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  The Bad Side Of Dubai The Bad Side Of Dubai I am not going to talk about the things that you can do in Dubai. I will write a separate one for that if you really must go. For you must go at least once to look at what makes it so crazy famous on luxury and how are they driving this desert city to be one of the most popular tourist destinations of all time. I will tell you the bad side of Dubai in my experience, apart from the glitz and glamour of a global megacity You will never see anything like Dubai, anywhere. Except maybe, the catching-up Abu Dhabi. 50 years ago, there was nothing. Just a vast desert, miles of sand dunes and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. And today they have ‘the tallest building in the world’, ‘the biggest mall in the world’, ‘the biggest man-made island’ in the world and quite a lot more. But does this make Dubai a great place to visit? Maybe once. Will I recommend this to my friends or anyone else? Definitely No. These are my reasons that tops the b...

  INTERNATIONAL RUSSIA Putin claims he makes $140,000 and has an 800-square foot apartment. His actual net worth is a mystery no one can solve. BY  MAHNOOR KHAN March 3, 2022 1:52 AM GMT+4 Never miss a story:   Follow your favorite topics and authors   to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you. On paper, Russian President Vladimir Putin seems like a humble statesman with a modest income.  The Kremlin  claims that  Putin earns an annual salary of $140,000. His publicly disclosed assets include an 800-square foot apartment, a trailer, and three cars.  But according to some experts, he may be the wealthiest man in the world with  assets totaling up  to $200 billion.  While that is a ridiculous amount of money for anyone to have, this figure may not be so far-fetched for Putin. Here’s why: Luxury watch collection  Putin is often seen sporting high-end luxury watches that are retailed for multiple...

  Pixel 6 case meltdown: The bad decisions that doomed Google's design BY RYNE HAGER PUBLISHED JUN 14, 2022 45 xplaining how discoloration and deformation happen with the new cases, and how Google could have prevented it First-party smartphone cases are usually premium products, commanding a higher cost than third-party equivalents. That’s offset by a certain expectation of quality; the company that made the phone can engineer a case that works with it perfectly, potentially offering better experience. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case with Google’s recent Pixel 6 cases, which are  suffering issues such as yellowing and deforming more quickly than expected , and we can now tell you precisely  why  these problems are happening. Accessory manufacturers are often “in bed” with the smartphone makers. They need early access to the designs to engineer cases in time for launch, and that sort of access can be mercurial, yanked away for no reason if the smartphone manu...