MOSCOW: Russia’s army said Wednesday that its forces had captured another village in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, where Moscow has stepped up its offensive in recent weeks. The Russian troops captured Novomykolaivka in Sumy, a settlement around four kilometres (two miles) from the Ukraine-Russia border, the defence ministry said on Telegram. The advance of Moscow’s…
NEW DELHI: Indian commandos shot dead three Maoist rebels Wednesday, police said, including a suspected top commander, less than a month after the insurgent group’s chief was killed. India is waging an all-out offensive against the last vestiges of the Naxalite rebellion, named after the village in the Himalayan foothills where the Maoist-inspired movement began…
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Wednesday that one of its drones had been downed while operating over Iran, the first such loss it has acknowledged since the start of hostilities last week. An army statement said the drone had gone down in Iran after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. “No injuries were reported and…
GENEVA: Iran will respond “strongly” to any aggression from either Israel or Washington, Tehran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said Wednesday. “We will respond strongly and we will stop aggression from any side, be it Israel or the United States,“ Ali Bahreini told a press conference. “And we have given a message to…
Garmin’s Index Sleep Monitor is worn on the upper arm, not the wrist. | Image: Garmin Garmin has announced a new sleep-tracking band that can be strapped to your upper arm, which could make it more comfortable to wear overnight. The Index Sleep Monitor tracks sleep stages, heart rate, and even your breathing to create…
Microsoft has a Start menu redesign in testing This introduces new layouts for the list of all apps One of those layouts is a category view, and we’ve had confirmation from Microsoft that it won’t be possible to customize this to your liking We’ve just learned more about how Microsoft’s revamped Start menu will work…
BRUSSELS: Chinese online giant AliExpress must do more to protect consumers from illegal product sales, the European Commission said Wednesday in an interim finding that could open the way to heavy fines. While noting some progress, “the Commission preliminarily found AliExpress in breach of its obligation to assess and mitigate risks related to the dissemination…
PETALING JAYA: AkzoNobel, a Dutch multinational firm which creates paints and performance coatings for both industry and consumers worldwide, has launched its research and development (R&D) centre in Nilai – reinforcing its long-term commitment to innovation, sustainability, and growth in the Southeast Asian region. Specialising in advanced decorative paint technologies, the facility places emphasis on…
Crypto’s newest memecoin cult is embracing the “useless” narrative given to joke tokens, making it a play that reached a $100 million valuation in recent days. The aptly-named USELESS coin has embraced that narrative and turned it into a rallying cry. The official website mocks the space it inhabits, and people are doing exactly that….
Corporate adoption of bitcoin BTC is well-known, and most of it involves a classic buy-and-hold strategy, loosely analogous to the dollar-cost averaging (DCA) strategy. While investors of all kinds widely prefer DCA, new research by crypto options market maker OrBit Markets shows that since 2023, it has underperformed a structured product called an “accumulator,” popularly…
