CES 2019: Virtual reality shoes are exhausting to use
A pair of shoes that allows owners to walk about in virtual reality worlds proves exhausting to use. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2RraFHz via Online Shopping in Pakistan
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Start-up Bird backs down in electric scooter legal row
A scooter firm has apologised after issuing a journalist with legal threats over an article about its scooters. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2RHXpOc via Online Shopping in Pakistan
Tidal streaming data figures investigated by Norway
Music streaming service Tidal's data is under investigation in Norway over claims some of its listener numbers were inflated. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2Fw7k2M via Online Shopping in Pakistan
Clarks 'robot-assisted' shoe factory in Street may close
The facility only opened in 2017 but 80 jobs are now at risk after production targets are not met. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2stsHKe via Online Shopping in Pakistan
Smartwatches: Switzerland's friend or foe?
The Swiss watch industry faced a near-death experience from quartz products. Is the smartwatch a similar threat? from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2RxPBiP via Online Shopping in Pakistan
Ace Combat 7: Can it match flying in real-life?
The latest version of the game Ace Combat 7 has a new VR mode for more realistic aerial acrobatics. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2MdNZok via Online Shopping in Pakistan
The ultrasound scan you can do yourself
A US company has produced an ultrasound scanner that plugs into an iPhone and costs $2,000 (£1,555). from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2TYs3R1 via Online Shopping in Pakistan
Two Republicans Push ‘Border Bonds’ to Let Americans Finance a Wall
Representatives Steven Palazzo of Mississippi and Andy Harris of Maryland, both members of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the Border Bonds for America Act of 2019 -- a law that would allow Americans to buy such securities from the U.S. The money would be put in a trust fund and used just to build a wall along the nearly 2,000 mile (3,200 kilometer) border. The tactic echoes the Liberty Bond program, which appealed to Americans’ sense of patriotism to raise funds during World War I. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Dby7A3 via Latest News
'Humiliated': World media react to British PM's Brexit defeat
Britain is in "uncharted waters" after Prime Minister Theresa May was "humiliated" by the "crushing defeat" of her Brexit deal in parliament, according to scathing reactions in the British and world press on Wednesday. "May's Brexit deal dead as a dodo", Britain's biggest-selling newspaper The Sun said, with a mock-up picture of the PM as the extinct flightless bird, under the front page headline "Brextinct". The Daily Telegraph's front page read: "A complete humiliation". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2steDR7 via Latest News
Hottest vehicles at Detroit auto show: Shelby GT, electric SUV, Kia SUV
The Ford Shebly GT 500, Toyota Supra and Kia Telluride generate buzz at the Detroit auto show. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Cv6yQm via Latest News
U.S. eyes Taiwan risk as China's military capabilities grow
The senior U.S. defense intelligence official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, did not predict that China's military, known as the People's Liberation Army (PLA), would take such a step but said such a possibility was the top worry as China expands and modernizes its military capabilities. "The biggest concern is that ... they are getting to a point where the PLA leadership may actually tell Xi Jinping that they are confident in their capabilities," the official said, referring to China's president. Pressed on whether the official was referring to Chinese confidence in its capabilities to be able to successfully win a battle with Taiwan, the official said, "Well, specifically that would be the most concerning to me." Taiwan is only one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-China relationship, including a trade war between the countries, U.S. sanctions on the Chinese military, and China's increasingly muscular military postu...
A Look at the 2020 BMW 7-series
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Who's behind the egg that broke the Instagram world record?
By now, you've heard about the egg, which surpassed a photo of Kylie Jenner's daughter, Stormi, on Sunday as the most-liked post on Instagram. But who did the egg? Whose dumb but ultimately successful idea was this? > View this post on Instagram > > A post shared by EGG GANG (@world_record_egg) on Jan 4, 2019 at 9:05am PST Here's what we know so far: ## 1\. The egg account holder goes by "Henrietta." Henrietta is, according to a report from BuzzFeed News, a "chicken from the British countryside." ## 2\. The account holder, however, claims to live in London. "I'm an individual living in London," the account holder told The Independent earlier this week. They also revealed that they only have 400 followers on their personal Instagram account. ## 3\. The egg's name is Eugene, allegedly. In some interviews, the account holder goes by the name Eugene, bypassing the whole "Henrietta" schtick entirely. ## 4\. The person who...
Markets Right Now: Banks lead stock gains on Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2FED2Lh via Latest News
Enes Kanter: Turkey 'seeking arrest' of New York Knicks player
Turkish prosecutors are seeking the arrest and extradition of New York Knicks enter Enes Kanter, accusing him pf being a member of an "armed terrorist group". Mr Kanter is accused of ties to Fethullah Gulen, who Turkish authorities allege is behind the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2016, the Daily Sabah reported. Mr Gulen has repeatedly denied any involved in the failed coup. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2VZRN0R via Latest News
Republican congressman Steve King defiantly supports vote rebuking his own racist remarks
Steve King defiantly rejected what he described as an "unprecedented assault” on his freedom of speech while simultaneously supporting a resolution in Congress condemning his own racist remarks. The Iowa Republican — whose has a history of controversial rhetoric — sparked a backlash after an interview with the New York Times was published last week in which the congressman appeared to lament why language like white nationalist and white supremacist had "become offensive". Mr King took to the House floor to seemingly clarify his controversial statements before the vote. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2SVZYtp via Latest News
Kenya Forces Battle to End Attack as Death Toll Climbs
Explosions and heavy gunfire were heard early on Wednesday morning as security officers engaged the assailants at the Dusit Hotel on the outskirts of the city center, the Nairobi-based Daily Nation newspaper reported. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2McHu5n via Latest News
Saudi urges 'fair' energy transition, defends oil
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia called Tuesday for a "fair" and gradual global energy transition as it unveiled an ambitious domestic renewable energy programme. Experts say energy output from renewables, especially solar and wind, is growing faster than anticipated, threatening to displace oil, gas and coal as the world's main sources of power. "Balancing greenhouse gas emissions will take decades," he said at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2SZIzQs via Latest News
Jamie Dimon says shutdown could reduce economic growth to zero this quarter if it continues
Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase CEO, said that the partial government shutdown could sap all growth from the U.S. economy. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2VXhu2f via Latest News
Los Angeles teachers strike for second day as mayor seeks to restart talks
Some 30,000 Los Angeles teachers on strike for higher pay, smaller classes and more staff walked picket lines in the rain for a second day on Tuesday as Mayor Eric Garcetti embraced their cause while trying to nudge the two sides back to the bargaining table. The walkout, with teachers garbed mostly in red braving two days of rainy weather to stage mass rallies downtown, has shattered 30 years of labor peace by Los Angeles teachers but has not completely idled schools. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2ANIQ1E via Latest News