Technophile: Eyes in the sky for peace of mind at home

Dropcam Echo

The package Like most modern network surveillance cameras, the Dropcam Echo is small enough to have been considered a "spy camera" 10 years ago. Less than 10 centimetres tall, the white cam rests on a tiny mount and the entire package weighs less than 95 grams.

The set-up The Dropcam Echo comes with two mounting brackets and a C-clamp, allowing it to be attached at odd angles to almost any surface. Once you plug the ethernet cable to your router for the one-time software set-up through the internet, the camera can then operate "wirelessly", although it still needs to be plugged into a wall somewhere for power.

The features The camera's cloud-based services let users monitor their home from any spot on the globe that has internet access. The "Echo" version provides audio reception as well. It's motion-detection feature bookmarks any activity, meaning users can simply click on a yellow dot to see any recorded activity. It can also stream live video to iPhones and iPads.

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TrendNet TV-IP110W

The package The TV-IP110W boasts a tiny 10cm profile, although it weighs in at a solid 257 grams. It comes with a single mounting kit and a three-year warranty.

The set-up After initial set-up, the TV-IP110W can work without being tethered to a computer, but will need to be plugged into a power source. Most settings, including encryption, brightness, contrast and frame rate, can be adjusted through the included software.

The features TrendNet software features include video recording of up to 30 frames per second, motion detection and time-stamp capabilities. It can even notify users by e-mail if it detects any activity. However, it offers no panning capabilities and its optical zoom is of limited usefulness.

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Withings Smart Baby Monitor

The package The Withings Smart Baby Monitor, scheduled to be available for sale in the autumn, opens up like a jewellery box to reveal a web cam designed to keep a watchful eye on newborns (though it can be used for other purposes as well).

The set-up Since the Smart Baby Monitor is not yet on the market, few set-up details are known. However, it will probably offer an app in the iTunes store that will let iOS devices interact remotely with the camera base station.

The features The Withings monitor is designed, perhaps more than any other security cam, to work with iPhones and iPads. It will allow users to monitor live streaming three-megapixel video via 3G, and its detection software will send users push notifications whenever its microphone detects any disturbance. The microphone will also let parents "soothe" their child by humming or singing to them remotely, though a disembodied voice may prove to be a rather unsettling sensation for a newborn. It will also feature night-vision powers, and sensors that will be able to detect room temperature and even humidity.

Price TBA

Singham Again

Director: Rohit Shetty

Stars: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ranveer Singh, Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Deepika Padukone

Rating: 3/5

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Joker: Folie a Deux

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson

Director: Todd Phillips

Rating: 2/5

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Tree of Hell

Starring: Raed Zeno, Hadi Awada, Dr Mohammad Abdalla

Director: Raed Zeno

Rating: 4/5

Votes

Total votes: 1.8 million

Ashraf Ghani: 923,592 votes

Abdullah Abdullah: 720,841 votes

Company profile

Company: Verity

Date started: May 2021

Founders: Kamal Al-Samarrai, Dina Shoman and Omar Al Sharif

Based: Dubai

Sector: FinTech

Size: four team members

Stage: Intially bootstrapped but recently closed its first pre-seed round of $800,000

Investors: Wamda, VentureSouq, Beyond Capital and regional angel investors

Libya's Gold

UN Panel of Experts found regime secretly sold a fifth of the country's gold reserves.

The panel’s 2017 report followed a trail to West Africa where large sums of cash and gold were hidden by Abdullah Al Senussi, Qaddafi’s former intelligence chief, in 2011.

Cases filled with cash that was said to amount to $560m in 100 dollar notes, that was kept by a group of Libyans in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

A second stash was said to have been held in Accra, Ghana, inside boxes at the local offices of an international human rights organisation based in France.

How to protect yourself when air quality drops

Install an air filter in your home.

Close your windows and turn on the AC.

Shower or bath after being outside.

Wear a face mask.

Stay indoors when conditions are particularly poor.

If driving, turn your engine off when stationary.

The Beach Bum

Director: Harmony Korine

Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fisher, Snoop Dogg

Two stars

Buy farm-fresh food

The UAE is stepping up its game when it comes to platforms for local farms to show off and sell their produce.

In Dubai, visit Emirati Farmers Souq at The Pointe every Saturday from 8am to 2pm, which has produce from Al Ammar Farm, Omar Al Katri Farm, Hikarivege Vegetables, Rashed Farms and Al Khaleej Honey Trading, among others.

In Sharjah, the Aljada residential community will launch a new outdoor farmers’ market every Friday starting this weekend. Manbat will be held from 3pm to 8pm, and will host 30 farmers, local home-grown entrepreneurs and food stalls from the teams behind Badia Farms; Emirates Hydroponics Farms; Modern Organic Farm; Revolution Real; Astraea Farms; and Al Khaleej Food.

In Abu Dhabi, order farm produce from Food Crowd, an online grocery platform that supplies fresh and organic ingredients directly from farms such as Emirates Bio Farm, TFC, Armela Farms and mother company Al Dahra.

The Uefa Awards winners

Uefa Men's Player of the Year: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)

Uefa Women's Player of the Year: Lucy Bronze (Lyon)

Best players of the 2018/19 Uefa Champions League

Goalkeeper: Alisson (Liverpool)

Defender: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)

Midfielder: Frenkie de Jong (Ajax)

Forward: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

Uefa President's Award: Eric Cantona

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MATCH INFO

Uefa Champions League quarter-final (first-leg score):

Juventus (1) v Ajax (1), Tuesday, 11pm UAE

Match will be shown on BeIN Sports

Cricket World Cup League 2

UAE squad

Rahul Chopra (captain), Aayan Afzal Khan, Ali Naseer, Aryansh Sharma, Basil Hameed, Dhruv Parashar, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Waseem, Omid Rahman, Rahul Bhatia, Tanish Suri, Vishnu Sukumaran, Vriitya Aravind

Fixtures

Friday, November 1 – Oman v UAE
Sunday, November 3 – UAE v Netherlands
Thursday, November 7 – UAE v Oman
Saturday, November 9 – Netherlands v UAE