US Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump targeted Somali communities in Maine and Minnesota during a campaign speech in Portland, saying refugees from “dangerous places” should not be allowed in the US, a media report said. During the speech at Merrill Auditorium in Maine, Trump said the US does not do a good job of vetting […]
At least 13 people have died after a fire ravaged and destroyed a bar in Rouen, the capital of the French region of Normandy, a local newspaper reports. Most of the victims were reportedly young people attending a birthday party. The fire started around midnight at a bar where young people had been gathering to […]
Taking another foray into the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning as well as to make its digital assistant Siri better, Apple has acquired Seattle-based machine learning startup Turi for nearly $200 million. According to a GeekWire report, the move is set to increase Apple’s presence in the Seattle region where the tech […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday said he is not considering a third term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) at the end of his tenure in September 2018. “I’m not considering it at all,” Xinhua news agency quoted Abe as saying at a press briefing following the announcement of his […]
Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io has a thin atmosphere that collapses in the shadow of the planet condensing as ice, say NASA-funded researchers, revealing the freezing effects of its shadow during daily eclipses on the moon’s volcanic gases. Io is the most volcanically-active object in the solar system. “This is the first time scientists have observed […]
Washington An American man, Luke Aikins has become the first person to jump from 25,000 ft (7,620 metres) without a parachute, landing safely in a net. Aikins — who has more than 18,000 jumps under his belt — fell dead centre into the 100×100 ft net in Simi Valley, southern California, BBC reported. During the […]
In a significant development, former Apple public relations executive Natalie Kerris who joined micro-blogging website Twitter in February as Vice President (communications) this year, is leaving – at a time when Twitter is struggling to find new grounds to overcome stalled user growth and stagnated revenues. In a statement on Tuesday, Twitter confirmed Kerris’s departure, […]
After hacking Pokemon Go servers last month, hacking group OurMine on Tuesday broke into the Twitter account of John Hanke, the CEO of US-based software company Niantic that created the popular GPS-based augmented reality game with Japanese company Nintendo. OurMine took control of Hanke’s account and posted a series of tweets, including one that identified […]
Fibrosis, which mostly affects the lungs and hepatic tissues, accounts for up to 45 per cent of deaths in the developed world yet till date no effective therapeutic treatment has been developed, says a recent study. Fibrosis, one of the age-related pathologies that disrupt organ functionality dramatically, is a progressive accumulation of extra-cellular matrix which […]
Nayan Chaterjee emerged as the driver with luck, pluck and pace as he completed a grand double in the Euro JK 16 category of the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship at the Kari Motor Speedway here on Sunday. Nayan was the lucky beneficiary on Race 3 in this category, taking the first place in […]