A million species risk extinction, are we one of them?
An October report from the UN?s climate science panel painted a similarly dire picture for global warming, and likewise highlighted the need for social transformation "on an unprecedented scale" to cap the rise in temperature at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit). "There are also two big indirect drivers of biodiversity loss and climate change -- the number of people ...
US rejects Tesla bid for tariff exemption for Autopilot ‘brain’
US trade officials rejected Tesla Inc?s bid for relief from President Donald Trump?s 25-per cent tariffs on the Chinese-made Autopilot ?brain? of its Model 3 and other electric vehicles, one of more than 1,000 product denials linked to China?s industrial development plans. According to documents filed by the US Trade Representative?s office (USTR) and reviewed by Reuters, exclusion requests ...
New Tools To Make Running A Business On Facebook Easier
Karachi (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News ? 8th May, 2019) Today, Facebook announced two new advertising tools to help small businesses save time and resources so they can focus on growth: Automated Ads, Appointments and new video creative tools. The automated ads solution will suggest call-to-action buttons, text and other creative details based on information from the business? Page, ...
Huawei jumps ahead of Apple in tough smartphone market
China-based Huawei outsold Apple?s iPhones in the first quarter of this year, seizing the California company?s second place spot in a tightening smartphone market dominated by Samsung, a tracker said Tuesday.
Thousands of scientists in Argentina strike to protest budget cuts
One of their key rallying points: a call to restore lost opportunities for young researchers who began their education during a time of high investment in science but now have little hope of continuing their careers in Argentina. The salaries of those lucky enough to get a job this year will be worth roughly half as much as they ...
Unleashing shared economy for rural development
Laughter would have been the response had someone told you, a decade back, that the world?s largest hospitality service provider will not own any rooms, or that the world?s leading taxi provider will not own any cars, or that the world?s leading media company will hardly own any video contents. Sharing economy is defined as a socioeconomic system enabling ...
Science Minister Fawad Chaudhry erroneously says Suparco sent Hubble Telescope to space
ISLAMABAD: The federal minister for science and technology on Sunday mistakenly said the?Hubble Space Telescope was sent into space by Pakistan's?aeronautics and aerospace research agency instead of its US counterpart, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Speaking in Geo News' programme , Science & Technology? Minister Fawad Chaudhry mentioned that "the world's biggest telescope ? was sent by ...
Grab Your Favorite HUAWEI P30 Lite And Other Huawei Smartphones On An Exclusive Ramadan Offer
Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th May, 2019 ) A season of festivities is set to begin with the approach of Ramadan and Huawei has found the perfect way to welcome the month by bringing an exclusive offer for some of its beloved smartphones. The offer includes HUAWEI P30 lite, HUAWEI nova 3i, HUAWEI Y9 2019 and ...
In revamp, Facebook bets on small-scale connections, romance
The new app made available to US users Tuesday aims for a new direction for Facebook: it eliminates the blue background and offers a range of new ways to connect, in line with Zuckerberg?s vision to move away from the "digital town square" to a "digital living room." Facebook?s shift comes response to criticism over failing to curb misinformation ...
Man suffers serious stroke from popping his neck
Less than an hour later, Hader would be in a hospital emergency room unable to walk and suffering from what doctors told him was a "major stroke" caused by a tear in an artery in his neck that had formed a clot. McCollom said Hader had torn his vertebral artery, one of the major arteries in the neck that ...
Alaska's thaw threatens prehistoric sites once frozen in time
QUINHAGAK, US: The first artifact -- a wooden mask -- was discovered in 2007 by a child who stumbled upon it while playing on the beach near his home in Quinhagak, a village in western Alaska that sits by the Bering Sea. Over the following months, hundreds of similar objects -- baskets, finely carved harpoon shafts, lip plugs, wooden ...
Huawei jumps ahead of Apple in tough smartphone market
Apple had a challenging first quarter, with iPhone shipments dropping by a "staggering" 30.2 per cent from a year earlier to 36.4 million units, IDC reported.
Tech Talk: Local AI startup tries to automate journalism
Dante ? a robot journalist as they call it ? is an AI news writing bot that can prepare stories automatically, without the need for having anyone pen it down. Using a given sample of work, it styles the piece accordingly and can generate around a 400-word story on quantitative and business-related topics. Dante was the brainchild of Anis ...
The Future Of Digital Payment Services At Momentum Conference 2019
Nadeem Shaikh, the newly appointed President of Digital Financial Services for VEON, is a global leader, innovator, and entrepreneur with over 25 years? experience in the areas of technology, financial services, and has worked in private equity. During Momentum?s closing day, he took to the stage to talk about the future of digital payment services and what needs to ...
Shanghai Explores 5G Applications For Better City Life
With the 4K HD live streams of surgeries supported by the network, the operating rooms in Huashan Hospital, which is affiliated with Fudan University, now become learning bases for doctors nationwide. "Neurosurgery is often carried out in a narrow space in the human bodies, and even the surgeon's vision can be limited," said Ying, deputy director of ...
Samsung denies new Galaxy S10 5G phone burnt from malfunctioning
"My phone was on the table when it started smelling burnt and smoke soon engulfed the phone," Lee told AFP, adding: "I had to drop it to the ground when I touched it because it was so hot."
Who's a Good Boy? Wolves, not dogs, apparently
A series of touchscreen experiments carried out by the Wolf Science Center in Vienna, Austria, found that wolves make for more selfless pack mates than dogs who were also raised in groups. The study's authors say the findings suggest domestic dogs inherited their cooperative tendencies from their fierce wolf ancestors, rather than through their contact with human beings, a ...
Earth-destroying asteroid Threaten must be taken seriously: NASA
NASA's administrator expressed concern that similar warnings have historically prompted amusement and said that asteroid collisions were more common than people believed. In the planetary defence exercises this week, simulating a global response to an Earth-destroying meteorite, NASA's first step will be to precisely measure the object's speed and trajectory. After that, a decision will have to be made: attempt to prevent ...
SpaceX launches supplies to space station after power delays
SpaceX has launched a load of supplies to the International Space Station, running at full power following repairs. The delivery is a few days late because of power shortages that cropped up first at the space station, then at the rocket-landing platform in the Atlantic. The booster should have returned to Cape Canaveral, but SpaceX is still cleaning up ...
No more screenshots on private WhatsApp chats?
Tech giant WhatsApp has unleashed a wave of fear and anxiousness amongst its users after buzz has been suggesting that the application will no longer enable users to screenshot private chats. As per a report by WaBetaInfo, the messaging app will be rolling out a new test feature for the users that will be giving fingerprint access to chats due to ...
