China court orders ConocoPhillips to pay fishermen for spill Austin American Statesman A Chinese court on Friday ordered ConocoPhillips to pay 1.68 million yuan ($265,000) to 21 fishermen who claimed their livelihoods suffered from oil spills in northern China in 2011, state media reported. | The verdict from a court in Tianjin city followed nearly four years of haggling between the f...
Verizon courts developers with new Internet of Things platform Mashable Verizon is making a bigger push into the Internet of Things. | At a press event in San Francisco Wednesday, the company revealed its far-reaching plan to make a dent in the rapidly growing space. Verizon's strategy revolves around a new web-based platform for developers, new partnerships and using i...
China will buy 100 helicopters from Airbus China Daily Airbus Helicopters Inc, a unit of Airbus Group SE, said on Friday that China will buy 100 H135 helicopters over the next 10 years as part of a deal to set up a final assembly line in Qingdao, Shandong province. | The company said the deal gives it an...
We have no garden but can look out over other people's - which saves on weeding The Independent We live in a small flat in north London, the big blonde woman, two children, a half-witted cat and I. There was definitely room for me when I was here on my own. There was room for us both before the babies were born. And now there's room for us all ...
Forum aims to strengthen Hyderabad as hub for product development The Hindu President of the Hyderabad Software Exporters Association (HYSEA), Ramesh Loganathan, said that the association’s constant endeavour was to create a strong eco-system and strengthen Hyderabad’s positioning as a hub for product development...
7 more bird species of India fly into red list The Times Of India CHENNAI: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has added seven species of birds found in India to the red list of threatened birds. Globally 70 birds have moved to the danger zone. | In India, the number of threatened species of b...
Plug pulled on plans for dam deemed a danger to Balkan lynx The Examiner Plans for nearly 2,000 dams throughout national parks in several Balkan countries may serve to provide power to the people, but are threatening to destroy the ecosystems surrounding Europe’s last wild waterways in the region. According to RiverWatc...
Check Out New Trailer for Fez-Like Multidimensional Platformer Poncho Gamespot A new trailer has been released for Poncho, a game that its developers claim is a platformer "like nothing seen before in games." Somewhat similar to Polytron's Fez, Poncho lets players explore a 2D world by manipulating 3D parallax layers. What's th...
World's climate pledges not yet enough to avoid dangerous warming – UN The Guardian Analysis of plans put forward by nearly 150 countries suggests temperatures will reach just under 3C by the end of the century rather than 2C target | Pledges by most of the world’s countries on climate change are likely to lead to less than 3C of ...
They Might Sound Gross, But Intestinal Worms Can Actually Be Good Tor You IFL Science Intestinal worms have an incredibly bad reputation. The thought of them sneaking around inside our bodies and eating us from the inside is pretty unpleasant. But just 100 years ago, before toilets and running water were commonplace, everybody had reg...
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NX Leaks Hint at Nintendo Comeback TechNewsWorld Nintendo has started to distribute software development kits that software developers will use to erect digital experiences for the company's next game console, The Wall Street Jou...
The four horsemen of the Sixth Mass Extinction The Guardian Scientists have been warning for decades that human actions are pushing life on our shared planet toward mass extinction. Such extinction events have occurred five times in the pas...
World biodiversity experts converge at WII The Times Of India DEHRADUN: The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service (IPBES), a global NGO effort, is meeting at the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradu...
How Goa has become a hotbed for startup activity and talent The Times Of India Goa is all about sun, sand, siestas and sundowners, right? Completely wrong is what a bunch of young entrepreneurs — mostly in their 20s and early 30s — are doing their best to...
Smartphone usage without compromise ZDNet Android manufacturers have stepped up in 2015 and even offer better cameras than the iPhone. However, the 6s Plus has some innovations and a compelling ecosystem that earns it a place in Matthew's pocket. | ... ...
A Source of Prosperity Huffington Post Residential flats in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: UN-Habitat | By Joan Clos* | Urbanization is at a crucial crossroads. We are in a new stage of human history where most of the world's population lives in urban areas. In the early twentieth century, only...
Check Out New Trailer for Fez-Like Multidemsnsional Platformer Poncho Gamespot A new trailer has been released for Poncho, a game that its developers claim is a platformer "like nothing seen before in games." Somewhat similar to Polytron's Fez, Poncho lets players explore a 2D world by manipulating 3D parallax layers. What's th...
Australia could store nuclear waste for other countries, Malcolm Turnbull says The Guardian PM tells Adelaide radio that he was sceptical Australia would ever build nuclear power stations, but a larger role in nuclear fuel industry was worth exploring | @danielhurstbne | Australia should “look closely” at expanding its role in the global nuclear energy industry, including leasing fuel rods to other countries and then storing the waste...
Afghanistan-Pakistan quake: Cold puts homeless at risk BBC News Aid workers have warned that some Afghans and Pakistanis made homeless by Monday's earthquake could die from exposure. | There is an urgent need for tents and blankets for those forced to spend a second night outdoors, they said. | Children are especially at risk of succumbing to the extreme cold. | Thousands spent Tuesday night in near-freezing te...
