It’s not quite Rosie the robot from the Jetsons, but tandem hotels that opened recently near Dallas’ Love Field are using a hip-high robot to deliver to guest rooms a range of items including snacks, sodas and extra towels. The Botlr robot was on display Thursday as part of a ribbon cutting ceremony for the co-branded Aloft and Element hotels in the 37-acre West Love development on Mockingbird Lane.
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What counts as a hoax and the Voynich Manuscript debate
An “ultracrepidarian” is “someone who gives an opinion on things s/he knows nothing about,” according to “10 Words Every Book Lover Should Know,” an online article by Oliver Tearle.
7 things to know now: New planets; SpaceX, Powerball, CPAC
Capt. David Bursten of the Indiana State Police is joined by law enforcement officials from numerous departments to provide the latest details of the investigation into the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at Delphi United Methodist Church in Delphi, Ind. German, 14, Williams, 13, were murdered last week while hiking the High Bridge Trail just east of Delphi.
Melania Trumpa s woman power tweet to Emily Ratajkowski inflames Twitter
Donald Trump and Melania Trump arrive for the 60th Annual Red Cross Gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Feb. 4 / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images Melania Trump has been busy, doing more than raising her 10-year-old son Barron in Trump Tower or suing a publication that she says ruined her chances of earning millions of dollars as first lady by publishing the false allegation that she once worked as an escort. In diving into her duties as FLOTUS, Melania has taken tentative steps on Twitter.
The Bunnies are back in town: Playboy Club reopening in NYC
The tightly corseted Playboy Bunnies, with rabbit tails and ears, will soon be back in business in New York City. Three decades after the original Playboy Club closed in Manhattan, an apparent victim of changing American tastes and views on women, a new one will debut later this year in a hotel a few blocks from Times Square.
Review: “The Space Between Us”
T… — The NBA announced the contestants for three of the biggest competitions at this year’s All-Star Weekend on Thursday night.In the Three-Point shooting contest, de… — The Australian ambassador to the United States met with Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus and chief strategist, Steve Bannon, at the White House Th… — Gary Oldman plays Nathaniel Shepherd, the visionary head of a company that specializes in space exploration.
The self-destructing phone Donald Trump may NOT be using
The Boeing Black phone was specifically built to handle Top Secret information and, it is claimed, has been given to Donald Trump. It’s the high-tech, secretive phone given to the incoming president – but it seems President Donald Trump may still being using his unsecured Samsung Galaxy.
Backpack showdown – Peak Design vs. Think Tank
Backpack showdown – Peak Design vs. Think Tank Final verdict–which one to buy? Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jqvrEC Peak Design’s Everyday Backpack and ThinkTank’s ShapeShifter v2.0 get put to the test by USA TODAY’s Jefferson Graham. LOS ANGELES – I’ve been talking a lot about backpacks lately here–today, I offer a verdict on which one makes the nearly $300 cut for me.
‘Bad Feminist’ author pulls book deal over Milo Yiannopoulos
Popular feminist author Roxane Gay has pulled her upcoming book from Simon & Schuster as a result of the publisher’s deal with Milo Yiannopoulos. Gay was slated to release “How to be Heard” with a Simon & Schuster imprint, TED Books, in March.
How Amazon.com Is Becoming the Kind of Retailer It Hurt
In what seems like an ironic twist, Amazon.com is setting up bricks-and-mortar stores, but the company has some high-tech tricks up its sleeve that could transform the shopping experience. As more and more bricks-and-mortar stores beef up their online platforms, Amazon.com is rerouting its online audience to the very physical market it once disrupted .
Alibaba to buy China mall operator in $2.6 bn plan
Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba will take control of domestic department store Intime through a $2.6 billion privatisation scheme, the companies said Tuesday, sending shares of the mall operator surging. Alibaba and Intime founder Shen Guojun have together offered to pay HK$10 per share to buy the shares they do not already own of the Hong Kong-listed chain.
Hillary Clinton gets three standing ovations at ‘The Color Purple’
Hillary Clinton made a rare public appearance at the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” on Sunday – and received three standing ovations. Photos from the scene showed people gawking at Clinton and snapping photos.
Russian hackers penetrated US power grid – report
A code connected to Russian hacking efforts has been discovered in a utility system in Vermont in the United States, which could point to vulnerabilities in the US electrical grid, The Washington Post has reported. The code detected in the northeastern state’s system did not disrupt its operations, the paper cited US officials as saying.
The US just imposed sanctions on Russia over election hacks
President Barack Obama’s administration has imposed sanctions on Russia’s two top intelligence services and it’s ejected 35 Russian intelligence officials from the US. This is in response to Russia’s repeated , documented hacks of the US election system throughout 2016, and it marks the strongest-ever American response to a state-sponsored cyber attack, The New York Times reports.
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Calithera Biosciences Announce Clinical…
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Calithera Biosciences , Inc. , a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel small molecule drugs directed against tumor metabolism and tumor immunology targets for the treatment of cancer, today announced a clinical trial collaboration to evaluate Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo in combination with Calithera’s CB-839 in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma . CB-839 is an orally administered glutaminase inhibitor currently in Phase 1/2 clinical studies.
BlackRock Cuts Fees on ETFs as Price War Moves to Smart Beta
BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, is cutting expenses on six smart beta exchange-traded funds as competition heats up to win investors in a growing market. BlackRock is lowering fees for the ETFs by as much as 20 basis points, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings.