Epic Games offers 3D scanning on smartphones via the app in …

Epic Games offers 3D scanning on smartphones via the app in …

epic games has introduced a new 3D scanning app for smartphones called RealityScan. The application uses smartphone cameras and photos to create high-quality 3D photogrammetric models of real objects for use on digital platforms. You can learn more about how it works in the new Epic commercial embedded below. In the video, the user takes … Read more

Boris Johnson offers grim update over fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine

Boris Johnson offers grim update over fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Prime Minister has told world leaders that an invasion of Ukraine by Russia would bring about the “destruction of a democratic state”, as he called for unity among the West in reacting to any attack. Boris Johnson said intelligence shows a conflict between Moscow and Kyiv looks “increasingly likely”, as he vowed to block … Read more

US offers Ukraine $1 billion loan to support economy amid tensions with Russia

US offers Ukraine $1 billion loan to support economy amid tensions with Russia

The United States has offered a sovereign loan guarantee to Ukraine of up to $1 billion to support the country’s economy as the Eastern European country prepares for a possible Russian invasion any day, the Department of State announced on Monday. The offer “will bolster Ukraine’s ability to ensure economic stability, growth, and prosperity for … Read more

A top banker received a $20 million bonus after four firms made him job offers as Wall Street goes to extremes to recruit and retain talent

A top banker received a $20 million bonus after four firms made him job offers as Wall Street goes to extremes to recruit and retain talent

Big money is back on Wall Street, and top banks are opening their wallets in a fierce competition to hire new workers and keep the ones they have. Wall Street employment lawyer Steven Eckhaus, who works at McDermott Will & Emery and represents top bankers, told the New York Times that he negotiated several eight-figure … Read more

EU offers more talks, pushes de-escalation in letter to Russia

EU offers more talks, pushes de-escalation in letter to Russia

The EU is ready to continue formal talks about Russia’s massive troop build-up along the Ukrainian border, the bloc said in a letter for Moscow, calling once again on the Kremlin to pull back its military. The letter, a draft of which was seen by POLITICO, represents the EU’s collective response to a recent memo … Read more

Prosecutors' witness list offers glimpse into Jan. 6 trial strategy

Prosecutors' witness list offers glimpse into Jan. 6 trial strategy

“Wade will generally explain the ’emergency actions’ that the USSS took in response to the riot: relocating Vice President Pence and his family members, bringing additional USSS personnel to the Capitol, and relocating the Vice President’s motorcade,” prosecutors say. The witnesses also include three Capitol Police officers who say they attempted to stop Refitt’s advance … Read more

Marty Walsh offers to help negotiate MLB lockout impasse

Marty Walsh offers to help negotiate MLB lockout impasse

We’ve reached the “Government offers help” phase of the Major League Baseball lockout. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, the former mayor of Boston, revealed Monday that he has offered his services to end baseball’s labor turbulence which has all but officially delayed the start of spring training and, given the notable lack of progress in collective … Read more

Footballer offers to buy home for family of boy who died after being trapped in well

Footballer offers to buy home for family of boy who died after being trapped in well

Footballer Abderrazak Hamdallah says he wants to buy the family of little Rayan, who did not survive his ordeal in the well a new home to “bring them some joy” Morocco: Five-year-old boy dies after being rescued from well A footballer saddened by the death of a young boy who had been trapped in a … Read more

NHS England offers ‘world’s most expensive drug’ to children with rare genetic disease

NHS England offers ‘world’s most expensive drug’ to children with rare genetic disease

A life-saving treatment said to be the most expensive drug in the world is being rolled out by the NHS for babies and young children suffering from a rare and fatal genetic disease. The gene therapy treatment, known by its brand name Libmeldy, is used to treat metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), which causes severe damage to … Read more