ransomware: An executive guide to one of the biggest menaces on the web

GoldenEye ransomware targets human resources departments because they're used to opening emails and attachments from unknown sources. Image: Ali Donzanti What is a ransomware attack?Cybercriminals didn't use to be so obvious. If hackers infiltrated your corporate network, they would do everything possible to avoid detection. It was in their best interests not to alert a victim that they'd fallen victim to cybercrime.But now, if you are attacked [...]

US Air Force bids for laser-touting attack planes

Lockheed Martin US military officials are gunning for modifications to offensive planes to make them capable of using lasers in warfare.Last week, US Air Force leaders met at the annual AirWarfare Symposium to discuss next-generation and new technologies for the military. According to Air Force Special Operations Command chief Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, the current top priority mission is to secure funding to load and test lasers [...]

Light the way you were meant to see it

Credit: iStock/xavierarnau Michael Siminovitch, director of the California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis, wasn't looking for enlightenment when he wandered into a Buddhist temple in Thailand a few years ago. He was touring Thailand as a distinguished visiting professor at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi's school of architecture. He'd never been to a temple in his life. The temple was a highly crafted, architectural marvel, [...]

Three must see chefs at Taste of Dubai: Michel Roux Jr, Aldo Zilli and Luke Thomas

Stacie Overton Johnson More than a dozen international chefs will share their culinary skills at this year’s event. Don’t miss your chance to meet and cook with these masters. Here are three to watch:Michel Roux Jr Michel Roux Jr is a British chef who leads the kitchen at Le Gavroche, a London restaurant that holds two Michelin stars. Roux will be cooking roast pigeon with peaches, turnips [...]

U.S. Air Campaign in Yemen Killed Guantánamo Ex-Prisoner

Photo Graffiti in Sana, Yemen, protested American drone operations in the country last year. The United States has carried out over 40 airstrikes in the country in the past week. Credit Yahya Arhab/European Pressphoto Agency WASHINGTON — For a fifth consecutive night, American warplanes and drones on Monday pummeled suspected Qaeda targets in Yemen as the Pentagon said an earlier attack in the country had killed a [...]

Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep to lead Steven Spielberg's Pentagon Papers drama

Superstar director Steven Spielberg is assembling a superstar cast for his next movie. Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep have just been set to lead The Post, Mashable has confirmed. The fact-based drama revolves around the Pentagon Papers, a classified Department of Defense study which detailed the true scope of the U.S. government's dealings in the Vietnam War. Leaked by military analyst Daniel Ellsberg in 1971, the documents [...]

Is Facebook Too Powerful?

If my post-election reading and conversations I've had with politically active individuals is any indication, Facebook played a big role in the 2016 race. Starting last summer through Nov. 8, my Facebook feed was heavily populated with political commentary from those on both sides of the political coin. With 1.8 billion users, Facebook has become one of the world's most influential communication mediums, and its influence [...]

Exclusive: US Rapper Silento can fly out of Dubai after travel ban lifted

Silento is free to leave the UAE after Al Ain civil court on Monday morning lifted a travel ban on the US rapper. The artist, whose real name is Ricky Lamar Hawk, had been banned from leaving the UAE after a civil case was filed because the 19-year-old failed to appear at two concerts for which he was contracted.The Court imposed the travel ban on February 20 [...]