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Spotify, the music streaming service that reached 50 million premium subscribers last month, is apparently looking to get into the hardware business. The company’s ambition to get into hardware, possibly through a wearable or a smart home device, was shown through a posted job listing that was spotted by blogger Dave Zatz. Job Listing Shows Spotify’s Hardware Ambitions According to Zatz, a trusted source indicated that Spotify will soon […]

It was kind of an accident. When Lisa Tobin arrived at The New York Times nearly seven months ago, she had a broad mission: Figure out what the newspaper was supposed to sound like. “I expected that we would come in and spend several months figuring that out and then starting to finalize strategy and figure out what our first-round programming would be,” said Tobin. That’s pretty […]

The Home Office is trying to discourage EU nationals from applying for permanent residence in the UK to avoid being deluged by applications after the triggering of the Article 50 Brexit clause. According to new guidance released this month, EU citizens are instead advised to sign up for emailed news alerts that will tell them if and when they need to take action over their UK residence. […]

By Dustin Volz | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The Senate’s main investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is equipped with a much smaller staff than previous high-profile intelligence and scandal probes in Congress, which could potentially affect its progress, according to sources and a Reuters review of public records. With only seven staff members initially assigned to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s three-month-old investigation, […]

The finalized prototype of Google self-driving car. First, it was just a dream. Then it became a quirky research project undertaken by a handful of the nerdiest engineers in the robotics industry. Now self-driving cars are on the brink of transforming transportation. The industry creating the technology for autonomous vehicles has morphed from a collaborative space of free-flowing ideas into a high-speed road race where the winners […]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has delivered its judgement in the Panama Papers case. What’s next? By Waris Husain for The Diplomat April 25, 2017 In a much anticipated decision, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has delivered its judgement in the Panama Papers case of corruption against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Rather than delivering a final judgement, the Court called for the creation of a joint investigation […]

· Emaar Hospitality Group, which marks its tenth year in operation, now has 26 upcoming projects · Showcases its portfolio of 10 operational hotels and three serviced residences, and other new properties at the premier travel, tourism and hospitality event 24 April 2017 Dubai, UAE – Emaar Hospitality Group, the hospitality and leisure business of Emaar Properties, today unveiled six new hotel projects as part of […]

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By Chris Kenning | CHICAGO CHICAGO Barack Obama, making his first major appearance since leaving the White House, made no mention on Monday of his successor, Donald Trump, but urged young people to get more involved in their communities at a time of stark political divides. “What’s been going on since I’ve been gone?” joked the former Democratic president as he moderated an event at the University […]

Liam disassembles iPhones and sorts components into bins for further processing. (Image: Apple) Apple has released new details about Liam, its line of robots that disassembles the iPhone 6 so that individual components can be reused to make new gadgets in the future. Liam was first introduced last year , and now that the pilot has been successful, there are plans to expand the project. This will […]

According to newly unsealed documents, a federal court in California ruled that it is unlawful for Adobe to remain under an indefinite gag order regarding a search warrant for one of its users. In the ruling, the Los Angeles court concluded that the government had not made a sufficient argument to support the ongoing nature of a gag order it issued to Adobe 2016. Effectively, Adobe successfully […]

By Brian Ellsworth and Carlos Garcia Rawlins | CARACAS CARACAS Venezuelans erected barricades with garbage and even bathtubs on Monday and snarled traffic with mass “sit-ins” along major thoroughfares to press their demand for early elections as anti-government protests entered a fourth week. Ten people have been killed during near daily clashes this month between security forces armed with rubber bullets and tear gas and protesters sometimes […]

Escalation of alcoholic cirrhosis is more pronounced in regions where peak cold climate prevails accompanied by less sunshine, according to a study. The study was led by Neil Shah, MD, of the University of North Carolina. To some extent, the findings implicitly endorse the popular perception that an alcoholic drink is the best means to stay warm. However, it invariably exposes people to many consequences, noted Shah at […]

Security is the Internet of Things’ (IoT) Achilles heel. One reason that’s so is there is a lack of common IoT development standards. The Linux Foundation, along with 50 companies, is addressing this by building a common open-framework for IoT edge computing and an ecosystem of interoperable components under a new open-source consortium: The EdgeX Foundry. EdgeX is seeking a common open-source framework for the IoT. The […]

It was kind of an accident. When Lisa Tobin arrived at The New York Times nearly seven months ago, she had a broad mission: Figure out what the newspaper was supposed to sound like. “I expected that we would come in and spend several months figuring that out and then starting to finalize strategy and figure out what our first-round programming would be,” Tobin said. That’s pretty […]

InterContinental Hotels Group announces new signings as well as openings across its MEA brand portfolio at the UAE’s Arabian Travel Market and Arabian Hotel Investment Conference 24 April 2017 Dubai, United Arab Emirates – InterContinental Hotels Group® (IHG), one of the world’s leading global hotel companies, announced four new hotel signings as well as six new hotel openings across the GCC in 2017 at the Arabian Travel […]

Browse the International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s website, and you will see that one of its main aims remains unchanged from when it was launched 10 years ago: “To encourage the translation of Arabic literature into other languages.” The subtext here was that Ipaf hoped it might discover an Arabic-language literary star who might be spoken of in the same hallowed terms as, say, Japanese writer Haruki […]

MIRI: Police have confirmed that they will bring in for questioning the TV presenter who made an insulting remark about former national sprinter Watson Nyambek’s father on his show. Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief SAC Datuk Dev Kumar confirmed with theSun that the television presenter will be questioned by police in Kuala Lumpur. This came after Watson had lodged a police report against the television programme […]

SK Hynix has developed an 8 Gigabit (Gb) GDDR6 DRAM that can process up to 768 Gigabytes (GB) of graphics data per second, the company announced. The product operates with an I/O data rate of 16Gb per second per pin, two times faster than GDDR5, its predecessor. Together with a forthcoming high-ends graphics card of 384-bit I/Os, the DRAM will process 768GB of graphic data per second. […]

Two of the biggest chipmakers are in for a potential high-stakes battle. With rumors about AMD’s Radeon RX Vega GPU making the rounds, a flurry of reports about Nvidia’s counterattack has also surfaced: a new GeForce GTX 20-series based on Volta Architecture. AMD Radeon RX Vega GPUs The Radeon RX Vega leaked recently via a teaser, offering the first look at the GPUs in addition to the limited-edition […]

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for April 24, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Ellen Fortini 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 Film screening Register […]

The American economy and the industries that power it have experienced fascinating change over the last half century. An interesting way to track that change is by following the largest, most powerful companies in the United States has they make their way up and down the annual Fortune 500 list. Slant Marketing has done just that and compiled their findings into a super interesting interactive that can […]

· Marassi Al Bahrain has been chosen as the first location for The Address Hotels & Resorts hospitality brand outside of the UAE · Linked to Marassi Galleria – the shopping, leisure and entertainment destination 23 April 2017 Manama – Eagle Hills Bahrain, developers of the urban waterfront project Marassi Al Bahrain, held a reception for invited VIP guests of its new-to-market hospitality brand, The […]

For business people, AI presents a variety of challenges. On a technology level, artificial intelligence and machine learning is complicated to develop and demands rich data sets to produce meaningful results. From a business perspective, many business leaders have difficulty figuring out where to apply AI and even how to start the machine intelligence journey. Making matters worse, the constant drumbeat of AI hype from every technology […]

French voters are going to the polls in the first step of a nail-biting two-round process to elect France’s next president. The election, which will choose a leader with some of the greatest executive powers among western democracies, has turned into a four-way cliffhanger after months of campaigning marked by embezzlement scandals, terror attacks, the collapse of old mainstream parties and the rise of candidates from the […]

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