E-cigarettes can safely help people quit smoking, study says
E-cigarettes can safely help people quit smoking traditional cigarettes, a new study says. People who used e-cigarettes to stop smoking had nearly twice the one-year abstinence rate of those who used nicotine-replacement therapy, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine. “It is the first study to use the newest […]
Google+ for consumers will shut down on April 2nd
It’s no secret that Google planned to pull life support from the consumer version of Google+, its failure of a social network, in April. Until now, though, we didn’t know the exact date. That date, Google announced today, is April 2. On that date, Google will start deleting all content, including Google+ pages, photos and […]
Samsung reports big fall in profit but expects Galaxy S10 to ‘prop up’ performance
Samsung Electronics has turned in an earnings report in line with its guidance, as happens every quarter. The difference this quarter, though, is that the guidance was unexpectedly bad, and so as predicted the company’s 10.8 trillion-won (~$9.7 billion) operating profit is down 29 percent year on year. Revenue dropped 10 percent from a year […]
Zimbabwe pastor freed on bail says hundreds in jail need aid
A Zimbabwe pastor and activist charged with subversion was released on bail after more than a week on Wednesday and said he needs a doctor – as do hundreds of people still in jail with wounds from beatings by security forces. Evan Mawarire was freed after nightfall, one of more than 1 000 people arrested […]
Venezuela opposition leader holds secret meetings with military
Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaidó has held secret meetings with the military to win support for ousting President Nicolás Maduro. Earlier this month, Mr. Guaidó declared himself interim president and was immediately recognised by the US and several Latin American countries. Major powers Russia and China back Mr. Maduro and military support is seen as […]
All efforts to close down Obengfo Hospital failed-Medical & Dental Council
The Ghana Medical and Dental Council says all efforts to close down the Advanced Body Sculpt Centre, also known as Obengfo Hospital have failed. The Council is therefore, alerting patients who wish to visit the facility to be cautious about it. Body sculpting is a procedure that alters the shape of the human body, and […]
Your smartphone may soon pack 1TB in storage thanks to Samsung’s new memory chip
Sick of filling the limited space on your phone with apps, photos and videos? Sometime in the near future, your smartphone could ship with more than one-terabyte (1TB) of internal storage and run 10 times faster than a standard memory card. Samsung is best known for making smartphones but the company’s memory division — one […]
Apple is rethinking international iPhone pricing as revenues slip
When Apple lowered guidance on earnings earlier this month, it cited markets like China as a major factor in its disappointing numbers. Sure enough, when earnings hit today, things didn’t look great, as iPhone revenues dipped 15 percent year over year for the quarter. In an interview with Reuters earlier today, Tim Cook noted that […]
Dr. Esther Ofei-Aboagye lauded Ghanaians for good conduct during referendum
The Chairperson of the Steering Committee of STAR-Ghana, Dr. Esther Ofei- Aboagye has lauded the manner in which Ghanaians conducted themselves during the referendum that led to the creation of six additional regions. She said the cross-party non-partisan collaboration of having a common vision of creating the new regions was exciting to behold and it […]
'Black-ish' star breaks Guinness record with long golf club
Anthony Anderson, star of ABC sitcom Black-ish, helped break a Guinness World Record by swinging the world’s largest usable golf club. Anderson, working together with Topgolf for the premiere episode of its new series, Record Breakers, wielded a 37 foot, 1 inch long golf club to break the record, which required him to use the […]
Apple’s next AirPods will support hands-free ‘Hey Siri’ voice commands
Apple’s first beta for iOS 12.2 contains strong evidence that we’re nearing an AirPods hardware refresh. As reported by 9to5Mac, the beta includes a setup interface for “Hey Siri” that mentions hands-free voice commands on AirPods — a feature that isn’t available with the current, first-generation pair of truly wireless earbuds. No other leaks about […]
Man puts 62 matches out with his tongue in one minute
A Slovakian man broke a Guinness World Record when he extinguished 62 matches on his tongue in only one minute. The record-keeping organization said Pavol Durik earned the record for most matchsticks extinguished with the tongue in one minute when he put out 62 tiny flames with his tongue in the time allowed. Durik also […]
Pricey alarm clock brews coffee at wake-up time
A British company’s unusual alarm clock is designed to make waking up a little easier by brewing users their first cups of coffee for the day. The Barisieur alarm clock, which made its debut at this year’s CES exhibition, features the standard elements of an alarm clock plus the option to have it brew a […]
Hawaii farmer's 6-pound avocado beats Guinness record
A doctor at a Hawaii hospital said an avocado brought in by a local farmer dwarfs the Guinness World Record holder — but is unlikely to be officially recognized. Dr. Joy McElroy said farmer Kenji Fukumitsu has been donating giant avocados to the staff at Urgent Care of Kona for years, and some workers recently […]
