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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 […]

WASHINGTON The search for a 25-pound (11-kg) female bobcat that escaped from Washington’s National Zoo has been called off, with officials turning to phone tips to find the elusive feline, the zoo said on Wednesday. The wild-born bobcat, Ollie, went missing on Monday and likely climbed through a hole in the mesh net that surrounds her enclosure. Searches by keepers, police and humane society volunteers have been […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook says that he remains “bullish,” but the numbers suggest that this is little more than putting a brave face on things. Must read: Five things you shouldn’t buy from Apple The problem facing the iPad is that it’s past its peak. In fact, “peak iPad” was three years ago, when in 1Q 14 Apple sold 26 million iPads. It’s been downhill from there, […]

Whenever pressure mounts on the American press to be more responsible, my reflex is to consult an ancient guide for wisdom. Published in 1947, “A Free and Responsible Press” is the work of a World War II-era commission, sponsored by Time magazine founder Henry Luce and led by Robert M. Hutchins, perhaps the leading intellectual of his day. Its formal name is “Report of the Commission on […]

What started as a toothache has cost a Sacramento truck driver his life. Vadim Kondratyuk Anatoliyevich, 26 years old and a father of two in Antelope, was driving the route from Truckee to New York on Jan. 24 when he began to experience pain in the lower left portion of the mouth, according to his wife Nataliya as reported by Sacramento Bee. He made a stop at […]

LONDON Around half of Britons believe U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned UK state visit should go ahead, even though a similar number would not like to see his controversial migrant ban implemented in Britain, according to a poll on Wednesday. Trump’s executive order to temporarily ban refugees entering the United States and limit migration from seven Muslim-majority countries has drawn widespread protest in Britain, and nearly 1.8 […]

Significant Engagement Gaps Found in Key Areas, Including Mentorship, Appreciation, and Cooperation with Colleagues 01 February 2017 Dubai — Many companies in the region are engaging women in senior leadership positions as a key priority, particularly following the revelation that, on a global level, companies are failing their senior-level women. Roughly three-quarters of those surveyed generated lower levels of employee engagement among female senior managers than among […]

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Starting Tuesday, Comcast will allow its customers to use Roku as a secondary cable box. Those who have a Roku — one of the best streaming devices around — released in the last couple of years or a Roku TV can install the Xfinity TV app and try the feature out before it heads for a wide rollout later in 2017. Xfinity TV For Roku The news comes nearly […]

Millions of Indians are preparing to vote in the biggest test of public opinion since prime minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of 500 and 1,000-rupee notes three months ago – a move which has plunged the country into an unprecedented cash crisis and sent the economy into a tailspin. Over the next four weeks, starting today, a series of regional elections will be held across India […]

The oil industry is zeroing in on a prospective tax shift in Washington that has the potential to upend energy flows around the world.  The “border adjustment tax” (BAT) put forth by Republican lawmakers and embraced sporadically by President Donald Trump would radically change the way companies are levied, taxing imports and exempting exports in the world’s biggest economy. While the Trump administration’s stance on BAT has […]

Logitech Spotlight, the name of Logitech’s new presentation remote, looks a lot like the original Apple TV remote. Its metal housing with curved edges fits comfortably in the palm of your hand. Buttons are sparse, with Spotlight having just three. The bottom of the remote is removable, revealing a USB dongle that automatically connects Spotlight to your computer. Alternatively, you can link Spotlight directly to your computer’s […]

President Donald Trump has said Supreme Court vacancy should be filled by someone “in the mold” of the late justice, whom he called a “great judge.”U.S. Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch, the president’s choice to fill Justice Scalia’s seat, may offer the closest match.During his tenure on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, […] (via WSJ)

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook says India’s move to replace its largest-denomination bank notes with newly designed ones has presented a challenge in India, but the tech giant is still bullish on sales growth in the South Asian nation. Speaking on a call with analysts Tuesday after Apple announced last quarter results, Mr. Cook said “despite the demonetization move in India that created lots of economic pressure there last […]

Uber’s self-driving car ambition just got another boost after it signed on the German automaker Daimler in an initiative to develop automated vehicles for its ride-hailing network. Looking at the announcement, however, one is left wondering if the partnership could really lead Uber to build a driverless car on its own. Uber’s Role Uber CEO Travis Kalanick stated that, here, Uber is not going to be involved […]

Submitted by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.”   -Ayn Rand The torch has been passed to a new president. All of […]

WASHINGTON: Iran’s ballistic missile launch on Sunday was Tehran’s “first litmus test” for the Donald Trump administration as much as it was a regional show of force, according to experts.With the launch coming just nine days into the Trump presidency, Iran-watchers expect the new administration to respond through the different levers at its disposal.A more aggressive retaliation could, however, backfire, and lead to an unintended escalation in […]

Dubai Municipality plans to impose tougher controls on people conducting illegal trade through social media channels. The controls include stiff fines and blocking of ‘business’ websites, it said on Monday. Redha Hassan Salman, director of the health and safety department at Dubai Municipality, said in a statement to media: “We are looking for different means to implement penalties on those people who practice illegal online trade. “We […]

By Lawrence Hurley and Steve Holland | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the U.S. Supreme Court, picking the 49-year-old federal appeals court judge to restore the court’s conservative majority and help shape rulings on divisive issues such as abortion, gun control, the death penalty and religious rights. The Colorado native faces a potentially contentious confirmation battle in […]

Over the past 2.4 billion years, oxygen particles from the Earth’s atmosphere have been streaming to the moon, researchers of a new study revealed. Observations Of Japanese Lunar Orbiter Kaguya Using data from studies of moon rocks and measurements taken by the Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya, which was launched to study history, surface, and local gravitational environment of the moon, researchers found evidence that the moon may have […]

ABU DHABI // Customers are frustrated by sales calls from the two telecommunications operators and complaints filed to them have nearly doubled, the Federal National Council heard. Dubai member Hamad Al Rahoomi quoted a media report saying 13,000 complaints were made against Etisalat last year, while complaints to both Etisalat and du increased by 265 per cent from 2015. Mr Al Rahoomi said some of the complaints […]

“I remember, when I was a youngster, we used to have to translate Erasmus. He was already travelling as a scholar 500 years ago.” Sir Eric Thomas, the retired vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol, is reminiscing about his Latin A-level classes, in which the journals of the 15th-century Dutch Renaissance scholar featured prominently. “Even all that time ago, the concept of there being an international community […]

NEW YORK Americans are sharply divided over President Donald Trump’s order to temporarily block U.S. entry for all refugees and citizens of seven Muslim countries, with slightly more approving the measure than disapproving, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday. The Jan. 30-31 poll found that 49 percent of American adults said they either “strongly” or “somewhat” agreed with Trump’s order, while 41 percent “strongly” […]

Donald Trump may soon replace his old Android handset with a more secured one as rumored and he may have a new option with his own face handy. Caviar, a Russian company, is offering a gold-plated iPhone 7 with Trump’s and Vladimir Putin’s portrait embossed on it.  As reported by Tech Times earlier, some of the most secured handsets which could be considered by President Trump were the Blackphone […]

The words “Muslim-majority country” are permitted in the Wall Street Journal, Editor-in-Chief Gerry Baker told his staff Tuesday, hours after being quoted telling editors to remove the phrase. “There is no ban on the phrase ‘Muslim-majority country,’” Baker said. “But we should always be careful that this term is not offered as the only description of the countries covered under the ban.” Baker was responding to an […]

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