Month: December 2016

BP Gains Abu Dhabi Oil Field Stake for $2.2 Billion in Stock

BP Plc cemented its 77-year relationship with Abu Dhabi by swapping about $2.2 billion of its own shares for a stake in one of the emirate’s largest onshore oil concessions. The U.K.’s second-biggest oil group will issue new ordinary shares to pay for 10 percent of the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Petroleum Operations Ltd., giving the emirate a 2 percent holding in BP, the London-based company said Saturday in a statement.

Rio Gives Up on Olympic Pledge as Bay Clean-Up Workers Fired

Rio de Janeiro is abandoning its promise to treat the raw sewage polluting the Guanabara Bay as workers building a pipeline network and treatment plant are being fired and the state sinks into fiscal crisis. A $450 million loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank to build the infrastructure needed to collect and treat sewage will expire in March and the Brazilian Treasury won’t allow its extension, according to Rio’s environment secretariat.

Bigleaf Networks Announces Automatic Optimization for Satellite Connectivity

Bigleaf’s real-time IP routing and prioritization systems are now specifically tuned for the performance profile of satellite connectivity Bigleaf Networks , the Cloud-first SD-WAN service that optimizes Internet and Cloud performance by dynamically choosing the best connection and adapting QoS in real-time, today announced new satellite-optimized adaptation within its SD-WAN software. Bigleaf’s patent-pending technology adds SD-WAN routing intelligence and prioritization to all underlying Internet connections, preventing outages and improving Cloud application performance.

Medical Robotics Market Forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 21.43% during 2016 – ” 2021F

DALLAS, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, December 16, 2016 / EINPresswire.com / — A comprehensive research report titled “Global Medical Robotics Market : Analysis By Region, By Country ” created through extensive primary research and secondary research, presents the analysis of the global Medical Robot market and has been segmented By Robot ; By Region and By Country . Market for medical robots is growing steadily on account of the rising number old people, neurological related diseases, such as stroke, etc.

Life after Yahoo: How iOS users can stay safe online

This has been a very challenging year when it comes to online security on every platform. We’ve seen some of the biggest online hacks in history; we’ve learned that over a billion Yahoo accounts have been compromised, and Apple recently patched a flaw that let hackers break into Macs.

Q&A: Get to the top of Google search results

Q&A: Get to the top of Google search results Having trouble getting noticed in search results? Follow these steps. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2hW4iWJ Q: What’s the secret to getting on the first page of the Google search results? I want to create something but no one visits my site.

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Infuriating tech problems and how to fix them Trouble with Wi-Fi, or a bad cell signal? Here’s a quick way to improve them. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2hW5Tvq Struggling with the Wi-Fi in your home? Have a bad cell signal? Tech expert Kim Komando comes to your rescue.

Five most interesting search marketing news stories of the week

Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the latest news and research from the world of search marketing and beyond. This week, Google has been spotted testing a new user ratings feature in film and television search results; the National Football League has rowed back its heavy-handed social media policy; and a new report has revealed the distance that still remains between the marketing and IT sides of a business in the digital age.

Gelita uses MDM to boost global workforce mobility

Collagen protein supplier Gelita picked up the award for best desktop virtualisation or mobility project at the 2016 Best of VMworld Awards. Find out why here Several years ago, the IT team at Gelita AG was given a challenge – to meet the productivity needs of an increasingly mobile and global workforce without compromising the security of its corporate data.

Trump has been lying about the Russian hack. He just accidentally admitted it himself.

In recent days, Donald Trump has been spinning a new narrative about CIA charges of Russian interference in our election: The administration did not leak the news of this finding until after Trump won, which shows this is just an after-the-fact effort to undercut the significance of his victory over Hillary Clinton. As Trump tweeted Thursday : “If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?” This is not some small offhand remark.

The Kremlin’s Ingenious Plan to Hack the Election, Revealed

On the evening of September 11, 2012, Russian hackers infiltrated the information system at the State Department’s Office of Public Affairs. They digitally doctored a press release that correctly blamed the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic terrorists of Ansar al-Sharia for the then-unfolding, deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Trump is delivering on his promise to be unpredictable on foreign…

President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone call with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was a prime example of his unpredictability, a strategy that carries a lot of risk, foreign policy experts say. President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone call with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen was a prime example of his unpredictability, a strategy that carries a lot of risk, foreign policy experts say.

The Navy’s New Robot Boats Swarm the Enemy on Their Own

Autonomous vehicles have infiltrated much of the military, from airborne surveillance to all manner of ground-based operations. But the Navy remains a mostly human-controlled operation – with the demand for robotic tech focused on conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, it simply hasn’t trickled down to aquatic operations yet.

Tesla reportedly hires Samsung to manufacture custom chips to power Autopilot

Tesla over the summer parted ways with Mobileye, the Israeli-based technology startup that had been supplying the electric automaker with silicon to power its autonomous driving system , following an accident involving a Model S that was traveling with Autopilot enabled. Unveiled at CES 2016, the Drive PX 2 is an absolute beast that packs two Tegra SoCs consisting of four in-house Denver cores and eight ARM Coretex-A57 cores plus two GPUs from the Pascal family.

Hero-astronaut John Glenn to lie in state in Ohio

John Glenn’s original jumpsuit he wore during his orbit around the earth aboard the Friendship 7 scapecraft is displayed alongside a photograph of the astronaut at the John & Annie Glenn Museum, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, in New Concord, Ohio. Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday.

Cyberattack 411: Protecting your vehicle from hackers

New vehicles are packed full of the latest and greatest technology. Among their many capabilities, today’s vehicles can automatically apply brakes to avoid collisions, maintain a designated following distance behind the car ahead of it and maneuver the vehicle back into its lane if the driver veers out of it.

3 Reasons Why Your Website Needs an SEO Audit

An SEO audit will tell you what’s working on your current website, what’s falling short and how you can improve your site to rank higher and generate more leads. Most of the time when we hear the word “audit,” our minds immediately picture run-ins with the IRS, unsavory tax attorneys and boxes of old business receipts.

Magic Leap: Our Product Is Not Over-Hyped

Rony Abovitz, CEO of the secretive virtual reality startup Magic Leap, took to Twitter on Thursday to defend claims that his company is overhyping its flagship product, a powerful VR headset indistinguishable from everyday sunglasses. In a series of often-humorous tweets, Abovitz hinted that his company had experienced issues with early prototypes, but refuted a report from The Information this week that claimed Magic Leap may have “oversold” what its headset can do.

CNET’s holiday gift guide videos – CNET

From voice-assistant smart speakers like Google Home to a printer that brings your photos to life with augmented reality, these are the top tech buys for your home this holiday season. If a fitness tracker or smartwatch is on your holiday wish list, there are more choices than ever.

Obama orders review of election-season hacking

President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad review of election-season cyberattacks, including the email hacks that rattled the presidential campaign and raised fresh concerns about Russia’s meddling in U.S. elections, the White House said Friday. The review, led by intelligence agencies, will be a “deep dive” into a possible pattern of increased “malicious cyber activity” timed to the campaign season, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said.

All-American John Glenn: Astronaut, fighter pilot, senator

He was the first American to orbit the Earth, a war hero fighter pilot, a record-setting test pilot, a longtime senator, a presidential candidate and a man who defied age and gravity to go back into space at 77. But those were just his accomplishments. What made John Glenn was more his persona: He was a combat veteran with boy next door looks, a strong marriage and nerves of steel.