At Goa’s new design hotel, everything’s pretty and up for sale

The Project Cafe, Goa Hidden away off one of Assagao’s winding tree-lined roads is an old Goan home given a new lease of life. Freshly painted in white and teal, the 1930s home ‘Amalia’ now hosts The Project Café, which offers food, design, retail and the experience of living in a beautifully restored space, surrounded … Read more

US government is ‘exceptionally vulnerable’ to cyberattacks, security expert says

The United States is “vulnerable” to cybersecurity attacks and need to step up their defense mechanisms, the co-founder of the computer security firm CrowdStrike told CNBC Saturday. Recent cyberattacks, including NotPetya last June, have been devastating to American companies, causing them hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. Other attacks, such as the cybersecurity breach … Read more

John Kelly overhauls White House security clearances

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly is overhauling the Trump administration’s security clearance process for staff. The decision comes in the wake of the Rob Porter scandal and amid reports that dozens of White House officials, including Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, still lack long-term security clearances even as Trump enters his second year in office. Kelly, who … Read more

Theresa May wants new security treaty with EU next year

Theresa May wants to leave the EU’s common foreign and security policy as early as next year, but would show flexibility around the UK’s red lines to secure a new security treaty. There is no reason why we should not agree distinct agreements for our foreign and defence policy cooperation in the time-limited implementation period”, the … Read more

Britain’s productivity problem begins in the bedroom

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Two-bedroom Cape Cod includes room to grow

Oversized 2-car, detached garage has covered porch Contributing Writer Sitting up three steps from the sidewalk along the one-way avenue of the Dayton Eastern Hills neighborhood is this aluminum and frame Cape Cod. Listed for $49,900 by Domescik and Associates Inc., the two-bedroom home, at 1738 Tuttle Ave., has about 1,075 square feet of living … Read more

Consumer products’ air quality impact ‘underestimated’

US research has found that chemicals in everyday household products are now a key contributor to city air pollution, rivalling some vehicle emissions. The study, led from Colorado University, focussed on so-called volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These are contained in petroleum-based products such as cleaning fluids and paints, and when they get into the air … Read more

There’s Already a Leather Coaster to Protect Your Furniture From the HomePod

It only took one day—one freaking day!!—for someone to capitalize on the bizarre news that Apple’s $350 HomePod, the speaker that isn’t so smart but sounds pretty great, might wreck your wood furniture. That someone is gadget accessories maker Pad and Quill and we are just as blown away/totally unsurprised as you are. For the low, low price … Read more

Greatest security threats today come from cyberattacks, Raytheon International CEO says

Hundreds of thousands of malware products designed every day: Raytheon International CEO  4 Hours Ago | 04:40 Cyber threats represent the greatest danger to the international community today, Raytheon International CEO John Harris told CNBC Friday. “(Cyber) is, I would, say one of largest and most important threats to our nation and to our allies,” Harris … Read more

NATO Secretary General arrives at the Munich Security Conference

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrived in Germany today (16 February) to participate in the Munich Security Conference. He will give a speech on the future of NATO and European security, as well as nuclear challenges. The Conference follows meetings of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels, where Allies took decisions to modernise the NATO Command … Read more