IPOH: Investigations into human exploitation and child labour at an oil palm estate in Pengkalan Hulu has widened with one of the rescued 18 said to be a sex slave of the male suspect. It also led to the rescue later of a 14-year-old girl who has been sexually abused at another house in Kedah. In an SMS sent out to the press here, Perak CID chief […]
While CNBC and the financial media continue to rave about stocks being near their all-time highs, beneath the surface of the market we are seeing signs of big trouble. Consider the following… As Michael Batnick noted last week, the S&P 500 as a whole is just 1.6% off its all time highs, but the average stock is down 9.6% from its 52-week high. Put another way, while […]
The Google Pixel XL is among the hottest Android smartphones currently available on the market, but it gets some serious competition from the newly unveiled LG G6. LG officially announced its latest flagship smartphone, the LG G6, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 on Feb. 26. The powerhouse comes with high-end specs and features all around, including a premium, waterproof build, a large HDR display and […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to submit six reports from various agencies in connection with the investigation into the Panama Papers leak. The apex court has given four weeks’ time to file the reports and said would then decide if the case merits a probe by a special investigation team. The court will take up the matter again on April 18, reported ANI. In […]
Raising more money on Kickstarter isn’t the only goal.Image: WDnet Studio/stocksnap By Emma Hinchliffe2017-03-11 16:19:51 UTC Every Kickstarter project wants to meet its fundraising goal. But a new study suggests that raising a ton of money doesn’t predict how much success a crowdfunding project will ultimately find. Researchers at North Carolina State University found that the number of people who supported a project on Kickstarter — rather […]
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. British reporter Iona Craig went to the al Ghayil, the Yemeni town stormed by Navy SEALs in the raid that President Trump says was a great success even as it claimed the life of the operator whose widow was honored […]
This report marks the end of a series of three big trains of thought. The first explained how we’re living through the Mother Of All Financial Bubbles. The next detailed the Great Wealth Transfer that is now underway, siphoning our wealth into the pockets of an elite few. This concluding report predicts how these deleterious and unsustainable trends will inevitably ‘resolve’ (which is a pleasant way of […]
It’s amazing just how useful many of the hidden accessibility features built into the iPhone are. I’ve already talked about how amazingly useful the hidden shortcut menu is, but here’s another one I’ve been using lately – the Magnifier app. Must read: Learn to become a Google Chrome power user The Magnifier app works a bit like the Camera app, but gives you greater power to zoom […]
It frightens the opposition as it will give an advantage to Prime Minister Najib Razak, says Umno information chief Annuar Musa. JERLUN: The ability of the government to resolve Malaysia’s diplomatic crisis with North Korea frightens the opposition as it will give an advantage to Prime Minister Najib Razak. In saying this, Umno information chief Annuar Musa added: “What is positive for the government is bad news […]
Josh Miller/CNET Update: Well, that was quick. Google has reposted the factory images and OTA files for the update, both of which are the same build number as what was pulled: N6F26U. Give the update a try and post in the comments if you run into any issues. Nexus 6 owners have taken to Reddit and Twitter to complain about issues when using Android Pay after the […]
Alphabet’s Waymo is requesting for a preliminary injunction to keep Uber from pushing through with its self-driving car plans and thus stop the ride-hailing service from using allegedly stolen secrets. This move follows the lawsuit Waymo filed back in February against Otto, a self-driving truck startup, and Uber, the startup’s parent company. The case argues that the defending party has stolen more than 14,000 confidential documents, including info […]
Even though Obama spent the waning days of his administration boasting about how he had managed to spend 8 years in the White House without a single ‘scandal’, current Attorney General Jeff Sessions seems to have a slightly different view of how to define ‘scandal’. But perhaps Obama just “did not recall” some of the highly controversial efforts of his administration including the intentional IRS targeting of […]
The tier gives limited access to 15 services. (Image: Google) Stressing its fundamental commitment to openness, Google on Friday announced that it’s adding a free tier to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The tier gives limited access to 15 services, including Google Compute Engine (1 f1-micro instance per month in US regions and 30GB-months HDD), Google Cloud Storage (5GB a month), Google Pub/Sub (10GB of messages a […]
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MEPs: Bankers, lawyers and accountants are “enablers” of tax avoidance A WIDE SUPPORT NETWORK of professional organisations “played a crucial role” in the biggest financial tax evasion scandal in world history, according to MEPs interrogating the circumstances and causes behind the Panama Papers tax scandal. Institutions of bankers, lawyers and accountants acted as “enablers and promoters of tax avoidance” allowing corporate and financial interests to slash trillions […]
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, There is an inherent dilemma for most of the people living in cities. Even those who are aware of the extremely fragile fabric of society are often stuck living urban lives. Perhaps they plan to retire to a country abode, or construct a hideaway to escape to if the need ever arises, but for now, they are stuck in the city […]
The Wikum interface provides readers with detailed summaries of online discussions. Credit: Jason Dorfman/MIT CSAIL From Reddit to Quora, discussion forums can be equal parts informative and daunting. We’ve all fallen down rabbit holes of lengthy threads that are impossible to sift through. Comments can be redundant, off-topic or even inaccurate, but all that content is ultimately still there for us to try and untangle. Sick of […]
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) welcomed the move taken by the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) to give protection to the witnesses in the investigation of a case of alleged embezzlement involving the multi-million-dollar procurement of electronic identity cards (e-KTP). “We welcome LPSK’s move to protect the witnesses because LPSK has the authority for that,” KPK Spokesperspn Febri Diansyah said in Jakarta in Jakarta on Friday (10/3). […]
The SEC just issued their ruling on the Winkelevoss bitcoin ETF, and it wasn’t good news for enthusiasts of the digital currency. Regulators rejected the proposed application, mainly because of the lack of regulation currently surrounding bitcoin. An approval would have meant that the public could invest in bitcoin simply by purchasing shares in the ETF, which would trade on a U.S-based stock exchange. The assumption was that an […]
Following the unexpected death of 65-year-old Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin, conspiracy theorists were stirred up as the ongoing Russophobic Deep State war combined with the deaths of nine Russian diplomats in the last year raised many coincident-questioning eyebrows. Now, as The Hill reports, pouring further fuel on that fire, the State Department asked the New York Medical Examiner not to publicly release information […]
In this May 13, 2015, file photo, Google’s new self-driving prototype car is introduced at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. Cars with no steering wheel, no pedals and nobody at all inside could be driving themselves on California roads by the end of 2017, under proposed new rules that would give a powerful boost to the technology from the nation’s most populous state. (AP Photo/Tony […]
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) led Federal and Punjab governments organised the International Women’s Day to distract attention from the Panama Papers investigation and the ongoing case in the Supreme Court, alleges senior columnist and analyst Haroon-ur-Rasheed. Rasheed, who has given conclusive evidence of Valentine’s Day being a PML-N ploy to distract the masses away from the massive corruption scandals, maintains that the ruling party […]
Forget about a normal selfie. 2017 might just be the year of the lumy. For those unfamiliar with the term, a “lumy” is a photo or video that features an effect from the increasingly popular app Lumyer. Lumyer is an augmented reality app that allows users to add fun effects to their photos or videos to bring them to life. These lumys can then be shared on different […]
SENATOR Grace Poe has warned that more Filipinos may be working their way into an early grave, saying “too much work can kill them” as she cited the latest report that more than eight-million Filipinos are overworked. In filing Senate Resolution 316, Poe sought a legislative inquiry into the dramatic rise in the number of overworked Filipinos—employed persons who work for more than 48 hours a week—in […]
