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Israel invests in high-tech upgrades at West Bank crossings
Qalandia Crossing, Jul 29 (AP/UNB) — It's just after 6 a.m. and a Palestinian man's face is momentarily bathed in crimson light, not by the sun rising over the mountains of Jordan, but by a facial recognition scanner at an Israeli checkpoint near Jerusalem.
edotco brings more affordable connectivity in country
Dhaka, Jul 28 (UNB) - edotco Bangladesh (edotco BD), an integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company on Sunday announced that they have successfully deployed 4000 tower co-locations for Mobile Network Operators since 2013 throughout the country.
Aussie study finds trees overhead better for health than grass underfoot
Sydney, July 28 (Xinhua/UNB) -- City-dwellers are more likely to report lower psychological distress and better general health when they are exposed to tree canopy in their daily life than low-lying plants or grassy fields, according to an Australian research linking the benefits of living near green space.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Schrieffer dies in Florida
Tallahassee, July 28(AP/UNB) — John Robert Schrieffer, a physicist who shared in the 1972 Nobel Prize in physics for developing a pioneering theory of superconductivity, has died. He was 88.
Why is Apple buying Intel mobile modem business: Let the experts explain
Dhaka, July 27 (UNB) - Apple’s acquisition of Intel’s mobile modem business is a step towards its goals to make its “own integrated baseband processor” and be less dependent on third-party suppliers, experts suggested, reports The Indian Express.
Apple buys Intel's smartphone modem division for $1 billion
San Francisco, July 26 (AP/UNB) — Apple is paying Intel $1 billion for the chip maker's smartphone modem division in a deal driven by the upcoming transition to the next generation of wireless technology.
Google crushes second quarter earnings expectations
San Francisco, July 26 (AP/UNB) — Google parent Alphabet beat analyst expectations for the second quarter Thursday, sending its shares up sharply as it bounced back from a rough first quarter.
First CRISPR study inside the body to start in US
New York, July 25 (AP/UNB) - Patients are about to be enrolled in the first study to test a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR inside the body to try to cure an inherited form of blindness.
China makes first successful private orbital rocket launch
Beijing, July 25 (AP/UNB) — Chinese state media says a Beijing-based rocket developer has become the country's first private company to successfully complete an orbital launch.
State fair remembers moon landing with butter astronauts
Columbus, Jul 25 (AP/UNB) — The moon may be made of cheese, but these astronauts are made of butter.