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New robotic greeter now stands at central tokyo’s mitsukoshi department store
BEIJING: In a move which shows how realistically robots can work, a new robotic greeter now stands at the foyer...
Hong Kong authorities seized 120kg cocaine, 236kg ketamine in first four months of 2015
HONG KONG: The city's security chief pledged to step up efforts to combat drug trafficking after new figures showed seizures...
IPIC to provide $1b to 1MDB to repay $975m loan
KUALA LUMPUR: International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) is providing US$1bil to the debt-laden 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) to repay a...
Dennis Publishing teams up with Mojang to produce Minecraft magazine
NEW YORK: The global phenomenon that is Minecraft already has several books, 42 million YouTube videos, a soundtrack and countless...
Singapore total bank lending falls in April
SINGAPORE: Singapore's total bank lending fell in April from the previous month on a decline in loans to financial institutions...
King Wan Corporation suffers $9.7m net loss in 4Q
SINGAPORE: King Wan Corporation recorded a net loss of $9.7 million in the fourth quarter, compared with a $2.05 million...
Google works with Levi Strauss to make clothes with touch-screen control capabilities
NEW YORK: Google is working with Levi Strauss to make clothing from specially woven fabric with touch-screen control capabilities. The...
KSH Holdings net profit falls 7% to $41.7m
SINGAPORE: Construction and property development firm KSH Holdings recorded a 7 per cent decline in net profit to $41.7 million...
Global warming set for change over decades: US scientists
LONDON: The global warming is on the verge of broad-scale change that could last for a number of decades, shows...
WhatsApp extends its Voice Calling service to BlackBerry 10 and iOS
LONDON: WhatsApp’s Voice Calling service was extended to BlackBerry 10 and iOS and soon, the Windows Phone users will receive...
Samsung Galaxy handset destined to receive Qualcomm Snapdragon 808
SEOUL: Now we have an another handset destined to receive the Snapdragon 808, which was spied on the GFX Benchmark...
Scientists create microscopic sonic screwdrivers that act like ‘tornadoes of sound’
LONDON: Scientists created a "microscopic sonic screwdriver" composed of acoustic vortices that grip and spin microparticles suspended in water. The...
Lost memories restored in mice with amnesia through light
CANADA: Researchers have gained new understanding on the workings of amnesia through research that used light to revive lost memories...
Chinese Customs destroyed half a tonne of ivory worth £3m
BEIJING: Chinese authorities destroyed more than half a tonne of confiscated ivory in Beijing here the other day. The public...
China’s Baidu revenue to jump 40% to $1.93b
BEIJING: Baidu said here the other day that online search revenue allocated to its partners this year will surge above...
China to build more duty-free shops at entry-exit ports
BEIJING: China will build more duty-free shops at entry-exit ports and also expand the categories of imported duty-free products to...
Modular robot snakes can climb trees, crawl through pipes
NEW YORK: For years, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University experimented with a snake-like robot that could crawl through pipes and...
China apparent oil demand jumps 5.4% to 42.89m mt
BEIJING: China’s apparent oil demand in April rose 5.4 percent from a year earlier to 42.89 million metric tons, mainly...
Alibaba launches bad-loans auction site
BEIJING: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is creating a new financial business on its online platforms - auctioning off non-performing loans...
NASA begins testing mars lander for next mission to red planet
CANADA: Testing is underway on NASA's next mission on the journey to Mars, a stationary lander scheduled to launch in...
