Information conquers disease: Media and volunteers help defeat TB in China

At the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending Tuberculosis (TB), Peng Liyuan, wife of the Chinese president, urged the global community to unite in the fight against this deadly disease. The meeting attendees praised China’s efforts to combat the “disease of the poor” and adopted the Political Declaration on the Prevention of TB. Health […]

Theme Park Bits: Star Wars Nite, the Trouble About the Redhead, and Marvel Conquers All

In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Get details on a slate of events planned through the end of this year at Universal Orlando. Find out which characters you will be able to meet at Toy Story Land in Walt Disney World. Disneyland’s Star Wars Nite is effectively the new “Star Wars Eve” for Star […]

Warner conquers conditions and demons

UPDATE: DAVID Warner’s ironman hundred in Chittagong on Wednesday night announced the fighting opener as one of the fittest athletes in all Australian sport, but a middle order slide has failed to consolidate the advantage in a delicately poised series decider. Excruciating 46 degree heat and overwhelming humidity could not suppress Warner from celebrating back-to-back […]

VR: Cold, hard data conquers Vomit-o-Tron and other VR fails (VB Live)

VB LIVE: The reality is virtual, but successful VR games still require cold, hard data. Make success a reality: Register now for our latest interactive VB Live event, where we’ll tap industry experts on how they turned data and analytics into a VR game at the top of the charts. Register here for free. Nicolas […]

E3 2017: Star Wars: Battlefront 2 conquers YouTube

YouTube revealed that Star Wars: Battlefront 2 got the most views of all the new product announcements at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles. Publisher EA first announced on April 15 that developers DICE, Motive, and Criterion are working on Star Wars: Battlefront 2. They showed off new gameplay footage ahead of E3 at the […]

Google conquers more of your smart home with Logitech and Wink

A number of connected home devices already work with Google’s smart speaker and today a few more are being added to the fold. Logitech’s Harmony line and Wink’s lighting gear and thermostats can now be controlled with voice commands from Google Home. “Ok Google, ask Harmony to…” can control your connected speakers, fire up a […]