New rules on mobile app stores could trigger a wave of creative, cheaper apps with more privacy options for users. Every budding developer dreams of creating an app that goes viral and makes lots of money overnight. The Angry Birds game became a worldwide phenomenon within weeks when it launched in 2009 and made US$10 […]
The ruling coalition and a major opposition party have agreed to change Germany’s constitution to beef up its defense budget Germany’s constitution will be changed to accommodate a new special 100 billion ($107.35 billion) credit-based defense fund, the country’s Finance Minister Christian Lindner has confirmed. On Sunday, the ruling coalition comprised of the Social Democratic […]
Suva [Fiji], May 29 (ANI): China-US relations are not a zero-sum game and the US should address the bilateral ties based on the principles of mutual respect and peaceful coexistence, visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday. This comes after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a recent policy speech, described China as […]
GUANGZHOU, May 28 (Xinhua) — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Saturday said UN human rights body and China have the possibility of discussing at the highest level, which implies that there will be a lot of areas to continue cooperating and collaborating in the future. Bachelet told a virtual press briefing […]
Suva [Fiji], May 28 (ANI): Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong paid a two-day visit to Fiji amid the ongoing quest among western countries, including Australia, to bring the strategically located island nation into their sphere of influence. Wong, who arrived in Fiji on Thursday afternoon, met with Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Pacific Islands […]
Following the changes the pandemic has brought about in the business world, organizations have significantly increased their use of data and the internet. This, in turn, has increased the prevalence of cyberattacks and cybersecurity risks. Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers recently released a report estimating that about 62 per cent of Canadian organizations were impacted by ransomware […]
The Microsoft magnate has funded an effort to block the SpaceX founder’s Twitter takeover The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into 11 of the 26 organizations backing an effort to prevent fellow billionaire Elon Musk from taking over social media platform Twitter, according to data shared with Breitbart […]
London – The world’s billionaires have increased their wealth by trillions of dollars since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, while the world’s poorest people are struggling with soaring prices and rising debt, according to an analysis by charitable organization, Oxfam. As the global business elite gather in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos for […]
Beijing [China], May 23 (ANI): America’s space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has accused China of stealing unclassified American technology, ranging from military secrets to medical research. During a United States House Appropriations Committee hearing on May 17, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson accused the Chinese Communist Party of stealing the United States’ […]
BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news in China. LEVER-INSPIRED TRIBOELECTRIC NANOGENERATOR Chinese researchers have proposed a new strategy for the lever-inspired triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) with ultra-high output for pulse monitoring. The strategy provides new paths to improve the output signal, and develop a lever-inspired contact […]
