Southeast Asia is a growing digital marketplace and increasingly a focus for startups across the world but there haven’t been many exits. So it’s notable, then, that struggling Chinese discount e-commerce service LightInTheBox has closed its acquisition of Singapore-based Ezbuy, which operates a cross-border selling service in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and …
Read More »Corey Kluber Possibly In The Middle Of A Trade War.
The Dodgers are among the most serious suitors for Kluber and may have the best opportunity to acquire him. If they do, the Dodgers could become even more inclined to make a push to sign Bryce Harper. Heres why: If the Dodgers acquire Kluber, theres a good chance they will …
Read More »50 Years Ago, ‘The Mother of All Demos’ Showed Us How Tech Would Transform the World
It can be easy to take for granted the way modern computers and mobile devices work. We can manage our social lives, watch video, work on documents, and more with a simple graphical interface. That was not the case in past decades, but the first hints of the future we …
Read More »Google Accelerates Google+ Shutdown After Discovery of New Security Hole
Google had to face reality earlier this year when it announced that its Google+ social network would shut down for consumers. It said usage of G+ had fallen to basically zero, and a security review had found a nasty API bug. Now, Google has accelerated plans to close the site …
Read More »Google Finally Ends Support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
It’s the end of an era. After seven years, Google is ending support for Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). The launch of ICS was a pivotal moment for Android and has a lot to do with its current dominance. Anyone still using an Android device with …
Read More »Scientists Turn Wasp Venom Into Potentially Groundbreaking Antibiotic
Decades of antibiotic overuse have bread new generations of super-bacteria that can go on living even when hit with the most potent drugs we’ve got. Scientists are scrambling to discover new antibiotic compounds, but it’s slow going. Oh, there are plenty of chemicals that will kill bacteria, but many of …
Read More »Early Jurassic Ichthyosaur Was Warm-Blooded, Had Blubber and Camouflage, Well-Preserved Soft Tissues Show
An international team of paleontologists has found the exceptionally preserved remains of a Stenopterygius ichthyosaur that lived 180 million years ago (Early Jurassic epoch). The fossil is so well-preserved that its soft-tissues retain some of their original flexibility. Molecular and microstructural analyses of the fossil have revealed that this creature …
Read More »Lifelong Aerobic Exercise May Help Keep Body Young, Says New Study
In an analysis of septuagenarians who have been exercising for decades, researchers from Ball State University found that they have heart and lung capacities and muscle fitness like healthy people in their early 40’s. The findings were published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Exercising on a regular basis over …
Read More »InSight Records Sound of Wind on Mars
On December 1, 2018, NASA’s InSight lander captured a haunting low rumble caused by vibrations from the Martian wind, estimated to be blowing between 10 to 15 mph (5-7 m/sec) from northwest to southeast. The wind was consistent with the direction of dust devil streaks in the landing area, which …
Read More »China’s JD.com teams up with Intel to develop ‘smart’ retail experiences
Months after it landed a major $550 million investment from Google, China’s JD.com — the country’s second highest-profile investor behind Alibaba — has teamed up with another U.S. tech giant: Intel. JD and Intel said today that they will set up a “lab” focused on bringing Internet-of-Things technology into the …
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