Showing that North Korea plans to pursue its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international sanctions, the country has restarted production of plutonium fuel, reported Reuters citing information from a senior U.S. State Department official. Activities that indicate that North Korea has reactivated a plant to recover plutonium from spent reactor fuel at its main…
Many big sites have started sending out password reset e-mails. This comes in the wake of hackers selling the login credentials of sites, including NetFlix, Tumblr, LinkedIn. Its good if you heed their advice and change your password to a strong one. Just in case you receive an e-mail from Facebook or Netflix requesting you…
The navy has described the tests as “GPS Interference Testing”. The FAA has warned pilots that this month the U.S. military will be conducting experiments at the Naval Air Weapons Center in the Mojave Desert which are likely to affect the GPS instruments in planes. These are classified tests, so obviously the military wont be very…
A new report from UNESCO, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) claims that climate change is “fast becoming one of the most significant risks for world heritage sites worldwide”. Some of the world’s most famous sites that are being impacted by climate change are highlighted in the latest…
Goldman Sachs didn’t sound an alarm about a suspicious transaction in Malaysia and U.S. investigators are trying to determine whether the bank had broken the law by doing so, reports The Wall Street Journal citing sources knowledgeable about the matter. Goldman had helped Malaysian state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd., or 1MDB to raise $3 billion…
Are annual updates to compensation the best response to the achievements and needs of employees? This is the question that is being debated and reviewed by executives of General Electric Co, a pioneer for management for corporate. The longstanding and much-imitated system of rating staff on a five-point scale may also be scrapped by the…
A 68.55 percent stake in Italian soccer club Inter Milan would be bought by Chinese retail giant Suning Commerce Group, reported the media citing sources that familiar with the matter. The sources said that while current majority owner Erick Thohir will cut his stake to 31 percent and stay on as president, former Inter Milan…
Now you have no excuse to not Pinterest your tonsils. Although many use a regular toothbrush instead of an electric one, you should know that the American Dental Association has recommended using an electric toothbrush over a manual one. Despite the added power, many who conscientiously clean their teeth miss a spot or two. So…
Its 2% more efficient than an actual leaf. In a development that can be stated to be of the type where the students gets better than the teacher, researchers at Harvard have developed a leaf-like system which can convert light into fuel at a higher percentage than the actual plants themselves. The technology boils down…
While Huawei Technologies had tapped into markets as varied as Britain, India and Kenya and has become China’s most successful international technology company, it has also moved into markets like Syria where American officials have imposed limits on sales of technology. The reason for limitation is the fear that such technologies could be used to…
