When stroke victims are treated within the first four hours of an attack, they are more likely to recover completely or to face only limited disability. A new brain stroke unit in Cairo is designed to quickly treat more patients, but operating this unit will take the work of highly ... Read More »
From a smartphone app delivering market prices to Guatemalan farmers to online nutrition tips in rural Colombia, the push to end hunger has entered a new era with the U.N. food agency deploying the latest technology to fight it. The World Food Programme’s (WFP) new innovation hub, launched in Munich ... Read More »
A new update to Microsoft’s Windows 10 is coming, but you’re forgiven if you didn’t know. It turns out not many people are going to tell you. Admittedly, there’s not much to talk about. The list of refinements for Microsoft’s free paper-anniversary update to Win 10 can fit on a ... Read More »
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update – the largest update to the PC operating system since its big revamp in 2015 – began rolling out to consumers on Tuesday. More than 350m devices have been upgraded since Windows 10 was released in a Microsoft campaign that bombarded computer owners with invitations ... Read More »
Registration is now open for the second annual Fall Ramp-up event, Aug. 16 and 17. All faculty are invited to attend these 50-minute sessions that focus on the campus learning environment and provide timely information to help you prepare for the upcoming semester. Topics will include: Active Learning and Flipped Classrooms ... Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO — A roboticist and crucial member of the team that created Google’s self-driving car is leaving the company, the latest in a string of departures by important technologists working on the autonomous car project. Chris Urmson, a Carnegie Mellon University research scientist, joined Google in 2009 to help ... Read More »
The latest technology is state of the art and ready to help students tackle anything that comes their way, whether it’s a noisy roommate or wanting to listen to music, colossal school project or even staying on top of their fitness game. Alan Rios, Geek Squad technology education agent at ... Read More »
On 1 August, the new textiles minister Smriti Z Irani kicked off a “Selfie with handlooms” campaign on social media. Promoted with the hashtag “#IWearHandloom” on Facebook and Twitter, Irani launched the movement by posting a photo of herself in a royal blue Bihari silk, and tagged peers like Devendra ... Read More »
The long-planned and oft-delayed Sandpiper pipeline through the U.S. Midwest may not be dead, but it appears to be on life support, a likely casualty of the oil-and-gas industry’s infrastructure overbuild amid a two-year global oil rout. After years of delays, refiner Marathon Petroleum Corp and midstream giant Enbridge Inc ... Read More »
y murdered this kid,” lawyer Michael Oppenheimer said about what Chicago police did to 18-year-old alleged car thief Paul O’Neal, shot dead last month. Oppenheimer said the word repeatedly at his news conference, standing next to Black Lives Matter activist Ja’Mal Green, after the police videos were released. It was ... Read More »
It’s day zero of the Rio Olympic Games and as everyone knows, nothing screams “Win the discus!” more than watching a pop star get smothered in a parachute while dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow. Katy Perry’s video for Rise, her Olympics song released before the opening ceremony on Friday evening, ... Read More »
Real Madrid are eyeing up a £34 million move for Chelseamidfielder Nemanja Matic, but boss Zinedine Zidane faces a transfer conundrum, per Goncalo Lopes of the Evening Standard. The French manager feels the Serbia anchorman would be an ideal solution to his defensive midfield slot; however, Real president Florentino Perez ... Read More »
