Despite their tiny size, ants are sophisticated navigators that can find their way even while walking backwards, and these skills could help inspire better robots, scientists say. The findings in this week’s edition of the journal Current Biology are based on a colony of desert ants that were studied to see how they navigated home while carrying pieces of a cookie.
Day: January 22, 2017
Gabon drew 1-1 with Burkina Faso at the Stade de l’Amitie in Libreville on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Group claiming to be based in Russia say they are protesting at organisers holding biennial competition in the “dictatorship” of Gabon A group of hackers claiming to be based in Russia said on Saturday they had shut down the website of the Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament in a protest at organisers holding it in the “dictatorship” of Gabon, where president Ali Bongo Ondimba retained power in disputed and violent elections last year. A person sent an email to The Associated Press claiming the group New World Hackers had “taken down” the Confederation of African Football’s official website, which is the website of Africa’s top soccer body and the site for the continent’s main soccer tournament.
Online educator to hire 20,000 North American teachers by 2017
Entrepreneur Cindy Mi’s office sits in a building that used to be a Taoist temple in one of Beijing’s oldest hutong areas, but there’s nothing traditional about her startup. Formally known as Future VIPKID, the company founded in 2013 has built a rapidly growing business by allowing Chinese children to learn English at home via videoconferencing with North America-based instructors.
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Apple , which typically announces new gizmos in September, is widely expected to introduce two brand new iPhones in the returning weeks. The iPhone 6S will of course come with a new cpu, probably dubbed the A9 and we’re experiencing again that Samsung is in the shape to develop the chip, that may evidently be 15% smaller, 20% better and 35% more vitality efficient than the Apple A8 processor chip within the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
MATRADE: TN50 To Prepare, Complement Nation’s Economic Structure…
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — The National Transformation 2050 roadmap will prepare and complement the country’s economic structure after it achieves the high-income and developed nation status by 2020, said Malaysia External Trade Development Corp . Its Chief Executive Officer Datuk Dzulkifli Mahmud, said Malaysia’s agenda after achieving the goals of Vision 2020 would also help local entrepreneurs and those who wanted to expand their existing market.
Hackers shut down Africa Cup of Nations website
A group of hackers claim to have shut down the website of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in protest at organisers holding it in the “dictatorship” of Gabon. The New World Hackers group, said to be based in Russia, said they have “taken down” the official website of top African soccer body the Confederation of African Football .
Microsoft’s Johnson on Strategy Shift
Peggy Johnson was less than a day into her new job at Microsoft in 2014 when a daunting assignment landed on her desk. “I want to say the first hour,” she recalls.
MS: Update to Windows 10 ASAP
It’s no secret that Microsoft wants customers to update to Windows 10, the latest version of the company’s operating system. With extended support for the older Windows 7 OS set to expire in 2020, Redmond has been pushing companies to start migrating to the latest OS for a while now.
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Hackers have reportedly devised a new phishing method which seems to be tricking even the most experienced and tech savvy users into revealing their account details. The highly effective phishing campaign seems to be running on a sophisticated automation feature that pounces on newly compromised Gmail accounts to mount a secondary attack on users in the contact list.
Hatherop Castle School pupils celebrate win at the regional finals of …
HATHEROP Castle School’s Lego Robotics Team, Team HCS, have for the second year running, won the regional First Lego League tournament to progress to the national finals next month. The team also won the robot game section of the competition with the highest number of overall points in the UK and Ireland so far this year.
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Samsung Galaxy S8 release date, specs, features and everything you need to know
The rumours are flowing, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco is a long distant memory, and now the world awaits the Samsung Galaxy S8 release date. The most hotly anticipated device of 2017, the Samsung Galaxy S8 is expected to build on what was widely regarded the best smartphone of last year – the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge – with a new design and much improved specs sheet on the cards.
India headed for a green energy revolution: Harvard scientist
Kolkata, Jan 22 – Harvard chemist and energy innovator Daniel G. Nocera is a man on a renewable mission. The inventor of the artificial leaf and co-creator of its bionic version plans to launch a pilot of the advanced technology in India with the assertion that a renewable energy revolution will take place in the country.
Panasonic introduces i-PRO extreme surveillance technology for GCC market at Intersec 2017
Panasonic, a leading provider of integrated security and video surveillance solutions, introduces its next generation i-PROA Extreme technology platform at Intersec 2017, happening at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre on January 22 -24. Panasonic Marketing Middle East and Africa has launched the i-PRO Extreme in response to the fast growing demand for integrated video surveillance in the region, which has seen a tremendous growth for video security equipment in recent years.
Red Hat breaks down barriers to enterprise container adoption with…
Red Hat breaks down barriers to enterprise container adoption with dynamic storage provisioning in latest version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Red Hat, Inc. , the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the general availability of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4, the latest version of its container application platform. Red Hat helps organizations like Discovery Health and Pioneer better embrace new technologies, such as Linux containers, that can deliver innovative business applications and services without sacrificing existing IT investments.
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President Donald Trump’s economic plans are nothing if not ambitious: Annual growth of 4 per cent — or more. A diminished trade gap.
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Last week, I attended the National Retail Federation ‘s Big Show , in New York City, as I have done annually for the past 15 years. My big takeaway this year is that radio frequency identification technology providers are moving rapidly toward building complete solutions, as opposed to selling just tags, readers or software, as most had done in the past.