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The first two smartwatches based on Android Wear are shipping now. The Samsung Gear Live and the LG G Watch were formally shown off at Google I/O last month, with each device offering users access to Google's vision of Android on your wrist. Android Wear and its devices join a crowded, yet disparate market of smartwatch options. In addition to the Pebble and Samsung Gear line of wearables, everyone from Metawatch to Qualcomm to Sony have their wrists in this space. Interestingly, many of those systems are also based on Android. Still, being Google's "official" vision of Android on the wrist gives Android Wear — and by extension its devices — a certain amount of gravitas. See also: 6 Apps That Make Mornings More Manageable So is Android Wear ready for your wrist? We took a look at both Android Wear devices as well as the software to find out. Look and feel With the exception of the Moto 360 (and to a lesser extent, the Pebble Steel ), all smartwatches today … [Read more...] about Android Wear Review: Google’s Vision of the Smartwatch Isn’t Quite Right

N o wonder Drastic Dave isn’t fond of his nickname. Who wants to sound like a slightly less-scary cousin of Fred “the Shred” Goodwin? After Tesco’s latest results, perhaps chief executive Dave Lewis is in need of an image makeover. How about Doctor Dave, after figures suggesting that the patient has been successfully nursed back to health? Or Daring Dave for restoring the dividend after a three-year hiatus? Dependable too – many bosses might have been too easily tempted to undertake a frenzied overhaul, scaling the business back to the bone. Instead, faced with a colossal clean-up on taking charge, Lewis has embarked on a steady, measured transformation. It’s been slow and painful but the turnaround at Tesco has dealt with many of its biggest problems. Coming against the backdrop of an explosive fraud enquiry, Lewis will no doubt feel relieved, vindicated even. The hardest and most immediate task of conserving cash has been tackled. Under-performing stores have been closed, head … [Read more...] about A case of job done for Drastic Dave at Tesco? Not quite

SAITAMA: Toshiba’s president Nobuaki Kurumatani has resigned, the firm announced on Wednesday, as a buyout offer from a private equity fund reportedly stirs turmoil inside the Japanese company. The resignation came as reports said two other funds were considering their own offers for the Japanese household name, potentially setting up a bidding war. In a statement, Toshiba said the board had accepted Kurumatani’s resignation, without giving details on why he had asked to step down. He will be replaced by chairman Satoshi Tsunakawa, the firm said. The move comes as board members raise questions about the buyout offer from CVC Capital Partners, where Kurumatani formerly headed Japanese operations. The private equity firm is reportedly offering a deal in excess of $20 billion, though there are reports that some in Toshiba see that sum as too small. The Financial Times said on Wednesday that another private equity fund, KKR, is planning to offer its own larger buyout proposal. And … [Read more...] about Toshiba president quits; buyout spells turmoil

With no signs of the six-year war that has engulfed Yemen abating, human rights organizations and international bodies continue to paint a grim picture of a country devastated by armed conflict in which civilians have often been the targets of the warring factions. What the United Nations has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis , compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, has been exacerbated by the Houthi forces reportedly engaging in wholesale human rights violations, war crimes, obstruction of international aid and rampant corruption. This week, Conflict Zone host Tim Sebastian spoke to the Houthi-backed foreign minister, Hisham Sharaf, who dismissed most of the charges as part of a Saudi media operation destined to place the blame for war crimes on the Houthi coalition. "They (the Saudi-led coalition) committed most of the crimes in this country and we know what they have done...What is happening in the international arena is what the Saudis have paid for. And those … [Read more...] about Houthi ‘government’: War won’t stop until Saudis quit Yemen

Years from now when we look back at the coronavirus pandemic, one of the first people we'll think of is Anthony Fauci Anthony Fauci Overnight Health Care: US health officials call for J&J vaccine pause over rare blood clots | White House seeks to reassure Five questions raised by the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause Biden says vaccine supply not impacted by J&J pause MORE , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. And why not? It was one year ago when an argument could be made that the two most trusted public figures on COVID-19 were Fauci and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Andrew Cuomo New Mexico governor settles with former campaign aide over claim of unwanted sexual behavior Fauci fatigue sets in as top doc sows doubt in vaccine effectiveness New Mexico governor signs marijuana legalization bill MORE (D). We all know about the spectacular fall of the latter from 70-something percent approval … [Read more...] about Fauci fatigue sets in as top doc sows doubt in vaccine effectiveness