The $140 million bridge opened to traffic on Thursday, connecting Xuanwei city in Yunnan province and Shuicheng in Guizhou, southwestern China. Hanging 565 meters above a gorge, Beipanjiang bridge has been built to save motorists more than four hours in ...
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Further test to be carried out to establish George Michael’s cause of death
Tests will be carried out to see whether drugs contributed to George Michael’s death after a post-mortem examination proved ‘inconclusive’, it emerged today, according to the Daily Mail. Thames Valley Police confirmed further tests – likely to include a toxicology ...
Read More »£5 note ‘worth £50,000’ found in Christmas card
The second of four special £5 notes featuring art by specialist micro-engraver Graham Short turned up on Thursday in Scotland, according to the BBC. The first was found in change from a café in south Wales earlier this month. Two ...
Read More »Look for Comet 45P in the sky on the New Year’s eve
The comet is set to appear as people will be welcoming 2017 on Saturday, December 31. Dr. David Reitzel, of California-based Griffith Observatory, said the comet will be visible to users of strong binoculars or telescope. Interested people should point ...
Read More »Hot Dutch remake of “Magic Mike” movie released
Onze Jongens, which translates to Our Boys, is about five down-on-their-luck construction workers who form a male striptease act when they suddenly realize that they’re all insanely attractive, according to NewNowNext. The film is starring former Idols finalist Jim Bakkum. ...
Read More »Extra ‘leap second’ will make 2016 longer
A “leap second” will be added to the world’s clocks on the last day of the year. The extra second is necessary because the rotation of the Earth is not regular. It sometimes speeds up and sometimes slows down because ...
Read More »At last, trailer for 2016: The Movie released
2016 was hard on us: Brexit, exploding smartphones, the U.S. election, so many stars died. So, Friend Dog Studios have created this horror movie just before the end of the year. The trailer is really good, so let’s hope, they ...
Read More »US announces Russian sanctions, expels 35 diplomats
President Barack Obama took unprecedented steps Thursday retaliating against what the administration described as “Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities,” including sanctioning six Russian individuals and five Russian entities as well as ordering Russian diplomats to leave the country, CNN reports. US ...
Read More »Twitter has launched live 360 video
The company announced that now we can enjoy “live, interactive 360 videos from interesting broadcasters and explore what’s happening with them.” “You’ll be able to get an inside look with well-known personalities and go behind the scenes at exclusive events,” ...
Read More »Facebook acquires Danish eye tracking company
A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the acquisition but declined to cite the terms of the deal, according to Venture Beat. Started in 2011 by four students from the IT University of Copenhagen, The Eye Tribe set out to make eye tracking ...
Read More »Amazon plans to send delivery drones from flying warehouses
Zoe Leavitt from CB Insights’ has revealed details about Amazon’s plans about drone deliveries from “airborne fulfillment centers,” the Tech Crunch reports. “I just unearthed the Death Star of #ecommerce via @cbinsights… AMZN patent for airborne warehouses at 45K ft ...
Read More »China’s Earth observation satellites failed to reach planned orbit
The two SuperView 1, or Gaojing 1, satellites are flying in egg-shaped orbits closer to Earth than it was planned and will likely re-enter the atmosphere within months, according to Spacelift Now. The high-resolution Earth-observing satellites were supposed to go ...
Read More »Debbie Reynolds, ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ star and Carrie Fisher’s mother, dies at 84
Reynolds, one of the most enduring and endearing Hollywood actresses, died hours after being rushed to the hospital in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke, her son, Todd Fisher said, Reuters reports. Her death came just one day after her ...
Read More »CNN: Obama administration prepares sanctions against Russia for meddling US election
The actions are expected to include expanded sanctions and diplomatic measures, the officials said, in what the administration deems a proportional response to a Russian operation that went beyond cyber hacking activities common among nations, CNN reports. Some of the ...
Read More »Watch Tesla autopilot predicting car accident
Tesla continues to show the world what it could do with another astonishing feature that allows it to spot a car crash before it even happens. The new footage went viral where the said design saw a two-car crash prior ...
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