During a recent subway outage in San Francisco I decided to build a webapp in the spirit of "Do I Need an Umbrella," basically to answer the question "Should I take the subway or a bus?" In the intere...
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Syrian government forces on January 21 took full control of the sprawling camp of al-Hol in northeast Syria housing thousands of people linked to the Islamic State group, as a truce between the govern...
A day after a sweeping deal was announced between the Syrian government and the country's main Kurdish-led force, the agreement appeared to be falling apart Monday. After new outbreaks of clashes Mond...
Carmaker to work with Turgis Gaillard to produce drones at two of its sites...
Meanwhile, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Iran was ready to respond "decisively" to its enemies, accusing the US and Israel of being behind the protests....
Frontier research lab MiroMind, a subsidiary of the China-founded multinational firm Shanda Group, has asked some of its staff in Shanghai to relocate to Singapore, according to people with knowledge ...
A social media account called "Raise the Colours Operation France" late last year posted videos of far-right activists on France's northern coastline....
A security researcher claims Ethereum’s recent network surge could be linked to address poisoning attacks that are exploiting low gas fees on Ethereum....
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The death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spiked January 12 to at least 2,000 people killed, activists say. With the Internet down in Iran, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has grown more ...
UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday he was "horrified" by the violence in Iran as a government crackdown continued. The Human Rights Activists News Agency estimated the death toll at 646 w...
The Kaoss Pad has seen many different iterations , but the mainline effect unit and sampler hasn't received an update since the launch of the KP3+ in 2013. Korg has finally given it the attention it d...
US President Donald Trump gave a speech at the Davos forum in which he based his desire to take over Greenland that it had been once owned by the US, and was "given" to Denmark after World War Two. Bu...
A new report has published harrowing testimonies by Palestinians who were released as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Meanwhile, rights activists are worried that Israel is now considering th...
Shanghai-based Harbour BioMed’s acquisition of a stake in US-based Spruce Biosciences is the latest example of China’s novel drug developers progressing from one-time licensing deals into long-lasting...
Indonesian police have dismantled an alleged baby trafficking ring that used social media to sell newborns in Medan after neighbours reported suspicious activity at a rented house. Medan police chief ...
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Syria's government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces agreed a new ceasefire on January 20 as Washington said the SDF's purpose in fighting Islamic State group jihadists was largely over. Th...
Big financial companies expand beyond traditional securities to arbitrage event contracts in sport and politics...