(CNN)New York City’s Department of Health & Mental Hygiene confirmed Thursday that a majority of the test results from passengers aboard Emirates Flight 203 who reported cough, fever and symptoms of gastrointestinal illness on Wednesday “showed common viruses such as influenza and the common cold.” Roughly 106 of the more…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCity bank blaze suspect arrested A man has been arrested after part of a city centre was left “in lockdown” when a fire was started at a bank. An eyewitness described seeing a man wielding a “cleaver” inside Santander in King Edward…
Wednesday is Apple’s big product release day, where analysts expect the company to release the next edition of the iPhone. While the usual upgrades to the screen, CPU, and storage are expected as always, one major lingering question is how the company is going to handle 5G, the next-generation telecommunications…
Give a man a fish, the old saying goes, and you feed him for a day—teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. Same goes for robots, with the exception that robots feed exclusively on electricity. The problem is figuring out the best way to teach…
The VW Beetle will end production in 2019.Image: Getty Images/Car Culture The car of our teenage dreams will be no more. Volkswagen announced that it will end production of the Beetle in 2019, finishing with the last ever models to the carry the name, the Final Edition SE and Final…
The new Google Fit focuses on two new activity metrics: Move Minutes and Heart Points.Image: raymond wong/mashable Raise your hand if you walk 10,000 steps a day or complete 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity or 150 minutes of moderate physical activity a week as recommended by the American Heart…
London (CNN)Nearly a quarter of 14-year-old girls in the United Kingdom have self-harmed, with many facing overwhelming pressures over how they should look, their sexuality and how they behave, according to a new report by The Children’s Society. The figures, based on data collected in the Millennium Cohort Survey for…
New York (CNN)Times Square was a hive of activity Tuesday afternoon, as more than 40,000 bees swarmed a hot dog stand at the corner of Broadway and West 43rd Street. Second-beekeeper-in-command, Officer Michael Lauriano, responded to the scene in full protective gear, including a netted bee helmet. It took Lauriano…
That large number comes courtesy of Amazon’s press event at IFA in Berlin this week. It’s an impressive jump, given that the company was only boasting around 4,000 the last time it reported a number at the beginning of the year. “Just this year,” exec Daniel Rausch told the crowd,…
(CNN)The funeral for Aretha Franklin will be held August 31 in Detroit, according to the singer’s publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn. The legendary soul singer died Thursday from advanced pancreatic cancer. She was 76. Original Article : HERE ; This post was curated & posted using : RealSpecific
It was May 2016 when Thomas Plantenga got the call. He was living in New York and working on projects with Fabrice Grinda — the co-founder of classified juggernaut OLX and the founder of FJ Labs. Plantenga had worked with Grinda on expanding OLX and was ready for the next…
Image: pexels The rumors are true: You can get yourself an Xbox One and a whole library of games to play for a relatively low monthly subscription fee. The Xbox All Access program — a limited time offering, according to the official website — gives subscribers two options to choose…
Skin care dominates my life. Which, like, totally sucks. It’s time consuming, expensive, and boring af. My skin is oily, acne-prone, and sensitive (thanks for the awesome genes, parents). If I do not treat my face like a finely tuned machine, it will rebel against me and I won’t even…
Knowing what’s going on in your warehouses and facilities is of course critical to many industries, but regular inspections take time, money, and personnel. Why not use drones? Vtrus uses computer vision to let a compact drone not just safely navigate indoor environments but create detailed 3D maps of them…
It is hard to imagine how last weekend’s Unite the Right rally in DC, the nervously awaited second coming of the white nationalist group that wreaked havoc in Charlottesville last year, could have been less successful. A paltry few dozen white nationalists (at most) were swamped by masses of anti-racist…
A month after announcing its $55 million Series C, Japanese fintech startup Paidy has snagged a strategic investment from payment giant Visa. Paidy didn’t disclose how much Visa put into its business, which has raised over $80 million to date, but it did say that it will work with the credit…
