The full version of Minecraft: Education Edition is finally arriving on November 1, following an extended testing and free trial period that began this summer. The version of Minecraft aimed at educators and schools came out of Microsoft’s acquisition of learning gameMinecraftEdu earlier this year, which built upon Minecraft to ... Read More »
The Centre on Thursday announced a ‘special assistance’ of Rs. 1,976.5 crore for residual Andhra Pradesh to help it tide over the financial impact caused by the bifurcation of the erstwhile undivided State. MPs from the State had raised the issue in the recently-concluded session of Parliament and the State ... Read More »
Bollywood actor Salman Khan, the goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent at this year’s Olympics in Rio, will present a cheque of Rs. 1,01,000 to each of the athletes. “As a gesture of appreciation for our Olympic athletes, I will present each one with a cheque of Rs. 1,01,000,” Salman, ... Read More »
The United States won its 1,000th Olympic gold medal on Saturday when the American women’s 4×100 meter medley relay team clinched victory at the Rio Games. The honor of reaching the milestone was shared by Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel, who got to the wall first ... Read More »
Dollar Shave Club, the subscription online razor and toiletry service, has sold to Unilever for a reported $1 billion. Unilever, maker of Axe Body Spray and Dove Soap reportedly paid cash for the private, Los-angeles-based company. The terms of the deal were not disclosed in a press release, but Fortune ... Read More »
The Adani group has started construction on India’s first trans-shipment port – an intermediary port that allows container ships to offload before their journeys end, Reuters reported. The Indian government will give the Adani Group a grant of Rs 1,600 crore for the project, which it hopes will bring in ... Read More »
Rihanna was reported to have been the headline act at the Lollapalooza Colombia festival in South America. But just weeks before it was meant to take place, the Bajan beauty has left the festival in tatters by refusing to perform at the show. A source told the RCN Radio of ... Read More »
Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Wednesday that the proposed acquisition of SolarCity Corp (SCTY.O) could eventually push the electric car maker’s valuation to $1 trillion, but investors were skeptical. Shares of Tesla were down nearly 7 percent at $204.50, putting its market capitalization at ... Read More »
Kicking the smoking dependancy boosts extra than just your health — it also saves cash. that’s because health care charges plummet simply 365 days after preventing, new studies suggests. a ten percent decline in smoking would lessen U.S. health care fees by way of $63 billion the followingyr, a look ... Read More »
The FBI paid under $1 million for the technique used to liberate the iPhone utilized by one of the San Bernardino shooters – a determine smaller than the $1.three million the company‘s chief first of all indicated the hack fee, numerous U.S. government sources said on Thursday. The Federal Bureau ... Read More »
A $1.68 million National Institutes of Health grant will fund research aiming to improve treatment for chronic pancreatitis, as well as further a potential cure for type 1 diabetes, the Medical University of South Carolina announced this week. Earlier studies by researchers at the university showed injecting Alpha 1 anti-trypsin, ... Read More »
In a freak accident, a small plane crashed on a California freeway, slamming into a car parked on the side of the road, killing a woman and seriously injuring five others, including the pilot, officials said. The accident occurred when the plane made an emergency landing on a Southern California ... Read More »
