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A group photo of the Malaysia participants at the Bowling City, Sultana Mall, Jeddah.
Belasah tops in Malaysia bowling tournament
JEDDAH – The Malaysian Jeddah Bowlers (MJBowlers), in cooperation with the Consulate General of Malaysia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, had organized a bowling tournament in conjunction with the National Sports Month and Malaysia Sports Challenge 2019 program by the Malaysian Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS), which was held in Bowling City, Sultana Mall, Jeddah recently.The tournament was open to all Malaysians working and living in Saudi Arabia. Over 100 participants from 28 teams, and 23 children, aged 5 to 14 years old, joined the event, with participation from Malaysians living in Yanbu, Riyadh, Madinah, Rabigh, Makkah and Jeddah.The event was officiated by Tuan Alauddin Md. Nor, the consul general of Malaysia in Jeddah. The event’s main sponsor is Saudi Arabia’s major fast food...
November 03, 2019

Belasah tops in Malaysia bowling tournament

A 5G logo is seen outside a store in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Thursday. — AFP
China rolls out 5G services in race to narrow tech gap
BEIJING — China's three major state telecom operators rolled out 5G wireless technology on Thursday, as the country races to narrow its technology gap with the US amid a bruising trade war.China Mobile, the country's largest carrier, announced its 5G services were available in 50 cities — including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen — with packages starting from 128 yuan ($18) a month.Rivals China Telecom and China Unicom are also offering services at comparable prices in major cities, according to notices on their websites.The ultra-fast mobile internet service — which is 100 times faster than existing 4G networks — allows consumers to download full-length films within seconds, or use apps with virtual reality.The technology will also pave the way for driverless cars,...
October 31, 2019

China rolls out 5G services in race to narrow tech gap

The logo of the US online social media and social networking service Facebook is seen in Nantes, France, in this July 4, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Facebook agrees to pay UK fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal
LONDON — Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000 pound ($644,000) fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, Britain's information rights regulator said on Wednesday.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced questioning by US and EU lawmakers over how the political consultancy obtained the personal data of 87 million Facebook users from a researcher.The fine may be small for a company worth $540 billion, but it is the maximum the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) could issue and represents the first move by a regulator to punish Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.The ICO issued the fine last year after it said data from at least 1 million British users had been among the information harvested by the...
October 30, 2019

Facebook agrees to pay UK fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal

A member of a game developers team demonstrates a video game called
Hong Kong students take protest to virtual world
HONG KONG — A group of Hong Kong students have developed a virtual reality game they hope will allow people to experience the anti-government demonstrations from the view of a "frontline protester".The short but detailed first-person game, demonstrated to Reuters in a shabby, high-rise industrial block, allows players to dodge tear gas, duck behind burning barriers and run from riot police."It allows you to experience what crisis the frontline protester might have been through," said Lam, a 30-year developer who covered her face and did not want to give her full name because she had participated in the often-illegal protests."That does not mean you will have to go out after playing the game. We hope people that fight for freedom will go out...
October 28, 2019

Hong Kong students take protest to virtual world

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Facebook 'news tab' seeks to reboot its role with media
WASHINGTON — Facebook on Friday began rolling out its dedicated "news tab" with professionally produced content — the latest move by the social network to promote journalism and shed its reputation as a platform for misinformation.The tab, being tested with some US users, will be separate from a user's normal feed and include articles from partner news organizations.The mix of stories in Facebook News will be determined by algorithmic "personalization" based on an user's preferences and data, and by actual journalists choosing content."I've been talking to news publishers and journalists for a few years about how we can do more to support high quality journalism on Facebook," Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said.The new tab is "dedicated...
October 25, 2019

Facebook 'news tab' seeks to reboot its role with media

FILE PHOTO: Bundles of pressed PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles made out of plastic are seen at the Transcycle Transport & Recycling AG company in Neuenhof, Switzerland, in this Nov. 22, 2018 file photo. — Reuters
BP to test technology to recycle plastic bottles again and again
LONDON — BP plans to build a $25 million pilot plant to test new technology the energy company says will allow plastic bottles and food packaging to be recycled again and again.Polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, is one of the most widely recycled plastics. About 27 million tonnes of PET is used annually in packaging, with bottles accounting for around 23 million tons of that, BP said in a statement, citing data from consultancy Wood Mackenzie.However, only around 60 percent of PET used for bottles is recovered, with the vast majority recycled only once before being either buried in landfill or burnt as the current recycling process leaves a lot of impurities.BP said that its new recycling technology, named Infinia, can transform used PET plastics into brand-new plastic feedstock,...
October 24, 2019

BP to test technology to recycle plastic bottles again and again

A handout picture from shows Sundar Pichai with one of Google's Quantum Computers in the Santa Barbara lab, California. — Reuters
Quantum leap in computing as scientists claim 'supremacy'
PARIS — Scientists claimed on Wednesday to have achieved a near-mythical state of computing in which a new generation of machine vastly outperforms the world's fastest super-computer, known as "quantum supremacy".A team of experts working on Google's Sycamore machine said their quantum system had executed a calculation in 200 seconds that would have taken a classic computer 10,000 years to complete.A rival team at IBM has already expressed skepticism about their claim.But if verified and harnessed, the Google device could make even the world's most powerful supercomputers — capable of performing a giddying 20,000 trillion calculations per second — look like an early 2000s flip-phone.Regular computers, even the fastest, function in binary fashion: they carry out...
October 23, 2019

Quantum leap in computing as scientists claim 'supremacy'

A Volocopter unmanned air taxi transport flies over Marina Bay during test flight with a safety pilot at the 26th Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress (ITSWC) in Singapore on Tuesday. — AFP
Hover-taxi whizzes over Singapore, firm eyes Asian push
SINGAPORE — A drone-like flying taxi whirred over Singapore's waterfront on Tuesday, with the firm behind the test hoping the aircraft will revolutionize travel in traffic-choked Asian cities.The 18 propeller vehicle, developed by German firm Volocopter and with a pilot onboard during the test flight, took off from a promontory and flew for about two minutes and 30 seconds around the Marina Bay district.Heavy rains in the morning almost delayed the flight, but the skies cleared in time for the battery-operated, two-seater taxi to quietly fly past skyscrapers.While the hover-taxis — resembling small helicopters but powered by drone-like technology -- can fly autonomously, there was a pilot aboard during the test for safety reasons.Volocopter has already tested the aircraft in Dubai,...
October 22, 2019

Hover-taxi whizzes over Singapore, firm eyes Asian push

The Netflix logo is shown in this illustration photograph in Encinitas, California, in this Oct. 14, 2014 file photo. — Reuters
Competitors look to free services to take on Netflix
CANNES, France — Video streaming upstarts are looking to a different model to take on industry leader Netflix: free-to-viewer services that come with ads.While Disney, HBO, and Apple are launching competing services along the same subscription model as Netflix, others such as Tubi, Roku, Pluto and Rakuten are testing viewers tolerance for ads in video on demand services.California-based Tubi and Japan's Rakuten both announced plans to push into Europe this week at the MIPCOM in Cannes, France, the world's biggest television content market.Tubi plans to launch a Tubi Kids service next week, which will become available in Britain in 2020, and include series like "Strawberry Shortcake", "Paddington Bear" and "The Wiggles".Tubi boasts that its main...
October 17, 2019

Competitors look to free services to take on Netflix

Sabrina Ellis, Google vice president of product management, introduces the new Google Pixel 4 smartphone during a Google launch event in New York City on Tuesday. — AFP
Google in smartphone push with motion-sensing Pixel 4
NEW YORK — Google on Tuesday unveiled its newest Pixel handsets, aiming to boost its smartphone market share with features including gesture recognition that lets users simply wave their hands to get things done.Pixel 4 models made their public debut as the internet titan updated its hardware lineup ahead of the year-end shopping season.Google said Pixel 4 has a starting price of $799 in the United States and will be available starting Oct. 24.The new devices aim to ramp up Google's challenge in the premium smartphone segment dominated by Samsung and Apple, which recently unveiled an iPhone 11 starting at $699.Google's New York City event unveiled included updates to Nest smart home cameras and speakers that come on the heels of Amazon's new Alexa-powered products and also...
October 15, 2019

Google in smartphone push with motion-sensing Pixel 4

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