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Thousands of people have marched this weekend in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to defend science and support its evolution. The march came as a response to President Trump’s massive budget cuts. President Trump’s budget proposal is expected to have massive effects on scientific work. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will receive roughly two thirds of the funding it was expected to. Additionally, the National Institutes of Health […]

File Photo Uber has denied any wrongdoing following reports that the mobile devices of former users were tracked even after the Uber app was deleted. Uber has had more than a share of criticism of late. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was recently caught engaged in a shouting match with one of his drivers, allegations of a toxic and sexist corporate environment have been made by a former […]

The federal government has announced it has agreed to enhanced cybersecurity cooperation with China, following discussions between Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, and Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Commission for Political and Legal Affairs Meng Jianzhu. During the discussions held last week in Sydney, Australia and China agreed that neither country would conduct or support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, trade secrets, […]

Investigators said Levashov was believed to have been “carrying out this type of (hacking) activity for more than 10 years, earning huge profits” US authorities moved Monday to take down a global computer botnet behind the massive theft of personal data and unwanted spam emails, as Spain arrested the notorious Russian hacker who operated it. US authorities say the Russian, Piotr or Peter Levashov, had operated the […]

24 April 2017 Dubai – Commercial Bank International (CBI or ‘The Bank’) today announced its financial results for the first quarter (Q1) 2017. Financial highlights – three-months ended 31 March 2017: ·         Operating Income increased by 9% to AED 203 million versus AED 187 million in Q1 2016. ·         Net profit of AED 21 million. Advertisement ·         Net interest income increased by 10% to AED 126 million […]

Dubai’s transport authority has revealed details of a major expansion of the city’s public bus network. The Public Transport Agency of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) opened 11 new bus routes including 10 metro feeder services, and improved 13 other routes starting from last Saturday. “The move is intended to bring more happiness to public transport users in general and bus riders in particular. It also […]

The UAE has a Minister of Happiness. It also has a happiness rating, and for three years running has been the highest-ranked Arab country on the global Happiness Index, an annual list compiled by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, under the General Secretariat of the United Nations. It also ranks 21st globally. A recent YouGov survey revealed that more than three-quarters of new arrivals in the UAE […]

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For Myanmar’s first generation of bank customers, there is little difference between a Visa card and one from China’s state-controlled card-payment monopoly, UnionPay. With only 2 per cent of the Southeast Asian nation’s 53m people carrying plastic in their wallets, UnionPay’s rapid push into the frontier market will make its red, blue and green logo one of the first that Burmese youth see when opening an account […]

Photo King Salman of Saudi Arabia at the 28th Ordinary Summit of the Arab League at the Dead Sea last month. King Salman rescinded a 20 percent cut to ministers’ salaries and promoted two of his sons. Credit Mohammad Hamed/Reuters BEIRUT, Lebanon — King Salman of Saudi Arabia rescinded salary cuts for ministers and restored financial perks for public sector workers in a series of royal decrees […]

Airtel is India’s fastest mobile network, offering average total download speeds of 6.15Mbps, according to network coverage mapping company OpenSignal’s first public report into the Indian telecommunications market. Airtel topped both the 4G download speed and 3G download speed categories, at 11.53Mbps and 4.77Mbps, respectively, while Jio took home the 4G availability gong and Vodafone India won in the 4G latency and 3G latency categories. OpenSignal drew […]

DUBAI // Owners of electric vehicles are having a hard time finding a place to charge their vehicles’ fuel cells despite the UAE’s growing network of charging stations. With a big push towards green initiatives, some drivers who adopt new technology feel they are getting a raw deal from motorists in conventional vehicles. “I bought a Tesla because it’s good for the environment,” said Mohammed Al Huraimel, […]

The 5G-Safe project, which aims to reduce traffic accidents, is currently being coordinated in Europe. This involves the development of new vehicular network solutions and the local road weather and safety services they enable, in support of drivers, road operators and autonomous vehicle management systems. The new services will require no action from motorists while driving — data will be gathered and warnings will be sent to […]

Is open source technology a disruptive innovation force in the Clayton Christensen sense of the term — meaning it starts out serving the underserved or unserved, and works its way up to eventually chase the market leaders upstream? Photo: Joe McKendrick It certainly meets that definition, in that it has made powerful solutions available to the smallest and budget-tight players, and, yes, many open source solutions have […]

A confocal microscopic image of wet spun microfibres with Shewanella oneidensis bacteria (green: living bacteria; red: dead bacteria). Credit: Patrick Kaiser Microbial fuel cells exploit the metabolism of bacteria in order to generate electricity. A new type of biofilm developed in Bayreuth could soon make this relatively young technology considerably more effective, more stable, and easier to use. A research team at the University of Bayreuth has […]

Oman’s new low-cost carrier, SalamAir, has announced the launch of flights to Saudi Arabia with plans to also start services to Pakistan. Flights to Saudi Arabia started this week with return ticket prices starting at OR89, with Oman’s first budget airline flying daily to Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport. The carrier said in a statement that it also plans to start operations to the Saudi holy city […]

Ajman Tourism Development Department to promote the Emirate’s Tourism Attractions at ATM 2017 22 April 2017 Ajman – The Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD) will participate in the Arabian Travel Market exhibition (ATM) which will be held at Dubai World Trade Centre from 24-27 of April 2017. The ATDD stand will be located in hall number four on stand ME4230. Through this participation, the ATDD will promote […]

The Power of Networks: Six Principles that Connect Our Lives • By Christopher G. Brinton and Mung Chiang • Princeton University Press • 310 pages • ISBN: 978-0-691-17071-8 • £27.95 We don’t normally think of our lives this way, but each of us is enmeshed in myriad networks — the real-life one of people, social media like Twitter and Facebook, and technical networks (internet, cellular). According to […]

Submitted by Jonathan Roth of RiskHedge In an exclusive video interview with RiskHedge, a long-time geopolitical expert says there is an alternate story making the rounds about the United States’ April 7 missile strike on Syria’s Shayrat Airbase in response to the Syrian regime’s alleged use of sarin gas on its own people. “Not all missiles made their target,” says Dr. Theodore Karasik, a senior advisor to […]

After sitting through a course in table manners last week, I’m confident I have previously ruined many chances to impress at formal dinners simply because I did not sit down properly or forgot to place my napkin to the left of the plate when I was ready to leave the table. Participants at the Dining Like A Diplomat workshop, organised by the Protocol School of Washington in […]

The Power Transmission and Distribution Business of L&T Construction has won its single largest order in the Middle East from the Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation, also known as Kahramaa. The order relates to Kahramaa’s ongoing electricity transmission network expansion plan which aims to meet the ever-increasing demand for power in the Gulf state. The $817 million order will involve the engineering, procurement and construction of […]

Good news! Soon, Gmail users can get their hands on the newest Windows 10 Mail & Calendar apps, according to Microsoft. Windows 10 Mail & Calendar Over the years, Microsoft has worked relentlessly to come with up architectural improvements to enhance and speed up Windows 10 Mail & Calendar apps’ performance. Earlier this year, the company excitedly announced several new features, which included: • Color categories for calendar […]

The three cases are part of a campaign by Saudi women, who have been broadcasting daring videos with their cellphones, using Facebook to organize street protests and posting Twitter messages to challenge the very idea of male supremacy in their famously patriarchal society. Continue reading the main story The campaign, started by a loose network of activists who have enlisted young, media-savvy women, has gone far beyond […]

Microsoft demoed Windows 10 Enterprise edition running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor late last year. Image: Microsoft Qualcomm has confirmed that new mobile Windows 10 PCs running its ARM-based Snapdragon 835 system on chip (SoC) will arrive by the fourth quarter. Microsoft and Qualcomm announced in December that a new line of always-on cellular Windows 10 PCs running on Qualcomm’s ARM chips would be on the way […]

Photo A woman laid flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Reina nightclub in Istanbul in January. On April 6, United States Special Operations forces carried out a ground raid in Syria that killed Abdurakhmon Uzbeki, an ISIS militant who had helped plot the attack on the nightclub. Credit Ozan Kose/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — United States Special Operations forces carried out a […]

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