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SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Facebook’s sneaky launch of a photo-sharing app in China, where its social network is banned, gives it a small taste of the massive market’s potential, but it may have to settle for just that for now. The United States tech giant acknowledged last week that it was behind the Colorful Balloons application, which is similar to its Moments app but omits any mention of Facebook’s brand name. Facebook has strived to […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — French striker Andre-Pierre Gignac has received a rare tribute from hundreds of Mexican schoolchildren, who voted to name a newborn Bengal tiger at their local zoo after the Mexico-based star. But there’s one big difference between Gignac the footballer and Gignac the tiger: their personalities. Soon after Gignac the tiger cub was born at the La Pastora zoo in Monterrey, it had to be separated from its mother, who “was a first-time mom […]
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) — Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) researchers say their new wireless network based on harmless infrared rays will mark a sea change in WiFi delivery if rolled out globally. Researcher Joanne Oh and professor of broadband communication technology Ton Koonen have devised a system in which wireless data is delivered by central ‘light antennas’. A wavelength demultiplexing unit separates individual wavelengths coming from a laser into multiple separate fibres, each of which […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday threatened to cite Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon in contempt after he refused to answer questions on corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Faeldon said he would not answer the question because “In the past few days, the honorable senator has come up with a lot of accusations already that I am in the middle of the smuggling of shabu in the country.” “It is pointless for me […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods had five drugs, including the opioid painkiller hydrocodone, in his system when he was arrested in May on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to a toxicology report released Monday. A urine test revealed four other medications along with hydrocodone — which is sold under the brand name Vicodin. Also present were the powerful painkiller hydromorphone; anxiety drug alprazolam (also known as Xanax); sleep drug zolpidem (also known as […]
(Eagle News) — Itinaas na ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang alert level 1 sa Guam at northern Mariana Islands at hinimok ang mga Filipino na maging alerto at i-monitor ang sitwasyon sa gitna ng bantang pag-atake ng North Korea sa bansang Guam. Sa ilalim ng alert level 1 o precautionary phase, dapat kilalanin ng mga Pilipino na naninirahan at nagtatrabaho sa Guam na hindi ordinaryo ang sitwasyon kaya dapat itong tutukan. Kabilang sa […]
(Eagle News) — Aabot sa higit limampung katao na pawang mga lasing, mga nagsusugal ang dinampot at dinala ng mga pulis sa Manila Police District (MPD) Station 6 matapos magsagawa ng one time, big-time operation na Oplan Galugad sa area ng San Andres Bukid at Punta Sta Ana, Maynila noong Linggo ng gabi, Agosto 13. Pagdating sa presinto, ang ilan sa mga hinuli nakatulog na habang ang iba ay kani-kaniyang takip ng mukha at nagkumpulan […]
(Eagle News) — Inaresto ng Philippine National Police-Counter-Intelligence Task Force (PNP-CITF) ang pitong pulis Navotas dahil sa tangkang pangingikil sa isang drug suspect na kanilang inaresto. Kinilala ang mga suspect na sina, PO1 Emmanuel Benedict Alojacin, PO1 Mark Ryan Mones, PO2 Jonnel Barocaboc, PO3 Kenneth Loria, PO1 Christian Paul Bondoc, PO1 Jack Rennert Etcubañas at PO2 Jessrald Pacinio na pawang mga nakatalaga sa Intelligence Unit ng Navotas Police. Base sa reklamo ng magulang ng biktima […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) — Nigerian entrepreneur, Oscar Ekponimo is working to reduce food waste in Nigeria by getting stores to donate groceries they don’t need to poor families. The software engineer has developed a web app known as Chowberry which enables charities shop for products that are about to expire at a discounted price. The organizations later distribute the products to children’s homes and low-income communities. Ekponimo says his own experiences growing up without enough […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes is taking her Shondaland production house away from Walt Disney Co’s ABC network to Netflix Inc. to produce new content, the video streaming company said on Sunday (August 13). Rhimes’ move to Netflix comes a week after Disney, the world’s largest entertainment company, announced plans to launch its own streaming service and pull Disney and Pixar films from Netflix, starting with releases in 2019. Rhimes is […]
(Eagle News) — Uber continued to activate and accredit drivers despite a directive from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to desist from doing so. According to Aileen Lizada, LTFRB spokesperson, this was the reason the transport network company was suspended for a month starting today, Aug. 15. “Dahil ito sa violation nila noong July 26 na no further acceptance or additional accreditation and/or activation,” she said in a radio interview. She said Uber’s […]
KALAMOS, Greece (Reuters) — Wildfires burned through the night on Monday (August 14) in woodland some three towns near Athens, some 45 kilometers (30 miles) northeast of the capital as firefighters battled to contain the blaze. The fire was burning unchecked for a second day, damaging dozens of homes. It broke out around 1300GMT on Sunday (August 13) in Kalamos, a coastal holiday spot and quickly spread, fanned by strong and changing winds. A state […]
