More than 80 children were abducted or kidnapped in the first nine months of 2016, and those most at risk were in their late teens. It is not known how many of the incidents are related to domestic disputes but experts say abductions by strangers are rare and “stranger danger” advice is outdated.
Day: January 8, 2017
iPhone, the device that redefined the mobile phone, marks 10th anniversary
The iPhone, the device that redefined the mobile phone and has helped make Apple the most valuable company in the world, marks its 10th anniversary on Monday. It was on January 9 2007 that late Apple founder and chief executive Steve Jobs went on stage at the company’s Macworld event to announce the tech giant was to reveal “an iPod, a phone and an internet communicator”.
.data segment vs malloc/new
Lets say an application knows how much memory it needs and wants to allocate it all up front and then manage it itself. Is there a disadvantage to using the .data segment to instruct the OS to reserve the space when it loads the process? I’m asking this from the perspective that you’d alternatively just request the memory at runtime with one call to malloc.
J.C. Penney keeps its eye on its prized omnichannel shoppers
I would recommend that you have one description which you use on your own site and offer e-retailers an alternate description. E-commerce sales by region, sales by product category, holiday data, online spending by shopper and as percentage of household income, and more.
pyIRCFiSH added to PyPI
It is essentially a protocol handler and sends all information to the handler system explained below. FiSH is supported through the decrypt and encrypt functions in the bot class, you must use these added to whatever event handler you use to decrypt or encrypt as needed.
Deeper Lock is back with a new and improved smart bike lock featuring GPS tracking
You can protect your home with technology and your car, too, but your bike? Bicyclists have been relying on more traditional key locks or combination locks for quite some time. Luckily, a company called Deeper wants to change that.
How US job market fared with Obama
In March 2009 alone, 823,000 jobs disappeared. When the bleeding finally stopped in February 2010, 8.7 million jobs were gone.
LockRattler
Apple discussion talks about the stale Mac Pro and Mac Mini, and the big hole between them, along with PC alternatives and innovation, hackintoshes , Mac market share decline, internal vs. external expansion and migration issues. LockRattler is a Mac utility from Howard Oakley that runs eight security checks and reports the results: “whether SIP is enabled, whether XProtect assessments are enabled, the version numbers of your current data files for XProtect, Gatekeeper, Gatekeeper Disk checks, Kernel extension blocking, and Apple’s Malware Removal Tool , and finally whether you have FileVault disk encryption active.”
Laptops onwards
THE talk lately on laptop developments is that Apple has lost its touch and the PC industry is catching up. If you ask me, it’s even one-upped Apple recently in the form of Microsoft’s Studio Pro.
Porn seeks seat at the tech table
For the first time in more than a decade, adult entertainment was back in view at the Consumer Electronics Show gadget extravaganza in Las Vegas. Naughty America had a room in a virtual reality section of the show floor, where it demonstrated how its video performed on rival headsets from HTC, Samsung, and Facebook-owned Oculus.
Gosling dances into stars with Golden Globe for ‘La-La Land’
This image released by NBC shows Ryan Gosling with the award for best actor in a motion picture musical or comedy for “La La Land,” at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. less This image released by NBC shows Ryan Gosling with the award for best actor in a motion picture musical or comedy for “La La Land,” at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly … more Gosling has long been a major star and respected actor, but entry into the upper echelon of award-winners and legends-in-the-making has thus far eluded him.
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.
Security expert: Weigh online risks with benefits
More than half of Americans, and 61 percent of internet users, utilize online banking, according to a 2013 Pew Research Center report.
Daily Mail Comment: After 300 years, the freedom of Britain’s Press is in peril
Ask people if they believe in the freedom of the Press and the public’s right to know, and 99 out of 100 will answer an emphatic: ‘Yes.’ But after more than 300 years of being able to take Press freedom for granted in this country, there’s a danger of losing sight of why it is so fundamentally important to the wellbeing of any civilised society.
Alphabet’s Waymo Cuts Cost of Key Self-Driving Sensor by 90%
Waymo , has slashed the cost of a key technology required to bring self-driving cars to the masses and rolled it out Sunday in an autonomous Chrysler Pacifica minivan. Waymo has cut costs by 90 percent on LiDAR sensors, which bounce light off objects to create a three-dimensional map of a car’s surroundings.
Cashless Is King as E-Money Stocks Surge From India Currency Ban
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may offer another gift to India’s electronic cash companies. An index of the stocks has gained 12 percent since November’s surprise currency ban, and may further rally after the government introduced tax rebates on digital transactions from Christmas Day.
‘The Crown’ reigns at the Golden Globes
The Crown has won Best TV Drama at the 2017 Golden Globes, beating out Westworld , This Is Us , Stranger Things and Game of Thrones. was nominated for three Golden Globes overall – the other two nods were Best Actress in a Television Series for Claire Foy, who also won, and Best Supporting Actor for John Lithgow, who lost to Billy Bob Thornton .
Lateral looking at strategic Thred stake
Thred Limited , developer of a unified social messaging and social e-commerce platform, is in talks regarding a strategic stake by Lateral Pty Ltd, an established Australian custom software development company it has been working with since August 2016. Thred said the intended investment by Lateral is initially expected to be up to $400,000 and would be made through participation in the current capital raising, where Thred is looking to raise $3.1 million via a 1 for 5 rights issue.
Highlights of 2017 Consumer Electronics Show
Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa was the surprise star of the show, with dozens of new products and services integrating the voice-accessed machine smarts into appliances, TVs, speakers, lamps, cars and more. Analysts said the gains for Alexa could help unify a fragmented market for connected devices, and bring artificial intelligence to more people, from young to old.
Biotechs are paying a price for their high drug costs
The biotech industry hit a speed bump in 2016 after logging accelerating growth for years. US drug approvals fell to just 22 – from 45 in 2015 – a six-year low.
Twitter Suspends – Pharma Bro’ Shkreli for Harassment
Twitter Inc. suspended the account of Martin Shkreli after the brash former pharmaceutical executive harassed a female reporter online, the latest high-profile case of abuse on the social media service. Over the past few days, freelance reporter Lauren Duca posted about several unwanted digital advances by Shkreli, the former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, including a message in which Shkreli invited her to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Gold Futures Extend Decline as U.S. Wage Gains Fuel Rate Angst
Gold futures fell for the first time this week after a report showed U.S. paychecks rose the most during the current expansion, adding to the case for the Federal Reserve to continue raising interest rates. The 156,000 increase in December payrolls followed a 204,000 rise in November that was bigger than previously estimated, government data showed Friday.
CNRP rejects deal ‘proviso’
Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng, left, and deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha, right, at a meeting in Phnom Penh in 2015. Prime Minister Hun Sen is using prisoners as bargaining chips to try and force Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem Sokha to sign a declaration that would be used to kick opposition president Sam Rainsy out of the party, the latter claimed yesterday.
webtest-aiohttp 1.1.1
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Auckland Live Summer in the Square Lineup Announcement
Starting today, Auckland Live Summer in the Square launches back into its summer-long programme throughout January and February with live events, awesome activities and world-class entertainment for all. Aotea Square is the place to be this summer season! Running until 24 February , highlights include performances by APO Young Achievers , a K-Pop Night , the adventurous Auckland Fringe Festival , and even more exceptional live-music and hands-on gardening workshops.
Commercialise Makerere University intellectual property as a source of supplementary income
The news of Makerere University staff strikes or threats to picket over non-payment and or non-increment of staff salary and benefits makes not a “hot news” item anymore as the university has become synonymous with strikes in the recent past. The university administration has often stated and or argued that whereas they are willing to heed to the staff’s demands, the university income is so dismal to match its expenditure.
Would Nikola Tesla drive a Tesla?
Say the name ‘Tesla’ these days and most people will think of the maker of electric cars that has enjoyed cult-like worship of its miraculous products in the last few years. A small handful may think of the second-tier Californian hair-metal band of the same name that was almost successful in the late-1980s.
Hannity tweets, then deletes, ‘Amen’ to ‘make Russia great again’
Fox News host Sean Hannity on Sunday issued, and then deleted, a tweet expressing apparent agreement with the sentiment, “make Russia great again.” Hannity later described his tweet as an “honest mistake.”
CNN anchor confronts Trump adviser on Russia: ‘How can you say…
CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed President-elect Donald Trump’s top counselor over why his team hesitated to admit that they benefited from internal emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign exposed by Russian hacking and leaking. In an interview on CNN on Sunday, Tapper asked Kellyanne Conway why she dismissed the hacking’s impact on the 2016 election.
Automation: Trump Deportation Threat Inspires Cheap Labor Agribusiness To FINALLY Invest In Robots
Elections have consequences, so they say. The Associated Press reports that farmers in California fear that Trump’s promise of mass deportations means they won’t have enough cheapie Mexicans to pick the crops and are therefore investing in agricultural automation.
The iPhone is 10 – here’s TEN things we want to see on Apple’s next smartphone
Apple unveiled its first ever iPhone on January 9th 2007 and it’s since gone on to become one of biggest ever tech success stories. Apple has sold over one billion iPhones since Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs, held up the smartphone in front of the world’s media at the Macworld convention.
Greek police find weapons at captured extremist’s hideout
In this file photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, suspected terrorist Pola Roupa and alleged member of the Revolutionary Struggle group, wears handcuffs as she arrives for a trial at the maximum security Korydallos prison, western Athens. Greek police on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 recaptured the convicted far-left militant wanted for more than four years after she absconded during her trial on domestic terrorism charges.
Ski resorts near Lake Tahoe shut down due to storm
In this photo provided by Northstar California, skiers enjoy the view while riding on the Vista Express at the Northstar California resort in Truckee, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. On Sunday, the resort and others throughout the Sierra were closed due to a major winter storm sweeping the Sierra.
Accept your fate: you can’t escape the smart home – CNET
Alexa’s momentum isn’t surprising given the amount of hype over the last year. For Alexa’s competition, Google Assistant is still new as a smart home assistant, and Apple is sticking to its slow-burn approach to growing Siri and its iOS HomeKit platform.
An Invitation to Dream More
The red paint is a bit stripped, yet, the message, is clear, Dream More. This unexpected charmed sign, an oversized sunflower, plucked, juxtaposed out of the fields and onto a concrete wall is the surviving remnant of a sculpture installation, interactive kinetic artist and retired architect, David Butts, created for Burning Man several years ago.
piglet 0.4.4
Piglet Templates ================ Piglet is a text and HTML templating language in the kid/genshi/kajiki family. The Piglet template engine offers: – Template inhertitance through py:extends/py:block – Compiles templates to fast python byte code.
opencv-python 3.2.0.6
The aim of this repository is to provide means to package each new OpenCV release for the most used Python versions and platforms. At the same time it allows anyone to build a custom version of OpenCV for any Python version: just fork this repo and modify the build files and scripts to fit your needs.
No more dropped calls: NYC subway to get cell service, WiFi
People peek out the train doors at the 86th Street station as one of the first trains pauses at the platform on the newly opened Second Ave. Subway line in New York on New Year’s Day. Almost all stations are now equipped with WiFi and cellular service.
It’s Your Last Chance To See The Comet That Won’t Be Back For Another 1,000 Years
You’ve still got time to get a look at the New Year’s comet that everyone’s talking about at brunch, but don’t wait much longer to fix your eyes on the sky. NASA is reporting that the comet, officially named C/2016 U1 NEOWISE, will be visible through January 14, giving you about a week to dust off your binoculars and scope out the perfect spot to catch a glimpse.
2018 Kia Stinger Release Date, Price and Specs – Roadshow
I love 2-seater, RWD convertibles and autocross my 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata whenever I can. When not on the pavement, you can find me in the dirt, racing my air-cooled class 1600 car in desert races like the Mint 400 or the Mexican 1000.