Microsoft is rolling out over the next few months, starting today, a number of new ‘Spring’ features for the next version of its OneDrive Next Generation Sync Client. With that news, the firm states that there’s always room to improve, announcing a new update for the service. New features will be coming to the sync, browser, and mobile experiences.
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Vegetable oils may not reduce risk of heart disease, claims new study
Butter may actually be no worse for you than margarine after all, a major study has found. New research casts doubt on received wisdom that “healthy” vegetable oil spreads cut the risk of heart disease or an early death.
Read More »British Man cut partner’s head off and flushed it down toilet
A pensioner who decapitated his wife and flushed her head down the toilet after discovering she had been sleeping with other men is facing the rest of his life behind bars. Dempsey Nibbs, 69, became enraged after vivacious Meals On Wheels worker Judith Nibbs, 60, taunted him as their relationship fell apart by saying she had been seeing other men. …
Read More »Wisdom Teeth Zombie Viral Video: Brothers Convince Dazed Sister of Zombie Apocalypse (Watch)
Brothers Convince Their Sister There’s A Zombie Apocalypse After She Gets Wisdom Teeth Removed. National Sibling day was just the other day and now there’s a video circulating on social media showing how brothers treat their little sisters in real life. It’s not all butterflies and unicorns for Millicent who went to have her wisdom teeth taken out only to …
Read More »Red Crabs Swarm Like Insects in Incredible Underwater Video “Watch”
Researchers studying biodiversity off the coast of Panama were treated to a red crab migration that looks more like a swarm of insects than anything you would expect to see in the ocean. Jesús Pineda, a biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and chief scientist on the cruise, called the encounter unexpected and mesmerizing. The researchers describe their findings …
Read More »Woman lost nine days in Arizona forest wrote ‘help’ in sticks
A 72-year-old woman and her dog survived in the Gila County wilderness for nine days before being rescued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety on Saturday. Ann Charon Rodgers left Tucson March 31 to travel to Phoenix to visit her grandchildren, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Rodgers got lost on a remote stretch of a back-country …
Read More »Yellow Fever Outbreak Spreads to DRC, WHO Says
Yellow fever is spreading from Angola to Congo, the World Health Organisation has said . According to the UN agency, from early January to 22 March 2016, a total of 151 suspected cases of YF, including 21 deaths (CFR: 14%), were reported by the national surveillance system. Of the 151 suspected cases, 9 were confirmed by serology (IgM) at the …
Read More »Liza Minnelli’s ex-husband David Gest found dead in London
David Gest, the TV and music producer who turned into tabloid fodder during his stormy marriage withLiza Minnelli, died Tuesday in a London hotel. He was 62. According to police who responded to the scene, the death is “unexplained” and “a post-mortem will be held in due course.” Gest’s friend Imad Handi confirmed the news in a statement.
Read More »Research finds gender imbalance among Indian-born moms
A new study finds that Indian-born women in Canada with two or more children are giving birth to more baby boys than expected. Researchers suggest sex-selective abortions may be a major reason. Scientists looked at data on more than 1.2 million births in women with having a third child in Ontario between Apr. 1, 1993, and Mar. 31, 2012. Of …
Read More »LG Opens G5 Smartphone To Module Devs, Report
LG Electronics has announced that the modular functionality of the LG G5 smartphone has been opened to third-party developers, with the company set to showcase a suite of software and hardware development kits at its annual developer event on 15 April in San Francisco. Attendees will learn how they can develop apps and hardware compatible with the award winning LG …
Read More »BC’s beetle-plagued forests recovering fast, scientists says
Researchers say they have some good news about global warming and its impact on British Columbia’s forests, especially about the environment’s recovery from the devastating mountain pine beetle outbreak more than a decade ago.. The finding was made by a group of scientists working together on the Forestry Carbon Management Project—an initiative of the University of Victoria-led Pacific Institute for …
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