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When gadget companies hit the growth wall

Sonos Play 5Hardware is a tough game. On one hand, device makers have access to far more infrastructure than they did decades ago. This has led to the explosion of companies that have been able to finance -- and often deliver -- products via crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter. On the other hand, the stakes have also been raised in terms of interface experience. And while it's [...]

We broke the Panama Papers story. Here’s how to investigate Donald Trump – The Guardian

Donald Trump is now president. This challenges many of us, not least members of the press. Countless reporters are still shaken and stunned by how he singled out a CNN reporter, one of the most respected news outlets in the world, to attack and humiliate him during his first press conference since winning the elections. Worryingly, none of his fellow journalists in the room stood up for [...]

Sean Spicer’s second briefing still contained a whopper

Good morning. Here's our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know. Want to get this briefing in your inbox every morning? Subscribe here. A fashionista friend in the White House press corps answered this lingering question after Sean Spicer's much-anticipated first briefing: What exactly was the glaring color of that jacket worn by Kellyanne Conway? "Tomato?" she guessed. Well, it was especially vivid [...]

Fake News 'Vaccine' May Help Provide Immunity Against Misinformation Spreading On Facebook

The proliferation of fake news on social media, particularly Facebook, and some websites on the internet is a growing concern. In an attempt to solve this problem, researchers developed a "vaccine" that can immunize people against fake news. Inspired By Vaccines Vaccinating a person against a virus exposes the body to a weakened version of the threat. The exposure is just enough to help build the body's [...]

Musadik Malik responds to Panama Papers documents released today – DunyaNews Pakistan

Last Updated On 23 January,2017 09:52 pm Malik says there's nothing new in documents, they prove nothing and have no significance LAHORE, ISLAMABAD: (Web Desk) - Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif s spokesperson Musadik Malik on Monday responded to the documents released earlier today by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) regarding the ownership of Sharif family s offshore companies. Musadik Malik said that there was nothing new in [...]

Exclusive – UK's Guardian could go tabloid, switch to rival's presses: sources

LONDON Britain's Guardian newspaper is considering becoming a tabloid and outsourcing printing to a rival such as Rupert Murdoch's News UK as one of a series of options to cut costs, sources told Reuters.Publisher Guardian Media Group (GMG) said last year it needed to make savings of 20 percent to stem underlying losses that widened to 62.6 million pounds ($78 million) for the year to April 3. [...]

Apps Are Nice, But Silicon Valley Should Focus on Health Moonshots

In my 35 years covering the tech market, I have heard from executives—over and over—how their inventions will change the world. And while at times, this is true—the semiconductor, PC, and smartphone come to mind—I have been wondering lately if Silicon Valley should take stronger aim at solving the world's major healthcare dilemmas. On cancer, Silicon Valley has been pretty active already. Nvidia, for example, has [...]

Alba scoops top Awards by the National Safety Council, USA

23 January 2017Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, was the proud winner of the 2017 Occupational Excellence Achievement Award and the 2017 Significant Improvement Award by the National Safety Council (NSC) – USA. These wins endorse the Company’s long-standing commitment to Safety as well as its efforts in creating a safe working environment for its employees and contractors alike.The NSC Occupational Excellence Achievement Award [...]

Plans afoot to push for e-payments for all maids – TODAYonline

SINGAPORE — With salary disputes forming a significant proportion of cases it saw last year, the labour movement’s Centre for Domestic Employees (CDE) will push for electronic payments for all foreign domestic workers here, centre chairman Yeo Guat Kwang said yesterday.“Today, it’s still not standardised,” Mr Yeo said at an event at the Singapore Flyer to mark the CDE’s first anniversary and to thank 50 of its [...]

'Droneboarding' takes off in Latvia

Droneboarders stand on snowboards and grip tow ropes, like those used in water-skiing, and are pulled along by a drone at speeds of up to 60 kph Skirted on all sides by snow-clad pine forests, Latvia's remote Lake Ninieris would be the perfect picture of winter tranquility—were it not for the huge drone buzzing like a swarm of angry bees as it zooms above the solid ice [...]

Nate Silver blames the press

Good morning. Here's our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know. Want to get this briefing in your inbox every morning? Subscribe here. The aura of numbers-crunching superstar Nate Silver was diminished by Donald Trump's victory. He was seen as among the many missing the boat. Old media chortled at stumbling by a paragon of big data. Now comes Silver's pre-inaugural revenge. He [...]

Output cuts set to lower oil inventories, says Saudi's Falih

Energy ministers from OPEC and non-OPEC countries meeting in Vienna on Sunday have struck a positive note regarding their agreement to cut oil output as a committee set to monitor compliance with the deal meets for the first time. "I am satisfied, I am optimistic and, as I said, the markets are on their way to rebalance and it's happening," Saudi energy minister Khalid al-Falih said. Compliance [...]

How The New York Times Plays With History

Submitted by Robert Parry via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Whenever The New York Times or some other mainstream news outlet holds itself out as a paragon of professional journalism – by wagging a finger at some pro-Trump “fake news” or some Internet “conspiracy theory” – I cringe at the self-delusion and hypocrisy. No one hates fake news and fact-free conspiracy theories more than I do, but the [...]

Trump, spokesman attack media for ‘shameful’ reporting as they quickly throw down gauntlet

Screw you. That was the direct message to the media from President Trump and his spokesman Saturday, using both CIA headquarters and the White House briefing room to underscore that there's a new and combative sheriff in town. They accused the press of "deliberately false" reporting and intentionally trying to undermine him by lowballing the crowd at his inauguration. Even to some politically conservative observers, it appeared [...]

The Neediest Cases: After Escape From Syria, Another Dangerous Foe: Diabetes

“I’m sorry,” said Ms. Najjar, 26, wiping her eyes. Hisham, who is shy and has large dark brown eyes, left the room to play with balloons. “It’s just that I almost lost him, not to violence or to war, but to diabetes.” A few birds singing in their cages brighten the grim space where Hisham’s family lives. But they also remind the family of what it left [...]

Asian media decry isolationist Trump, fear economic, diplomatic turmoil

TOKYO, A day after Donald Trump became U.S. President and vowed to put "America First", Asian media decried his isolationist policies, fearing they will chill the global economy and sow widespread international discord.In a defiant inaugural address, Trump said U.S. workers have been devastated by an outflow of jobs overseas, one of the main themes of a divisive campaign that emphasized making America strong again.In Japan, one [...]

Patent Hints at Amazon Self-Driving Delivery Truck Plans

While tech titans such as Google, Uber, and Apple along with almost every auto maker on the planet have poured resources into the development of autonomous vehicle technology, online retail giant Amazon has been relatively quiet on that front. But a recently approved patent shows the Seattle-based company could be ready to make a big move in the autonomous vehicle space. The patent doesn't suggest that [...]

We find out if Dubai is close to getting a Michelin-star restaurant

When it comes to gourmet food, you can find all manner of creations in Dubai – from camel stir fry to truffle ice cream.Yet there is one thing missing – a Michelin star. That may be about to change, if recent rumours are to be believed.The prestigious 126-year-old French ratings guide recently expanded to Singapore, another expatriate-dominated hotspot. Last April, the international director of Michelin Guides, Michael [...]

U.S. Removes Libya From List of Zones With Looser Rules for Drone Strikes

Photo Barack Obama and Donald J. Trump at the presidential swearing-in ceremony at the United States Capitol on Friday. It was not clear whether Mr. Trump would keep in place civilian-protection rules established by Mr. Obama in 2013. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times WASHINGTON — Before ceding power, the Obama administration quietly removed a former extremist stronghold in Libya from a list of combat zones where [...]

New EP president stresses he cannot divulge personal opinion on Panama Papers due to new role – Malta Independent Online

Newly elected EU Parliament President Antonio Tajani has indirectly rejected claims that he backtracked on his position about the Panama Papers scandal in Malta from almost a year ago, saying that his new position as EP President precludes him from divulging his personal opinion on the matter. He also claimed that he will be willing to speak about the Panama Papers scandal after the [...]

English Soccer Clubs Look to Apparel-Brand Scouts in Rush for Young Talent

Half a dozen Premier League clubs had watched Burns at Southend. And the practice of investing so much money in so much raw talent is hardly a recent development: Raheem Sterling was 15 when he joined Liverpool from Queens Park Rangers for £500,000 in 2010, and Jordon Ibe, then 16, made the same journey from Wycombe Wanderers two years later. What has changed, though, is not just [...]

Sukuk market will remain subdued in 2017, says S&P

Global sukuk issuance fell short of market expectations last year, although it was higher than in 2015, according to a new report by S&P Global Ratings. The agency said it believes the sukuk market will remain subdued in 2017, since the issuance process is still quite complex. When oil prices started falling in 2014, several market observers predicted an issuance boom from 2015, arguing that governments in [...]

Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) Gets FCC Certification, US Launch Imminent

The Samsung Galaxy J7 smartphone (2017) model - believed to be the successor of the Galaxy J7 (2016) - is in the news again. Close on the heels of the alleged mobile case for the smartphone leaking online on Amazon, the handset has received the green signal from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The latest news comes courtesy priceraja.com, which reveals that the Samsugn smartphone has received [...]

Amid Fistfights, Turkey Nears Parliamentary Approval of a New Constitution

The proposed Constitution comes during a period of emergency rule, also approved by Parliament, in the wake of the failed coup attempt in July against Mr. Erdogan. Since then, he has ordered the dismissal of 100,000 state employees and the jailing of more than 40,000 others suspected of supporting the coup. He has also cracked down on the independent news media, jailing about 140 journalists in the [...]