Archive for: August, 2016

This cybersecurity company kills Pokemon

Aug. 05: There’s now money to be made in Pokemon extermination. Citing a concern that Pokemon Go players are wandering into private land and near electrical equipment, power utility companies in Florida have asked cybersecurity company LookingGlass to pull Pokemon off the map. “We’re now in the business of killing Pokemon,” LookingGlass CEO Chris Coleman […]


Constant Vigilance Crucial Element of Cybersecurity

Aug. 05: Inside the secretive world of cybersecurity experts is a phrase that quickly determines the severity of a cyberattack: Is this mischief or calamity? For the higher-ups at the Democratic National Committee, hit by a cyberattack that vacuumed up thousands of emails, which WikiLeaks then leaked, it sure felt like a calamity. It was […]


Astronomers Reveal Fluctuating Atmosphere of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io

Aug. 04: A newly published study from NASA reveals that Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io has a thin atmosphere that collapses in the shadow of Jupiter, condensing as ice. The study shows the freezing effects of Jupiter’s shadow during daily eclipses on the moon’s volcanic gases. “This research is the first time scientists have observed this […]


Ohio university’s ‘Pizza ATM’ cooks and dispenses pies on demand

Aug. 06: An Ohio university unveiled a new arrival on campus: a “Pizza ATM” that cooks and dispenses pizzas on demand. Xavier University in Cincinnati announced the Pizza ATM installed at Fenwick Hall allows students to use credit cards, debit cards or student IDs loaded with money to purchase pizzas that are then cooked on […]


Rare dolphin sighting between Denmark and Sweden

Aug. 05: A group of scientists spotted a dolphin in a rare sighting in the Oresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. Oresundsakvariet shared video of the short-beaked common dolphin as it swam between a pair of boats in the strait. “It was insane, a huge experience. People had seen it on Wednesday so we went […]


Air pressure causes manhole cover to ‘float’ in Phoenix road

Aug. 05: A Phoenix resident captured video of a 15-pound manhole cover “floating” in a dance-like rhythm due to underground air pressure from a storm. Jessie Pena posted a video to Facebook showing the manhole cover in the Coronado Historic District “floating” on the air pressure from a Tuesday evening storm. Commenters compared the manhole […]


Burglary suspects tried to sell stolen goods at victim’s pawn shop

Aug. 05: Police in Tennessee said two burglary suspects were arrested when they tried to sell stolen items at a pawn shop where the victim works. The Clarksville Police Department said in a Facebook post Jeremy Watts, 30, and Jessica Heady, 24, were arrested Tuesday when they took stolen items from a burglary to a […]


Lightning kills one, injures six in Makawanpur

Hetauda / Aug. 06: A minor died and six others were injured in separate incidents of lighting in Makwanpur district on Friday. Kumari Gole (4) died when a lightning struck her at Charikhet Palanse in the district yesterday. She was at her uncle’s house when the lightning hit her. Police said that Maya Moktan, Maili […]


PHSC endorses 8 foreign service officials for ambassadorship

Kathmandu / Aug. 06: The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) on Friday endorsed names of eight officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, who were recommended for appointment as ambassadors of Nepal to various diplomatic missions. A PHSC meeting held Friday afternoon endorsed the names on the basis of their plans of action, qualifications, […]


दूध बेचेर मासिक नौ लाख

पोखरा, २१ साउन । मेहनत गरे आफनै देशमा मनग्य कमाउन सकिन्छ भन्ने उदाहरण बनेका छन्, कास्की लाहाचोकका कृषक इमानबहादुर गुरुङ । तीन वर्षअघिदेखि भैँसी र गाईपालनबाट व्यवसाय सुरु गरेका उनले दूध बिक्रीबाट मासिक नौ लाख आम्दान गर्ने गरेका छन् । अहिले उनले गोठमा तीन सय वटा उन्नत जातका भँैसी र १२ वटा गाई पालेका छन् […]




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