2015-08-19 Uganda Health

Newsweek   

FDA Approves "Female Viagra" for Low Libido in Women   
Newsweek
Women living with a low sexual libido may soon be able to take a pill, billed by some as the “pink Viagra.” Phil Degginger/Alamy. Filed Under: Tech & Science, Flibanserin, Sexual Health, Women's Health, Viagra, Sprout Pharmaceuticals, FDA, drug ...
Drug to boost women's sex drive is here   New Vision
Female sex-drive pill wins FDA approval in first for US women   Livemint
US FDA Approves 'Female Viagra' With Strong Warning   NDTV
The Hindu   
CNN   
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BBC News   

E-cigarettes should be prescribed on NHS to help smokers quit, report says   
BBC News
An independent review of the effects of e-cigarettes says they are 95% less harmful than tobacco and should be prescribed on the NHS in the future. Experts who have compiled a report for Public Health England say "vaping" could be a "game changer" for ...

2015-08-19 Uganda Science

CBS Local   

World's first flower revealed   
Daily Times
A plant that had no petals and lived underwater more than 125 million years ago could be the oldest known 'flower', according to scientists. The aquatic Montsechia vidalii was once abundant in freshwater lakes in what are now mountainous regions of ...
Discovery Of 130 Million-Year-Old Fossil Suggests Earth's First Flowering ...   CBS Local
Paleobotanists identify what could be the mythical 'first flower'   The Times
Fossil reveals world's first flowering plant   Science Recorder
Telegraph.co.uk   
Times Gazette   
Headlines & Global News   
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Christian Science Monitor   

Islamic leaders join Pope in urging fossil fuel phase out   
The Australian
Islamic leaders from 20 countries today launched a Climate Change Declaration urging governments to deliver a strong, new international climate agreement in Paris this December. According to the declaration this needs to signal the “end of the road for ...

2015-08-19 Uganda Sports

New Vision   

She Cranes receive a heroes welcome   
New Vision
She Cranes captain Peace Proscovia is hugged upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport. Photos by Mpalanyi Ssentongo. mail. img. newvision. mail; img. By James Bakama and David Namunyala. IT was all celebration as the national netball team ...

2015-08-19 Uganda Entertainment

Frost Illustrated   

Africa: Kenya's News Anchor Awarded the First BBC World News Komla Dumor Award   
AllAfrica.com
BBC has announced that KTN News Anchor Nancy Kacungira has been awarded the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Nancy, who was born in Uganda, joined KTN in Kenya in 2013 as an anchor for prime time news and has reported from Tanzania, ...

2015-08-19 Uganda Technology

The Indian Express   

Hackers claim to have leaked Ashley Madison data trove online   
Washington Post
Cheating spouses beware: Hackers claim to have released data stolen last month during a breach at Ashley Madison, a dating site for people looking for affairs. A roughly 10-gigabyte file that purported to contain several points of personal data ...
Ashley Madison infidelity site's customer data 'leaked'   BBC News
Hackers release details of 37m Ashley Madison users online   The Times (subscription)
FBI investigating Ashley Madison website hack: owner   Reuters
New York Daily News   
Toronto Sun   
Belfast Telegraph   
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Livemint   

Google launches Wi-Fi router for home use   
Livemint
With the router, users will be able to prioritize a device so that they can get the fastest Internet speeds for data-heavy activities such as downloading content or streaming a movie. Photo: Reuters. Bengaluru: Google Inc. launched a Wi-Fi router on ...
Google Introduces Router With Ease-of-Use Features   New York Times
Google wants to fix your dodgy WiFi   Sky News Australia
Google lifts the lid on smart Wi-Fi router   The Australian
AsiaOne   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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Fortune   

Five crazy devices showcased at Intel's developer conference   
Fortune
The chipmaker and its friends showed off a number of sci-fi gadgets at its annual developer conference. Here are some of the most impressive, using Intel technology, of course. Intel's annual developer conference kicked off Tuesday like a circus ...
Intel and Google want your phone to see in 3D   Engadget
To inspire software and hardware developers, Intel gets bold and very weird   CNET
Intel, Aiming Beyond PCs, Launches Reality TV Show   Wall Street Journal
The Register   
Gizmodo Australia   
VentureBeat   
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Sky News Australia   

Google's humanoid robot roams forest   
Sky News Australia
If you go down to the woods today you're sure of a big surprise... Google's Boston Dynamics has unveiled video of its Atlas robot roaming a forest. The footage shows the humanoid machine, with a power cord trailing from its back, unsteadily traversing ...
Getting robots moving outdoors is no walk in the park   The Times (subscription)
Been sleeping well lately? No nightmares? Here's a lumbering Google bigfoot bot   The Register
Watch this two-legged Boston robot stumble around in the woods   Boston.com
Times LIVE   
WBT   
InformationWeek   
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Hindustan Times   

Samsung's Gear S2 smartwatch is coming in September   
Hindustan Times
Many things were expected from Samsung at their Galaxy Unpacked event for 2015. Although they released the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and the Galaxy Note 5, they also had a small surprise in store for everyone. They also teased their new circular Smart Watch ...

2015-08-19 Uganda Business

HydroWorld   

Uganda signs US$95 million agreement to develop 44.7-MW Muzizi hydroelectric ...   
HydroWorld
Germany's state controlled KFW Development Bank, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the government of Uganda, signed a US$95 million agreement this week to construct the 44.7-MW Muzizi hydroelectric project on the Muzizi River in the district ...

2015-08-19 Uganda World

The Guardian Nigeria   

South Sudan: US Threatens Sanctions Over Rejection of Pact   
New York Times
The White House chastised President Salva Kiir of South Sudan on Tuesday for refusing to sign a peace agreement to halt that nation's civil war, and it threatened to pursue sanctions against “those who undermine the peace process.” Susan E. Rice, the ...

2015-08-19 Uganda Africa

The Guardian Nigeria   

150 drowned, shot dead fleeing Boko Haram in Nigeria   
DAWN.com
KANO: At least 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State, local residents said on Tuesday. Dozens of militants arrived on motorcycles and in a car on ...

2015-08-19 Uganda Uganda

New Vision   

Clergy wants electoral reforms deferred   
New Vision
Archbishop Church of Uganda His Grace Rev. Stanley Ntagali, Imam of Ghadafi Mosque Sheikh Ali Shiwuyo and Executive Board Member of the Inter Religious Council of Uganda Sheikh Waiswa Mohammad Ali during the Launch of the Regional Peace and ...