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Sony May Launch Next PlayStation Console In Second Half Of 2018, Slash PlayStation 4 Price Soon : CULTURE : Tech Times

Sony's fiscal year 2016 was the best one for the PlayStation 4, but separate reports believe that the company has big plans in store for the video game console. The next PlayStation console, likely to be named the PlayStation 5, could be launched as early as next year. The PlayStation 4, meanwhile, may soon receive a significant price cut. PlayStation 5 Coming Next Year? Sony released the PlayStation [...]

Viktor Orban defiant after giving assurances on EU disputes

April 29, 2017 by: Rochelle Toplensky in Brussels Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban left Brussels on a defiant note on Saturday, in spite of promising European colleagues he would “behave” and settle a stand-off with the European Commission.Mr Orban came under heavy pressure from leaders of his centre-right EU group amid growing impatience and concern across the bloc over Budapest undermining independent universities and mounting a brazen [...]

Today’s customer experience mandate: Avoid ’50 first dates’

The news these days continues to be filled with reports that traditional stores are at last being sustainably displaced by fast growing online competitors. Startups in online shopping, media, travel, financial services, sharing economy, and finally even healthcare, have either invented popular new high-growth digital categories or are in the midst of successfully re-imagining the old ones in digital native terms.In the 2000s, the digital disruption had [...]

Uber Android App Getting Revamped Privacy Settings With Easier Management And Account Deletion : TECH : Tech Times

Uber has new updates in store for its Android app, adding simplified privacy controls designed to make things easier for users. The new privacy controls aim to help users manage their data more easily, as well as streamline the whole process so they're more in control over what information they want to share with Uber. Uber Android App Update "Making the Uber app simple and easy to [...]

Newsmaker: Lionel Messi | The National

That it fell to Barcelona’s Lionel Messi to score the match-winning goal away to arch-rivals Real Madrid on Sunday was of little surprise to his legions of devotees, who already view the diminutive Argentinian as something of an immortal giant on the football field, and even to casual fans.El Clasico – the lyrical Spanish name for matches played between the two powerhouses of the country’s domestic game [...]

North Korea test-fires ballistic missile in defiance of world pressure | Reuters

By Jack Kim and Michelle Nichols | SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS North Korea unsuccessfully test-fired a ballistic missile on Saturday from a region north of its capital, Pyongyang, South Korea's military said, defying intense pressure from the United States and the reclusive state's main ally, China.The test came as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned the United Nations Security Council that failure to curb North Korea's [...]

Top 5 airline safety videos – Travel & Hospitality

Boarding completed, seatbelts are fastened and the aircraft is slowly rolling over the tarmac to the runway, almost ready for takeoff. But before the plane can leave the ground, all passengers are made aware of the safety features on board via video on screen. Safety videos are a necessary form of visual communication to ensure all passengers can follow procedures in case of an unlikely emergency. However, [...]

Luxemburger Wort – Luxembourg actively shared ‘Panama Papers’ information, minister says

Luxembourg has shared information with other countries on cases of possible tax evasion in relation to the 'Panama Papers', according to Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna. Gramegna, responding to a request from the EU Investigation Committee on Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA), said the exchanges took place partly spontaneously and partly at the request of other countries. The European Parliament's so-called Panama Committee, the official [...]

Uber self-driving car chief moves aside amid Waymo trade secrets scandal

File Photo The head of Uber's self-driving car project is stepping away from the leadership role as a lawsuit embroiling Uber and his former employer Waymo relating to the theft of trade secrets continues. Anthony Levandowski is a talented engineer who is believed to have been a key player in former Google unit Waymo's success in developing the technology. While working in Google's Street View maps unit [...]

China’s short-term money market rate hits 2-year high

Short-term borrowing costs in China have climbed to their highest level in two years as comments from President Xi Jinping fan investor expectations that a “regulatory windstorm” is part of a broader crackdown on the financial sector.China’s premier on Thursday described finance as the “core of a modern economy”, according to state news agency Xinhua, adding that “accurate judgment of potential financial risks serves as a precondition [...]

Road test: 2017 GMC Acadia

With each successive generation of new vehicle these days, there tends to be an inevitable bloat factor, whereby the latest and greatest offering is invariably bulkier and lardier than its predecessor. So it’s an eye-opener when a car brand – especially an American one – rolls out an all-new model that appears to have shrunk in the wash.Say hello to all-new GMC Acadia, a revamped seven-seat SUV [...]

Knights of Malta draw battle lines after clash with pope | Reuters

By Philip Pullella | ROME ROME They will not be drawing swords like their predecessors did 1,000 years ago, but battle lines have been drawn between conservatives and reformers in the Knights of Malta, the Catholic chivalric order and global charity.Its former leader, Briton Matthew Festing, has returned to Rome for a decisive boardroom confrontation over its future this Saturday, defying a request to stay away by [...]

Atlus Apologizes For Restrictive ‘Persona 5’ Video Policy: Limit For Streamers Pushed Back From 7/7 To 11/19 : CULTURE : Tech Times

Atlus has issued an apology for the draconian video policy that it implemented for Persona 5, and has now rolled back on the streaming limitations for the RPG. The apology came as streamers criticized and defied the policy, which limited uploaded video content of Persona 5 to only reach until July 7 in the RPG's in-game calendar. Atlus's Restrictive Streaming Policy For 'Persona 5' In a post published by [...]

DJI’s No-Fly Zones For Its Drones Now Include Huge Parts Of Iraq And Syria : Drone Revolution : Tech Times

Just in case someone attempts to fly a drone over Iraq and Syria, DJI has made sure it will not happen. DJI added parts of Iraq and Syria to its No-Fly Zone or NFZ list. It means DJI-made drones will be prevented from flying in and around the war-torn region, which is currently embroiled in a war. Several news reports stated that terrorist organizations like the Islamic State had [...]

Challenging Hamas, Palestinian Authority Cuts Electricity Payments for Gaza

The Israeli agency that liaises with the Palestinians on civilian affairs, known as Cogat (an acronym for Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories), said Israel supplies Gaza with 30 percent of its total electricity needs at a monthly cost of about $11 million. Continue reading the main story Israel did not immediately cut off the supply, apparently hoping that international donors would step in and pay. [...]

Balancing Act for Pope in Egypt: Outreach to Muslims, and Speaking Out for Christians

Egypt is still suffering from coordinated Palm Sunday bombings of two Christian churches that killed more than 40 people, nearly killed the head of the Coptic Church and prompted President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to declare a three-month state of emergency. Continue reading the main story Francis will lend his support to the roughly 250,000 Roman Catholics in Egypt and insist on the protection of minority rights, including [...]

Travel news: Qatar Airways grows route network and more

Qatar Airways grows route networkThis week Qatar Airways announced 12 new flight routes for 2018. The Doha-based airline will launch services to San Francisco next year, as well as Cardiff in Wales, Utapao in Thailand, Chittagong in Bangladesh, Mykonos in Greece, Málaga in Spain, Accra in Ghana, Lisbon in Portugal, Abidjan in Ivory Coast, Prague in the Czech Republic, Kiev in Ukraine and Mombasa in Kenya. The [...]

A new game puts the public into public radio archives – Poynter

The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, which created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and later led to the creation of both PBS and NPR, also recognized the importance of archiving public broadcasting material in the United States. It stipulated that CPB should: ...Establish and maintain, or contribute to, a library and archives of noncommercial educational and cultural radio and television programs and related materials and develop [...]

Microsoft Urges Users To Hold Off On Manually Installing Windows 10 Creators Update : TECH : Tech Times

Like taxes, Windows 10 Creators Update is inevitable. The only thing you can control is when to get it. Right now, Microsoft advises you to wait. Although already available for manual installation, Microsoft advises the casual users to wait for the Windows 10 Creators Update to be offered on their devices. The company is still in the process of optimizing the software before it begins its next phase of [...]

Syria enters French election debate as Le Pen aide questions intelligence report | Reuters

By John Irish and Matthias Blamont | PARIS PARIS A top aide of far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen raised doubts on Thursday about a French intelligence report accusing Syria's leadership of a toxic gas attack, a position directly opposed by her centrist rival Emmanuel Macron.A declassified report published on Wednesday showed that French intelligence had concluded that government-backed forces had launched a sarin nerve gas attack [...]

Still Confused About Trump’s 1-Page Tax Plan? Goldman Explains It All

Since at its core, yesterday's 1-page "tax plan" was a Goldman creation, who better to explain what Trump offered than Goldman Sachs itself, which it did overnight in a far lengthier note from its chief Washington analyst Alec Phillips.  Here is Goldman with an elaboration of the handful of bullet points contained on the much anticipated one page, extended to 6 pages. Q&A on the President’s Tax [...]

Linux on Android smartphones: Project Halium wants your handset to run Ubuntu, Sailfish

This is the system stack that Project Halium is proposing. Image: Project Halium A group of developers hope to unite several Linux-based mobile distributions with a common Android base that will make it easier for them to run on Android hardware.The developers are aiming to create a better way for non-Android GNU/Linux distributions like Ubuntu Touch, Sailfish OS, Plasma Mobile and others to make progress in the [...]

British Airways reaffirms regional commitment by appointing Robert Williams as Head of Sales – Asia Pacific and the Middle East

· "The Middle East remains an extremely important region and we are committed to enhancing our customer experience," says Robert Williams · British Airways' recently announced investment plans to boost customer experience with the new First Wing now open to passengers flying from Kuwait · Airline set to launch 22 New Routes in 2017 expanding its network of onward connections for Kuwaiti and wider Middle East customers [...]

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 Spoiler-Free Review: An Emotional, Intergalactic Roller-Coaster Ride : CULTURE : Tech Times

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, one of the most highly anticipated movies of 2017, was an intergalactic rollercoaster ride from start to finish, featuring a complete range of emotions, laser blasters, all kinds of love, a living planet, and Baby Groot. How such a crazy combination of elements works in a film is beyond comprehension, but the chaos is exactly what makes Guardians of the Galaxy [...]