Image: T-Mobile Last week I received a call directing me to call a particular phone number or I would be faced with a serious IRS penalty. It was obviously a scam since I have yet to file my taxes, but scammers steal from innocent people every year to the tune of a reported half a billion dollars. The IRS just released another alert to US taxpayers yesterday […]
The GCC’s industrial sector is continuing to grow, with the number of people it employs more than doubling since 2005, according to new research by the Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (GOIC). In a report on manufacturing industries in GCC countries, the GOIC said most recent figures reveal the labour force has risen sharply from about 774,000 workers in 2005 to more than 1.6 million workers in […]
ABU DHABI and AL AIN // Hospital staff are witnessing an unprecedented number of patients with significant brain injuries as reckless driving and a culture of speeding takes its toll on the health service and the lives of young motorists. Surgeons said they were seeing up to 20 patients a day with substantial brain trauma in the emirate of Abu Dhabi alone. Of those, in 80 per […]
Twitter is looking to build a more powerful Tweetdeck to help users manage their accounts Twitter has begun surveying members on a paid subscription service that would give frequent users more tools for using the social network for marketing, journalism and other fields. The survey this week showed Twitter is looking at building a more powerful version of Tweetdeck, the dashboard that many use to manage their […]
Trailing by three, Clemson was driving against Alabama late in a pulsating, nerve-racking College Football Playoff championship game. Deadline for The Washington Post’s Chuck Culpepper meant filing almost immediately after the game ended. Culpepper looked at his computer, and only a couple of paragraphs stared back at him. Did he panic, knowing he had to generate an entire story on a close game in a matter of […]
By Stoyan Nenov | KAPITAN ANDREEVO, Bulgaria KAPITAN ANDREEVO, Bulgaria Bulgarian nationalists blocked border checkpoints with Turkey on Friday to stop buses bringing Bulgarian ethnic Turks to vote in Sunday’s election amid growing tension between the two neighbours. Sofia has accused Ankara of interference in its election on behalf of the DOST party that represents Bulgarian Turks, the country’s largest ethnic minority. Polls suggest DOST will fall […]
Done betting, Alibaba is getting down to work in Southeast Asia as it bids to lead the region’s promising e-commerce space and maximize its early mover advantage over Amazon. Alibaba became the first major international player to enter Southeast Asia, a region with more than 600 million cumulative consumers, when it bought a majority stake in Lazada, the Rocket Internet-backed venture, nearly one year ago. Amazon, Alibaba’s key foe in India, is […]
The first quarter of 2017 is almost over and Xbox is keeping the game train going with its free game offering for April. Xbox Live has announced its April Games with Gold featuring four hit games: two Xbox One and two Xbox 360 games playable via backwards compatibility. These games are: Ryse: Son of Rome, Darksiders, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, and The Walking Dead: Season Two. These limited-time games will […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for March 23, 2017, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. Ellen Fortini rounds up 10 things to do today in the UAE. Want to see your event listed here? Email us with the details and contact information at [email protected] newslide Abu Dhabi Family fun Attend […]
Not everything is Donald Trump’s fault. And by the same token, not everything that goes right in the world can be attributed to him. It can be difficult to remember this, particularly in the US where domestic politics is crowding out almost everything else from the news, and where most people are inclined to view the news through stridently pro- or anti-Trump lenses. Mr Trump seems so […]
At the start of the year, I was part of a panel that aimed to offer career guidance to graduating students at a local secondary school in Singapore. The panel dished out the usual advice about the need to have passion, work hard, and always strive to do better. A student then posed a question that struck a chord: “How can I ensure the skills I learn […]
Researchers present a system for testing new traffic management protocols that requires no alteration to network hardware but still works at realistic speeds — 20 times as fast as networks of software-controlled routers. (via WSJ)
24 March 2017 Saudi Arabia – In the hustle and bustle of the modern age, smartphones have become very important devices helping people of different age groups and backgrounds with their day-to-day lives. These days, it is almost impossible to manage without smartphones. Unlike its predecessors, smartphones are not limited to basic communication as they have conquered the business world, becoming a key source of information, including […]
By Farah Master and Venus Wu | HONG KONG HONG KONG As visitors sip champagne at Hong Kong’s Art Basel event this week and take selfies with replicas of deceased leaders Fidel Castro and Mao Zedong, a more urgent issue is rumbling through dealers exhibiting – how big an impact China’s capital controls will be in the coming year. Over the past six months, Chinese buyers have […]
Alibaba has joined forces with AusPost, Blackmores, and PwC to explore the use of blockchain technology to combat food fraud. The Chinese ecommerce giant said the goal is develop a “Food Trust Framework” to help improve integrity and traceability on its global supply chains. Australia was chosen to be the test bed for the new framework. Alibaba believes blockchain, best known as the technology behind bitcoin, is […]
A person who sticks to a healthy lifestyle — doesn’t smoke, doesn’t eat processed foods, stays fit with regular workouts, steers clear from carcinogens — and who has no known family history of the disease can get the big C. But why? 66 Percent Of Cancers Due To DNA Errors Scientists at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center shed light on this topic with their new study suggesting that […]
Democrats criticised Donald Trump’s choice to run the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, saying that Jay Clayton, a veteran securities lawyer, is too deeply entangled with Wall Street to be an effective markets cop. SEC ethics rules will require Mr Clayton, a partner with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, to recuse himself for two years from enforcement actions involving his former clients or anyone represented […]
The UAE will officially launch a comprehensive set of guidelines and concrete actions aimed at helping UAE organisations adopt a gender-sensitive approach at their workplace in September. The UAE Gender Balance Council said the guide has been produced in cooperation with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In a statement, the Council said it will host various workshops for representatives from federal entities, to introduce […]
Interactive MARCH 24, 2017 After earning $800,000 in 2015 by sneaking migrants into Turkey, a smuggler says he has left the guilt and complications of his business behind — mostly. And a Syrian refugee boy, homeless and out of school, must keep roaming the country to find farm work and help his family survive. This is the third part in the State of Emergency series, in which […]
Before she became Facebook’s Head of News Partnerships, Campbell Brown had to deal with a low-tech filter bubble. As a host on CNN, she was competing every night with the likes of left-leaning MSNBC and right-leaning Fox News. Battling low ratings, she left her 8 p.m. slot in 2010 with a rare hat tip to her partisan competitors. “I hosted a show on CNN, and I had […]
Author: Reuters Fri, 2017-03-24 ID: 1490303611814472200 GENEVA/MOSUL: About 400,000 Iraqi civilians are trapped in the Daesh-held Old City of western Mosul, short of food and basic needs as the battle between the militants and government forces rages around them, the UN refugee agency said on Thursday.Many fear fleeing because of Daesh snipers and land mines. But 157,000 have reached a reception and transit center outside Mosul since […]
PARIS A month before the first round of France’s presidential election, 43 percent of voters are hesitant about who to vote for, a poll said on Friday, underlining the uncertainty surrounding the volatile election campaign. Opinion polls show independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen likely to lead in the first round of the election on April 23 and that these two candidates would […]
Google has announced plans to reduce the trust in Symantec TLS certificates until a point is reached in early 2018 where Chrome 64 will only trust certificates issued for 279 days or less from the security giant and its subsidiaries. Posting to the Blink development mailing list, Google engineer Ryan Sleevi said that following a “series of failures” by Symantec, Google believes its users face significant risk. […]
23 March 2017 BisB announced that its Annual General Meeting has approved all items in its meeting agenda, in its meeting held in Bahrain Bourse’s Hall at Bahrain Financial Harbor Building at 10:00 am on Thursday 23rd March 2017. After ascertaining that meeting quorum has been satisfied with (86.9%) of the shareholders in attendance, Dr. Esam Abdulla Fakhro, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bahrain Islamic […]
