Estonia, which is among Europe’s most wired and technologically advanced nations, is set to restrict the use of equipment and technology from Chinese telecom giant Huawei in its government sector, citing security concerns and recommendations by the U.S., a key NATO ally. The Estonian news site Delfi reported Friday that Foreign Trade and Technology Minister […]
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What keeps college students coming back for more? A new report on the effects college programs have on student retention attempts to answer that question. Academic advising meetings, Greek life, supplemental instruction, scholarships and tutoring are the programs that correlate most with improved student retention rates, according to a study of nearly 1,000 initiatives at
If you’re planning to pre-order your new iPhone 11 on EE today, you may want to check out this incredible exclusive offer first. Apple fans will be able to get a whopping £110 cashback ordering from EE thanks to a handy deal from TopCashback we’ve spotted. The money-saving site is offering the incredible deal to
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The solar system may have another foreign guest. Both NASA and the European Space Agency are reporting that a newly discovered comet zooming toward the sun is likely from another star. Astronomers said Thursday it’s traveling 93,000 mph (150,000 kph), so fast it likely originated outside our solar system. It’s 260 million miles (420 million
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About 1,200 adults in uniform went “Back to School” yesterday. No, not to their wooden desks, blue books and plastic seats. But to the BMO’s annual education industry conference, where company executives, investors, bankers and financiers of all stripes descended in their suits and slacks (but very few ties). Now in its 19th year, the
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Some technical gadgets are a must-have for tech lovers, no matter what the cost. After all, you need to keep pace with the technology and take advantage of the technological innovations happening around you. Well, of course, those gadgets don’t come cheap, and you need to keep some dough ready in your wallet. And if
This weekend, two enormous asteroids will whizz past our planet, NASA has revealed. The first asteroid, called 2010 C01, is estimated to be around 120 to 260 metres in diameter. At the higher end of that estimate, that’s about the same size as the QE2. Meanwhile, the second asteroid, called 2000 QW7, is estimated to
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Many already know that Vantablack, developed by Surrey NanoSystems in the United Kingdom, is the darkest substances known, absorbing up to 99.96% of visible light. We covered the BMW X6 that was covered in Vantablack a couple weeks ago, but now, this material has been put to the test against LiDAR at the Frankfurt Motor
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Facebook is trying to coax “news deserts” into bloom with the second major expansion of a tool that exposes people to more local news and information. But the social network confesses that it still has a lot to learn. The social media giant said Thursday it is expanding its “Today In” service to 6,000 cities
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2U CEO Chip Paucek came to New York this week in part to assuage concerns around his publicly traded online degree program provider. In July, the online education company’s stock tumbled more than 50 percent after Paucek announced that the company expects double the net loss for this fiscal year and it would debut fewer
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