Tillerson wraps up ‘friendly’ China visit, anticipates Trump-Xi meeting ‘soon’

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson were all smiles as the American official wrapped up his first visit to Asia, despite lingering tensions over North Korea, Taiwan, and Donald Trump’s past statements on China. “You have made a lot of active efforts to achieve a smooth transition in our relationship […]

Pepper the friendly android is now rolling up and down the fashion runway

SoftBanks’ friendly humanoid robot, Pepper, is showing up in an increasing number of locations since its launch in June, 2015. The amiable bot has been spotted toiling away in phone stores, hospitals, train stations, and airports around the world, helping visitors with basic questions, as well as entertaining them with its range of talents that include singing, […]

Thatched roofs: The new sustainable eco friendly building solution

PH Timber frame detached cottage Sarn in Hopton Castle near Ludlow, Shropshire We might yearn to rebuild an idyllic country ruin or buy a chocolate box thatched cottage but after weighing up the pros (space to breathe, fresh air and views) and the cons (maintenance, maintenance and more maintenance) many of us choose the more […]

The future of Microsoft’s languages: C# to be powerful, Visual Basic friendly

Enlarge Since their introduction in 2002, Microsoft’s pair of .NET programming languages, C# and Visual Basic.NET, have been close siblings. Although they look very different—one uses C-style braces, brackets, and lots of symbols, whereas the other looks a great deal more like English—their features have, for the most part, been very similar. This strategy was […]