Larry Kim / TNS You’ve probably heard of models, celebrities, and others winning massive endorsement deals for including product placement or mentions in their Instagram posts. Wouldn’t that be crazy — earning millions for wearing awesome clothes, or posting pictures of yourself drinking beverages you probably would have been enjoying anyway? That’s obviously not a viable business plan for …

  Doha / RELAXNEWS Following concerns over poor quality pitches at Euro 2016, Qatar has employed a high-tech solution to avoid similar criticisms of its World Cup in 2022 — 3D printers and wind tunnels. Scientists at Qatar University, the country’s largest higher education establishment, have created 3D-printed models of some of the potential eight stadiums that will be used …

  San Francisco / AFP Facebook has announced that it would roll out optional “end to end encryption” for its Messenger application, following a trend aimed at stronger security and protection against snooping. The US technology giant said this feature would be known as “secret conversations” which can be read only by the sender and recipient. “Providing more ways for …