The Electric Future Of Mobility As A Service
Over the last decade, vehicle electrification has predominately occurred in the personal vehicle market—a typically high volume, low mileage application. However, governments and policymakers are increasingly focused on improving local air quality and attention is turning toward higher mileage vehicle applications. For example, the California Air Resources Board is designing a zero emission vehicle mandate […]
Why Nigerian Govt. Shut Chemical Engineering Dept. Of UNN
Have you ever wondered why the University of Nigeria Nsukka doesn’t offer chemical engineering as a course? Here is the reason: This University now known as UNN, had it’s Chemical Engineering department permanently closed down after the war because of the level of research, developments, and inventions it churned out for the Biafran soldiers. […]
Thousands Protest In Iraq To Demand Ouster Of US Troops
Thousands of supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday for a rally to demand the ouster of US troops, putting the protest-hit capital on edge. The march rattled the separate, months-old protest movement that has gripped the capital and Shiite-majority south since October, demanding a government overhaul, early elections and […]
Trump To Fire Up Base With Anti-Abortion Rally Speech
With his eyes firmly on the November election, Donald Trump will Friday become the first US president to address in person the country’s biggest annual gathering of anti-abortion campaigners. Addressing a crowd of thousands on the National Mall in Washington, Trump is assured of a hero’s welcome as the unrivaled star of this year’s “March […]
NFL Player Brown Surrenders Himself To Florida Police
NFL player Antonio Brown turned himself into a Florida police station on Thursday night in response to an incident involving an alleged argument with a delivery truck driver. Brown was wanted on an arrest warrant on three criminal charges, including felony burglary with battery. He was also charged with burglary of an unoccupied conveyance and […]
Tinder Unveils ‘Panic Button’ For Emergency Response
Tinder announced Thursday that US users would soon have a “panic button” to alert authorities to potentially dangerous situations as part of a stepped up safety initiative by the popular dating app. A new feature unveiled by Tinder will allow users to opt into the personal safety app Noonlight, which connects users to personal emergency […]
Trump ‘Should Be Removed’: Impeachment Trial
Lead House impeachment manager Adam Schiff called dramatically for the Senate to remove President Donald Trump from office Thursday, saying the US leader cannot be trusted to put the country’s interests ahead of his own. “The American people deserve a president they can count on, to put their interest first,” said Schiff. His impassioned words […]
Probe Begins Into Deadly Crash Of Firefighting Tanker
Investigators Friday began searching the wreckage of a large tanker aircraft which crashed while battling devastating bushfires in Australia, killing three US crew members. The C-130 Hercules plane slammed into the ground Thursday shortly after dropping a load of fire retardant on a blaze in the Snowy Mountains region of southeastern New South Wales (NSW) […]
How To Run A Startup Part-Time Without Working Over Time
Since the beginning, every startup founder knows there will be challenges. Building a startup is complex work. There will be weeks when you’ll feel that over a hundred hours of work is not enough, but when you look back, you realize you haven’t accomplished much. It sure is exhausting and stressful to build a startup. […]
Smoking Causes Deadly Blood Clots
Smoking trendy hookah pipes (shisha) may increase your risk of a heart attack or strokes by causing deadly blood clots, scientists fear. The tabletop pipes are considered to be ‘healthier’ because the smoke goes through water before inhalation. But for the first time, research on mice has shown hookah smoke causes blood cells to become […]
5G SIM Cards To Enable Crypto-Currency Payments
By 2025, half of smartphone owners who do not have a bank account will use a mobile-accessible crypto-currency account for their day-to-day financial transactions. This was the word from Miriam Burt, managing VP at Gartner, delivering a keynote presentation titled: “Gartner’s Strategic Predictions for 2020 and Beyond”, at Oracle OpenWorld 2020. Hundreds of delegates from […]
Why We Need Bipartisan Stakeholder Politics
This week President Donald J. Trump was the opening speaker at the 50th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. In so doing, he, and the delegation of five cabinet members and other senior officials who accompanied him, continued a bipartisan tradition that dates to the mid-1980s. In the past 35 years, the list […]