Hey, you guys! More adventures are about to unfold in LEGO Dimensions because the Goonies are coming. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced on Thursday that The Goonies expansion pack for LEGO Dimensions will be released on May 9. In The Goonies Level Pack, gamers are on the mission to help Sloth and Chunk escape from the Fratelli hideout so that they can join the boys on their […]
INFERNO The fire that hit a Japanese-owned factory in Cavite province is among the worst in the country’s economic zones, according to an official of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority. —RICHARD REYES GENERAL TRIAS, Cavite—At least 126 people, including at least two Japanese, were injured after a fire that raged for more than 18 hours starting Wednesday night hit a three-story factory at the Cavite Export Processing […]
Days after Gmail users all over the world fell victim to a phishing scam, it seems that PayPal users are vulnerable as well as they are being targeted by hackers to give up login credentials. According to this phishing scam, fake PayPal pages have been prepared to trap unsuspecting users into giving up their personal data. The pages are highly convincing as baits because they look very real […]
An international team of researchers has developed a new blue-phase liquid crystal that could enable televisions, computer screens and other displays that pack more pixels into the same space while also reducing the power needed to run the device. The new liquid crystal is optimized for field-sequential color liquid crystal displays (LCDs), a promising technology for next-generation displays. (via WSJ)
Boston Dynamics is showing off its latest creation: a “nightmare-inducing” robot equipped with two wheels called Handle. At the Abundance360 event in Los Angeles, company founder Marc Raibert took the stage to unveil the machine via a video, and he had this to say as an introduction: “This is the debut presentation of what I think will be a nightmare-inducing robot, if you’re anything like me.” Looking […]
ABU DHABI // Fatima Al Marzouqi is helping to steer the next generation of Emiratis toward careers in science, technology, engineering and maths. As head of Mubadala’s education and training division, she plays a crucial and direct role in developing academic programmes that introduce pupils to Stem, and professional training opportunities that offer students and recent graduates hands-on experience with major engineering and manufacturing companies at home […]
Grab has announced plans to invest US$700 million in Indonesia over the next four years, as part of efforts to increase its footprint in a market where it has seen growth. The Southeast Asian ride-sharing operator said Thursday the new investment would support the Indonesian government’s ambition of becoming the region’s largest digital economy by 2020. It would include plans to set up a research and development […]
The Western Australian government has awarded a contract to Telstra Health to roll out a AU$10 million Community Health Information System in an effort to “close the gap” in access to health information between metro residents and those living in rural areas. The health information system is designed to record data on children’s health, including their vaccinations, as well as providing information about public health issues, management […]
Physicists have mapped the coordinates of more than 23,000 individual atoms in a tiny iron-platinum nanoparticle to reveal the material’s innate defects. These results demonstrate that the positions of tens of thousands of atoms can be precisely identified and then fed into quantum mechanics calculations to correlate imperfections and defects with material properties at the single-atom level. (via WSJ)
Nintendo wants the Switch to be the first thing you reach out when you wake up in the morning and the very thing you hold on to for rest of your day. Its Super Bowl ad has made the case for it while promoting The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the process. Why Switch The 30-second clip will not claim any award, and it certainly […]
Dubai Carbon’s District Waste Proposal Reach Final Interview Round in Spring Version of Dubai Future Accelerators 2017; Dubai Carbon’s New Waste Value Chain Aims At Turning a Household Cost into an Economic Value of 10,000 AED. 02 February 2017 Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai Carbon’s District Waste Proposal has made it to the final round of interview in the Spring Version of Dubai Future Accelerators 2017, […]
New research from scientists at the University of Toronto and researchers in China and Taiwan provides the first evidence that proteins have been preserved within the 195-million-year-old rib of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Lufengosaurus. The study appears in the Jan. 31 issue of the journal Nature Communications. “These dinosaur proteins are more than 100 million years older than anything previously discovered,” says Professor Robert Reisz, a specialist in […]
Telstra has said that as a result of a fire at its Chatswood exchange, it is possible that customers’ SMS messages have been delivered to people other than the intended recipients. “As a result of the Chatswood exchange fire today, it’s possible some SMS messages have been incorrectly delivered,” a Telstra spokesperson said. “As mentioned previously, customers won’t be receiving SMS messages in the short term while […]
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Seeking a new way to make electricity, scientists at the Iowa State University have developed a tree-like device whose artificial leaves sway in the wind to generate electricity. The device’s design was pioneered by Michael McCloskey, associate professor of genetics. He said conceptually it is not a replacement for wind turbines. However, in the long term, the technology can create a specialized market for small machines that […]
Samsung Electronics will launch Samsung Pay Mini, the company has announced, which will offer online payment services for all Android-powered smartphones. To be launched within the first quarter, the new app will also allow non-Samsung Android phones to use Samsung Pay services such as membership, lifestyle, and transportation. They will not be able to use offline payments using a reader, however, as offline payment support requires Samsung’s […]
This May 13, 2014, file photo shows a row of Google self-driving Lexus cars at a Google event outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. California regulators release safety reports filed by 11 companies that have been testing self-driving car prototypes on public roads on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. The papers report the number of times in 2016 that human backup drivers took control from […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – February 2nd 2017: In an official announcement, Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) has confirmed the launch of the UAE Public Policy Forum next month, to be hosted under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. Taking place on March 12th and 13th 2017 under the theme of […]
Forget about the flowers, cards and candy because there is nothing better to love this month than Amazon’s lineup for what to stream in February. New titles include the latest Marvel movie Doctor Strange starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the surgeon turned superhero, as well as the thriller Desierto about a migrant who leads 13 others along the U.S.-Mexico border starring The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Both […]
As the creative director of Tumi, one of the world’s best-known luggage brands, Victor Sanz is well placed to offer packing advice. “Lay out all your clothes for your trip. And then cut that in half. That will get you closer to what you really need,” he suggests. “Also, bring plenty of power because you never know when you’ll need it,” he adds. “And stay positive. That’s […]
Blackstone-backed Invitation Homes began trading on Wednesday above its $20 a share initial public offering, as investors latched on to positive signals in the property rental market. The Dallas-based real estate investment trust, which allows investors to buy and sell shares in a company that owns single-family rental properties, raised $1.54bn from its IPO on Tuesday, the largest public offering since mid-2015, according to Bloomberg data. However, […]
When a newsroom shuts down, there’s usually a series of announcements, internal memos and “I’m looking for work” tweets. Most times, it ends there. But in one Washington newspaper this week, there’s a full-page advertisement devoted to helping soon-to-be jobless journalists find work again. Here’s what it says on page five of today’s Issaquah Press: “We’re professional journalists. On Feb. 25, we’re for hire.” Below that is […]
Lufthansa believes the rapid growth phase of Gulf airlines is coming to end, which could help to ease some of the pressure in a highly competitive industry, its chief executive said on Wednesday. Speaking after signing catering and maintenance deals with Abu Dhabi-based Etihad, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said there were signs Gulf rivals were reaching the limits of their recent growth. “I’ll leave that to the […]
The robotic ‘bio-bat’ demonstrates self-contained autonomous flight by mimicking morphological properties of flexible bat wings. Credit: Cover photo, reprinted with permission from AAAS. Bats have long captured the imaginations of scientists and engineers with their unrivaled agility and maneuvering characteristics, achieved by functionally versatile dynamic wing conformations as well as more than forty active and passive joints on the wings. However, their wing flexibility and complex wing […]
