Flood forecasting workshop begins

Flood forecasting workshop

A five-day training workshop began on July 24, organised by Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and Bangladesh Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), will be showcasing its capabilities and achievements in flood forecasting to national agencies of Nepal and Vietnam, according to a press release.

BWDB Chief Engineer Braza Mohan Nath presided over the inaugural session while Director General of BWDB Engr Md Jahangir Kabir addressed the training programme. Read More The Financial Express

Weather

Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over divisions with moderately heavy fall at different places over the country until 6:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB.

The country's highest temperature of 34.2 degrees Celsius was recorded on Wednesday at Srimangal and Tarash and the lowest recorded was 24.0 degrees Celsius in Tangail. Read More The Financial Express

Wireless keyboards transmit data for hacking!

Wireless keyboards transmit data for hacking!

Several popular brands of wireless keyboards are betraying their owners, broadcasting their keystrokes for savvy hackers to intercept from hundreds of feet away.

According to research published recently by Bastille, a cybersecurity company, eight wireless keyboards manufactured by major electronics companies transmit information in a way that makes it possible for a hacker to eavesdrop on every sentence, password, credit card number, and secret typed on them.

Wireless keyboards generally protect their users by encrypting the data that they send back to the computers they’re paired with. That way, even if hackers try to listen in on the data stream, they’ll get nothing but an undecipherable mess. Read More The Financial Express

Samsung to release Galaxy J2 Pro version

Galaxy J2 Pro

Samsung officials may think that the recent Galaxy J2 edition is a bit underwhelming as an entry-level device, as the company took the wraps off a new version dubbed the Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro.

According to SamMobile, although the base model, 2016 edition of the Samsung Galaxy J2, has just been released, response to the entry-level device has been lukewarm.

Meanwhile, Samsung Mobile Bangladesh released 2016 edition of the Samsung Galaxy J2 in the country. This new smartphone includes turbo speed technology and smart glow. Read More The Financial Express

Last chance for free Windows 10 update!

free Windows 10 update!

Friday 29 July marks the last day that users can get a free upgrade to the Windows 10 operating system.

Those who do not take advantage of the offer will have to pay for it, with the home edition costing $120 and the professional edition $200.

Eligible devices include tablets and PCs running Windows 7 or newer.

Microsoft has been criticised for heavy-handed tactics in promoting the upgrade. Read More The Financial Express

Clinton campaign hacked in attacks on Democrats

A computer network used by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign was hacked as part of a broad cyber attack on Democratic political organizations, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The latest attack, which was disclosed to Reuters on Friday, follows two other hacks on the Democratic National Committee, or DNC, and the party’s fundraising committee for candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives.

A Clinton campaign spokesman said in a statement late on Friday that an analytics data program maintained by the DNC and used by the campaign and a number of other entities "was accessed as part of the DNC hack." Read More The Financial Express

Twitter shares dive after update disappoints

Twitter

Twitter's shares fell hard Tuesday after its quarterly update showed more losses for the struggling social media platform, which has seen sluggish growth in revenues and active users.

Shares were down nearly 11 percent at $16.45 in after-hours trade following the report, which showed Twitter's loss narrowed to $107 million in the second quarter from $136 million a year earlier.

Significantly for investors, the number of monthly active users edged up to 313 million, up three percent from a year ago and only slightly more than the 310 million in the past quarter.

Revenue rose 20 percent from a year earlier to $602 million but lagged expectations. Read More Bbarta24.net

EU permits to run data sharing deal with US for one year

EU permits to run data sharing deal with US for one year

The EU-US Privacy Shield, the new EU-US data sharing agreement, will be able to run for at least a year, European regulators have announced.

The Privacy Shield allows companies to transfer personal data from the EU to the United States.

EU governments approved the pact earlier this month, but 28 data protection authorities had yet to comment. They have now said they will not challenge the deal for at least a year.

This means that no legal objection to the framework will be launched until it has had time to go through its first annual review next summer. Read More The Financial Express

Payout of $10,000 for Windows 10 update

Windows 10 update

Microsoft has agreed to pay a Californian woman $10,000 (£7,500) after an automatic Windows 10 update left her computer unusable.

Teri Goldstein said her Windows 7 computer had automatically tried to update itself to Windows 10 without her permission.

She said the update had made her machine unstable, leaving her unable to use it to run her business.

Microsoft said it had dropped its appeal to save on legal costs. Read More Bbarta24.net

Microsoft to miss '1 bn' Windows 10 target

Microsoft to miss '1 bn' Windows 10 target

Microsoft has said it will miss its target of getting its Windows 10 operating system running on more than one billion devices by 2018, reports BBC.

In a statement, it said problems with its smartphone business would delay it hitting the milestone.

The software giant has struggled to find customers for Windows phones in a market dominated by Android and Apple.

Microsoft says Windows 10 is in active use on about 350 million separate devices at present. Read More Bbarta24.net

Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.83B, marking end of an era

Verizon buys Yahoo

Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion, marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the internet.

The sale announced today marks the second time in two years that Verizon has snapped up the remains of a fallen internet star as it broadens its digital reach. The nation's largest wireless carrier paid $4.4 billion for AOL last year.

Verizon won the Yahoo bidding after a five-month auction. Read More Bbarta24.net

MoS to engage Navy in freeing four Dhaka rivers

The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) is set to engage the Bangladesh Navy in freeing four rivers flowing around the Dhaka city from illegal occupation and making those pollution-free.

The Bangladesh Navy at a meeting on Sunday submitted a strategy paper to the ministry in this regard and made a proposal to work on short, medium and long term basis.

It also proposed forming a taskforce comprising all concerned for implementing the projects related to freeing the Buriganga, Shitalakhya, Balu and Turag rivers from pollution, ensuring water flow and navigability of these rivers and establishing circular waterways around the Dhaka city. Read More The Financial Express

'Barhsha' fest begins

'Barhsha' fest begins

'Barhsha' festival, a carnival welcoming the rainy season, has began in Dhaka city. To mark the beginning of the rainy season, ‘Barhsha Utsab’ has been held at Dhaka University.

Satyen Sen Shilpi Goshthi organised the ‘Barhsha Utsab’ where artistes rendered songs and dancers performed a number that enthralled a sizeable crowd at the Faculty of Fine Arts on DU campus.

Every year, festivals are organised in different cities, towns and rural areas of Bangladesh to mark the beginning of rainy season. Read More The Financial Express

Facebook introduces slideshow movie-maker

Facebook slideshow

Facebook has arguably made us writers, since it become the medium of choice for millions to share their views and life experiences. But in the coming years that creativity may look completely different.

Facebook acknowledged that the best way of telling stories in this world is—by sharing photos and videos.

And now, the social networking giant is rolling out a new feature called Slideshow, which will allow its users to share their photos and videos in an easier way than before. Read More The Financial Express

Samsung to launch Galaxy Note 7 on August 2

Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Samsung confirmed that the Galaxy Note 7 will be launched on August 2 in New York that proved previous rumours about the launch date.

Samsung confirmed the news in a blog post and provided the world with its usual vague poster.

As for what this means for a release date, well, it’s anyone’s guess. Samsung could hit the ground running and confirm a release date immediately after launch or, more likely, it could wait a few weeks before unleashing the handset to retailers.

Samsung will almost certainly try and get the Galaxy Note 7 out before the release of the iPhone 7; no one wants that kind of heat accompanying the release of a new phone, regardless of its capabilities. Read More The Financial Express

Europol to tackle ransomware gangs

ransomware gangs

European police agency Europol is teaming up with cybersecurity companies in an initiative aimed at slowing an exponential rise in ransomware.

The scheme revolves around a website that connects victims and police, gives advice and helps with data recovery.

The number of ransomware victims tripled in the first three months of 2016, according to one estimate.

Ransomware is malware that typically demands a fee to unscramble important data on a compromised device. Read More The Financial Express

You can now use Prisma on Android phones

Prisma

The artistic photo-filter app Prisma is now freely available to everyone on Google's Play store for Android owners.

The app, which lets you choose from a surprisingly large number of filters and turn ordinary photos into mini-artworks, can be found here. You will want to actually use that link, as searching for the app on Google Play will likely net several dozen (!) knockoffs, none of which you probably want to install on your phone.

Coming from Russia-based company Prisma Labs, Prisma first appeared on iOS a few months ago. Instead of applying some pixel-rearranging filter to the content of the photo, the app — according to its makers — uses neural networks and AI technology to recreate the photo anew, which is why the results are so vastly better than most "artistic" photo filters we've seen. Read More The Financial Express

Sweden creates world’s first ‘electric road’

‘electric road’

Sometimes vehicles will be too big and heavy to make them ideal candidates for full electrification. That doesn’t mean, though, they can’t be powered solely by electricity.

Proving that point, Sweden — in conjunction with truck manufacturer Scania — has created the world’s first “electric road.” It’s a two-kilometer stretch of freeway in central Sweden with power lines stretched over the righthand lane. Read More Bbarta24.net

Micro-camera can be injected with a syringe

Micro-camera can be injected with a syringe

German engineers have created a camera no bigger than a grain of salt that could change the future of health imaging -- and clandestine surveillance.

Using 3-D printing, researchers from the University of Stuttgart built a three-lens camera, and fit it onto the end of an optical fibre the width of two hairs.

Such technology could be used as minimally-intrusive endoscopes for exploring inside the human body, the engineers reported in the journal Nature Photonics.

It could also be deployed in virtually invisible security monitors, or mini-robots with "autonomous vision". Read More Bbarta24.net

3D touch Smartphone unveiled in market

3D touch Smartphone

Local Smartphone manufacturer Edison Group for the first time has introduced 3D-touch Smartphone "Helio S20" with the advantage of finger-print security.

The smartphone is available now at exclusive mobile outlet in Bangladesh, said a press release today.

This LTE compatible smartphone has 5.5 inch Amoled Full HD Display, which enable this handset to take pictures and videos in full HD Mode with a resolution of 1980X1080.

One can experience more vivid and richer display comfortably under low light for its Amoled Display that provides eye soothing display and low power consumption. Read More Bbarta24.net

Microsoft reveals update to Windows 10

Microsoft reveals update to Windows 10

It’s almost a year since Microsoft launched Windows 10 – which means two things.

Firstly, there’s an Anniversary Update on the way. With that, some enhancements to Cortana and the web browser, Edge – as well as an attempt to reinvent the stylus.

Secondly, there’s only one month left before the Windows 10 free upgrade offer ends. After that date, it will cost $119 (£89).

In a phone call with the BBC, head of Windows Yusuf Mehdi said more than 350 million devices were now being powered by Windows 10. Read More Bbarta24.net

Microsoft to forecast probable cyber threat to keep Bangladesh's cyber space secure

Microsoft to forecast probable cyber threat

Global technology giant Microsoft would forecast any probable threat and attack to keep Bangladesh's cyber space secure.

The government and Microsoft on Thursday signed an agreement to this end to cooperate with each other in the field of cyber security.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood and Microsoft Bangladesh Managing Director Sonia Bashir Kabir put pen on the agreement paper at the conference room of Posts and Telecommunications Division. Read More Bbarta24.net

World’s smartest cities: Kolkata ranks 179th

World’s smartest cities: Kolkata ranks 179th

Kolkata is ranked 179th among 181 cities evaluated according to smartness or strategic planning.

In South Asia, the West Bengal capital region ranked behind Delhi and Bangalore in the 10 dimensions in the study: economy, human capital, technology, the environment, international outreach, social cohesion, mobility and transportation, governance, urban planning and public management.Dhaka is not included in the index.

Karachi of Pakistan is ranked 181. Manila ranked 145th.

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines’ capital region ranked behind Singapore, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. Read More The Financial Express

MoS to engage Navy in freeing four Dhaka rivers

The Ministry of Shipping (MoS) is set to engage the Bangladesh Navy in freeing four rivers flowing around the Dhaka city from illegal occupation and making those pollution-free.

The Bangladesh Navy at a meeting on Sunday submitted a strategy paper to the ministry in this regard and made a proposal to work on short, medium and long term basis.

It also proposed forming a taskforce comprising all concerned for implementing the projects related to freeing the Buriganga, Shitalakhya, Balu and Turag rivers from pollution, ensuring water flow and navigability of these rivers and establishing circular waterways around the Dhaka city. Read More The Financial Express

3 int’l astronauts land in Kazakhstan

3 int’l astronauts land in Kazakhstan

An International Space Station crew including an American, a Briton and a Russian landed safely in the sun-drenched steppes of Kazakhstan.

The Soyuz TMA-19M capsule carrying NASA's Tim Kopra, Tim Peake of the European Space Agency and the Russian agency Roscosmos' Yuri Malenchenko touched down as scheduled at 3:15 pm local time (0915 GMT) Saturday southeast of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.

The crew reported feeling fine as their ship slid off the orbit and headed down to Earth. Read More The Financial Express

Ostrich relative once lived in N America

Ostrich relative once lived in N America

A relative of the modern ostrich once strutted across North America.

Scientists have identified the bones of a 50 million-year-old fossil -- recovered a decade ago from an ancient lake bed in Wyoming -- as belonging to a relative of the famed flightless African bird species.

"This is among one of the earliest well-represented bird species after the age of large dinosaurs," researcher Sterling Nesbitt, an assistant professor of geoscience at Virginia Tech, said in a news release. Read More The Financial Express

EU to introduce CO2 emission limits for trucks

EU to introduce CO2 emission limits for trucks

The European Commission will propose limits for the first time on CO2 emissions from trucks and will also set new fuel efficiency standards for cars and vans from 2020, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.

The European Union currently has no limits on truck emissions, unlike other countries such as the United States, China, Japan and Canada, which already have truck fuel efficiency standards.

The European Union has a limit of 95 grams of CO2 per kilometre (g/km) by 2021 for cars and vans but has so far not done the same for trucks, which are responsible for around a quarter of road transport emissions and that share of emissions could increase by 2030, according to the Commission. Read More The Financial Express

The end of VCR era

The end of VCR era

It's the invention that changed the way the world watched home recordings and Hollywood films.

But in just four weeks' time, the last ever company to manufacture videocassette recorders will shut down production as the Netflix generation takes over.

The closure in August comes as services like Netflix and YouTube continue to revolutionise the way we watch films and TV.

Japan's Funai Electric, which is making VCRs since 1983, used to sell 15 million VCRs a year in its heyday. Read More The Financial Express

This game can help you resist fast food cravings, lose weight!

lose weight!

Do you really think that a computer game can make your brain control sugary foods? It seems possible, as per a study carried out by the researchers at Drexel University.
Drexel University researchers have developed a computer game and smartphone app that can help people control unhealthy eating habits and ultimately lose weight.

The game is designed to improve a person's "inhibitory control," the part of the brain that stops you from giving into unhealthy cravings -- even when the smell of French fries is practically begging you to step inside a fast food restaurant.

The mobile app intelligently detects patterns in a person's eating habits. When users are likely to slip from their dietary plans, the app provides tailored strategies to put them back on track. Read More Bbarta24.net

'Water-resistant' Samsung Galaxy S7 Active fails test

'Water-resistant' Samsung Galaxy S7 Active fails test

 A Samsung smartphone advertised as being water-resistant has failed a water immersion test by a leading product review site.

The Samsung Galaxy S7 Active stopped working after being put in a tank that simulated the effect of being about 5ft (1.5m) underwater.

Consumer Reports repeated its test on a second model, which was also damaged.

Samsung said it was possible defective devices were "not as watertight" as they should have been.

When removed after half an hour, the first phone's display was non-responsive and marred by green lines. Bubbles had also formed in its two camera lenses.

The second handset subjected to the same test suffered similar faults.

Samsung's website stated the Galaxy S7 Active, which is sold in the US but is not available in the UK, is IP68-certified. Read More Bbarta24.net

Fresh EU anti-trust charges against Google

charges against Google

The European Union filed new anti-trust charges against Google on Thursday, piling pressure on the US tech giant over the alleged abuse of its dominance of the market, reports Reuters.

Brussels targeted the Silicon Valley firm’s advertising business, saying it had restricted some websites from displaying advertisements from Google's competitors.

The EU also beefed up its charge sheet in an earlier case against Google which alleges that the firm abused the dominance of its search engine for online shopping.

There are now three EU cases against Google in total, with the EU having also filed charges this April against it for its Android mobile phone operating system. Read More Bbarta24.net

New stubby-armed dinosaur discovered in Argentina

dinosaur discovered in Argentina

Researchers announced they have discovered a ferocious meat-eating dinosaur in Argentina, notable for having short arms like the T-rex but hailing from a different branch of the family tree.

The Gualicho shinyae -- nicknamed Gualicho -- is a theropod, a two-legged, bird-like dinosaur. It stretched an imposing six meters (nearly 20 feet) from head to toe, and weighed an estimated 450 kilograms (1,000 pounds).

It roughly resembles the Tyrannosaurus rex but Gualicho, found in the north of Argentina's Patagonia region, was not a close relative of the king of dinosaurs. Read More Bbarta24.ner

Microsoft to miss '1 bn' Windows 10 target

Windows 10 target

Microsoft has said it will miss its target of getting its Windows 10 operating system running on more than one billion devices by 2018, reports BBC.

In a statement, it said problems with its smartphone business would delay it hitting the milestone.

The software giant has struggled to find customers for Windows phones in a market dominated by Android and Apple.

Microsoft says Windows 10 is in active use on about 350 million separate devices at present. Read More Bbarta24.net

Super typhoon to hit Taiwan, China

Super typhoon to hit Taiwan, China

TAIPEI/BEIJING : Taiwan and China began battening down the hatches on Thursday ahead of the arrival of super Typhoon Nepartak, the first of the year, with fears in China that storm could worsen already severe flooding in the east of the country.

The typhoon is expected to make landfall on Taiwan's mountainous but sparsely populated east coast in the early hours of Friday, where it will loose much of its strength, before crossing over the Taiwan Strait and hitting China on Saturday.

The typhoon has been labelled a category 5 storm on a scale of 1 to 5 by Tropical Storm Risk making it a super typhoon but it should weaken to a topical storm by the time it reaches China. Read More The Financial Express

Some Bangladeshi dists may be declared “water stressed”

“water stressed”

Bangladesh government is considering declaring some of the country’s smallest districts officially “water stressed”, according to Professor Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan, a hydrologist at the University of Rajshahi, according to a study paper published on South China Morning Post .

The region has been shaped by struggles with water for centuries, battles focused mostly on holding it back and surviving flooding, cyclones and rising seas. But now shifting weather patterns have brought a new challenge: dealing with scarcity.

In parts of the country, a combination of shifting monsoon patterns, rising temperatures and a surge in the construction of wells that is draining ground water levels has left some villages seriously short of water. Dhaka wants to make the crisis official. Read More The Financial Express

Evidence of cannibalism among late Neanderthals found in Europe

Evidence of cannibalism

NETHERLANDS: Neanderthal bones found in Belgium show signs of intentional butchering, evidence the human ancestors consumed their own.

Unearthed from the Goyet caves near Namur, Belgium, the bones are the first evidence of Neanderthal cannibalism north of the Alps.

The discovery was made possible by the largest haul of Neanderthal bones north of the Alps. Researchers with the University of Tübingen excavated 99 bones and bone fragments, dated between 40,500 to 45,500 years old.

Cuts, notches and marks offer evidence of the butchering process. Some bones showed signs of skinning, slicing and marrow extraction. Read More The Financial Express

Three new particles found, fourth confirmed

fourth confirmed

GENEVA: Europe's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, is back in action. According to two newly published studies, its latest round of experiments yielded three new "exotic" particles and confirmed the existence of a fourth.

The newly identified particles are considered "exotic" because they contain four quarks, the building blocks of all matter. Particle physicists used to believe all particles were composed of mesons, a quark-antiquark pair, or baryons, three quarks -- but no more than three quarks. A litany of discoveries have shown otherwise. Read More The Financial Express

How 'Pokemon Go' went from prank to phenomenon

prank to phenomenon

The origin of "Pokemon Go" is as peculiar as any of the Voltorbs or Snorlaxes that players track and capture in the surprise hit game.

Its hybrid DNA flows from a digital mapping pioneer's fascination with the world around him, Google's affinity for offbeat ideas, Nintendo's comeback quest and a 20-year-old menagerie of animated monsters so popular that it spawned a company just to be its talent agency.

Then all it took was a prank to hatch a mobile video game that has turned into a cultural phenomenon. Read More The Financial Express

Facebook's internet drone completes test flight

Facebook's internet drone completes test flight

Facebook's drone designed to beam internet to places not yet connected completed its first test flight.

The prototype of the Aquila drone landed safely after a 90-minute flight over Arizona in what the social network described as a "big milestone" in its plan to connect the world.

Aquila is a solar-powered, unmanned plane designed to circle an area 60 miles in diameter, reaching some of the 4 billion people that don't have internet access. Read More The Financial Express

Light to moderate rain likely

Light to moderate rain likely

Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions.

It may occur at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the country.

Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country and the rainfall activity may increase after the next 72-hour, said a met office release in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Read More The Financial Express

Post-tremor efficient emergency response systems stressed

emergency response systems stressed

Application of efficient emergency response systems along with early preparedness could ensure proper post-earthquake managements to substantially reduce the extent of losses of human lives.


The observations were made at a discussion arranged on the occasion of demonstrating artificial earthquake drill .... Read More The Financial Express

Stop taking stupid selfies!

Stop taking stupid selfies!

Croatia's mountain rescue service urged tourists to stop putting themselves in danger taking "stupid and dangerous selfies."

The appeal came after the young Canadian plunged off a 75-meter (250-foot) viewpoint in the Plitvice Lakes national park while trying to take the perfect selfie.

"Dear tourists, we respect you. It's time for you to start respecting yourself. So, stop making stupid and dangerous selfies. Thank you," the service said on Twitter. Read More The Financila Express...

Brexit starts damaging science, academies warn UK govt

Brexit starts damaging science

The UK's national academies representing science, medicine, and engineering have told the government that Brexit is already harming science.

A joint letter from seven academies says that the UK's world-leading position in these areas is in jeopardy.

The national academies represent the best researchers in their fields.

They call for the government to make a "bold public commitment" to prioritise research in Brexit negotiations.

Individual researchers have also spoken about the effects of Brexit on their funding and collaborations. Read More The Financial Express..

Microsoft to miss its one billion Windows 10 device target by 2018

Windows 10 device target by 2018

Microsoft has said it will miss its target of getting its Windows 10 operating system running on more than one billion devices by 2018.

In a statement, it said problems with its smartphone business would delay it hitting the milestone.

The software giant has struggled to find customers for Windows phones in a market dominated by Android and Apple.

Microsoft says Windows 10 is in active use on about 350 million separate devices at present.
....Read More The Financial Express

Verified accounts for everyone: Twitter

Twitter

Typically the feature is reserved for celebrities, journalists, politicians, and the like, but the new system could extend the verification badge, and additional features to anyone that could be at high risk of impersonation, according to a news agency report.

Aside from the badge, it doesn’t fundamentally alter the Twitter experience or provide any features aside from a verified-only notification system that lets you filter replies to show only verified accounts. Read More The Financial Express

Mild tremor jolts central Nepal

central Nepal

KATHMANDU: A mild 4.1-magnitude tremor today hit central Nepal, in an aftershock of the Gorkha earthquake that devastated the country in April last year.

The tremor was recorded at 4:08 am today with its epicentre at Gaurishankar Conservation Area of Dolakha district.

According to the National Seismological Centre, this was an aftershock of the Gorkha earthquake that shook Nepal on April 25 last year.

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Super typhoon Nepartak hits China, disrupts transport

Super typhoon Nepartak

A storm followed by heavy rain disrupts rail travel in southeast China and caused several deaths in Taiwan and damage of more than $20 million.

Super typhoon Nepartak hit Fujian province just before 2 p.m. on Saturday, lashing Shishi city with winds of around 100 kph (62 mph), reports Xinhua.

More than 100 trains had to be cancelled after 250 mm (10 inches) of rain fell for almost four hours in the nearby city of Putian, where nearly 23,000 people have fanned out to check the overstrained waterworks, it added.

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New Super Jupiter has triple sunsets and a super-long year

triple sunsets and a super-long year

TUCSON: If you lived on HD 131399Ab, you'd enjoy either constant daylight or three sunrises and sunsets, depending on the season, but you'd never live long enough to witness an entire season, let alone an entire orbit around your star.

The newly discovered exoplanet boasts seasons lasting 140 Earth years. One rotation around its host star takes 550 Earth years.

The alien world was discovered by a graduate student at the University of Arizona. The exoplanet's peculiarities are detailed in a new paper, published this week in the journal Science.

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Hubble images 'beating heart' of the Crab Nebula

the Crab Nebula

GREENBELT: Hubble recently captured an image of the very center of the Crab Nebula -- revealing the "beating heart" of the cosmos' most photogenic interstellar cloud.

At the center of the Crab Nebula lie the ancient remnants of an exploded star, a supernova. The so-called heart does beat. The nebula's supernova core sends out regular shockwave-like pulses of radiation and charged particles.

Read More..The Financial Express

Smartwatches reveal ATM PIN to hackers

ATM PIN to hackers

A new study from Binghamton University suggests your smartwatch might not be as secure as you’d think – and it might be giving away your ATM PIN code.

According to the researchers, the danger comes from the motion sensors embedded in wearable devices like smartwatches and fitness trackers.

Among other data, the sensors are also recording information about your hand movements which makes it possible for “attackers to reproduce the trajectories of the user’s hand” and “recover secret key entries.”

Read More.. The Financial Express

Malware hits millions of Android phones

Android phones

Up to ten million Android smartphones have been infected by malware that generates fake clicks for adverts, say security researchers.   

The software is also surreptitiously installing apps and spying on the browsing habits of victims.

The malware is currently making about $300,000 (£232,000) a month for its creators, suggests research.

Read More... The Financial Express