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Smart glasses: Optic 2000 celebrates 50 years of innovation

The last edition of Las Vegas’ global innovation exhibition has been marked with French eyewear specialist Optic 2000’s 50th anniversary. After decades of focusing mainly on optics and design, the French firm is now addressing the next era of glasses: technology integration.

Researchers Suggest Previous Studies On Smartphone Addiction May Be Flawed

Researchers are now suggesting the there are some serious flaws in a large majority of studies and surveys that have been conducted in recent times which examines the impact on the psychological...

Myth Of Positive Health Impact Of Moderate Drinking Debunked In New Study

Earlier studies which had given rise to the notion that one or two drinks a day might protect against stroke have been negated in the results of a major genetic study which has also claimed a very...

Profit Warning For 2019 Issued By German Auto Giant Daimler

Ford-VW Expands Partnership To Include Self Driving And Electric Vehicles

Study Claims Cancer Risk Increase From Consuming Sugary Drinks, including Fruit Juice

Worse Economic Outlook For Euro Zone Due To Uncertain US Trade Attitude

Apple Begins Program For App Development In China

United Europe Needed To Salvage Iran Deal: EU Leaders

Sotheby’s Expect Bid Of Up To $160,000 For Nike ‘Moon Shoes’ & ‘Back To The Future’ Sneakers

Tesla Pushes To Boost Sale – Drops Production Of Cheapest Variants Of Model X, S Cars

Vodafone Australia Had Mislead Customers, Admits The Company, After ACCC Probe

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United Europe Needed To Salvage Iran Deal: EU Leaders

While European leaders get together to seek resolution paths for revival of the Iran nuclear deal and trying to bring the United States and Iran on to the negotiating table, the United Kingdom has warned that there is but a just a small window left to revive the deal. Ever since US...

Cyber-Attack On Iranian Weapons Systems Launched By US

After the decision of the United States president Donald Trump to pull out of a planned military attack on Iran, it has been reported that the US launched a cyber-attack on Iranian weapons systems. According to a report by the Washington Post, computer systems controlling rocket and missile...

Land defense industry: Europe on the back foot

The European defense industry is tackling mounting competition from new players on the global market, which previously represented little or no threat. With this new market consolidation phase, Europe is realizing that its fragmented market lacks rationalization and is exposed to the new...

Cyberterrorism: the electronic banking system at risk

Once hailed for the increased financial security it would provide, the digital revolution is now showing its dark side, with a new and potent form of digital threat. Across the world, increases in fraud are alarming consumers and leaving law-enforcement agencies faced with a task they are...

New Draft Law In China For IP Right Protection & Banning Forced Tech Transfer

China is set to address one of the key demands on trade by the United States – which was one of the reasons for the trade war, by accelerating a lawmaking process that would draft a new legislation for the protection of intellectual property rights of foreign investors and encouraging voluntary...

Trade War Main Risk In Next 6 Months For Asian Businesses: New Survey

A Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey noted a very cautious optimism within Asian companies for the last quarter of the current year as they closely watch the outcome of the trade negotiations between the US and China during the 90 day truce opt the trade war. In the October-December quarter the...

South Korea Trying To Insulate Itself From US-China Trade War

Despite the temporary 90 day truce, the ongoing trade war between the United States and China has created a sense of uneasiness and uncertainty among Asian nations. South Korea is one country that is attempting to undertake measures to avoid it being caught up in the trade war...

Study Blames Global Warming For Vanishing Snow In Switzerland

According to a report from the University of Geneva which was based on a study that made use of a new tool called the Swiss Data Cube that global warming could probably be the reason for the vanishing snow in Switzerland. The report found that those areas in the country that were known to...

Brexit Anticipation Forces Away Medicine Assessment Contracts From UK

According to reports, there has been a collapse of the leadership role of the United Kingdom in evaluating new medicines that for sale in the rest of Europe as now more new work is coming its way. The British pharma companies have been dealt a severe blow because of the decision of the...

Private Property And Foreign Investment To Be Made Legal In Communist Cuba

Communist Cuba would now encourage and “guarantee” foreign investment and the government would recognize the right to own property by private individuals. There would also no longer be concentration of power at the hands of one leader. This is a very serious bid at constitutional reform by...

Death Due To Worsening Air Quality Could Increase In Australian Cities: Study

A new research claims that there would be more intense temperature inversion events in multiple cities in Australia as conditions of in the biggest cities in the country will worsen in the next few decades. According to Jason Evans, a professor at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate...

New Data Shows Forest Loss Equal To One Football Field Every Second In 2017

New data from a global satellite survey suggests that every second in 2017, there was loss of forest of the size of more than one football pitch throughout the world. The loss for the entire year was of the same size of that of the whole of Italy. Felling of trees at this huge rate -...