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NASA released new picture of dwarf planet Pluto
WASHINGTON: The most detailed pictures captured of the satellite have been beamed back to earth by the New Horizon spacecraft...
Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta will be available for free
TOKYO: Mojang and Telltale declared at Minecon over the weekend that Minecraft: Story Mode, the 5-part episodic series from Telltale,...
Curly-horned dinosaur discovered in Canada
OTTAWA: Paleontologists piece together over 200 bones to discover a Triceratops relative with more horns sticking out of its head...
Audi’s all-new TT Roadster now on sale in two model grades
SYDNEY: Audi's all-new TT Roadster now on sale in two model grades and with Quattro AWD and a slick twin-clutch...
Microsoft officially releases Office for Mac 2016 to subscribers of Office 365
NEW YORK: Microsoft is officially releasing Office for Mac 2016 to subscribers of Office 365, and promises that the Mac...
Apple offers iOS 9 OS to iPhone- and iPad-owning consumers in beta release
NEW YORK: Apple has started offering iOS 9 operating system to iPhone- and iPad-owning consumers in a beta release. As...
Hearthstone to receive new expansion soon
TOKYO: Hearthstone will receive new expansion soon but it probably won't be a new batch of cards. A tournament mode...
Malaysia hopes to get better ranking in US human smuggling report
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia, which was relegated to the lowest ranking in the US Trafficking in Persons Report last year, is...
Facebook’s changes to hand back some control to users
NEW YORK: Facebook acknowledges that it cannot guess who your best friends are. The multibillion-dollar social network made the admission...
Oman’s company posts net profit RO3.1mn for 1st half of 2015
MUSCAT: Kick-starting the second-quarter earnings season, Al Omaniya Financial Services Co reported a 6.2 per cent rise in net profit...
Facebook music streaming service could rival likes of Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music
NEW YORK: Facebook is building its own music streaming service which could rival the likes of Spotify, Tidal and Apple...
Kuwait fiscal reserves touch record $592bn
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s financial reserves defied a slump in oil prices to hit a record 179.2 billion dinars ($592 billion) at...
LTE model of Moto G receives its update to Android 5.1
NEW DELHI: The LTE model of Moto G is now receiving its update to Android 5.1. This comes just after,...
Nigerian poultry farmers raise alarm over activities of smugglers
ABUJA: Poultry farmers in the country have raised the alarm over activities of smugglers. The farmers noted that this heinous...
Some of Microsoft’s 1,200 Irish employs not pay attention with regard to new job cuts
NEW DELHI: Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella announced job cuts in phone-related divisions of the company and those associated with...
IBM new chip could boost computing power of “everything from smartphones to spacecraft”
NEW YORK: IBM has introduced a powerful new chip which the company says could boost computing power of “everything from...
Australian stocks set to open lower, S&P 200 adds 1.5pts
SYDNEY: The Australian market looks set to open lower, after Wall Street rose following strong gains in Asian and European...
Qatar’s healthcare expenditure enhance to QR19bn in 2015
DOHA: Qatar’s spending will remain “elevated” in the healthcare sector given the country’s substantial reserves with BMI Research projecting an...
Iranian sanctioned oil to soon return to global markets
TEHRAN: Oil pared its biggest decline since February as signs Iran and world powers will miss their Tuesday deadline for...
Hong Kong stocks open: Hang Seng ascends 175.13pts
HONG KONG: Hong Kong equities rose 0.72 per cent at the open Friday, adding to the previous day's surge on...
