Category: Science / Technology

Opera Releases New Concept Browser

While the Web has evolved in dramatic ways over the past two decades, Web browsers haven’t kept up with the new demands, according to Opera Software. That’s why developers at the Oslo-based company have created Opera Neon, an experimental browser built for the future needs of online users.

Yahoo To Be Altaba after Buyout

In a pair of documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, Yahoo revealed that CEO Marissa Mayer will resign after core parts of her company are acquired by Verizon as expected sometime early this year. The unacquired pieces of Yahoo’s business will be renamed “Altaba” after the deal is completed, according to the filings.

Creative Destruction Intensifies

Two icons of American business – Macy’s and Sears – are struggling. Macy’s plans to close 100 stores to improve profitability, and Sears has sold its Craftsman tools line for roughly $900 million to raise cash.

Power upgrade spacewalk begins for French, US astronauts

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet floated into space on his first-ever spacewalk on Friday, on a mission to help upgrade the power system outside the International Space Station with new, refrigerator-sized lithium-ion batteries. Wearing a white spacesuit with the French flag emblazoned on one shoulder, Pesquet and American astronaut Shane Kimbrough switched on their spacesuits’ internal battery power to mark the official start of the spacewalk at 6.22am, more than a half hour earlier than scheduled.

Inventor shows off his ideas to the ‘Dragons’

TEN years spent dreaming up inventions in his garden shed could win a property renovator the thousands of pounds he needs to turn one of his ideas into money-spinning reality. Simon Moore was having trouble with cable ties under the floorboards in one of his houses when he came up with the solution he took to TV’s Dragons’ Den.

Online chef – doesn’t get sexist comments from trolls’

Day Day Cook founder Norma Chu believes it is partly due to her taking a less traditional path compared with other female chefs who work in professional kitchens A chef from Hong Kong who shot to fame online with her home cooking video tutorials has happily revealed that she has never received sexist comments from trolls. Norma Chu, 36, a former banker who founded online cooking platform Day Day Cook in 2012, said she had so far escaped the sexism encountered by many female chefs in professional kitchens by taking a less traditional career path.

Go on, take that selfie, you may not be a narcissist.

Are you a communicating selfie taker, an autobiographer or just a self-publicist? US research identifies three categories of selfie-takers and finds ego is not our only motivation Friends do it, world leaders and entertainers do it, you probably do it and we – abashedly – admit to doing it occasionally too. Taking a selfie is commonplace in social media culture these days.

Nobel Prize exhibition in Ahmedabad attracts visitors

Ahmedabad , Jan. 14: People from across age groups thronged the Nobel Prize exhibition, aimed at stimulating engagement in science, in Ahmedabad. [NK India] Titled ‘The Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing the World’, the four-day exhibition tells the story of Novel Prize founder Alfred Nobel – a Swedish inventor and industrialist – and other Nobel laureates.

SpaceX finances ‘on a knife edge’ following disastrous rocket explosion

SpaceX finances ‘on a knife edge’ following disastrous rocket explosion – and Elon Musk is relying on satellite internet service being a success to fund his Mars plans, leaked figures show Elon Musk watched in horror as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 burst into flames and rained debris over the Atlantic Ocean in 2015. The botched takeoff led to delayed launches, hindered the firm’s ability to fulfill contracts and contributed to annual loss and drops in revenue.

Urodynamics Equipment and Disposables Market Earnings Likely to…

Transparency Market Research has announced the addition of a new report, titled “Urodynamics Equipment and Disposables Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 – 2020”. According to this report, the global urodynamics equipment and disposables market will progress at a moderate 6.10% CAGR during the forecasting horizon from 2014 to 2020.

Watch out for this Netflix phishing scam

Hackers are targeting Netflix subscribers via an effective-looking phishing scam that aims to take credit card numbers and personal information. The emails directs the user to a fake login page that mimic’s Netflix, asking them to put in all of their information including name and payment information, according to cyber security site FireEye.

toil 3.5.0a1.dev321

Toil is a scalable, efficient, cross-platform pipeline management system, written entirely in Python, and designed around the principles of functional programming. Full documentation for the latest stable release can be found at Read the Docs .

Scientists reprogram embryonic stem cells to expand their potential

Researchers from UC Berkeley have found a way to reprogram mouse embryonic stem cells so that they exhibit developmental characteristics resembling those of fertilized eggs, or zygotes. While typical embryonic stem cells are unable to make tissues like the placenta, which allow the embryo to communicate with the mother, blocking a microRNA unleashes the potential to make these extra-embryonic tissues .

Guccifer 2.0 & me

Who or what is Guccifer 2.0? US intelligence agencies believe the mysterious hacker persona was central to efforts to interfere with last year’s American election and responsible for distributing hacked documents that embarrassed the Democratic Party. But now Guccifer 2.0 has broken a two-month silence to deny any connection to Russia.

You Can Now Order Girl Scout Cookies Online

Yes, you heard that right! Rather than trying to track down the parent of a Girl Scout or roaming around your community centers looking for those ubiquitous tables, you can now buy boxes upon boxes of the tasty cookies from the comfort of your own home, according to Hello Giggles . It’s all thanks to the Digital Cookie platform .

Integration & Orchestration Middleware Market Revenues to Reach US $15.29 Bn by 2024 End

According to Persistence Market Research, integration and orchestration middleware market will surpass US$ 15 Bn by 2024-end, expanding at a CAGR of 7.1% through 2024. Primarily fueled by widespread adoption of cloud computing, rapidly expanding digital transformation, and soaring adoption of API management, this market will also be impacted by several other technology trends.

Dave Davies Talks Smithsonian TV Series, New Album With His Son & Recent Demos With Brother Ray

Rock stars and their toys are the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel series — and the Kinks’ Dave Davies is happy to be a part of it. Davies joins Graham Nash , Motown legend Martha Reeves , Moby and others in Rock ‘N’ Roll Inventions , a six-episode weekly series kicking off at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 16. The first episode, “This Damn Music,” examines developments such as windup gramophones and 78rpm shellac records, vinyl singles, the jukebox, transistor radios, FM radio, cassette and videos, while subsequent chapters will take on everything from electric guitars and keyboards to studio technology and staging.

Best job search websites

The job market isn’t as dire as it was six or seven years ago, yet finding employment still feels like work in and of itself. As more and more college degrees are issued each year, the prospective pool of employables – your competition, that is – grows proportionally.

IoT for the Home: HVAC, Outlets, and Lighting

The Internet of Things offers great promise in the industrial market, but can it effectively-and efficiently-be applied in homes? One of the main benefits of automated homes is their ability to save money and add convenience. However, to ensure your smart-home devices are making the most efficient and convenient home, you need to be cognizant of several aspects of this technology.