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Samsung Aiming to Release Smart Speaker to Compete With HomePod in First Half of 2018
Mac Rumors - 15 Dec 2017 02:03
Like Apple, Samsung has been working on a smart speaker that will compete with the Amazon Echo and the Google Home, and the South Korean company is aiming to release it in the first half of 2018, reports Bloomberg. Samsu...
Why comic-book fans are stoked about Disney's $52B Fox deal
New York Post - 15 Dec 2017 04:59
Welcome home, Magneto. Long time no see, Mystique. Disney's deal to buy the 20th Century Fox movie assets means the X-Men will be reunited with their Marvel comics pals like Captain America and Iron Man. In announcing th...
Trump to visit FBI National Academy after questioning bureau's reputation
ABC News - 15 Dec 2017 04:04
President Trump will visit an FBI whose reputation he recently slammed as "in tatters" amid heightened scrutiny of his campaign's alleged ties to Russia.
Woman charged with laundering money via bitcoin to support ISIS
ABC News - 15 Dec 2017 05:28
Zoobia Shahnaz was taken into custody prior to boarding a Pakistan-bound flight.
Like a bullet to a gun, scientists can match a photo to the phone that took it
Digital Trends - 15 Dec 2017 01:57
Researchers at the University at Buffalo in New York have developed a security system that analyzes the unique flaws that exist in every single phone camera sensor. It could lead to a new way to enhance security and figh...
RIP AIM: AOL Instant Messenger is gone
USA Today - 15 Dec 2017 16:17
The messenging service launched 20 years ago for desktop computers has been discontinued.
Slate News Quiz
Slate - 15 Dec 2017 12:51
Welcome to Slate's weekly news quiz. It's Friday, which means it's time to test your knowledge of the week's news events. Your host, Ray Hamel, has concocted questions on news topics ranging from politics to business, fr...
Cisco debuts Cisco Security Connector app for enterprise iOS deployments
AppleInsider - 15 Dec 2017 03:44
As part of its partnership Apple, Cisco on Thursday released a new security app for iOS, called Cisco Security Connector, designed to give enterprise customers deep insight into, and control over, network activity in lar...
China Is Still Building on Disputed Islands in the South China Sea
Time - 15 Dec 2017 04:52
There has been construction of hangars, underground storage, missile shelters, radar arrays and other facilities
Trump calls Putin to thank him for praise of U.S. economy
USA Today - 15 Dec 2017 04:49Neo-Nazi driver charged with first-degree murder in Charlottesville car attack
USA Today - 15 Dec 2017 04:47
A neo-Nazi who drove his car into a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. is now charged with first-degree murder, after prosecutors showed a judge surveillance video of the deadly assault. �...
Annihilation Trailer 2 Starring Natalie Portman
15 Minute Fun - 15 Dec 2017 04:03
Natalie Portman stars in Annihilation about a biologist on a secret expedition to a place where the laws of nature don't apply anymore.
How Lamborghini brought the Urus to life with VR, robots, and even biology
Digital Trends - 15 Dec 2017 03:15
Lamborghini is returning to the SUV segment after a long absence, but the Urus is completely different from the LM 002 introduced in 1986. It looks, goes, and sounds like a Lamborghini. Here's an inside look at its devel...
Can bitcoin see more exponential growth in 2018? Its investors say 'yes'
Digital Trends - 15 Dec 2017 00:56
This year saw unprecedented growth for bitcoin, but what does 2018 hold? In a survey of a few hundred existing investors, many claimed that they expected returns next year to exceed those seen in 2017. The post Can bitco...
I got kicked out of diversity training
Chicago Tribune - 15 Dec 2017 19:40Facebook: Russia spent 97 cents meddling in Brexit vote
Phys.org - 15 Dec 2017 17:14
Facebook's investigation into whether Russia tried to influence Britain's vote to leave the European Union yielded just three suspicious ads viewed no more than 200 times over four days, the social media firm said Wednes...
Investors Are Pushing Big Business to Get in Line With the Paris Agreement
Motherboard - 15 Dec 2017 17:00
"A +4℃ world is not insurable."
The Whirl Is Not Enough: Hundred-Dollar Fidget Spinners
Wired - 15 Dec 2017 17:00
These titanium, brass, and Damascus steel objets d'art will long outlast the plastic doo-dad craze.
WATCH: 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' star Mark Hamill talks the return of Luke Skywalker
ABC News - 15 Dec 2017 16:56
On "Popcorn With Peter Travers," Hamill looks back on his legacy and shares behind-the-scenes stories about "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."
Former NXIVM member says she was invited into a secret sorority, then branded
ABC News - 15 Dec 2017 16:55
Sarah Edmondson says she left NXIVM this year after more than a decade.
NASA discovers new planet 2,500 light years away, thanks to Google AI
TechRepublic - 15 Dec 2017 16:45
Google machine learning and Kepler telescope data helped spot an exoplanet known as Kepler-90i.
AI could help build your next iPhone in the Foxconn factory
TechRepublic - 15 Dec 2017 16:25
Machine learning expert Andrew Ng is helping bring image recognition and more to boost quality control.