Day: February 6, 2017

Shift4 Announces Unified Commerce Payments for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations

Shift4 partnered with Microsoft value-added distributor Retail Realm to develop a complete integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations. The resulting Unified Commerce Payments extension provides retailers the flexibility to implement a secure, integrated payment solution across their entire enterprise – from storefronts to e-commerce, call center, fulfillment and more.

BBC’s Planet Earth II comes to Snapchat

BBC’s Planet Earth II comes to Snapchat New version of popular TV show shown in brief online form Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kF8Dm1 LOS ANGELES – The Snapchat app is adding a version of the BBC’s popular Planet Earth series to its growing collection of TV shows, which also includes offshoots of ABC’s ” The Bachelor” and the political show ” Good Luck America .” Planet Earth II has already aired in the United Kingdom, and will debut on TV here on February 18. Snapchatters will find “Planet” in the Discover portion of Snapchat, where videos play.

Universal Basic Income Explained – How a fringe idea could redefine the welfare state

It’s the theory that connects everyone from civil rights leaders to American founding fathers, from left-wing politicians to titans of industry, a dream conceived in left-wing Academia, and possibly realised in Fife. Universal Basic Income , the idea that everyone should be given a set amount of money each month, might seem like a money haemorrhaging fantasy, but it is gaining more traction in mainstream politics.

3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Avoid This Winter

Dividend stocks are the foundation upon which great retirement portfolios are often built. Inclusive of dividend reinvestment, investors have enjoyed an average return of approximately 7% per year by staying invested in high-quality, dividend-paying stocks over the long run.

Algorithms crunch calls to health insurer for signs of disease

Did your voice give it away? US start-up Canary Speech is developing deep-learning algorithms to detect if people have neurological conditions like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease just by listening to the sound of their voice. And it’s found a controversial source of audio data to train its algorithms on: phone calls to a health insurer.

Japan’s fishing line experiment in space fails to make a catch

After a trash-laden Japanese cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station in late January it still had one task to perform before it burned up in the atmosphere-test an innovative space debris removal technology. The HTV-6 spacecraft left the station on January 27 after delivering 5 tons of food, water, experiments, and more.

Special report: Automation puts jobs in peril

The patter of automated machinery fills the air inside wire-basket manufacturer Marlin Steel’s bustling factory in a rugged industrial section of this city. Maxi Cifarelli, 25, of Baltimore, peers through safety goggles at a flat screen, her left knee bent and heel resting on her chair.

European Stocks Decline With Banks Ahead of Draghi Testimony

European stocks fell on Monday, with banking shares surrendering early gains, as concern increased about the region’s political risks and as investors await European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s testimony at the European Parliament. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was down 0.6 percent as of 1:56 p.m. in London, after erasing an earlier gain of 0.2 percent.

Investor Ideas Adds to #AI Artificial Intelligence Websites on the…

February 6, 2017 Investorideas.com, a global news source and investor resource covering actively traded sectors announces it has expanded distribution for the Investor Ideas Newswire with the recent addition of AI Investor Ideas http://www.aiinvestorideas.com , featuring news on artificial intelligence, robotics and technology. Investor Ideas was one of the founding members and beta testers for the Grid https://thegrid.io/ AI web developer.

Search goes on for bone marrow match for Alastair

ANDREW and Judy Kim are still searching the globe for a donor for their two-year-old son after he was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition. Mr and Mrs Kim launched an appeal for help in September but the search is still on for a matching donor and their son still needs hospital treatment.

Quotient Clinical expands into USA through acquisition of SeaView…

Quotient Clinical , the early phase drug development services provider, today announces that it has acquired SeaView Research , expanding its operations into the USA. The acquisition combines Quotient and SeaView’s complementary customer portfolios, and strengthens the early phase clinical experience of the combined business, enabling the company to deliver a broader set of services.

Automation, robots could replace 250,000 public sector workers in the next 15 years

The report, which addresses the creation of a public services workforce organised around the needs of its users, advocates the reduction of staff in favour of automation and digital technology. Citing analysis by Oxford academics Frey and Osbourne, in which the academics said that admin roles have a 96% chance of being automated by current technology, the report applied their calculations to current public sector numbers.

Singapore Said to Plan Slew of Incentives to Lure Aramco Listing

Singapore is considering a range of measures to lure a listing from energy giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co., according to people familiar with the matter, as global exchanges compete for a slice of what could be the world’s largest-ever initial public offering. The island nation is studying proposals including inviting one of its state investment companies to become a cornerstone investor in Aramco’s IPO, as well as potential Singapore cooperation with the Saudi government on future investments, the people said.

Cultural Replicant Fade #nlpoli

The people of Gambo held their first mummers’ parade the December before last. The Gander Beacon, the weekly newspaper that covers events in Gambo, featured some pictures of the parade and a write-up on it.

UK Firms Lack Board-Level Digital Skills to Deal with Cyber Attacks: Deloitte

Only 5 percent of large U.K. companies say their boards include directors with expertise in information technology or cyber security, even though the vast majority identify hacking and other digital threats as serious risks, a report showed. In the event of a cyber attack, more than half of companies in the FTSE 100 stock index cited contingency, crisis management, or disaster-recovery plans in their annual reports, according to the survey, published Monday by consulting firm Deloitte LLP.

Internet Association upping its presence in New York

The Internet Association, a national trade group representing such companies doing battle in the state as Airbnb, Uber and Lyft, has hired John Olsen as its first New York executive director and is opening a new office near the Capitol in Albany. Internet Association President and CEO Michael Beckerman said the expansion into Albany represents a a signficant addition to the group’s 50-state government affairs program.

Netflix sued by patent troll over its offline download feature

American entertainment company Netflix has recently been sued by a company called Blackbird Technologies regarding its offline download feature, which was introduced back in November . Blackbird is one of the companies that are described as “patent trolls,” which are firms that do not have any products or assets, except for patents.

UK companies lack board-level digital defences: Deloitte

Many companies lack board-level skills to deal with such crises or are paying insufficient attention to the risks, consulting firm Deloitte said. – Bloomberg News Many companies lack board-level skills to deal with such crises or are paying insufficient attention to the risks, consulting firm Deloitte said.

Hidden Figures’

The Indivisible Iowa SD24/HD48 group offered a $1 discount off of the regular ticket price for the Sunday matinee. The Indivisible Iowa SD24/HD48 group offered a $1 discount off of the regular ticket price for the Sunday matinee.

AI should replace 250,000 civil servants, says report

Hundreds of thousands of civil servants should be replaced with ‘artificially intelligent chatbots’ to save money, a think tank has urged. Robots and computers could replace almost 250,000 public sector workers over the next 15 years, improving efficiency and saving billions of pounds, according to a report from Reform.

Innocent mother Jayne Pearce kills herself

Judge slams Facebook as a ‘tool for evil’ after an innocent mother killed herself after being falsely accused of killing a baby on social media A judge has slammed Facebook as a ‘tool for evil’ after an innocent mother killed herself after being falsely accused of killing a baby on social media. Jayne Pearce, 23, suffered ‘vitriol’ at the hands of an online ‘pitchfork mob’ after two mothers hacked into her Facebook page and falsely alleged she had tried to smother one of their children.

Global Teleradiology Market: Trend Analysis and Forecast to 2022 – Research and Markets

Teleradiology is the ability to obtain radiological patient images such as, X-rays, MRI’s, and CT’s in one location and their transmission over a distance so that they can be viewed and interpreted for diagnostic or consultative purpose by a radiologist or physician. Teleradiology is a cost effective and time saving tool for analyzing and treating patients during critical emergency situations, as a result physicians and radiologists have started adopting Teleradiology services due to advanced information and communication tools.

Bacon? Berries? Des Moines inventor tastes the future of tofu

Bacon? Berries? Des Moines inventor tastes the future of tofu Bob Rees wants to make your tofu taste as good as your flavored yogurt. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2kGJsj0 Bob Rees, a 59-year-old Des Moines inventor, shows his idea for flavored tofu using jello mix and soymilk, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017.