DUBAI // A man broke into a warehouse and tied up and blindfolded the guard before stealing Dh150,000 worth of electric cables, Dubai Criminal Court was told. The 35-year-old Pakistani defendant broke into the warehouse in Nad Al Hamar in May last year. The cables were sold to a 38-year-old Bangladeshi man who was charged with possession of stolen goods. “The Bangladeshi defendant met with the Pakistani […]
When Nicole Dahmen opened her Sunday paper early last month, she found something she wasn’t expecting. On Feb. 12, The (Eugene, Oregon) Register-Guard announced the start of an ongoing editorial project on homelessness. “Living in the Northwest, living in the West Coast, living in Eugene, homelessness is the problem,” said Dahmen, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. The […]
Somali pirates have seized an Indian vessel carrying 11 crew members, the ship’s owner said Monday, the third such hijacking in less than a month as piracy resurges in the country. The “Al Kausar” cargo ship was carrying items such as wheat and sugar from Dubai via Yemen to Somalia’s Bossaso port when it came under attack, owner Isaak Them told AFP. “The vessel was hijacked on […]
PARIS French presidential candidate Francois Fillon, an outsider to win after involvement in financial scandal, said on Monday he would order a parliamentary inquiry into allegations President Francois Hollande interfered in the justice system, if elected. Once the frontrunner, the conservative former prime minister’s poll ratings have slumped since allegations surfaced that he paid his wife and sons hundreds of thousands of euros of public money for […]
LONDON Gibraltar’s leader scolded EU Council President Donald Tusk on Monday for giving Spain a right of veto over the future relationship between the British enclave and the European Union after Britain leaves the bloc. The future of Gibraltar, a rocky British outpost on Spain’s southern tip, has become the first major dispute of the exit negotiations since Prime Minister Theresa May filed the formal divorce papers […]
A Nintendo Switch is reportedly starting to get warped after 40 to 50 hours of playing in dock mode. According to the owner, it becomes “very hot,” speculating that it’s likely because of how the console is outputting games to the TV. In this case, the title in question is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Nintendo Switch Dock Mode Flaw? Posted by Redditor _NSR, […]
DUBAI // Retailers are bracing for a rush on big-ticket items including cars, electronics and jewellery before the value-added tax is brought in next year. Shoppers are expected to make major purchases earlier to beat the 5 per cent goods and services tax that will be introduced across the GCC next January. At a car show room on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, Abu Razak, 44, a […]
Image: Kharnagy I’ve never seen a topic in IT become so popular, so fast, while so many people in the field still have only a vague idea of what it is and how it can help them. DevOps promises that it will change the way businesses run their technology stack–shedding old ways of operating that were once efficient, but are now holding back the enterprise. When you […]
DUBAI // Four builders were rescued from a burning building that sent clouds of smoke into the air over Downtown Dubai on Sunday. Fire crews climbed the under-construction Fountain Views tower to reach a labourer stranded on the 16th floor, while three others were rescued from the sixth floor. Smoke quickly filled up the interior of the building and billowed from the lower floors, creating a pall […]
Huaqiangbei electronics market in downtown Shenzhen is a gadget geek’s paradise, selling everything from individual semiconductor chips to roll-up drum kits to hoverboards. For some, it is also the culprit for the declining fortunes of US wearable tech companies such as GoPro and Fitbit. “[Their] problem essentially is Shenzhen,” says Richard Windsor, founder of independent research company Radio Free Mobile. “It makes much cheaper cameras that are […]
Google has already rolled out the new look on Android, when users add accounts, and on the Google App on iOS. Image: Getty Images A new sign-in page design might seem like a minor event, but the change will affect over a billion people who use a Google account to sign in to its various apps, including Gmail, YouTube, Search, and the Play Store. Google says it […]
Dubai’s residential market contracted during the first quarter of 2017, with rental rates falling by an average of 1 percent quarter-on-quarter over the period, a new report reveals. CBRE’s latest Dubai Market View said the dip was driven by an increase in available housing options amid more constrained demand. Meanwhile, landlords are becoming increasingly flexible with rental rates and tenants are able to negotiate, CBRE added. Residential […]
Dubai, UAE, 2 April 2017 The inaugural edition of AIM Startup, organised in conjunction with AIM 2017, commenced today on Sunday, April 2nd in Dubai World Trade Centre. The new initiative witnessed a prolific gathering of visitors, investors and officials. AIM Startup 2017 aims to extend support to the small projects, which in turn can be the core for larger projects in the future, representing a significant […]
Submitted by Wolf Richter of WolfStreet The Last time automakers tried this was in 2009! In a few days, automakers are going to report their new vehicle deliveries for March. TrueCar, Kelley Blue Book, and LMC Automotive are predicting total vehicle sales slightly above the flat-line compared to March a year ago, though sales were down year-over-year in both January and February. TrueCar forecasts an increase of […]
The long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, is getting ready for its 2018 launch. Engineers are readying the JWST so that it can be dispatched to Houston, Texas, for additional tests, before it embarks on its space odyssey. The JWST is the successor of the Hubble and will be placed inside a massive thermal vacuum chamber. This chamber has previously been used for testing the Apollo spaceships […]
Twitter has always been known for limiting tweets to 140 characters since it was launched in 2006, but the messaging platform has also been trying to relax its restrictions since 2016. It eased the limit further when the company announced on March 30 that Twitter handles will no longer count against the limit. Tech Times has reported about the welcome change to Twitter’s platform and how it works, but […]
Image: Vicky Leta/Mashable By Damon Beres2017-04-02 05:26:43 UTC Facebook’s new “Stories” update is here, and it ruins the best part about the entire social network: Mindlessly plumbing your friends’ lives without fear of getting caught. When you watch a friend’s Story — which exists for 24 hours and is comprised of one or more photos or short videos — that friend will know you’re creeping. This is […]
Like many Hong Kongers with family and business ties in mainland China, Ceci Chong would often carry cash back across the border — until she was stopped last summer by a Chinese customs officer. She was caught bringing Rmb100,000 ($14,500) in family savings to Hong Kong — five times the cash limit imposed by China. Her case was part of a crackdown on “financial ants”, who smuggle […]
Earlier this month, Harvard Ph.D. Jerome Corsi of InfoWars (@jerome_corsi) and a CPA “who worked for two years for a major U.S. accounting firm as an outside auditor for Freddie Mac,” confirmed a 2012 scheme hatched by the Obama administration to funnel hundreds of billions in dividends from Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prop up the failing Obamacare program – by paying subsidies to insurers to remain in the system. If you need […]
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It can be a lonely business working outside a traditional office environment as a freelancer, independent professional or start-up entrepreneur. Given the costs associated with renting a commercial space, a popular option many choose in those circumstances is to build their empire from home. But while it can save money, this approach has downsides, not least when workers need quick access to a scanner, 3-D printer or […]
Kuwait City, April 1st 2017: KAMCO Investment Company, a leading investment company with one of the largest AUMs in the region, acted as the acquisition advisor to Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company KSCP (“QPIC”) on the acquisition of 20.5% of National Petroleum Services Company KSCP (“NAPESCO”). The transaction has been successfully completed throughout multiple stages that was initiated in the third quarter of 2016 and finalized in March […]
Samsung Galaxy S8. Photo by Michael Krigsman. Is it a “work of art” as Samsung described it? Of course not. The Galaxy S8 is no Michelangelo. Samsung is also saying it’s the best design in consumer electronics, and although we shouldn’t take the Korean tech giant’s hyperbole too literally, I for one agree. The unveiling and design of the Galaxy S8, in a lot of ways, is […]
April Fools’ Day: the best day of the year. Everyone is pranking one another, having a good time, laughing, and nobody is ever annoyed or angry in the slightest. It’s the perfect day! I love pranks and I am always down for a good one. But sometimes the pranks, unfortunately, do not go as planned. Here are four April Fools’ Day pranks I pulled that went very […]
