CES 2017 is almost upon us, and while the annual Consumer Electronics Show will be dominated by vast televisions and, increasingly, car tech, it’s the smaller gadgets I’m most looking forward to. If there’s one thing 2016 has taught us, it’s that we shouldn’t get too attached to our favorite celebrities; if there’s a second thing, though, it’s that the brave new dongle world we live in is surprisingly poorly populated.
Month: December 2016
Alert over hackers who make millions on takeovers: Law firms warned …
Yes, there’s still a stigma to shopping at Iceland – but I’ll win over the snobs, says boss Malcolm Walker PROPERTY CLINIC: I bought a house with a friend last year on a three-year fixed mortgage but now she wants to move out.
Hotel giant warns over card payment fraud after guests discover extra charges on their cards
Santa rally sends UK stock market to all-time high as FTSE 100 index of top shares closes at record level Yes, there’s still a stigma to shopping at Iceland – but I’ll win over the snobs, says boss Malcolm Walker PROPERTY CLINIC: I bought a house with a friend last year on a three-year fixed mortgage but now she wants to move out.
Cyber-Security Consultant Will Review Data Security at DHHS Following Breach
Governor Maggie Hassan says a cyber-security consultant will evaluate the Department of Health and Human Services’ computer network following a data breach that compromised personal information for as many as 15,000 DHHS clients. Hassan says the cyber-security consultant will join a broader effort by her office to get to the bottom of this latest large scale data breach, made public this week.
ARI Network Services Inc. (ARIS) Rating Increased to Hold at Zacks Investment Research
According to Zacks, “ARI Network Services, Inc. is a provider of business-to-business Internet e-commerce solutions for manufacturers with shared distribution and service networks. The company currently serves segments of the manufactured equipment market, including Outdoor Power, Recreation Vehicle, Floor Maintenance, Marine, and Construction.
The Search for a Provider of Digital Marketing Services Has Now Come to an End
Good news for businesses that are looking for ways to do online marketing and to reach top position in search engine rankings. Smartways Marketing, a web design company in Melbourne, that was founded a decade ago, is offering exquisite services in the field of web development, search engine optimization, social media marketing, content marketing and other services related to digital marketing.
Trump won the election, get over it
It’s time for the country to get over the “Clinton hangover” and be the Americans we’re supposed to be.
The meteorite that still is fascinating scientists
It may be nearly half a century since the Murchison meteorite fell over the small town in northern Victoria, but it continues to dazzle scientists around the world. Cattle were scared but fortunately no-one was injured when the meteorite broke up and landed over a 13 square kilometre area in the farming district on September 28, 1969.
Alexa, can you help with this murder case?
Amazon is pushing back against an Arkansas prosecutor’s demand for information from a murder suspect’s Echo smart speaker, setting up another legal battle over investigators’ quest for technology-based evidence and American privacy rights. Benton County Prosecuting Attorney Nathan Smith hopes the voice-activated Echo — which answers users’ questions, plays music, reads news and connects to other smart devices — will provide information on how a man came to be found dead in 31-year-old James Bates’ hot tub.
Fortress Biotech Announces Publication on MB – 101 (IL13R 2 -…
Fortress Biotech Announces Publication on MB-101 for the Treatment of Glioblastoma in New England Journal of Medicine NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2016 — Fortress Biotech, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to acquiring, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical and biotechnology products, today announced that a patient case study from the Phase 1 clinical trial of MB-101 for the treatment of glioblastoma will be published in the December 29 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. MB-101 is the lead development candidate of Mustang Bio, Inc., a Fortress Company.
MySize Inc. Announces Plans to Hire New Investor Relations Firm
MySize Inc. , developer of unique measurement technology applications for Smartphones, announced today the company’s plans to hire a new investor relations firm. This is subject to approval by the company’s shareholders.
Hidden Figures’ Star Janelle Monae on Playing NASA…
“She wasn’t trying to be the first African-American female engineer,” the actress says as part of “Close Up With TheWrap” video series presented by 20th… “Hidden Figures” star Janelle Monae was one of the people who didn’t know about the three female mathematicians who helped catapult U.S. astronaut John Glenn into space in the 1960s – but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t going to get the story heard. “I had no clue who Mary Jackson was, but I made it a personal responsibility to portray Miss Mary Jackson because I didn’t want any other girl, any other human being, any other American, to not know about this history,” Monae told TheWrap about her role in the film as Jackson, the first African-American female aerospace engineer.
The real story of Sea Monkeys
Harold von Braunhut was the inventor/marketer behind X-Ray Specs and Amazing Sea-Monkeys. Above is the story of von Braunhut’s magical brine shrimp that sold themselves through illustrator Joe Orlando’s wonderful comic book illustrations of unreal humanoid sea creatures living the life of Riley.
Richmond: Three alleged gang members acquitted of conspiracy to murder rivals
Three Richmond men were acquitted of conspiracy to commit murder and gang charges Tuesday, in a case that resulted from a law enforcement wiretap operation. As they have done in the past, Contra Costa prosecutors also introduced rap videos made by two of the defendants that allegedly proved their gang ties, a decision blasted by a defense attorney following the trial.
Chinese Traders Charged With Insider Trading on Hacked Information
Chinese traders hacked into the computer systems of U.S. law firms that handle mergers, then used the data for insider trading that generated more than $4 million in illegal profits , federal prosecutors and regulators charged Tuesday. From a report on USA Today: The suspects in the alleged criminal marriage of cyber-hacking and securities fraud targeted at least seven law firms and other entities that handle the sensitive and often lucrative legal work of advising companies pursuing mergers and acquisitions, according to a 13-count superseding indictment unsealed in New York.
This is astronaut Piers Sellers’ last message before his death
Piers Sellers, former astronaut and climate change scientist, passed away on December 23, 2017, from pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. Before his death, though he recorded this short video message, reaching out to the global community as a scientist concerned about these changes and their largest cause: humanity. Throughout his career, Sellers focused on characterizing and understanding changes in the Earth’s climate system.
Trump ‘very interested in a man going to the moon,’ says historian
A historian who met with Donald Trump says the president-elect was “very interested in a man going to the moon.” Brinkley told reporters after the meeting his conversation with Trump focused on “Nixon and Reagan and Kennedy … a sort of history of the presidency and past inaugurals and things like that.”
Lenovo rolls out refreshed ThinkPads featuring Kaby Lake CPUs and Optane SSDs
Lenovo on Wednesday announced a smattering of new ThinkPad notebooks and accessories, some of which will ship with exciting new technology like Intel’s Optane solid state drives. Lenovo has four new ThinkPad T-Series models in the pipeline the T470, T470p, T470s and the T570 as well as the budget-minded L470 / L570, the ThinkPad Yoga 370, the ThinkPad 13 and the ThinkPad X270.
District Court Dismisses USPTO December 2015 Holidays Case
On December 2, 2016, Judge O’Grady of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted the USPTO’s motion to dismiss the complaint brought by Elm 3DS Innovations, LLC over the “holidays” declared December 22-24, 2015 when the USPTO experienced a power outage that impacted its electronic filing systems. The decision may leave other stakeholders wondering whether Elm was not the best party to challenge the USPTO’s action, or whether the action is simply unreviewable under the APA.
Nasri Twitter hack alerts anti-doping investigators over ‘Drip Doctors’ treatment
The series of bizarre tweets sent out from his account have allegedly led to Spanish authorities taking an interest in whether he broke rules Sevilla midfielder Samir Nasri is under investigation by Spain’s anti-doping agency over a treatment he received at a clinic in the US, according to El Pais . The former Arsenal and Manchester City star caused a scene on Twitter on Tuesday night when he was hacked by someone who claimed he had been offered “sexual services” by a woman working at a Los Angeles clinic he’d visited.
CBS 60 Minutes investigates mechanical doping in professional cycling
The respected television show CBS 60 Minutes is expected to broadcast an investigation into mechanical doping in cycling in the new year, with Lance Armstrong apparently facing scrutiny in the investigation. CBS 60 Minutes reportedly travelled to Hungary to interview Istvan Varjas , the engineer widely believed to be the brains behind the invention of mechanical doping in cycling.
5 Expensive Traps of DIY Hadoop
Some myths are rooted in truth — and myths about Apache Hadoop, the open source software framework for very large data sets, are no exception. Yes, Hadoop runs on cheap commodity computer hardware, and it’s easy for users to add nodes.
2016: A year in pictures – January and February
Bianca, 21, a Bath University languages student, came up with the idea of the Kettle Kup for an inventors’ competition run by the makers of Pot Noodle. We said: “The Kettle Kup has been in development with product designers who have been drawing up computer diagrams and working with Bianca to enhance the design, including the addition of a compartment to hold tea, coffee or sugar and a slot for a stirrer.”
Activewear brand in store expansion mode
The e-commerce retailer, which opened its first brick-and-mortar outpost in 2015, plans to open 12 stores in 2017, giving it a total of 30 locations throughout the continental United States in just 23 months. The new stores, opened in close partnership with mall developers, including Simon, Westfield, and Macerich, will average just over 2,200 sq.
Best Tech Releases of 2016
In the tech world, that’s mostly thanks to the new platforms working themselves into the news cycle and the products making our lives more interesting by the day. There was, of course, the massive Apple product launch this fall, which brought us the iPhone 7 , Apple Watch Series 2 , and redesigned MacBook Pro .
Amazon Voted Best Stock for 2017 by Evercore
Amazon is Evercore’s top stock pick for the upcoming year, mainly due to its position in the data science field. Shares of Amazon were slightly higher in late morning trading on Wednesday, after Evercore named the company its top stock pick for 2017, in a note released earlier today.
The Shopping Tool That Actually Helps You Budget
Do me a favor and take a look at your browser bar. How many tabs do you have open at the moment? Five? Ten? Twenty? Are your tabs so small you can’t even make out the title on each? If you were shopping for gifts this holiday season, the answer is probably yes, and it was probably frustrating as hell.
Bank of New York Mellon Corp Has $30,868,000 Position in NetEase Inc.
Bank of New York Mellon Corp lowered its stake in NetEase Inc. by 0.1% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 128,199 shares of the company’s stock after selling 181 shares during the period.
IoT Ready to Light Up in 2017
Much work has been done in 2016 laying foundations for the Internet of Things. Next year, IoT needs many stories about deployments.
Carrie Fisher’s Ex Husband Paul Simon Responds to Her Passing; She’ll Appear in “Family Guy”
Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old convicted of killing nine black parishioners at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, told a judge Wednesday he has “no pl… — German authorities have detained a 40-year-old Tunisian man who “could have been involved in the attack” on a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany’s federal prosecu… Wheat buyers, millers and processors in South Asia have a better understanding of the quality of this year’s hard red winter wheat crop, thanks to U.S. Wheat Associates’ … UNDATED _ The Minnesota Golden Gophers have capped a tumultuous football season with a very satisfying victory.
Wolverine-style substance could let robots REPAIR themselves
In the X-Men comic books, Wolverine’s mutant power is an accelerated healing process, allowing him to regenerate damaged tissues within seconds. Researchers have developed a new self-healing substance that regenerates itself opening up the possibility of creating robots that repair themselves.
Better Buy: Realty Income Corporation vs. Regency Centers Corporation
There are several reasons to like retail-focused real estate investment trusts as long-term investments, such as low turnover and leases that require tenants to cover the variable expenses of property ownership. However, there are several different types of retail real estate, so with that in mind, let’s look at freestanding retail giant Realty Income Realty Income invests primarily in freestanding retail properties; however, in recent years the REIT has branched out into industrial and office properties as well.
OSCE security monitors targeted by hackers
An international monitoring body has said its IT systems were hit by cyber attackers in a “major security incident” that compromised its network. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe refused to speculate on reports that Russian hackers were behind the attack.
Critical flaw in PHPMailer library puts millions of websites at risk
A critical remote code execution vulnerability in PHPMailer, one of the most widely used PHP email sending libraries, could put millions of websites at risk of hacking. The flaw was found by a security researcher named Dawid Golunski and an initial fix was included in PHPMailer 5.2.18, which was released Saturday .
Wing flap fault blamed for Russian military plane crash, reports
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From Amazon Echo to Oculus Touch: Best Personal Tech of 2016
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NetSpeed Leverages Machine Learning for Automotive IC End-to-End QoS…
A couple of weeks back I wrote an article about the use of machine learning and deep neural networks in self-driving cars. Now I find that machine learning is also being applied to help build advanced end-to-end QoS solutions for the automotive IC market.
Qualcomm hit with $853 billion fine by South Korea over antitrust issues
Qualcomm is was issued a more than $850 million fine by a South Korean regulatory commission Wednesday on accusations it has forced cell phone manufacturers in unfair licensing deals for its near-standard wireless technology chips. The Korea Fair Trade Commission accused Qualcomm of breaking antitrust laws by limiting access of its customers to patents it licenses and forced phone companies into unfair deals because of the essential phone parts it makes, issuing the company an $852.9 million fine.
Before you cruise, embark on a fun-finding mission in your port city
When booking a sea cruise vacation, it may seem like a good idea to schedule your flight to the port of departure for the same morning your ship sets sail. A same-day flight might appear to save you time and money, but travel experts warn this could turn into an expensive mistake.
BRIEF-Vestas secures order for 48 MW in the United States
TOKYO, Dec 28 The Bank of Japan has led Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s effort to stimulate the world’s third-biggest economy, but its often innovative steps have yet to end decades of falling prices and feeble growth.