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The European Space Agency (ESA) developed Sentinel-2B satellite has been launched. It is a part of the Copernicus program and will join its twin sister satellite Sentinel-2A in outer space. Sentinel-2A has been orbiting Earth since 2015. Being a part of the ESA's Copernicus Earth Monitoring Program, the satellite duo will observe the globe and will take high-resolution infrared and color images of the planet's surface. ESA states that the data provided by the satellites will enable scientists to track variations in

Samsung is one of the few companies which is known for making its own apps for their devices. These apps include its own calendar, e-mail and the company even has its own app store! The South Korean company has also been pre-loading its devices, which include both smartphones and tablets, with ots own web browser for some time. However, in most cases, users prefer to use other browsers which are readily available in the Google Play Store. It seems that even Samsung

IT services provider Empired has been awarded a contract worth AU$15 million to provide the Western Australian government with cloud services as part of the state's GovNext-ICT project.

A healthy and active sex life could be behind a happy and productive worker. Sex And Work Findings of a new study which involved 159 married employees surveyed everyday over a two-week period revealed that those who had sex tend to engage themselves in their tasks at work and more likely to enjoy their job the next day. Based on the study's findings, researcher Keith Leavitt, from Oregon State University, noted that the ability to maintain a healthy relationship which includes a

We aren't the world. The most talked-about brands of Mobile World Congress are almost entirely irrelevant to Americans. Some of that doesn't matter, but the reasons for it are worth talking about. During the world's biggest mobile conference, everybody was super excited about the Nokia 3310. I found the whole hullaballoo perplexing. But circa 2000, everybody in the UK owned this phone, and they have a lot of emotional attachment to it. In the US, Nokia—the most talked-about brand at MWC,

The LG Stylo Plus 2 which was launched in April 2016 has been spotted on a benchmarking site running the Android 7.0 Nougat update, suggesting that it could arrive soon. A week ago the news of the LG smartphone receiving the Android update was in the air after network carrier T-Mobile confirmed that the LG Stylo Plus 2 would be getting the Android 7.0 Nougat update. However, later the network operator wiped out all references of the Android N update from the software update page

If my post-election reading and conversations I've had with politically active individuals is any indication, Facebook played a big role in the 2016 race. Starting last summer through Nov. 8, my Facebook feed was heavily populated with political commentary from those on both sides of the political coin. With 1.8 billion users, Facebook has become one of the world's most influential communication mediums, and its influence grows every month. But while it's an important resource for news, we saw Facebook also

After losing her six-week-old son, a grieving mother from Utah decided to donate her breast milk to families who are in need. The toddler had been diagnosed with a rare immune disorder, called DiGeorge Syndrome. Nicura Thompson, who gave birth full-term Oct. 21, 2016, to her fourth child, had known since her fifth month of pregnancy that her child was suffering from seven different heart conditions. The child died six weeks after he was born, on Thompson's 28th birthday. Woman Donates Breast Milk

Do you use Google Chrome? Do you want to become a Google Chrome guru? Read on!What follows are a collection of tips, tricks, and tools to help you get the most from Google Chrome. There are

Soy food products are usually considered as a healthy intake. However, previous studies suggested that the intake of soy products enables the escalation of breast cancer in women. It occurs due to the availability of oestrogen-like properties in the soy products.Contrary to the earlier reports, a new study which was conducted reveals that a component of soy-based product known as isoflavones is capable of slowing the development of breast cancer and also decelerates the growth of hormone receptor negative breast

If my post-election reading and conversations I've had with politically active individuals is any indication, Facebook played a big role in the 2016 race. Starting last summer through Nov. 8, my Facebook feed was heavily populated with political commentary from those on both sides of the political coin. With 1.8 billion users, Facebook has become one of the world's most influential communication mediums, and its influence grows every month. But while it's an important resource for news, we saw Facebook also

For an organisation to succeed, there's no room for petty fighting between marketing and tech.

Antimicrobial resistance is a serious global health crisis seen in almost every country today. But what is it and why is it so important to solve it immediately? What Is Antimicrobial Resistance Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is an umbrella term for the condition when microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other parasites) grow resilient to medications specifically designed to counteract them. These include antibiotics, antifungals, antiparasitics, and antivirals drugs. What Causes Antimicrobial Resistance Antimicrobial resistance is often triggered by underuse, overuse, and misuse of antibiotics, which

BioWare's next game in the Mass Effect series is set to debut in March and the developers of the game have been busy promoting it. Mass Effect: Andromeda's campaign will take the series in a new direction as it will not feature Commander Shepard and will instead focus on a new protagonist, Scott or Sara Ryder. Among all the excitement over the single player campaign, it seems BioWare has also been working hard to bring an improved and entertaining multiplayer experience to

The Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, a global fintech fund managed by venture capital firm Quona Capital, has secured $141 million in capital contributions from a consortium of institutional investors including Accion, MasterCard, and JPMorgan Chase.

The Nintendo Switch had a successful March 3 global launch, but there are already a variety of issues being attached to the hybrid console. The latest problem that early owners of the Nintendo Switch have pointed out are dead pixels on the hybrid console's screen. However, according to Nintendo, such a thing is normal, which is a claim that many users do not find acceptable. Dead Pixels On The Nintendo Switch Some users who have been able to acquire units of the high-demand device

Technology accelerates by leaps and bounds, which can only spell doom for most workers' economic prospects. How long before a robot or algorithm can do your job, leading to mass "technological unemployment?" Machines are learning to master once-unthinkable tasks. Yet, even though our software can best us at Jeopardy! and our hardware has learned to run and jump, there's still no consensus among economists that we're entering a world without a need for humans. Layoffs are an unfortunate consequence of innovation. Refrigerators

Image: Nick Heath/TechRepublicOne of the most useful things about the smartphone is how many different technologies and tools it has consolidated into a single device that fits in your pocket. It replaced the point-and-shoot camera, calculator,

March began with announcements from two social media giants, Facebook and Twitter, about bold and concrete moves that they are doing to make using their platforms safer and friendlier. The measures that Facebook and Twitter are now taking aim not just to make the social media experience more enjoyable but to also possibly save lives and protect their users' well being. Facebook and Twitter's Bold Moves Facebook's announcement comes with a disturbing statistic that places suicide at the top of the list of

As NPR pointed out in 2015, "every new automatic device that enters our lives, from automatic doors to escalators, has had to face this awkward moment where people are skeptical and maybe scared." When the first public railway opened in England in 1825, for example, people thought the human body wasn't made to withstand travel at speeds of 30 miles per hour for long periods of time, cultural anthropologist Genevieve Bell told the Wall Street Journal in 2011. She added that

It looks as if your plain Gray or Neon Nintendo Switch will have to do for now, as it appears heavily applying custom skins on the system might destroy its default coating. Leading accessory maker dbrand, which creates customs skins for nearly every gadget there is, recently took to Reddit to caution users planning to send in their Switch systems for customization not to bother, because doing such might just damage the system's outer skin. "We're here to make a public service announcement

I have a confession to make: It's been four months since Microsoft publicly unveiled the name of the next big Windows 10 feature update, and I still have no idea why it's called the Creators Update.From

Credit: Mærsk LineIBM and Maersk will partner to use blockchain technology to conduct, manage and track transactions in the shipping supply chain.The companies said they collaborated on creating blockchain tools for cross-border transactions among shippers, freight

Apple has had a pretty good quarter so far, and they have plenty of reasons to be happy apart from their whopping $78.4 billion revenue. A large part of the massive revenue is thanks to strong demand for the iPhone 7 and its new features. What's more, Apple saw not just upgraders from the older iPhones but also the highest number of switchers from Android to Apple in any quarter so far. That's not saying that Apple is better than Android.

The Switch, Nintendo's newest video game system, merges home gaming comfort and portability to create a unique, eye-catching platform. The nifty Joy-Con motion controllers foster the same casual-friendly gameplay that made the Wii a hit, while Switch's tablet-style design and side-grip controller slots improve Nintendo's Wii U vision. When you consider Nintendo's dominance over the portable console market, it's easy to imagine Switch following suit and delivering some truly excellent games. Still, it's just as easy to be apprehensive about committing

It has been a little over a year since Ryan Reynolds graced the movie screens as the "Merc with a Mouth" antihero Deadpool and portrayed him correctly the way comic book fans know him. That means it has also been a year since the Reynolds' solo project was validated after it became the highest grossing X-Men film in the global box office. Now, just in time for the release of his pal's film, Logan, he is back to give fans more. Vancouver-based actor Ryan Reynolds tweeted

A fiber optic undersea link connecting Angola's capital Luanda to the Brazilian city of Fortaleza is reported to be about 50 percent complete, with operations set to begin later this year.With more than 6,200 kilometers in

After the Android bug bounty, Chinese researchers now receive the most rewards and the most cash from Google.

There is good news that the sickle cell anemia, which is a slow killer that induces immense pain, is curable with gene therapy. This was disclosed by doctors at the Necker Children's Hospital in Paris, where a boy afflicted with sickle cell disease attained complete cure after genetic engineering therapy treatment on a trial basis. Globally, 275,000 infants are born carrying sickle cell disease and in the United States, the number reaches to 100,000 mostly among kids of African ancestry. Among

HP Inc's new Customer Welcome Centre in London.