Omar Al Mannai, Event Director of CHI Al Shaqab, Saleh Al Mana, Vice President, Government and Public Affairs, ExxonMobil Qatar and Qatar’s top rider Sheikh Ali bin Khalid Al Thani pose for a photograph following a press conference held at Al Shaqab yesterday. Top international riders and members of the public will come together to celebrate Qatar’s rich equine heritage when Al Shaqab hosts the fifth edition of CHI Al Shaqab, its top international competition, from March 2 to 4 in Doha.
Day: February 21, 2017
Alien Bugs Could Attack Humans
Researchers warned that there is a possibility of alien bugs to hit our planet through spaceships. The bugs could reach us through spaceships and can attack us.
US stocks start week at new highs on deals and earnings
Stocks are breaking records again Tuesday as the market resumed its climb after a holiday break. Energy companies are rising with the price of oil.
Webscale Cloud Provider Selects Zayo for Metro Dark Fiber
Holdings, Inc. for metro dark fiber in Chicago. The project will connect six data center locations with 20 diverse segments totaling 280 strands across all segments, with up to 26 strands per segment.
Trump Can’t Seem to Shake Those Russia Problems
The New York Times reported Sunday that one of Donald Trump’s lawyers, Michael Cohen, attempted to deliver a sealed proposal for crafting a Ukraine peace accord — and lifting Russian sanctions — to then National Security Adviser Michael Flynn shortly before Flynn resigned. Cohen disputed a portion of the Times’ account in an interview with Washington Post reporters , arguing that he hadn’t taken the sanctions plan to the White House nor had he spoken to anyone about it.
The Next Financial Crisis Might Be in Your Driveway
Lured by low interest rates, low gas prices, and a crop of seductive vehicles that are faster, smarter, and more efficient than ever before, American drivers are increasingly riding in style. Don’t be fooled by the curb appeal, though-those swanky machines are heavily leveraged. The country’s auto debt hit a record in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, when a rush of year-end car shopping pushed vehicle loans to a dubious peak of $1.16 trillion.
EPA Chief Woos Staff Skeptical of Tilt to Pro-Energy Mission
President Donald Trump’s newly installed environmental chief Scott Pruitt laid out his vision for reshaping the way the federal government safeguards air and water, as he tried to convince skeptical federal employees that a refashioned agency can remain effective. Pruitt addressed the Environmental Protection Agency’s workforce — including hundreds who had actively battled his confirmation — on Tuesday, in his first speech since he was sworn in as administrator Friday.
Tom Hanks to publish book inspired by his love of typewriters
Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has struck a publishing deal for a book of short stories he wrote inspired by his collection of vintage typewriters. The Forrest Gump star owns more than 100 typewriters and had talked in the past about his intention to write an anthology of stories about them, which he has now agreed with William Heinemann, part of the Penguin Random House publishing company.
Sales growth for China’s Vipshop tops 35% for Q4 and the year
I would recommend that you have one description which you use on your own site and offer e-retailers an alternate description. E-commerce sales by region, sales by product category, holiday data, online spending by shopper and as percentage of household income, and more.
NASA Aims to Measure Vital Snow Data from Satellites
Instrument-laden aircraft are surveying the Colorado high country this month as scientists search for better ways to measure how much water is locked up in the world’s mountain snows – water that sustains a substantial share of the global population. A NASA-led experiment called SnowEx is using five aircraft to test 10 sensors that might one day be used to monitor snow from satellites.
Blizzard Is Ending Support For Some Older Operating Systems
As additional operating systems become standard, older legacy systems become obsolete. While Microsoft has already given up support on some systems, developers are starting to follow suit, giving gamers a heads-up that their old legacy systems will no longer be supported.
We Need to Prepare for the 5G Jobs Apocalypse
My taxi driver in San Diego had a plan. He was moving to Laredo to get back into long-distance trucking.
Self-Driving Technology: 8 Tech Companies For Investment
Nowadays, almost every automaker possesses considerable resources to develop self-driving technology for cars, which is the next big step for the automotive industry. The market for autopilot technology is clearly huge, which is evident by an estimation , that approximately 100 million “connected” cars with the capacity of self-driving will be shipped in 2021.
Amazon exec to become MLB’s video-streaming service’s new CEO – CNET
Michael Paull, one of the minds behind Amazon’s Prime video, will now be in charge of Major League Baseball’s popular streaming service. Michael Paull , an Amazon executive who oversaw the e-commerce giant’s popular Prime Video service, is becoming the new CEO of BAMTech, Major League Baseball’s video streaming service, the MLB said Tuesday.
Best Buy has cut the MacBook Air’s price tag to $800
Apple hasn’t updated the MacBook Air since 2015, and many Apple watchers don’t expect to see a refresh of the device. In fact, the 11-inch MacBook Air left the consumer market last October.
Deus et Machina – A Response to the Susskinds (Mostly) and Hadfield
My friend and dean Andy Perlman beat me to the punch with the Yogi Berra-ism about the difficulty of prediction, particularly when it’s about the future. I had the chance to dig into the two books under discussion here – The Future of the Professions , by Richard and Daniel Susskind, and Rules for a Flat World , by Gillian Hadfield.
Industrial controls systems top threat to UK cyber security
Most organisations understand cyber security readiness, but lack response and resilience capabilities – especially regarding industrial control systems in the UK, says RSA cyber defence expert Azeem Aleem Vulnerabilities in industrial control systems commonly used by suppliers of critical national infrastructure are potentially the biggest threats to UK cyber security, according to a cyber defence expert. By submitting my Email address I confirm that I have read and accepted the Terms of Use and Declaration of Consent.
Yahoo salvages Verizon deal with $350 million discount
Yahoo is taking a $350 million hit on its previously announced $4.8 billion sale to Verizon in a concession for security lapses that exposed personal information stored in more than 1 billion Yahoo user accounts. The revised agreement, announced Tuesday, eases investor worries that Verizon Communications Inc. would demand a discount of at least $1 billion or cancel the deal entirely.
Facebook Analytics for Apps Hits 1 Million Milestone, Adds Features
Facebook today announced new functionality in its Analytics for Apps tool for mobile and Web development, while announcing it has now been used in more than 1 million apps, Web sites and bots. Launched at the company’s F8 developer conference in 2015, Facebook Analytics for Apps helps companies understand their app users, measure how they use an app across different devices and improve marketing campaigns.
Wal-Mart Earnings Fall, But Online Sales Surge
Wal-Mart drew more shoppers to its namesake stores in the United States and its e-commerce sales soared, signs that its efforts to lower prices and improve web services are helping it compete better against online leader Amazon. The company saw the biggest gain in a key revenue measure in its U.S business in four years, marking the tenth consecutive increase.
Wal-Mart earnings fall, but online sales surge
But the world’s largest retailer saw its U.S. business accelerate during the period that covers the holiday shopping season. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company said Tuesday it earned $3.76 billion, or $1.22 per share in the three months ended Jan. 31. That compares with $4.57 billion, or $1.43 per share, a year ago.
William Blair Equities Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for CommerceHub, Inc.
Equities researchers at William Blair raised their Q1 2017 earnings per share estimates for CommerceHub in a report issued on Wednesday. William Blair analyst M. Pfau now forecasts that the brokerage will post earnings of $0.04 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.03.
HealthStream, Inc. (HSTM) Rating Reiterated by Canaccord Genuity
‘s stock had its “hold” rating reiterated by equities research analysts at Canaccord Genuity in a research note issued to investors on Friday. They presently have a $24.00 price objective on the stock.
Scientists use Deep Learning to predict development of hematopoietic stem cells
Autonomous driving, automatic speech recognition, and the game Go: Deep Learning is generating more and more public awareness. Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum MA1 4nchen and their partners at ETH Zurich and the Technical University of Munich have now used it to determine the development of hematopoietic stem cells in advance.
ITL Group celebrates 40 years of medical device manufacturing
Founded on 25th February 1977, the design and manufacturing partner for leading life-saving medical technology has enjoyed success on a global scale. As the “go-to” contract design, development, manufacturing and consultancy partner for some of the biggest names in MedTech, the ITL Group has established operations in Shanghai, China and Richmond, Virginia, USA, in addition to their headquarters in Ashford, Kent, UK.
Social Media: Another insight on PSFK for Members
Companies are always trying to figure out how to better connect with audiences on social media, but leave it to Apple to take tweeting to another level. In lieu of a simple reply, the tech giant has taken four real-life tweets and answered them in a new series of ads for its iPad Pro.
Walmart Surprisingly Didn’t Have an Ugly Holiday Season
Walmart shares climbed by 2.35% to $71 a share in pre-market trading Tuesday after the retail giant reported strong fourth quarter and full-year results. Fourth quarter earnings came in at $1.30 a share on revenue of $133.6 billion, Analysts had estimated earnings of $1.28 a share on sales of $131.1 billion.
Toy Fair Shows Off What’s New As Toys ‘R’ Us Cuts 250 Corporate Jobs
The 114th North American International Toy Fair boosts a chance for industry players to see “hundreds of thousands of innovative new toys and games before they hit store shelves.” To attend the four-day event in New York City must be a lot like being a kid in a candy store – err – make that toy store.
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No one wants to pay more for their cell phone plan than they have to, and all cell phone plans are not created the same. But whether you’re a college student, a world-traveler or part of a busy family, there’s a plan for you.
Features 6 mins ago 6:36 a.m.Fifth grader invents device that can save kids in hot cars
Bishop Curry from McKinney, Texas, has several of his inventions in the front yard of his home. In talking with him for a short while it is evident that Curry’s body moves as much as his mind does…and that’s a lot.
Parallel Symbolic Execution for Structural Test Generation
In Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis , pp. 183-194, doi:10.1145/1831708.1831732 Symbolic execution is a popular technique for automatically generating test cases achieving high structural coverage.
When Apps Get Too Human, They Tumble into the Uncanny Valley
I recently returned from a vacation to find that Google’s algorithms had created a customized slide show of my trip. I hadn’t asked for one.
This chip adds Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and smart device chops to maker boards and gadgets
One of Raspberry Pi’s weaknesses is a lack of wireless technologies, which limits its communications capabilities with other devices. One new chipset from Qualcomm could help fill that gap.
Wal-Mart earnings fall, but online sales surge
But the world’s largest retailer saw its U.S. business accelerate during the period that covers the holiday shopping season. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company said Tuesday it earned $3.76 billion, or $1.22 per share in the three months ended Jan. 31. That compares with $4.57 billion, or $1.43 per share, a year ago.
The Enterprise Service Desk: Directing Service Calls Like Waze Directs Traffic
The digital workplace will be fueled by enterprise service desks – single points of contact across technology silos that can log and route incidents and requests. And not just desktops and laptops and mobile phones, but scanners, scales, beacons, Software-as-a-Service , security systems, smart lighting and building control systems.
Qualcomm Announces the First Commercially Sampling Tri-mode…
Qualcomm Announces the First Commercially Sampling Tri-mode System-on-Chip with Bluetooth Low Energy 5, Dual band Wi-Fi, 802.15.4 Connectivity for IoT Devices /PRNewswire/ — Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated , today announced two new System-on-chips , the QCA4020 and QCA4024.
Discovery Health Partners, a Division of LaunchPoint, Appoints Chief Information Officer
Discovery Health Partners, the payment integrity division of LaunchPoint, today announced it has appointed Moe Alkhafaji as Chief Information Officer . Alkhafaji joins Discovery from HealthEngine, where in the role of CTO he applied his big data and machine learning expertise to rearchitect and transform its healthcare pricing and quality information portal technology.
Virtual assistants battling for top spot
The Amazon Echo is a homebased digital assistant that can, among other things, play music, control smart-home devices, adjust the climate, order a pizza and arrange for an Uber ride. It’s no wonder titans of tech are locked in an epic battle of the robots, racing furiously to produce the best virtual assistant.
NASA aims to measure vital snow data from satellites
” Instrument-laden aircraft are surveying the Colorado high country this month as scientists search for better ways to measure how much water is locked up in the world’s mountain snows ” water that sustains a substantial share of the global population. A NASA-led experiment called SnowEx is using five aircraft to test 10 sensors that might one day be used to monitor snow from satellites.
School buildings on autopilot
When the central Connecticut town of Cheshire moved to reduce power use, it upgraded six of its eight public schools with the latest internet of things technology. The plan combined energy-efficient LED fixtures with sensors and cloud-based servers that automatically turn the lights off in an empty room or adjust brightness.