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SINGAPORE — Becoming a family man does not mean you have to drive something only an uncle would be seen in. That seems to be the main proposition behind the new Renault Grand Scenic, a seven-seat Multi Purpose Vehicle that defies boxy convention. Instead of sharp edges and straight lines, its body has sinuous surfaces. […]
BEIJING — A Chinese man reported that a Note7 smartphone from Samsung Electronics exploded after he bought it this week, raising questions about whether the South Korean company’s problems with battery fires are spreading to new devices. The 25-year-old customer, Mr Hui Renjie, said his Note7 exploded on Monday morning (Sept 26), less than 24 […]
‘There’s a randomness to the Internet that you can never really predict.’ SINGAPORE — Less than 10 years ago, it would have been unthinkable to make a living from YouTube. These days, YouTube is big business, with the number of channels earning six figures increasing by 50 per cent year on year. According to a […]
It was a classic love story… Girl comes across guy’s photos on her Instagram Search & Explore feed. Girl follows guy. Guy follows girl back. After a handful of mutual likes, comments, DMs and a number swap, somewhere further down the line, a random text out of the blue leads to the guy sending a […]
Yes a dog can be a pilot. They can be anything they want to be. Don’t crush their dreams. Cap’n Callie is a five-year-old chocolate Labrador from Leighton Buzzard. Two years ago, she became the first dog in the UK to get her own crew card. She has around 100,000 air miles and 500 flying hours […]
It’s easy to be more ethical when you’re cooking for yourself, as you can trot around the supermarket gaily picking up free range eggs and grass-fed beef from local farms. But how do you know if the buyers at your favourite coffee house are doing the same? Well now you can – at least when […]
Charlotte protests remain in the national spotlight Charlotte will remain on alert Friday after Mayor Jennifer Roberts imposed a city-wide midnight curfew in response to the violent protests over the fatal police-involved shooting of an African-American man earlier this week. Gov. Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency after Wednesday’s protests killed one protester and injured two officers and nine civilians. The demonstrations — sparked by the death of Keith Lamont Scott — were much […]
WASHINGTON — Yahoo’s data theft — involving about half the company’s one billion users — is no joke. At a time of increasing breach fatigue, when big data exposures sometimes elicit little more than a yawn, this incident sets a new bar for massive leaks of account information. The break-in, which Yahoo attributed to a […]
These images taken during the autopsy of an obese person show the strain put on the body by carrying excess weight. The woman, who was in her 60s from Long Beach Island in California, was around 5 foot 5 inches tall and weighed 17 stone. She fell into the morbidly obese weight category. She donated […]
Female police officers could be allowed to wear full burkas while on duty as part of their official uniform. West Midlands Police said they would consider allowing women to wear the Islamic dress garment, in a bid to recruit more officers from black and ethnic minority communities. This comes to light after police recruited 800 […]
If you hold your iPhone in your left hand to make calls, you might want to reconsider. A study has shown that the way you hold the phone can affect signal strength, and that it becomes weaker when held in the left. Some other brands are affected by different hands too, but Apple is the […]