ARADA, the UAE-based developer started by Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal, the only son of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed, has announced the launch of its first project in Sharjah. With an expected completion date for late 2018, Nasma Residences will offer more than 800 homes plus community facilities, a statement said. In January, Prince Khaled’s KBW Investments (KBW) and Basma Group unveiled ARADA, a partnership enterprise […]
Cloud accounting software provider Xero announced a new product that it says will bring machine learning and AI to the process of small business invoicing. The machine learning automation technology is currently without an official title, but Xero says it’s designed to simplify and improve the way invoices are filed. More specifically, the technology will automatically suggest the appropriate account codes for an invoice based on past […]
With poles instead of broomsticks between their legs, competitors battle it out in a sport usually reserved for witches and wizards and described by one enthusiastic participant as “organized chaos”. They are competing for the British Quidditch Cup, in a tournament which draws its inspiration from the magical “Harry Potter” universe created by author J.K Rowling but which has had to be modified to allow for the […]
By Michael Holden | LONDON LONDON A British judge investigating the sudden death of a Russian mafia whistleblower heard on Monday that he might have been murdered by eating poisoned soup. Alexander Perepilichny, 44, was found dead near his luxury home on the exclusive gated St George’s Hill estate in Weybridge, Surrey, southwest of London, after he had been out jogging in November 2012. The sudden nature […]
OSLO Natural swings in the Arctic climate have caused up to half the precipitous losses of sea ice around the North Pole in recent decades, with the rest driven by man-made global warming, scientists said on Monday. The study indicates that an ice-free Arctic Ocean, often feared to be just years away, in one of the starkest signs of man-made global warming, could be delayed if nature […]
By Yashaswini Swamynathan The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were slightly lower on Monday as gains in financials shares – ahead of a widely expected interest rate hike – were weighed down by losses in drug stocks. The Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s policy-setting board, is expected to lift interest rates by a quarter point to 0.75 percent-1.00 percent after a two-day […]
It may soon be possible to detect the universe’s first stars by looking for the blue colour they emit on explosion. Source
Scientists have invented a new technology entitled “lip motion password” (lip password) which utilizes a person’s lip motions to create a password. (via WSJ)
EDINBURGH Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has demanded a new independence referendum be held in late 2018 or early 2019, once the terms of Britain’s exit from the European Union have become clearer. To do so, she needs authorisation from Britain’s parliament, which is sovereign. The Brexit referendum last June called the future of the United Kingdom into question because majorities in England and Wales voted to […]
ARADA, the UAE-based developer started by Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal, the only son of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed, has announced the launch of its first project in Sharjah. With an expected completion date for late 2018, Nasma Residences will offer more than 800 homes plus community facilities, a statement said. In January, Prince Khaled’s KBW Investments (KBW) and Basma Group unveiled ARADA, a partnership enterprise […]
This Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, shows a Mobileye camera system that can be installed in your car to monitor speed limits and warn drivers of potential collisions, mounted behind the rearview mirror during a demonstration of the system, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Intel is buying Mobileye in a deal announced Monday, March 13, 2017, and valued at about $14.09 billion, the latest push by a […]
Nicola Sturgeon has called for a second Scottish independence referendum to be held by spring 2019, throwing the constitutional future of the UK into question just as it begins the process of leaving the EU. In a speech at her official residence in Edinburgh, the first minister accused Theresa May of having “not moved an inch” in response to calls for a special deal on Brexit for […]
Phishing scams continue to be an effective method. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Staff are still falling for phishing scams, with social media friend requests and emails pretending to come from the HR department among the ones most likely to fool workers into handing over usernames and passwords. Phishing scams aim to trick staff into handing over data — normally usernames and passwords — by posing as legitimate email. […]
Doha, Qatar – 13 March, 2017 In recognition of the creative efforts it made throughout the year, First Finance Company (FFC), a subsidiary of Barwa Bank Group, has earned the title of ‘Most Innovative Finance Company’ in Qatar 2016, at the International Finance Magazine (IFM) Awards, which was held at the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai. FFC claimed the sought-after title in honor of its leading role […]
CAIRO Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown as president of Egypt in an uprising in 2011, will be released from detention in a military hospital, the public prosecutor ruled on Monday, his lawyers and judicial sources said. “He will go to his home in Heliopolis,” Mubarak’s lawyer Farid El Deeb said, adding the ageing former president would likely be released Tuesday or soon after. Mubarak was cleared of […]
KABUL An explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul destroyed a bus carrying employees of one of the country’s biggest telecoms firms, causing an unknown number of casualties, Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said. A security official said earlier the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber on foot, but there was no immediate official confirmation. The explosion, as people were leaving work in a […]
ADDIS ABABA Desperate parents scrabbled through a towering pile of fetid garbage in the Ethiopian capital on Monday, screaming the names of missing children buried in a landslide after a mound of trash collapsed on an informal settlement killing at least 50. “My babies, my babies, my little daughter,” cried one man wandering through the site, tears streaming down his face. Neighbors said he had lost four […]
In the tech industry, it’s easy to get caught up in the minutiae. But we should all step back and witness an industry in transition. Here are a few things I believe will shape the next few years. Smartphone Hardware Runs its Course As my colleague Carolina Milanesi recently wrote, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to innovate in the smartphone space. After a decade […]
By Tova Cohen and Ari Rabinovitch | JERUSALEM JERUSALEM U.S. chip giant Intel (INTC.O) has agreed to buy Israeli driverless technology firm Mobileye (MBLY.N) for $15.3 billion, the largest ever acquisition of an Israeli high-tech company. The $63.54 per share cash deal is the world’s biggest purchase of a company solely focused on the autonomous driving sector. Mobileye accounts for 70 percent of the global market for […]
ANKARA Turkey will “surely have sanctions” against the Netherlands, Turkish EU Minister Omer Celik said on Monday without giving details, as a diplomatic row between the NATO partners over Ankara’s political campaigning abroad continued to simmer. President Tayyip Erdogan, who is seeking support from Turks in a referendum on boosting his powers, has said the Netherlands is acting like a “banana republic” and should face sanctions for […]
Picture yourself in this scene: You’re a manager about to share with a staffer your concerns about a piece of work they’ve given you. Maybe it’s a report, a proposal, a visual project. You want to make sure the staffer hears your concerns as constructively as possible. What do you do? “I always start by saying something I like about the work,” a manager once told me. […]
By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo | TOKYO TOKYO Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two. China claims almost all the disputed waters and its growing military presence has fuelled concern in Japan and the West, with the […]
● First Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit to open doorways to encourage public-private sector dialogue ● Inter-sector cooperation to be a key topic of discussion between representatives of government, companies, and NGOs at Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit 13 March 2017 Abu Dhabi, UAE – The Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises […]
Volkswagen Volkswagen has already taken a battering to its reputation due to the emissions scandal and is now tarnished further as the automaker has pleaded guilty to criminal charges as part of a settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ). On Friday, the automaker pleaded guilty in a Detroit federal court to felonies in connection with the 2015 emissions scandal. For years, the company sold a’clean […]
