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A dazzling equestrian theatre show is riding into Al Ain. Bartabas: An Equestrian Performance is a touring spectacle featuring horsemen and horses from France’s prestigious Versailles Academy of Equestrian Arts. A fusion of dance, music, poetry and classical dressage, the show will be staged at Al Jahili Fort from March 23 to 28. Bartabas forms part of an Emirati-French cultural prog-ramme created to celebrate the upcoming opening of Louvre Abu Dhabi. The […]

HPE is acquiring Cloud Cruiser, the companies announced Tuesday. The terms of the deal were not immediately disclosed. Cloud Cruiser provides cloud-consumption analytics software, which HPE uses for its Flexible Capacity business. Flexible Capacity, a high-growth component of HPE’s Technology Services portfolio, allows customers to manage IT infrastructure within their own datacenter with a pay-as-you-go model. The Northern California company was founded in 2010 and counts enterprises […]

Hair has amazing properties including its unique structure and steel like strength. Now new research is exploring the use of hair in many unknown areas including the making of body armor to protect police personnel. The new pitch on using hair for armor has been raised by researchers from the University of California. They examined hair at a nano level to leverage the strong properties in the making […]

During his campaign, President Donald Trump assailed a skilled-worker visa program used to send foreigners to the U.S., and in his inaugural speech Friday he said the country would “follow two simple rules; buy American and hire American.” Indian outsourcing firms are already preparing for potential changes to visa rules, which could present a challenge because they send thousands of workers to the U.S. every year via […]

They started with striped bass. Over a two-year period the researchers went through about 50 bass, puncturing or fracturing hundreds of fish scales under the microscope, to try to understand their properties and mechanics better. “The people at the fish market must have wondered what we were up to,” says François Barthelat smiling ruefully.” He teaches in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at McGill, and is one […]

24 January 2017 Warba Bank has today announced that, with immediate effect, Simon Clements has been named Chief Retail Banking Officer, taking over the responsibilities for Warba’s Retail Banking Group. In this role as Chief Retail Banking Officer, Clements will work towards enhancing customer experience and developing new and personalized products and services for our customers, significantly bettering our capability to support the Bank’s growing presence in […]

A family of malware uploaded to at least 10 million Android devices last year has reared its ugly head again by hiding inside Google Play apps. Dubbed as the HummingWhale, the malware is believed to be related to HummingBad, which is another family of malware that invaded non-Google apps in July 2016. During HummingBad’s time, there were 50,000 fraudulent apps installed, 20 million malicious advertisements displayed, and […]

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Sonos Play 5 Hardware is a tough game. On one hand, device makers have access to far more infrastructure than they did decades ago. This has led to the explosion of companies that have been able to finance — and often deliver — products via crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter. On the other hand, the stakes have also been raised in terms of interface experience. And while […]

Alibaba Group has reported a 54 percent year-on-year revenue growth to US$7.67 billion for the quarter, ended December 31, fuelled by record sales from China’s Singles Day online shopping festival. The Chinese e-commerce operator said revenue from its core commerce business, which included its Taobao and Tmall online platforms, climbed 45 percent to US$6.71 billion (46.58 billion yuan). It pointed to record sales from the November 11 […]

Tim Weninger spent five months monitoring new posts on Reddit — 93,019 posts in all — and randomly, regardless of content, assigned either an up-vote, down-vote or no vote (as a control) to each post. Credit: Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame When Tim Weninger conducted two large-scale experiments on Reddit – otherwise known as “the front page of the internet” – back in 2014, the goal was […]

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. A fashionista friend in the White House press corps answered this lingering question after Sean Spicer’s much-anticipated first briefing: What exactly was the glaring color of that jacket worn by Kellyanne Conway? “Tomato?” she guessed. Well, it was especially vivid […]

Google has announced that all Chromebooks coming out this year will support Android apps. Chromebooks have always been a popular option in the education sector because of their affordability; however, they have failed to achieve mainstream popularity, especially with home users. The company is pushing through with its plans to incorporate Android apps in its Chromebooks in the hopes of addressing this issue and making the brand more […]

DUBAI // Pupils from across the country listened as satellite engineers from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre shared their experiences and discussed the obstacles they had to overcome to develop the nation’s first satellites. Speaking at the Project Space Forum on Tuesday, Salem Al Marri, assistant director-general for scientific and technical affairs, explained how in 2006, a group of young Emirati engineers went to South Korea […]

When it came out, the Galaxy Note 7 was nearly universally revered for standing as a sterling flagship released by Samsung in the second half of 2016. That is until several units began exploding. Thought at first as simply battery charging mishaps, a continuous influx of reports soon revealed that the problem was more insidious, and it may have stemmed from battery flaws or the phone’s manufacturing process. […]

January 24th  2017 BBK recently announced new appointments in its Executive Management as part of the new organization structure. Amongst those, the Bank welcomed on board Dr. Adel Salem, as Assistant General Manager – Retail Banking Division, succeeding to Mr. Mohammed Malik, who has been appointed as Deputy Chief Executive and Head of Banking  Group. Dr. Adel Salem has an extensive experience spanning over 30 years in […]

Specifications for ZTE’s new Hawkeye smartphone are being reconsidered after the company learned of disappointed backers of the phone’s crowdsourcing campaign, ZTE’s VP Jeff Yee has admitted in the company’s community page. The specs, which were revealed after the launch of the Project CSX campaign, were considered unsatisfactory by consumers who took a leap of faith and backed the Kickstarter campaign for the smartphone early on. Project […]

The proliferation of fake news on social media, particularly Facebook, and some websites on the internet is a growing concern. In an attempt to solve this problem, researchers developed a “vaccine” that can immunize people against fake news. Inspired By Vaccines Vaccinating a person against a virus exposes the body to a weakened version of the threat. The exposure is just enough to help build the body’s […]

Tiny ‘submarines’ that speed independently through the stomach, use gastric acid for fuel (while rapidly neutralizing it), and release their cargo precisely at the desired pH: Though it may sound like science fiction, this is a new method for treating stomach diseases with acid-sensitive drugs. The technique is based on proton-driven micromotors with a pH-dependent polymer coating that can be loaded with drugs. (via WSJ)

The highly anticipated Tekken 7 is officially set to launch this June on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. A June release is slightly later than the “early 2017” timeframe that was previously announced, but it’s still good to have official confirmation that the game is on track for a release in the first half of this year. Coming as the next entry in the fighting franchise […]

By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland U.S. President Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on Monday, distancing America from its Asian allies as China’s influence in the region rises. Fulfilling a campaign pledge to end American involvement in the 2015 pact, Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office pulling the United States from the 12-nation TPP. “Great thing […]

America’s biggest, quietest tech monopoly has finally come under fire. If you made a cell phone call this year, you probably used a Qualcomm chip. The company makes the best modems to connect to cellular networks, but according to a federal complaint, it’s also spent years twisting arms and threatening partners to make sure that none of its competitors get a chance to do so. […]

Proscient to provide Process Safety and Operational Risk Management System (PSORMS) capabilities to reduce risk, improve productivity and lower costs Proscient to provide Process Safety and Operational Risk Management System (PSORMS) capabilities to reduce risk, improve productivity and lower costs Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 23 January 2017  Petrotechnics, the developer of Proscient – the hazardous industries’ first software platform for Operational Excellence – has been selected by Accenture […]

By Roberta Rampton | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump met with a dozen American manufacturers at the White House on Monday, pledging to slash regulations and cut corporate taxes, but warning them he would impose taxes on imports if they move production outside the country. Trump, who took office on Friday, promised to bring manufacturing plants back to the United States – an issue he said […]

Credit: Lancaster University The popular Pattern Lock system used to secure millions of Android phones can be cracked within just five attempts – and more complicated patterns are the easiest to crack, security experts reveal. Pattern Lock is a security measure that protects devices, such as mobile phones or tablets, and which is preferred by many to PIN codes or text passwords. It is used by around […]

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