Noises coming from the U.S. that suggest the new administration is moving closer to a trade war with China is at the centre of attention for A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the owner of the world’s biggest container shipping line. Maersk’s management has been but little unsettled by the Bottom of Form U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of…
Accenture Plc their deployment in sectors such as finance could be sped up and help make blockchain applications more secure by a new technology that it says it has developed. Storing of security credentials by the blockchain users in highly secure processors that are specifically designed to safeguard passwords and “digital keys” and hardware security…
A few of LG’s about to be launched models have even LTE in the smart watches. NFC capability is the norm for Android Wear 2.0 While wearables have their charm it hasn’t really translated in improved sales. With the release of Android Wear 2.0, Google is aiming to change that. One of the key…
While the Democrats and the Republicans slug it out on the merits and demerits of the project, time is running out since contracts for the project have already been signed. Delays will attract penalties which could make the project void ab initio. 14 lawmakers from the California GOP have sent a letter to the newly-installed Transportation Secretary,…
In what is a record for the world’s richest college, Harvard University raised $1.2 billion from donations. The New York-based Council for Aid to Education, which tracks university giving, said in a survey released Tuesday that as colleges collected an unprecedented $41 billion in fiscal 2016, Harvard’s take was the most by any U.S. university.…
Seeing an opportunity to gain on rivals in the booming NAND market, South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc has entered the running for a stake in Toshiba Corp’s memory chip business, reports the media quoting a person familiar with the matter. Reuters reported that although the size of the stake it wanted to acquire had not…
Motorola Moto Z’s modular design holds the potential to be the next smart thing for the mobile platform. A widespread acceptance could hammer down mod prices. Motorola’s Moto Z was the tool of choice for the company’s latest hackathon in San Francisco. Nerds and geeky entrepreneurs swooped down on the event to take a crack…
The simple robust design of the SideArm system ensures that it can be deployed in any arena without the armed forces having to undertake costly retrofitting measures. Even the drones that have the longest flight time have to land sometime. Rather than risk damaging multi-million dollar aircrafts on improvised battlefield landing strips or aboard the…
Positive betting that OPEC’s cuts are real are being put by investors. As signs show OPEC and other nations are slashing production, money managers are the most bullish ever on West Texas Intermediate crude for a second week. Russia, the largest of the non-members taking part in the deal, reduced output by 117,000 barrels a…
This project in Atlanta, home to the world’s busiest airport, is the elusive proof that drones and airplanes can cohabit provided necessary safety factors are included in the planning and implementation stage. You normally wouldn’t put drones and airports in the same sentence due to heightened fear of accidents. However Atlanta’s airport will prove you…
