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Bangkok woman killed taking selfie on train tracks.

A woman has been killed while taking a selfie with a friend on a train track in Thailand. A friend said they had been drinking and decided "to take a photo with the train" but did not see an approaching train on the other track, police said. The woman, 24, had her leg severed and died later in hospital. Her male friend sustained severe injuries. The number of people who die while taking selfies in dangerous locations is on the rise. The incident took place early on Thursday morning at Samsen station in Bangkok, police officer Wissanusak Seub-in told the BBC, adding authorities were still investigating what happened.

Stakeholders seek patronage of indigenous software.

Worried by challenges to the development of indigenous software, stakeholders in that space met this week to seek ways to move software ecosystem forward, in order to build a strong software industry for the country. The meeting was at the instance of National Information Technology Development agency (NITDA). Dr. Isa Ali Pantami, director general of the agency, said that a developed indigenous software space will help the country to diversify its economy from oil which will in near future be irrelevant. “The best software developers in the world are Nigerians, and the country is among 50 software countries in the world.” He wondered why Nigerians don’t value or respect software codes written in the country, and attributed it to perception which needs to be changed. “No country will develop with this kind of perception, what we develop we should make sure that it is used,” he added. He cited a running battle between NITDA and Bank of Industry (BoI) over the l...

Google Assitant officially makes its way to tablest and older devices..

Last month, we heard rumbles that Google Assistant was in the works to be officially coming to tablets thanks to some mentions in the updated Google application. However, the wait is now over as Google has made the official announcement via its blog . With the Assistant on tablets, you can you can get help throughout your day—set reminders, add to your shopping list (and see that same list on your phone later), control your smart devices like plugs and lights, ask about the weather and more. The rollout of Google Assistant to tablets has started today, but will be rolling out to more and more devices over the next few weeks. Obviously, this is the same version of Assistant that is found on your smartphone and Google Home devices, so you’ll be able to control all of your smart home devices. Earlier this year we first brought the Assistant to Android 6.0 Marshmallow and higher with Google Play Services . Today, we’re adding A...

Former Science, Tech Minister tasks youths on software development for wealth creation.

The former Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Bartholomew Nnaji, has urged young Nigerians to key into software development as means of creating jobs in the country. Nnaji told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Friday that the global and expanding software development market was worth billions of dollars. The onetime Power Minister said that presently, the whole world was focusing on computer software programmes to facilitate workloads and procedures with less human interference. He pointed out that developing software required less money and simple tools to start up such as computer or laptop. “Many governments, corporate bodies, organizations and individuals are currently switching over into customized software operations for their businesses and engagements. “The whole world is galloping away out there in software engineering based on sound knowledge of science. “By the way, this is an area our young ones can do creditably. This is so becaus...

Kim Jong Un’s sister arrives in South Korea for historic visit.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister landed in the South Friday, the first member of Pyongyang’s ruling dynasty to set foot in its rival since the Korean War. Kim Yo Jong was part of a high-level diplomatic delegation led by the North’s ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam — its highest-level official ever to go to the South — as the Winter Olympics trigger a diplomatic rapprochement between the rivals. Their white Ilyushin-62 jet, marked in Korean script “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”, the North’s official name, and its tailfin emblazoned with a Northern emblem, touched down at Incheon airport near Seoul. The last member of the Kim family to set foot in Seoul was Yo Jong’s grandfather Kim Il Sung, the North’s founder, after his forces invaded in 1950 and the capital fell. Three years later the conflict ended with a ceasefire rather than a peace treaty, leaving the peninsula divided by the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone, and the two sides technica...

Taiwan rescue workers pull more bodies from quake rubble.

After hours of painstaking search efforts, Taiwanese rescue workers pulled two more bodies from the flattened remains of a hotel Friday, bringing the death toll from a deadly 6.4-magnitude quake to 12. Scores of emergency responders combed the rubble of the lower floors of the 12-storey Yun Tsui apartment block, which housed the Beauty Stay Hotel and had pancaked during the quake, leaving the building leaning at a 50-degree angle which complicated the rescue effort due to fears of an imminent collapse. “The rescue mission was difficult as the space is narrow but rescuers continued to work hard and finally found the Canadian couple,” a government statement said. “A doctor evaluated that there is no sign of life and their bodies have been sent to a funeral parlour,” it added. The couple, who were Hong Kong-Canadian, were identified as Freda and Peter So. The new discovery means that nine of the 12 people killed when the quake hit the eastern tourist city of Hualien T...

Wenger calls for cool heads as Arsenal face Spurs test.

Arsene Wenger has warned his Arsenal stars to keep their cool when they face bitter rivals Tottenham as the heated north London derby returns to Wembley for the first time in 25 years. Languishing in sixth place in the Premier League, Wenger’s side are however just four points behind fifth placed Tottenham. With their hopes of a top four place and qualification for the Champions Leahue hanging in the balance, the Gunners can ill-afford a damaging defeat at the hands of their hated neighbours on Saturday, while Tottenham are also a point adrift of the top four and desperate to avoid defeat. Given the high stakes amid the fight for local bragging rights, the crowd of over 80,000 are certain to make it a frenzied occasion. Wenger knows players can lose their composure if they get swept up by the derby atmosphere. And, with new boys Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan making their maiden north London derby appearances and Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli in ...