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A little over 76 years ago, the British merchant steam ship SS Thistlegorm was sunk by a WW II German bomber off the coast of Egypt, taking nine souls down with it. It has only been seen in detail by divers, but a new website from the University of N… Source: Engadget | Bringing a …
October 23, 2017 | by RaheelThis month is a (mostly) foodie edition of IRL. Nicole Lee sings the praises of the Instant Pot, while Daniel Cooper doesn't last long on the meal-replacement system, Huel. Tim Seppala, however, is just trying to get a good night's rest. Source: Engadget | What we're buying: Instant Pot Ultra, Huel and Sleep Cycle
October 23, 2017 | by RaheelWest Indian cricketer Chris Gayle appeared in a Sydney court on Monday and vehemently denied ever exposing his genitals to a masseuse in a dressing room, per The Guardian. The hard-hitting batsman told the judge he was distraught when the Age newspaper accused him of the lewd act, which he says never happened and was …
October 23, 2017 | by RaheelAffirm is rolling out an app to make it easier to pay for large purchases in monthly payments. The concept has been in beta testing and it is now being made available widely. The company was started by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin. He believes that his business promotes better fiscal responsibility than traditional credit cards. …
October 23, 2017 | by RaheelCities, regions and states are throwing everything at Amazon in the hopes the giant company will pick them to house its second headquarters. Amazon says 238 cities submitted proposals and many cities included sizzle videos in their pitch. Here are the videos from Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Dallas and Fort Worth. …
October 23, 2017 | by RaheelJERUSALEM: Israeli police detained 15 suspected Jewish extremists following an undercover investigation into a group accused of tracking down and threatening Arab men dating Jewish women, authorities said Sunday. Among those arrested was Benzi Gopstein, a prominent leader of the Israeli extreme-right group Lehava. Arrests and searches for evidence were carried out simultaneously at addresses in …
October 23, 2017 | by RaheelIndependently-owned hotels sometimes fall through the cracks of the hospitality industry because they struggle to compete with major chains, but don’t belong on Airbnb or HomeAway. Zuzu Hospitality Solutions bridges the gap in Asia by providing essential revenue management and marketing services to small hotels while allowing them preserve their own brands. The Singapore-based startup… …
October 23, 2017 | by RaheelPESHAWAR: The forensic science department of Khyber Medical College (KMC), Peshawar apologised on Monday for refusing to store body of a transgender who was found dead in Darmangi area of the city last week. In a letter to the provincial health department in response to The Express Tribune’s story published on Saturday, the department said the body was not kept in …
October 23, 2017 | by RaheelThe case that never ends is going back to court. Back in 2012, Apple won a lawsuit against Samsung that sought damages for a handful of patent infringements involving smartphone functionality and design. At the time, Apple was awarded $1 billion, but… Source: Engadget | Apple and Samsung are headed back to court… again
October 23, 2017 | by RaheelJERUSALEM: Israel accused Hezbollah on Monday of orchestrating shelling across the Golan Heights frontier in order to stoke Israeli-Syrian fighting, and called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his big-power ally Russia to curb the Lebanese guerrillas. Twice last week, mortar rounds or rockets launched from Syria hit areas of the Golan that Israel has held …
October 23, 2017 | by Raheel