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The slowness of OneDrive that some Linux users experienced has been traced back to a failure in a browser component designed to speed up background processing. Image: Microsoft Microsoft has resolved a bug that made OneDrive and OneDrive for Business slow on Linux machines but not on any other platform, including iOS, Chrome OS, macOS, and Windows. A Microsoft OneDrive spokesman called Edgar has now confirmed that […]

Using immortal stem cells, scientists have developed a method to produce unlimited supply of red blood cells. The process is costly but the artificial blood may help patients with rare blood types and in cases of emergency when there is shortage of donated blood supply. Earlier approaches involve producing red blood cells that rely on various sources of stem cells that can currently only produce limited quantities. Jan […]

Scientists have created a new technique that simplifies the production of human brain and muscle cells — allowing millions of functional cells to be generated in just a few days. The results open the door to producing a diversity of new cell types that could not be made before in order to study disease. Source

More than a game, Super Mario Run is also incriminating proof that Nintendo, who was once hyper adamant — adamant, still, though a little lax now — about bringing its roster of popular and beloved franchises over to smartphones, has accepted that the huge smartphone audience is a tappable market, and that it’d be dumb not to tap it. Nintendo has done so — and in a smart […]

Stevenson will oversee the infrastructure side of the group, including the Lenovo’s core datacenter products and solutions portfolio. (Image: Intel) Lenovo has hired former Intel CIO Kim Stevenson to serve as the SVP and general manager of its struggling datacenter group. As part of its third quarter earnings report last month, Lenovo revealed sales from its datacenter group were down 20 percent from a year ago to […]

Micron Technologies saw its shares climb to their highest level in two years after the semiconductor maker reported a strong quarter of sales and profit and signalled that the good times would continue to roll. The stock was one of the day’s biggest gainers, rising 7.4 per cent to $28.43. Strong demand and rising prices helped Micron deliver a 58 per cent jump in revenue to $4.65bn […]

A new project aims to create an efficient, simple-to-manufacture oxygen-evolution catalyst that pairs well with semiconductors for advanced solar cells. The technique could lead to unique catalysts for other applications. (via WSJ)

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Authored by Finian Cunningha, via The Strategic Culture Foundation, There was a time when Russophobia served as an effective form of population control – used by the American ruling class in particular to command the general US population into patriotic loyalty. Not any longer. Now, Russophobia is a sign of weakness, of desperate implosion among the US ruling class from their own rotten, internal decay. This propaganda […]

Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) will start taking orders for its solar roof tiles in April, Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a Tweet on Friday. The solar-powered roof shingles were unveiled in October last year to show the benefits of combining his electric car maker with solar installer SolarCity Corp SCTY.O. There was no detail on cost. (bit.ly/2n32HB8) Tesla has said previously the cost of the roof […]

In February, Google confirmed that would makes its Assistant available to non-Pixel smartphones, which left many Android users wondering when they would benefit from the virtual assistant. Close on the heels of the announcement, the OnePlus 3 reportedly received the Google Assistant as an over-the-air (OTA) update. However, only a handful of OnePlus 3 users reported the arrival of the update in early March. Now, OnePlus is poised to […]

Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for March 25, 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 Dubai Art exhibition Capturing the […]

Cornell University will expand its footprint in New York City with a law program based on its new $2 billion technology campus on Roosevelt Island. The 12-acre campus, dubbed Silicon Island, opens in the summer. The semester-long Program in Information and Technology Law is slated to begin in spring 2018, with a contingent of about 20 […] (via WSJ)

Bentley Motors has unveiled its ground-breaking new Gigapixel photograph – one of the world’s most detailed landscape images. At the heart of the photograph sits a Bentley Flying Spur W12 S in the luxury marina of Dubai. Zoom out, and the groundbreaking NASA-derived technology of the Gigapixel image allows you to explore and experience the city panorama in intricate detail.  Zoom in and the image will take […]

Alteryx, the data analytics company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange today, marking the third IPO of the year. The company priced its IPO yesterday at $14 per share, and closed Friday at $15.50, or 10.7% higher. Alteryx works with clients like Amazon, Ford and Coca-Cola to help them better assess what products are selling and where there are market inefficiencies. CEO Dean Stoecker touted a […]

In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, a customer sets up his new iPhone 7 Plus, right, as he switches from the iPhone 6 at the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue during the release of the Apple iPhone 7 and the latest Apple Watches, in Chicago. New documents from WikiLeaks, posted Thursday, March 23, 2017, point to an apparent CIA program to hack Apple’s iPhones and […]

A new study looking into job automation estimates that millions of human workers around the world might lose their jobs to robots in the future. According to a new PwC report, many jobs worldwide risk automation from artificial intelligence and robotics by the early 2030s. However, the report notes that in many cases the jobs won’t disappear altogether, but rather change and adapt. US Jobs Most At Risk […]

Pressed to explain his lack of concern, Mnuchin said, “It depends on what you think of artificial intelligence.” (Image: CSPAN) Artificial intelligence won’t pose a real threat to American jobs for “50 or 100 more years,” Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Friday. special feature How to Automate the Enterprise One of today’s biggest opportunities for IT to make an impact is by automating business processes, manufacturing, repetitive […]

STOCKHOLM An SAS flight carrying 119 passengers and 5 crew made a forced landing in Munich on Friday after one of its engines malfunctioned, the Scandinavian airline said. The plane, a Boeing 737 with CFM engines, on route from Munich to Oslo, ran into problems with its left engine about 10 minutes into the flight, a SAS spokesman said. The engine was then turned off, and the […]

Image: T-Mobile Last week I received a call directing me to call a particular phone number or I would be faced with a serious IRS penalty. It was obviously a scam since I have yet to file my taxes, but scammers steal from innocent people every year to the tune of a reported half a billion dollars. The IRS just released another alert to US taxpayers yesterday […]

A recently developed vaccine shows great promise in the prevention of rotavirus, a deadly infectious disease which causes severe gastroenteritis in children and is responsible for hundreds of daily fatalities worldwide. Among this vaccine‘s major advantages are its heat-stable quality, meaning it doesn’t require refrigeration, its high affordability and the fact that it specifically targets viral strains encountered in sub-Saharan Africa, the world’s most rotavirus affected region. The […]

Done betting, Alibaba is getting down to work in Southeast Asia as it bids to lead the region’s promising e-commerce space and maximize its early mover advantage over Amazon. Alibaba became the first major international player to enter Southeast Asia, a region with more than 600 million cumulative consumers, when it bought a majority stake in Lazada, the Rocket Internet-backed venture, nearly one year ago. Amazon, Alibaba’s key foe in India, is […]

The first quarter of 2017 is almost over and Xbox is keeping the game train going with its free game offering for April. Xbox Live has announced its April Games with Gold featuring four hit games: two Xbox One and two Xbox 360 games playable via backwards compatibility. These games are: Ryse: Son of Rome, Darksiders, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, and The Walking Dead: Season Two. These limited-time games will […]

Ford said that slowing new car demand in the US and rising costs could halve its first-quarter earnings per share compared with last year’s record first quarter. The Detroit carmaker’s shares slipped in New York on Thursday after the company said in a statement that it now expects pre-tax profits of $9bn in 2017, down from $10.4bn last year. It expects profits to rise again in 2018. […]

At the start of the year, I was part of a panel that aimed to offer career guidance to graduating students at a local secondary school in Singapore. The panel dished out the usual advice about the need to have passion, work hard, and always strive to do better. A student then posed a question that struck a chord: “How can I ensure the skills I learn […]

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