China’s web service giant Baidu is set to launch its self-driving car in the second half of this year, media reported on Tuesday. The announcement was made by Baidu’s senior vice-president Wang Jin at the China Cloud Computing Services Summit and was published by People’s Daily. Baidu will work with a third party automobile manufacturer […]
HSBC on Tuesday announced a new strategic plan that includes a restructuring of 10 percent of its global workforce, review of the possibility of moving its headquarters, its exit from markets in Turkey and Brazil, and an expansion of its operations in Asia. The new business plan seeks to cut costs by $5 billion and […]
The Seoul Gay Pride festival began on Tuesday amid fierce controversy due to opposition from extremist religious groups that gathered to boycott the event from opening in the heart of the city. The festival, which ends on June 28, will feature a massive celebration and a film festival, Efe news agency reported. This year it […]
With the help of 3D printing technology, doctors in Shanghai on Tuesday successfully separated three-month-old twin sisters who were conjoined at the hip. The twins, born in Ganzhou city of Jiangxi province, were connected by soft tissues at the hip and lower spine. They have mostly separate digestive systems but share one lower bowel. After […]
Paris, June 2 (IANS) Online social networking service Facebook on Tuesday announced opening of a new artificial intelligence research centre in Paris. The US-headquartered internet giant said it had been building a programme – Facebook AI Research (FAIR) – to help users “sort through” ever increasing information generated online through “text, pictures, videos and more”. […]
Abuja, June 2 (IANS) At least a dozen people were feared killed on Tuesday in a blast in a livestock market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, capital of the restive Borno State, a security source said. Many traders were hit by the bomb blast at Gamboru, a big market in the city, the source […]
London, June 1 (IANS) At a time when the use of laughing gas (nitrous oxide) in clinical practice has gradually reduced, a new article contends that there is ‘no clinically relevant evidence’ for the withdrawal of nitrous oxide. The issue whether laughing gas (nitrous oxide) should be banned from the operating room figured prominently in […]
New York, June 1 (IANS) Contact lenses may be the root cause of frequent eye infections, says a study. Researchers from the New York University (NYU) identified a diverse set of microorganisms in the eyes of daily contact lens wearers, which closely resemble the group of microorganisms of their eyelid skin than the bacterial grouping […]
Vienna, June 1 (IANS/WAM) The basket of 12 crude oils of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) closed at $60.47 a barrel on Friday compared to $59.33 last Thursday, the organisation’s secretariat said. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes is made up of Murban (UAE), Saharan Blend (Algeria), Girassol (Angola), Oriente (Ecuador), Iran Heavy […]
London, June 1 (IANS) Can hormones also affect our morality? A new study says they can — with findings that high levels of testosterone – the male sex hormone – make people more prone to corruption. Researchers from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, also found that human beings may be naturally predisposed to corruption, Daily […]