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OBITUARY-Samsung’s Lee: tainted titan who built a global tech giant
In February 1993, five years after taking over from his father at South Korea’s Samsung Group, 51-year-old Lee Kun-hee was frustrated that he wasn’t making his mark. He summoned a group of Samsung Electronics executives to a Best Buy store in Los Angeles for a reality check on the Samsung brand. Covered in dust, a …
How The Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine
In a statement, The Epoch Times said it had “no business relationship” with America Daily. Many of the Facebook pages operated by The Epoch Times and its affiliates followed a similar trajectory. They began by posting viral videos and uplifting news articles aggregated from other sites. They grew quickly, sometimes adding hundreds of thousands of …
In a first, astronomers detect giant planet orbiting a dead star
A tiny white dwarf, WD 1856, is orbited closely by a huge planet. NASA Goddard Around 80 light-years from Earth lies the white dwarf WD 1856, a dead star that entered the final stages of its life around 6 billion years ago. This slow death is typically quite lonely. In the process of dying, some …
Former Alcoa and Giant Eagle Technology Executive to Lead Strategy for PAAS
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — PAAS, an innovator in Technology Procurement Analytics, hired Russ Ross, a veteran in the Technology Industry, to lead the Strategy and Corporate Development of the Company. Russ Ross has an extensive & successful background leading complex projects of Digital Transformation of among large Corporations like Alcoa and Giant Eagle and …
Converse is sponsoring giant murals that break down air pollutants in 13 cities around the world
Written by Alaa Elassar, CNN Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for The Good Stuff, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning. Two murals made of photocatalytic, smog-eating paint have gone up in Bangkok, Thailand, and Warsaw, Poland, as part of a project dubbed Converse City …
Diesel soot is behind the giant Apple wildfire in California, officials say
A car’s diesel soot caused a large Southern California wildfire that forced the evacuation of thousands and is threatening hundreds of homes, authorities said Monday. In an interview, a spokesman with the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said that witnesses saw a car shooting large diesel particles out of its …
Marketing Technology Provider Aqilliz and Telecoms Giant MyRepublic Create Blockchain-Based Loyalty Programme
Marketing Technology Provider Aqilliz and Telecoms Giant MyRepublic Create Blockchain-Based Loyalty Programme We store cookies on your computer to improve your experience and provide more personalized services, both on this website and on other sites. For more information about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy. We won’t track your information when you visit …
Lake Titicaca giant frog: Scientists join forces to save species
Image copyright D. Alarcon Five scientific institutions are joining forces in a cross-border effort to preserve the Lake Titicaca giant frog (Telmatobius culeus). The frog is one of the world’s largest exclusively aquatic frogs and lives in the waters of Lake Titicaca, which straddles the border between Peru and Bolivia. The aim of the project …
John Lewis, civil rights giant, crosses infamous Selma bridge one final time
As a student at Fisk University in Tennessee, Lewis helped organize sit-ins at segregated lunch counters. He was one of the original Freedom Riders in 1961, taking buses from the North to the Deep South to protest segregation at interstate bus terminals. At 23, Lewis was the youngest person who spoke at the 1963 March …
Mystery egg likely belonged to giant sea reptile, scientists say
Image copyright Reuters Scientists in the US have uncovered the mystery of a giant egg discovered in Antarctica almost a decade ago. For years researchers could not identify the fossil, which resembled a deflated football, leading it to gain the sci-fi nickname “The Thing”. But now, scientists say the egg probably belonged to a giant …
