THIS past Christmas, millions of people will have opened boxes containing gadgets with a rapidly improving ability to use human language. Amazon’s Echo device, featuring a digital assistant called Alexa, is now present in over 5m homes.
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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.
Mind-controlled toys: The next generation of Christmas presents?
The next generation of toys could be controlled by the power of the mind, thanks to research by the University of Warwick. Led by Professor Christopher James, Director of Warwick Engineering in Biomedicine at the School of Engineering, technology has been developed which allows electronic devices to be activated using electrical impulses from brain waves, by connecting our thoughts to computerised systems.
New Year’s attack on packed Istanbul club leaves 39 dead
Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said that an armed assailant has opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Ye… . Young people leave from the scene of an attack in Istanbul, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.
International Space Station Crew Celebrates Christmas
All six members of the Expedition 50 crew aboard the International Space Station celebrated the holidays together with a festive meal. Image Credit: NASA Astronauts celebrated the Xmas festivities aboard the ISS and had a jolly good time in conditions of zero gravity in outer space.
ADVICE: Parents urged to make internet gifts child safe
AN online safety expert is urging local parents to understand the iPads, tablets and smartphones they may be buying their children this Christmas to protect them from paedophiles. Jennifer Smith, a barrister from Bolton, specialised in criminal law and spent 10 years working for the Crown Prosecution Service as a rape and sexual offences and child protection specialist prosecutor.
ADVICE: Parents urged to make internet gifts child safe
AN online safety expert is urging local parents to understand the iPads, tablets and smartphones they may be buying their children this Christmas to protect them from paedophiles. Jennifer Smith, a barrister from Bolton, specialised in criminal law and spent 10 years working for the Crown Prosecution Service as a rape and sexual offences and child protection specialist prosecutor.
BWW Photo Flash: Houston Gets Early Screening of Hidden Figures This Christmas
HIDDEN FIGURES screens in select cities and theaters this Christmas, including Houston’s Edwards Greenway Grand Palace Stadium 24 & RPX. See the trailer and the photos from the film below! HIDDEN FIGURES uncovers the incredible, untold story of a Katherine G. Johnson , Dorothy Vaughan , and Mary Jackson — three brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world.
10 festive digital marketing stats from this week
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10 festive digital marketing stats from this week
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NORAD ready to track Santa
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 61st Anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey! The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, features Santa’s North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, activities and more.
NORAD ready to track Santa
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 61st Anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey! The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, features Santa’s North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, activities and more.
My favourite space: Christmas lunch on the verandah
In summer, the Breens dine on one of the villa’s four verandahs, depending on the direction of the breeze. If only, Barbara Breen wishes, the kauri floorboards of her 120-year-old villa could speak.
Gifts can arrive by Christmas thanks to Amazon Prime Now
Amazon’s last-minute Christmas delivery service, Prime Now, ensures gifts make it to loved ones on Christmas Day, even for orders placed on Christmas Eve. Gifts can arrive by Christmas thanks to Amazon Prime Now Amazon’s last-minute Christmas delivery service, Prime Now, ensures gifts make it to loved ones on Christmas Day, even for orders placed on Christmas Eve.
Holiday Rush: FedEx Says Deliveries Running on Schedule
In this Jan. 5, 2016 photo, a FedEx truck drives past the skyline in San Francisco. Two giants, the U.S. government and FedEx, are set to do battle in a federal court over the explosive claim that the shipping company knowingly delivered illegal … prescription drugs such as Ambien from pill mills to dealers and addicts, some of whom fatally overdosed.
Holiday Rush: FedEx Says Deliveries Running on Schedule
In this Jan. 5, 2016 photo, a FedEx truck drives past the skyline in San Francisco. Two giants, the U.S. government and FedEx, are set to do battle in a federal court over the explosive claim that the shipping company knowingly delivered illegal … prescription drugs such as Ambien from pill mills to dealers and addicts, some of whom fatally overdosed.
Ranking Hollywood’s holiday offerings
Seven big movies open between now and Christmas Day. What to see? Our critics rank them in order – from one powerful must-see Oscar contender to a few that will appeal mostly to cult or kid audiences, with two terrific biopics in between.
Raspberry Pi’s Pixel Released For PC and Mac
The Raspberry Pi’s preferred desktop environment can now be run on any PC or Mac with at least 512MB of RAM. In February next year we’ll be celebrating five years since the first Raspberry Pi single-board computer launched.
Rob Kardashian channels sorrows into memes and claims ‘Grinch’…
And it seems like regardless of the tough situation, the 29-year-old reality star was able keep his sense of humour. The youngest Kardashian sibling took to Instagram to share several memes relating to his situation with his 28-year-old fiancee.