Aaron Karp SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS The report that Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, India’s 61-year-old Air Force chief, capped a tour of Sweden with a flight in a Saab Gripen-D on June 10 comes a crucial moment in Indian security planning. Just a few weeks before, when Saab unveiled the Gripen-E fighter, the significance was easy to miss. The ...

  Therese Raphael Though it is only days after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, Americans aren’t too numb to share a sense of solidarity with Britain over the murder of the Labour Party politician Jo Cox. Former U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords, who was shot by a would-be assassin in 2011, summed up the reaction of many with a ...

  Relaxnews It might already be the Year of Virtual Reality as far as high-end PC users are concerned, but console brands PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo see things panning out in quite different ways. Microsoft’s gaming arm Xbox was the first console manufacturer on stage for the 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo. While it didn’t tackle virtual reality head-on, Xbox did ...

  Relaxnews The LG 32LH520D broadcasts ultrasonic sound waves as well as viewers’ favorite shows. And these waves should be enough to scare mosquitos away in the same way that a high-pitched whistle drives dogs crazy because only they can hear it. The integrated Mosquito Away Technology, as LG calls it, has in recent years become a staple feature of ...

  Relaxnews Google has incorporated a new feature that will make finding time to do things so much simpler. Even though smartphone screens are getting bigger, finding a free slot on a schedule or agenda still means an awful lot of scrolling and swiping. To combat this, and to help people fit more into their day, Google’s calendar app now ...

  Relaxnews Photo messaging service Snapchat is launching its own online tech magazine, Real Life, reports Venture Beat. The company has revealed that they will be publishing around one article every weekday on the subject of technology, starting on June 27. Snapchat employee and social media critic Nathan Jurgenson commented that, “Real Life will publish essays, arguments, and narratives about ...

  Relaxnews Mercedes-Benz has become the first automotive company to bring active safety systems to its commercial vehicles. The new Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks for cross-continental haulage is the first with active pedestrian and cyclist detection technology. With the new Sideguard Assist, when behind the wheel of the sometimes huge rig, drivers will be alerted to pedestrians or cyclists at road ...

  Relaxnews New data from Global Web Index (GWI) shows that even though their popularity seems to be on the wane, tablets are just a few percentage points away from being ubiquitous household items Across the 32 regions around the world that GWI monitors, 44% of internet using adults claim to have a tablet. When the data is sifted further, ...

  Paris / AFP First postulated more than 230 years ago, black holes have been extensively researched, frequently depicted, even featured in sci-fi films. We’ve all seen the artists’ impressions and read of their ravenous star-gobbling feasts. But here’s the thing… science is still not 100 percent sure what they look like, how they behave or even that they exist. ...

  David Finkel / TNS Have you ever wondered how the world’s top entrepreneurs get so much done in their days? After all, they have the same 24 hour days and 7 day weeks, yet they consistently get so much more done in that time. Here are 15 time habits of the best entrepreneurs. Tap into the real power of ...