A year after announcing his resignation, Peter Mathieson recently left Hong Kong University (HKU). Peter Mathieson’s resignation comes two years ahead of his contract’s end in 2019. His decision was mainly influenced by the ever-intensifying political pressure from Beijing. It is not the university or its standards that made him give up his post, as ...
Astronaut John Young was among the first men to walk on the Moon. He was NASA’s longest-serving astronaut and advocated for safety reforms after the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster. John Young died on January 5 at his home in Houston, Texas. He was 87 years old at the time of his death. NASA announced ...
A serious design flaw in Intel chips has been discovered. It will require Microsoft, Linux, and Apple to update operating systems for computers all over the world. The problem has to do with the way certain Intel CPUs address certain types of memory, making it possible to potentially exploit parts of the computer memory that ...
As lawsuits mount over apple’s deliberate slow-down of old handsets, the company plans to replace all batteries in iPhone 6 devices and later. Some angry customers believe that the company purposefully degraded their product to drive customer upgrades — forcing people to buy newer models, as the older ones became unreasonably slower. Apple issued an unprecedented ...
China is an old and profound culture. It has a long history of novels and historical legends. Among these classic pieces are four very essential novels that have inherited the name “China’s Big Four” among Chinese. But besides China’s Big Four, there are a number of other historical entities that come in the power of four, ...
The Longyou Caves are a series of large artificial sandstone caverns located at Phoenix Hill, close to the village of Shiyan Beicun by the Qu River, Lingyou County, in China’s Zhejiang Province. The caves were discovered by local “farmers who were pumping water out of five small pools on a rough-flat ground in 1992.” These ...
A scarf is a very versatile accessory and fitting for various occasions. Especially in winter, a scarf offers welcomed protection for your neck and chest against the cold weather. There are many ways to wear a scarf both for fashion and for practical reasons. Scarves are among the most popular luxury decorations for ladies and young girls. ...
The Sun has been the center of our galaxy for assumingly millions or even billions of years. It has a volume of 1 million earths and accounts for more than 99 percent of the mass in our solar system. Up until recently, most people, including scientists, have believed there is only one Sun like ours. ...
Just recently, the world was rattled by the announcement that an Artificial Intelligence (AI) entity was granted citizenship. In fact, the AI known as Sofia didn’t become a citizen of just any country, it was granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia. While this may come as a shock to some, others see it as a further step ...
As soon as most people hear the word auction, they instinctively think of second-hand items or antiques. But auctions are more than that, and they offer a diverse variety of items, such as luxury jewelry. In Hong Kong, the Fall auction at Christie’s, soon to kick off, offers much more than the normal auction. Lovers ...
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