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Why West Berlin? After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city’s eastern side, formerly occupied by the communist German Democratic Republic, was ripe for renovation. The space created by the removal of the wall, and the old buildings overdue for renewal, meant everything edgy and inventive went east. The formerly cool West Berlin districts fell into something of a funk as the gaze shifted elsewhere. But […]

Cisco’s Jasper is making a big play into connected cars, a sector the company currently sees as its largest growth industry in the Internet of Things (IoT) space. According to Jasper MD for Cisco ANZ Tom Fisher, Cisco’s cloud-based IoT platform Jasper is now powering nearly every connected car in the world. “Our largest vertical is the connected car market,” Fisher told ZDNet. “Practically every single car […]

Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak showed off his table tennis skills in a video shot by his daughter. The Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development is often seen taking part in activities while at events and community initiatives. In a video posted by his daughter, Sheikha Alyazia bint Nahyan bin Mubarak, Sheikh Nahyan reveals his talent for ping pong. The minister is seen volleying the ball back and […]

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for March 9, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Aarti Jhurani rounds up 10 things to do today in the UAE. Want to see your event listed here? Email us with the details and contact information at [email protected] newslide Abu Dhabi Music festival Buy […]

Christopher Lutz of IBM Research Almaden standing with the IBM microscope used to store data on a single-atom magnet Image: Stan Olszewski IBM researchers have found a way to store one bit of data in a magnet consisting of just one atom, the company announced on Wednesday. Prior to the discovery, the smallest bistable magnetic bits consisted of 3 to 12 atoms, IBM said, and hard drives […]

For the teaser video of Age of Triumph, the last update to Destiny before developer Bungie focuses on its sequel, it was hinted that players will be returning to the Vault of Glass. The Vault of Glass was the very first raid for the massively popular space shooter, with many players considering it as the best raid ever released for Destiny. However, as Bungie released all the details for […]

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  New York –  Pat Beall said she and her colleagues at The Palm Beach Post had been consistently reporting on Palm Beach County’s growing opioid epidemic, highlighting the lives of a few of the victims and the toll their death took on families and the larger community. But it wasn’t enough. Each story would get a little attention, but within a day or two the latest […]

DUBAI, UAE, March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Over 1,300 IT and security stakeholders gathered in Riyadh to advance discussions on collaboration, standardization and a unified approach to mitigate cyber threats. Under the endorsement of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince His Royal Highness Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the National Cyber Security Center NCSC, representative of Ministry of Interior, in partnership with Naseba organized the 2nd International […]

Scientists are reporting on the creation of a phase of matter, dubbed a time crystal, in which atoms move in a pattern that repeats in time rather than in space. (via WSJ)

While many have blamed today’s spike in yields for the broader underperformance of the REIT sector, which sent the Bloomberg North American REIT index down 1.4%, its biggest one-day drop since December in a widespread selloff across all property sectors with 194 of the 214 stocks in the index lower today, it’s more than just the jump in rates that is slamming the rate-sensitive sector. While longs […]

CBC News Posted: Mar 08, 2017 12:10 PM ET Last Updated: Mar 08, 2017 12:10 PM ET Royal Bank of Canada says it has closed the accounts of 40 clients following an internal review of its operations after the bank was named in a leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm that specializes in helping wealthy clients avoid taxes by stashing money offshore. As first reported […]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Delta Partners, the leading advisory and investment company, specialised in the telecoms, media and digital (TMD) space, has been officially recognised as one of the ‘Top Companies to Work for in the UAE’ in 2017 by Great Place to Work®, a global research, training and consultancy firm that identifies the best workplaces in over 50 countries worldwide. The official list, which was announced […]

By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo | TOKYO TOKYO Rattled by North Korean military advances, influential Japanese lawmakers are pushing harder for Japan to develop the ability to strike preemptively at the missile facilities of its nuclear-armed neighbour. Japan has so far avoided taking the controversial and costly step of acquiring bombers or weapons such as cruise missiles with enough range to strike other countries, relying instead […]

The House of Lords has voted in support of a requirement for the government to bring the final terms of Britain’s exit from the EU before parliament for its approval, inflicting a second defeat on Theresa May’s Brexit strategy in the space of a week. With 634 peers voting — the largest number of peers to participate in a vote in the upper chamber on record, according […]

With controversial moves to tighten immigration in the works, visitors from abroad and U.S. citizens alike are on edge about international travel. For the organizers of South by Southwest, that climate gave rise to a public outcry over controversial language in its artist contracts. In light of the ensuing backlash among attendees and performers, SXSW has issued a statement asserting its opposition toward the Trump administration’s actions around […]

As Abdelmonem Alserkal tours his latest architectural commission, his pristine white kandura stands in contrast to the monochrome building that broods in Alserkal Avenue – the warehouse creative community he has brought to life in Dubai’s industrial neighbourhood of Al Quoz. A muted study in steel, small mirrors, translucent polycarbonate and sprayed, shot-blast and polished concrete, the new venue is the latest milestone in Alserkal Avenue’s decade-long […]

A new system from CSAIL uses EEG brain signals to detect if a person notices robots making a mistake. Credit: Jason Dorfman/MIT CSAIL For robots to do what we want, they need to understand us. Too often, this means having to meet them halfway: teaching them the intricacies of human language, for example, or giving them explicit commands for very specific tasks. But what if we could […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) developed Sentinel-2B satellite has been launched. It is a part of the Copernicus program and will join its twin sister satellite Sentinel-2A in outer space. Sentinel-2A has been orbiting Earth since 2015. Being a part of the ESA’s Copernicus Earth Monitoring Program, the satellite duo will observe the globe and will take high-resolution infrared and color images of the planet’s surface. ESA […]

Credit: iStock/xavierarnau Michael Siminovitch, director of the California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis, wasn’t looking for enlightenment when he wandered into a Buddhist temple in Thailand a few years ago. He was touring Thailand as a distinguished visiting professor at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi’s school of architecture. He’d never been to a temple in his life. The temple was a highly crafted, architectural marvel, […]

NASA Mars has become a beacon of interest for astronomers, scientists, and even businesses which are all working to see if colony missions could ever succeed, but in itself, the planet is dry, dusty, and has an atmosphere roughly 100 thinner than Earth’s. The planet, in itself, may have once been suitable for life, but this is not the case now. Mars’ atmosphere is composed of roughly […]

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, visit the new headquarters of the Federal Competitiveness And Statistics Authority. Wam During his visit, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, said stronger cooperation and coordination between local and federal agencies is needed to successfully implement the National Agenda and […]

Europe launched the fifth of its Sentinel Earth observation satellites on Monday as part of its multi-billion-euro Copernicus programme to provide speedy images of land, oceans and waterways. The Sentinel-2B satellite, part of a system of satellites that is to monitor Earth, blasted off on board a Vega rocket from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana at 8:49 p.m. EST (0149 GMT on Tuesday). It will join its […]

The bubbles that form on a heated surface create a tiny recoil when they leave it, like the kick from a gun firing blanks. Now researchers have shown how this miniscule force can be harnessed to mix liquid coolant around high-power microelectronics — in space or on Earth. (via WSJ)

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