A period of consumer spending, retail sales and housing weakness may be imminent, after federal tax refunds tumbled by 78% in the early part of February compared to 2016, the result of a new law which requires the IRS to delay the printing of checks to households claiming specific tax credits. The reason for the slowdown is that in late 2015 Congress passed a law forcing the […]
Wikimedia Commons The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been called a “toothless dragon” in the past when it comes to medical device security, but one security expert believes the FDA is only one of many impotent agencies that need to get their act together. The security of our medical devices, including pacemakers, embedded cardiac devices, and insulin pumps have come under scrutiny as of late. […]
Credit: Salk Institute Although we spend a lot of our time online nowadays—streaming music and video, checking email and social media, or obsessively reading the news—few of us know about the mathematical algorithms that manage how our content is delivered. But deciding how to route information fairly and efficiently through a distributed system with no central authority was a priority for the Internet’s founders. Now, a Salk […]
Yahoo News Two arrested at Panama Papers firmYahoo NewsIf you want to pay for skylights, marble floors, a not so small army of underpaid employees, and at least one bogus fee that’s named after the owner’s dog, buy your next not-so-cheap used car at a new car dealership. New car dealer prices are sky high … and more » (via Google News)
By Vicki Krueger • February 9, 2017 By creating contrast in your design, you guide your audience through the content of your page. One way to create contrast is with type elements. Here are some guidelines for using typography. Try to limit yourself to two typefaces on a publication. Then limit yourself to two weights of each face. Adding italic versions of each weight gives you eight […]
Manny Pacquiao will have his next fight in the UAE, the boxer confirmed on social media. The eight-division world champion has previously held talks about having a bout hosted in the UAE, and now it looks like it will finally happen in Abu Dhabi, despite mixed messages in the media. The fight, which will be against Australian fighter Jeff Horn, was due to take place at Suncorp […]
Sarah Tew iPad sales are awful. Truly awful, and while CEO Tim Cook might be bullish about the tablet’s future, Apple desperately needs to do something to turn sales around if it’s going to come off life support. Must read: Does your iPhone have a battery drain problem? “We’ve got some exciting things coming on iPad,” Cook said during Apple’s last financial conference call, “and I’m optimistic […]
newslide Richard Gere has used the press conference for the Berlin Film Festival as a platform to speak out against President Donald Trump’s immigration policy and travel ban. Speaking at the conference, just before the world premiere of his new film The Dinner, the actor and activist said that he found it discouraging to see term ‘refugee’ go through such a dispiriting change of meaning in the […]
FEBRUARY 10, 2017 Camels, the ungainly ships of the desert, have been part of the history and folklore of Arabian culture for centuries. They’ve inspired poetry and song, served as transportation and racing companions, and have been a source of milk and meat for nomadic travelers. Image The traditional camel race during the Sultan Bin Zayed Heritage Festival, held at the Sweihan racecourse on the outskirts of […]
RIYADH U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday the U.N. envoy to Yemen had his full support, days after Yemen’s Houthi group asked him not to renew the diplomat’s term due to what it said was bias against the Iranian-aligned movement. “Our envoy has my full support and I believe that he is doing an impartial work, that he is doing it in a very professional way […]
Seen from outside, Enceladus appears to be like most of its sibling moons: cold, icy and inhospitable. Source link
Loss-making Dubai construction firm Arabtec is working with boutique investment bank Moelis to study options for the company’s capital structure, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. A mandate for restructuring advisory firm AlixPartners to reduce overheads at Arabtec was completed at the end of last year, the sources said, declining to be named as the information is not public. The sources said that the […]
The latest retailer to join the “anti-Trump resistance“, is also the one which despite being closest to death managed to crush short sellers on Friday after its stock soared on the announcement of yet another hail ymary restructuring: according to Reuters, Sears and Kmart are discontinuing online sales of 31 Trump Home items. An obvious publicity stunt meant to distract the public’s attention from the company’s chronic […]
If the new proposal is approved next Wednesday, Munich employees’ desktops will be running Windows 10 by the end of 2020. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Munich’s city authority is a step closer to moving thousands of council computers from Linux to Windows, in a reversal of one of open-source software’s marquee successes. The authority’s administrative and personnel committee this week made a long-awaited recommendation for the reorganization of […]
An update to Cortana — Microsoft’s digital assistant infused with artificial intelligence—enables it to recognize and make note when people promise in messages to tend to tasks Microsoft virtual assistant Cortana began holding people to their promises on Thursday. At least, to commitments made in email messages. “Now, Cortana can help you remember things you’ve said you would do in your emails—without you even having to […]
Do you think camels are only useful for crossing the sand dunes – or as photo opportunities for tourists? Think again. Camels have always offered much more to Arab society than simply a means of transport. They also provided their owners with meat, milk, clothes and more besides – and many of these other uses for “Bedu’s best friend” are increasingly coming back into fashion. With the […]
Photo Residents walked through the destruction in eastern Aleppo last month, after it was brought back under the control of government forces. Credit Hassan Ammar/Associated Press President Bashar al-Assad of Syria suggested in an interview published Friday that he could foresee cooperation with the Trump administration and might even countenance the deployment of American soldiers in the country one day. The remarks by Mr. Assad appeared to […]
Microsoft is continuing to beef up its security offerings across Windows 10, SQL Server, Office, and Azure and is using next week’s RSA conference to highlight its latest incremental updates. Windows Hello, Microsoft’s authentication service meant to replace passwords, already works with Azure Active Directory and Azure Active Directory Connect. With the Windows 10 Creators Update, users also will be able to use Windows Hello in on-premises […]
PNC Menon is a busy man — it takes several months to lock an interview into his diary. But on the day of our meeting in Dubai, the Indian-born real estate developer exudes characteristic warmth and courtesy, refusing to allow Arabian Business to leave without a bowl of Middle Eastern halva and repeatedly asking whether we have enough milk in our tea. A long-term UAE resident and […]
ISTANBUL President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday the final goal of a Turkish incursion into Syria was not just to retake the city of al-Bab from Islamic State, but to cleanse a border region including Raqqa of the jihadists. Turkish-backed Syrian rebels are pressing a major offensive on al-Bab, 30 km (20 miles) south of the Turkish border. The advance risks putting them in direct conflict with […]
|By Arabian Post Staff| As much as 69 percent of oil demand growth up to 2022 will be in Emerging Asia, according to a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Other key conclusions of the report include advancement of the oil demand peak from 2050 to 2035 due to fast growth in electrical vehicles, increased carpooling/sharing and autonomous driving; increase in consumption by 1.1mn b/d p.a. […]
Kevin and I spent about half of the time on MobileTechRoundup show #390 talking about wearables with the new Android Wear and more. Image: ZDNet Google announces LG Watches and Android Wear 2.0 Strava and RunKeeper get standalone AW 2.0 apps! LG continues to tease the LG G6 Nougat rolling out for Honor 8 Google Assistant on Pixel gains some smart home smarts $1000 iPhone? May have […]
If you’ve been dreaming for years about having your own R2-D2 or BB-8, get ready. Just don’t expect your new robot companion to do too much, because you might be disappointed. A new generation of personal robots and devices is in the works and several are slated to head to homes beginning later this year. Among the more notable is Kuri, a robot developed by Redwood City, […]
A modern dance work from celebrity choreographer Benjamin Millepied, and set to brand new music by Philip Glass, will receive its regional premiere at Dubai Opera. Millepied’s leading LA Dance Project will present On the Other Side on September 28, the third and final instalment of his jewel-inspired ballet trilogy. The company – which the French choreographer founded and has directed since 2011 – will also perform […]
