Indian Rupee showed much resilience and managed to stand on a strong foot against the dollar despite a massive sell-off in local bourses Reversing its two-straight weeks of downtrend, the rupee ended virtually stable at 65.17 against the US dollar in a highly volatile trade even as uncertainty over U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs dominated […]

Travelers heading to Norway’s Oslo Airport will soon be able to spend their time in a 43-million-square-foot city adjacent to the airport. Haptic Architects and the Nordic Office of Architecture recently unveiled plans for the new Oslo Airport City where travelers will find everything from driverless cars to large swimming arenas offering views of the airport’s runways. The “Airport […]

Mark Hamill has gone from stars in a galaxy far, far away to join a galaxy of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame The “Star Wars” actor was honored in front of the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday in a ceremony that was attended by alumni from the iconic movie series, […]

Motorola is laying off a portion of its Chicago workforce, and disgruntled employees have started talking about the business decision via anonymous posts online. According to reports from these individuals, Motorola recently notified its employees of a big layoff that reportedly impacts 30- to 35-percent of its Chicago workers. This follows a similar round of […]

Perhaps the proposal to blow up an inbound asteroid using a nuke isn’t so bizarre after all. Researchers and agencies all over the world have spent years developing concepts for redirecting or destroying any asteroid that poses a threat to Earth, and at one point we heard mention of nuclear-based destruction. While the idea was […]

The dream of nuclear fusion is on the brink of being realised, according to a major new US initiative that says it will put fusion power on the grid within 15 years. The project, a collaboration between scientists at MIT and a private company, will take a radically different approach to other efforts to transform […]

President Trump has tweeted that a deal with North Korea is “very much in the making”, a day after revealing he had agreed to meet its leader Kim Jong-un. Earlier, the White House said the meeting would not take place unless Pyongyang took “concrete actions”. US media report that Mr Trump made the decision to […]

People who use moist snuff ‘snus’ have significantly higher levels of the protein cornulin in their blood than non-snusers. This previously unknown relationship was found in a new study from Umeå University, Sweden. Whether higher levels per se increase the risk of disease has, however, not yet been clarified. “It’s important to know about this […]

Mexican officials said the city of Playa Del Carmen is safe despite an emergency alert from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City barring government employees from traveling to the popular resort town. After receiving “information about a security threat,” the United States Embassy announced in an emergency alert Wednesday night that the Consular Agency located […]

An exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the most significant privacy and security changes on the way with Google’s Android P release. ot yet clear if or when any such system will actually launch on a device. User-facing warnings for outdated API use When we talk about Android OS updates, the shiny marquee features tend to get […]