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First evidence of water found on TRAPPIST-1 planets, says new research

September 06, 2017

Bourrier says the exoplanets in this planetary system are ripe for further study, principally because they are relatively close and therefore brighter than many other potentially habitable exoplanets . Because hydrogen gas is so light, it can escape the atmosphere of the exoplanets and be detected by Hubble, suggesting the possible presence of atmospheric water vapour.

EE Launches New 4GEE Home Router

September 06, 2017

EE claims its 4G network now covers 83% of the United Kingdom (an area which houses 99% of the population), with the company aiming to cover 95% of the UK's landmass by 2020, so the 4GEE Home Router could be a viable alternative for many people who suffer from a poor (or non-existent) internet connection.

Munya's defection to Nasa not a surprise, Kiraitu says

September 06, 2017

Meanwhile, PNU officials have disowned Munya saying he is no longer an official of the party. Munya and other officials were gazetted in April 2017 on the strength of court orders directing the Registrar of Political Parties to gazette them.

Facebook reveals how WhatsApp will make money

September 05, 2017

WhatsApp has officially stated that it's building a dedicated customer service app for these businesses called "WhatsApp Business". Unlike Messenger which relies on advertising revenue, WhatsApps monetization model will involve streamlined communication features for fielding customer enquiries and sending out updates to followers.

Twin Peaks season 4 talks not happening (for now), says Kyle MacLachlan

September 05, 2017

The number has been steady since then , hinting that those who signed up for the free trials have paid to continue having access to the service. Kyle MacLachlan is obviously someone who is close to the material given his longtime association with the work and with David Lynch .

Teen Lands $150000 Contract To Play Overwatch Professionally

September 05, 2017

Responding to the announcement, Won simply tweeted "PogChamp". The contract was signed by Won's mother, as he is still a minor and does not legally have the right to enter into a contract by himself. He-and the rest of the United States roster-will face the South Korean national Overwatch team from November 3 to 4 in Anaheim, California. Won is joining NRG Esports as part of its Overwatch League roster and will be entitled to bonuses as well as revenue sharing options on top of that.

Central government committed to pledge of cleaning rivers: Nitin Gadkari

September 05, 2017

He said all programmes and projects of the Ministry will be executed within a definite time frame. In order to speed up the government's Ganga cleaning exercise, Gadkari announced the formation of an inter-ministerial task force. He added, "So much work has happened that it is like sitting at the dinner table when all preparations in the kitchen are over". Gadkari's ministry oversees the "Namami Gange" programme or the mission to clean the Ganga river, which is considered holy by the Hindus.

Telegram Android Update Adds New Invite System & More

September 05, 2017

While Whatsapp remains the chat app of choice among Singaporeans, Telegram has been fast rising as an app to be reckoned with. The maximum group limit is a insane 10,000 members. Moreover, now the stickers also expand over groups now everyone in large groups with a crowd of 100 people can now select an official sticker set for everyone in the circle and after that, it can be used during chats, without the necessity to append it to your panels.

Huge black hole discovered near heart of Milky Way

September 05, 2017

Further studies showed that, near the center of the cloud, a clump of gas appeared to be drawn by gravitational forces. Large black holes - known as intermediate-mass black holes , or IMBHs - are believed to form after smaller black holes merge together to form bigger ones, which in turn move together to become supermassive ones.

Nubia M2 Play with 13 MP camera officially launched in India

September 05, 2017

Priced at Rs 8,999, the smartphone runs on Android 7.0 Nougat, layered with the company's UI 5.0 on top. "M2 Play has a Neo Power 2.5 technology package that helps in battery optimization as well as scenario-based smart sensing the user enjoys a ideal balance between performance and energy consumption", stated Nubia.

Amazon sued over defective solar eclipse glasses

September 05, 2017

The reason for the recall was that many solar eclipse glasses that were purchased on their site could not be verified by Amazon that these glasses were constructed by a recommended manufacturer. The lawsuit says that the August 19 recall of the eclipse glasses was too little, too late. For now, Amazon will have to deal with this court case while also trying to ensure it is more stringent in preventing situations like this from occuring again.

American McGee Drawing Up Proposal For New Alice Game

September 04, 2017

American McGee , owner of the nation's second most patriotic name after Flaggy McStars'n'Stripes, is riding high after his successful Kickstarter campaign for the Out of the Woods card game. You can lend financial support to the pre-production of this project via PayPal . Again, I have no more control over this situation than you do. That makes it clear that McGee now really wants to make a new Alice game, and that it now depends on EA.

American McGee Drawing Up Proposal For New Alice Game

September 04, 2017

American McGee , owner of the nation's second most patriotic name after Flaggy McStars'n'Stripes, is riding high after his successful Kickstarter campaign for the Out of the Woods card game. You can lend financial support to the pre-production of this project via PayPal . Again, I have no more control over this situation than you do. That makes it clear that McGee now really wants to make a new Alice game, and that it now depends on EA.

Alice 3 Proposal Being Drafted by American McGee

September 04, 2017

Yesterday, American McGee updated his blog and made official its proposal of project Alice: Asylum (tentative title) which is thought like the third title of the series and once it is ready it will be delivered to Electronic Arts for its evaluation.

American McGeee wants to make Alice 3

September 04, 2017

The important part in this is that you can help get this project off the ground by signing up for the game's mailing list . American McGee announced recently that he is working on the proposal for Alice 3 , which is tentatively titled Alice: Asylum .

American McGeee wants to make Alice 3

September 04, 2017

The important part in this is that you can help get this project off the ground by signing up for the game's mailing list . American McGee announced recently that he is working on the proposal for Alice 3 , which is tentatively titled Alice: Asylum .

American McGee working on Alice: Asylum proposal for EA

September 04, 2017

McGee is encouraging fans of his Alice games to sign-up to the Alice 3 mailing list to show EA there is interest in a new Alice game. The proposal, containing artwork, a design outline and the business model, is being prepared and will be sent to EA for appraisal.

Coolpad Cool Play 6 goes on sale in India for Rs. 14999

September 04, 2017

It is also has a few offers. Those who buy the device will get 20GB of addition Reliance Jio 4G data for four months (5GB per month) on recharging for Rs. It is topped with a Journey UI. About software, while it runs on Android 7.1.1, the company has already announced that the device will get Android Oreo 8.0 by December 2017.

SpaceX finishes testing Falcon Heavy's first stage cores

September 04, 2017

Falcon Heavy draws upon the proven heritage and reliability of Falcon 9. In the tweet, the company says that three first stage cores have completed their testing, and showed off a video of a static test of one of the cores. It made 12 launches so far with eight more scheduled before the year ends. The Indian space agency also hopes to develop its own frugal shuttle, as it seeks to cash in on a huge and lucrative demand from other countries to send up their satellites, after a successful ...

Biondo Investment Advisors Boosted Facebook (FB) Position; Altisource Residential Has 0.87 Sentiment

September 04, 2017

The stock increased 0.28% or $0.67 on September 1, reaching $240.33. (FB) by 200% based on its latest 2016Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Cohen Capital Management Inc. Investors sentiment increased to 1.4 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.15, from 0.95 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 88 investors sold FB shares while 531 reduced holdings.

As Facebook INC (FB) Stock Rose, Henderson Group Plc Boosted Its Stake

September 04, 2017

Baird reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of Facebook, Inc . Shares of Facebook ( NASDAQ FB ) traded up 0.03% during trading on Friday, hitting $172.02. On Monday, July 17th, Jan Koum sold 31,663 shares of Facebook stock. $2.27 million worth of stock was sold by Cox Christopher K on Tuesday, March 21.

Concept EV hatch for Frankfurt

September 04, 2017

Apart from the EQ A, it's also reported that Mercedes is working on more luxurious electric auto models EQ E and EQ S. The EQ sub-brand will have as much as 10 models in the coming decade, ranging from SUVs, hatchbacks, sedans and coupes. An Autocar report suggests that the EQ A's driveline will feature a cheaper and simpler set-up than the EQ C - which could be a single front-mounted electric motor sending drive to the front-wheels via a fixed ratio gearbox.

Honda might owe you $500 after defective air bag settlement

September 04, 2017

The Japanese automaker joins other major automakers that have reached similar settlements, and agreed to take additional actions to try to help speed recall repairs of vehicle inflators that can potentially rupture and cause serious injuries or deaths.

Xiaomi India To Debut Mi A1 On Flipkart Tomorrow

September 04, 2017

Xiaomi India is all set to launch their first dual camera smartphone in the country. So, the company is saying that it will unveil a smartphone, which is part of a new-series, with dual rear cameras for the worldwide markets. But after the reveal about the new series, it is expected that Xiaomi will showcase the alleged Android One phone . The Xiaomi Mi A1 also packs in a graphics processor, and 32 of internal storage and does not support expandable storage.

Xiaomi Mi A1 Price in India

September 04, 2017

So, the company is saying that it will unveil a smartphone, which is part of a new-series, with dual rear cameras for the worldwide markets. This month Xiaomi is launching its upcoming Android flagship smartphone with a dual camera set-up and the device is going to be sold exclusively some selected e-retail stores soon after the launch.

The Witcher 10th Anniversary Video Celebrates You

September 04, 2017

In the course of ten years they have created three multi-million selling titles, not to mention they're developing a game based on the popular Gwent card game, and a brand new franchise, Cyberpunk 2077 , that should be coming at some point down the road.

PM May says agreed with Japan to speed up North Korea sanctions

September 04, 2017

May will meet with Emperor Akihito and her counterpart Shinzo Abe for three days from tomorrow to pave the way for free trade talks after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, although official talks can not begin until after Brexit.

Quad Series: England lose to South Africa in final match

September 04, 2017

Sunday's victory was the Proteas' biggest win over England since 1997. Lenize Potgieter was at the top of her game, sinking 43 of her 45 shots with goal attack Maryka Holtzhausen Boeing enjoying a 73 percent success. South African coach Norma Plummer said she'd been confident her team was poised for a breakthrough. Potgieter landed three successive goals shortly after the break as South Africa took a five-point lead just five minutes into the quarter.

Jio Impact: Airtel's New Prepaid Offer Starts at Rs 5

September 04, 2017

There's a daily FUP limit of 1GB for this Airtel plan. It comes with free voice call to all networks (STD+Roaming). With Jio continuing to make waves in the telecom industry with its Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan Offer and other plans, Airtel has launched a few new plans to take on the newest telco on the block.

CATAN VR Gives the Classic Board Game a New Dimension

September 04, 2017

Online multiplayer capabilities are high on our wishlist, but a single player version of the game would also be welcome. It's being developed in conjunction with Catan Studio , Asmodee Digital (responsible for the mobile version of Catan ) and Experiment 7, a VR studio in NY and San Diego.

Soyuz MS-04 Spacecraft Undocks From ISS With 3 ISS Crew Members

September 04, 2017

Whitson's most recent 288 days in orbit had her serving on the space station's 50th , 51st, and 52nd expedition crews. This mission also made Whitson the oldest woman to fly in space (age 57) and the most experienced woman spacewalker (with 10 orbital outings).

Flight Triumphs Over Invisibility in the Splatoon 2 Splatfest

September 04, 2017

The scores were announced a bit later than usual, as the decision was made to combine the US and European totals. After 24 hours of inking mayhem, the results from Splatoon 2's latest Splatfest are now live. While ketchup was the more popular choice amongst around 75 percent of players, mayonnaise still came out on top as the one true condiment. The good news is that the popularity vote was only separated by 2%, meaning most matches over the weekend were meaningful, avoiding those ...

Keyboard and Mouse Support Coming to Xbox One

September 03, 2017

During a livestream on Microsoft's own service Mixer Xbox Games Marketing General Manager Aaron Greenberg gave more insight on his expectations for the Xbox One X, on top of the team's "hungry" attitude and a newly-revealed partnership with TV manufacturer Samsung.

Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) Given Consensus Rating of "Hold" by Analysts

September 03, 2017

The stock rose 0.48% or $0.51 reaching $105.81. Another trade for 5,047 shares valued at $922,738 was sold by Hyslop Gregory L. Conner Raymond L. sold $1.95M worth of stock. Trinity Street Asset Mngmt Llp reported 412,153 shares. UBS upgraded the shares of PPL in report on Friday, September 18 to "Buy" rating . As per Friday, January 22, the company rating was maintained by Credit Suisse.

Johnson voices support for May as she vows to press on

September 03, 2017

One MP has told the FT that the prime minister appears to be "harbouring delusions" and that she can not win a general election. Other Tory MPs have come out in support of May's bold pledge, including Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, widely regarded as a potential leadership contender.

Spanish drug bust: At least 14 arrested, 3-kilo cocaine seized

September 03, 2017

Spanish police confirmed that over a dozen people had been arrested on Thursday morning (31 August) following a spree of dawn raids in Magaluf and Parma. Agents from the UK's National Crime Agency assisted Spanish police in the sting, called Operation Tatum. Some of those standing trial, all of whom remain unnamed but are thought to be mostly from Manchester and Liverpool, worked as representatives for bars and clubs along the Punta Ballena strip.

If I'm rearrested, this country will burn - Nnamdi Kanu

September 03, 2017

Speaking on the withdrawal quit notice giving to the Igbo in the North by Arewa youths, the IDA hailed prominent northerners who worked for peace as well as the courage of the Coalition in backing down. Kanu said the support he has gotten from his tour of "Biafran territory" has never been replicated by anyone, not by any visiting dignitary, Head of State, political or religious leader.

Stephen Hawking project detects possible signs of alien life from distant galaxy

September 03, 2017

The wheelchair-bound scientist founded the Breakthrough Listen project to investigate signs of intelligent life with Russian internet billionaire Yuri Milner. As part of their program to observe nearby stars and galaxies for signatures of extraterrestrial technology , the Listen science team at UC Berkeley added FRB 121102 to their list of targets.

Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Prepare for Return to Earth

September 03, 2017

Her just-concluded mission lasted 288 days. Yurchikhin and Fischer, who launched in April, will complete 136 days in space. She became the world's oldest spacewoman and most experienced female spacewalker following her launch last November.

Google releases SDK for augmented reality apps on Android

September 03, 2017

It is now all set to expand its inventory with augmented reality glasses . In 2014, Google partnered with Lenovo to announce Project Tango phone which made hyper accurate AR possible by viewing the world in three dimensions. At the outset, ARCore will run on devices running Android 7.0 Nougat and later. Google did not state when it plans to end its preview period. Other phones to be added to the train includes Huawei, LG, Asus as the target number of devices for the company is 100 million.

'Creed' Sequel to Shoot Next Year, Says Sylvester Stallone

September 03, 2017

As per Entertainment Weekly, the actor hinted that Dolph Lundgren's Soviet boxer, Ivan Drago may even return in the sequel . Recently, Stallone announced that there will be a seventh movie. Pro tip from Sylvester Stallone . "Ryan (Coogler) has some ideas of going forward and backward and actually seeing Rocky and Apollo together", Stallone said.

Creed sequel reportedly to shoot in 2018

September 03, 2017

Sylvester took to his Instagram handle "officialslystallone" to hint the shooting of " Creed 2 " to begin next year. Taking to Instagram, the 71-year-old star posted a still from " Creed ", which showed him and Jordan training. That's one way of not letting your script get leaked: handwrite it. "Ryan (Coogler) has some ideas of going forward and backward and actually seeing Rocky and Apollo together", Stallone said.

Amid N Korea tensions, United States conducts missile defence test off Hawaii coast

September 03, 2017

USA warship John Paul Jones detected and tracked the medium-range ballistic missile, launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, and shot it down using Standard Missile-6 guided weapons, the defence agency said in a statement.

Mercury clinch home playoff game with 86-66 win over Sun

September 02, 2017

Jones has pulled down 393 rebounds in 33 games. In the WNBA's new playoff format that started last season, rounds one and two of the postseason are single elimination and the last two series are a best-of-five format. CT was within 10 points early in the fourth quarter but the Sky went on a 12-2 run for a 20-point lead with 3:55 left. CT got the deficit no closer than 12 in the second half.

Huawei Announces the Octa-Core Kirin 970 Processor at IFA 2017

September 02, 2017

According to the report, the Kirin 970 is built by TSMC using its 10nm manufacturing process. Huawei says its "new heterogeneous computing architecture delivers up to 25x the performance with 50x greater efficiency" than your typical quad-core Cortex-A73 CPU cluster helping it outperform other chips on the market in AI tasks.

Global Pressure Sensors Market 2017 Business Overview - Bosch, Omron, Denso, Sensata, Amphenol

September 02, 2017

The strategies of the key vendors operating in the Global Alternative Sports Equipments market along with their business overview and revenue shares has been mentioned in this report. What are opportunities and risk factors faced by the top player? These companies include Kuraray, JRF Technology, WikiCell Designs as well as Tate and Lyle.

SanDisk Unveils The World's Largest 400GB microSD Card

September 02, 2017

New flash created to work in conjunction with smartphones and tablet devices running the Android operating system. In its capacity of 400 GB card is twice the capacity released two years earlier card the SanDisk Ultra microSDXC capacity of 200 GB, while remaining in the same form factor.

3 charred to death as auto catches fire in Gurugram

September 02, 2017

The deceased, aged around 28 to 35 years, were identified as Devender, Gajender, and Narender. All three were married, and were close friends. The bodies were handed over to the families after conducting post-mortem on Friday afternoon.Liquor could be causeThe police suspect that the three were consuming liquor inside the auto with its air-conditioner running and had probably passed out before the fire broke out."Two of the bodies were found on the rear seat and one on the driver's seat , As ...

IMG finalises report on telecom reliefs

September 02, 2017

The report, which was finalised after discussions with stakeholders, including banks and telecom firms, would now be placed before the Telecom Commission, which was the highest decision making body in the Department of Telecom. The IMG has recommended reduction in licence fee and spectrum usage charges under the new telecom policy, he said. The panel is understood to have agreed on increasing period of deferred spectrum payment to 16 years from the current 10.

ARK Survival Evolved Aberration Expansion Announced, Coming in October

September 02, 2017

Aberration includes new creatures like the Rock Drake , Lantern Pug , Nameless Queen and Cave Crustacean; more than 50 new items like railguns, glowsticks, explosive rounds, hazmat suits, ziplines, wingsuits, charge lanterns and so on.

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