Microsoft is getting artsy. The tech giant unveiled tools for artists and designers on Tuesday in Manhattan, including a smartphone app that allows users to scan 3D images of everyday objects and move them around in virtual or “mixed” reality. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, said he anticipated a greater market ... Read More »
Jack Ma knows a thing or two about technological innovation and disruption. The founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group has built it into the world’s fifth-largest Internet company by revenue. In a letter to shareholders earlier this month, he had this to say: “Throughout history, technological disruptions have followed ... Read More »
It could be the hottest outgrowth of the pot-conomy — highly lucrative for both investors and cannabis companies. The industrial real estate that houses pot production is in high demand, and it is about to become the first opportunity for investors large and small to get in on marijuana. How? ... Read More »
Saab on Tuesday announced changes to the company’s organization and group management, including a new naval business area named Nautics. The changes will take effect on Jan. 1, the company said in a statement. Saab Kockums, which oversees naval technology, will become its own business area and be re-dubbed Nautics. ... Read More »
Real Assets said it would continue the construction of its ’22 Bishopsgate’ project in London’s financial district, despite the uncertainty following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The real estate asset manager, a unit of AXA SA, said the project has a target completion date of 2019. Since the ... Read More »
Militants wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police academy in the southwestern city of Quetta overnight, killing 61 people, mostly police cadets and recruits, and waging a ferocious gunbattle with troops that lasted into early hours Tuesday. The four-hour siege is one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistan’s security forces ... Read More »
It is not peak season in October, but scores of visitors are reaching the temple that touches the clouds in Gangtok. Hanuman Tok is a destination for visitors of all faiths, many of whom also come to take in the 360-degree view of the Himalayas. They are received at the ... Read More »
A day after the unceremonious removal of Cyrus Mistry, Ratan Tata took charge as the interim chairman of Tata Sons at Bombay House and addressed the managing directors and senior leaders of companies in the group. He asked them to focus on leadership in their respective markets and enhance returns ... Read More »
The Italian Restaurant Mario is located in the city of Brest, on the first floor of the Diagonal business center. The concept was to create a format of family cafe by interior designer Andrey Polienko. The target audiences are office workers and residents of the surrounding area of the complex. There ... Read More »
Warrington-based firm DV8 Designs was appointed to creatively redesign existing office space for YKK (U.K) Ltd. The architectural and interior design team, headed by Managing Director Lee Birchall, has refreshed the manufacturing company’s existing office space. Lee said: “We were approached by YKK (U.K) Ltd. who are based in Preston Brook, near ... Read More »
The team of Carve and Omgeving (design) and Krinkels (contractor) won the international competition to design an adventurous play-scape and landmark on a ‘terril‘ in Beringen, Belgium, in January 2015. The adventure mountain is part of the tourist, recreative project Be-MINE, that aims to breathe new life into the monumental ... Read More »
Male fertility comes down to one thing in many cases: sperm motility. If they’re not good swimmers, fertility can be an issue, reports the Independent. But researchers at the University of Wolverhampton in the UK are reporting (though not yet in a peer-reviewed scientific journal) that they may have hit ... Read More »
