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"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned" Richard Feynman
"The penalty good people pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by people worse than themselves."
- Plato, Greek philosopher.
Maroon
5 keeps popping up on my Pandora stations, so artificial intelligence
(AI) and machine learning still have a ways to go. Even if AI can beat
us...
A
booming Britain? Whose GDP do we mean, when the wealth gains of the
past decade have all been in London and the south-east?There’s a lady
I’ve been...
The
prime minster spouts fine words but is pushing ahead with cuts that
undermine the very fabric of the stateBurning injustices! As she said
that, to...
Our
hope and change candidate fell short time and time again. Obama
cheerleaders who refused to make him accountable bear some
responsibility Related:...
New
data shows that about 20 per cent of people stopped in police ‘street
checks’ in Halifax are black, despite black people making up less than
four...
Tim
writes,
This drought is largely about the area where I live except this is a
water feeder area for large connurbations, Reading, London, Swindon....
Still from pulsar animation. [Image credit: NASA]
The exoplanet revolution began 25 years ago today. On Jan. 9, 1992, astronomers Alex Wolszczan and...
I
wouldn’t sign a group letter in a fit. So what accounts for the 370
mainly academic US economists, including 8 Nobel Laureates,
putting their name...
Powerhouse battery, stunningly sharp display, ultra fast processor, are
some of the key words Lenovo uses to describe P2, which goes on sale in
India...
Armed
men killed eight fishermen in what appeared to be an attack by pirates
in dangerous waters in the southern Philippines, a coast guard
spokesman...
Armed
men killed eight fishermen in what appeared to be an attack by pirates
in dangerous waters in the southern Philippines, a coast guard
spokesman...
Angelique
Kerber's build-up for next week's Australian Open suffered a setback
with the German world number one going down in straight sets to
Russian...
Cate
Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh's anticipated Broadway debuts in The
Sydney Theatre Company's The Present have been praised by critics
however the...
Our
children should be exposed to unfamiliar cultures, races and religions
at a young age so they welcome the excitement of adventure, the beauty
of...
Armed men killed eight fishermen in what appeared to be an attack by
pirates in dangerous waters in the southern Philippines, a coast guard
spokesman...
More
than 65,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's strife-torn Rakhine
state amid new reports of atrocities allegedly committed by Myanmar
security...
Uber debuts Movement, a new website offering access to its traffic data
Uber is opening up in an area where it might make sense competitively
for it to stay more closed off: The ride-hailing company’s new Movement
website will offer up access to its data around traffic flow in scores
where it operates, intended for use by city planners and researchers
looking into ways...
INNOVATE2017: Why tech should resist a Trump presidency
According to Ben Jealous the former CEO of the NCAAP, a partner at
Kapor Capital and a surrogate for Bernie Sanders during the election,
the correct response is to “resist” Trump. That’s because, Jealous
argues, Trump is “all over the place” and thus, like other “fickle”
dictators in history, defin...
Take a ride with us in a self-driving Audi Q7 using Nvidia autonomous tech
Nvidia had a strong showing overall at CES this year, but its most
impressive demo had to be the self-driving vehicles it was showing off
in a cordoned course built in a parking lot. The demo wasn’t on city
streets, as were others like the Delphi ride, but it was impressive in a
different way; most...
Startups are making the rejection letter a thing of the past
It seems clear that job rejections are headed for the nostalgia pile,
alongside Pop Rocks, big hair, Fanta and hockey fights. Before too long,
we’ll look back on the era of rejection letters as “the good old days.”
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Voxer adds end-to-end encrypted ‘private chats’
Voice-focused messaging app Voxer has added an end-to-end encrypted
‘private chats’ feature on its Android and iOS apps — powered by Open
Whisper Systems’ Signal Protocol. So all content shared within a private
chat, including live voice, text, videos, images, GIFs, and document
sharing, is fully e...
Samsung opens up iOS compatibility for its wearables
After a long stint as a closed ecosystem, Samsung’s wearables are now
opening up to make some new friends. The Korean tech giant today
announced, on the heels of CES 2017, that Samsung wearables would now
come with iOS compatibility, allowing iPhone owners to use the smart
watches and fitness bands...
China’s Tencent takes on the App Store with launch of ‘mini programs’ for WeChat
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, a device that
practically invented the smartphone genre in itself, but, over in China,
a more modern bellwether of the mobile industry rolled out its own
innovation which could shape the future. Read More
Microsoft expands its experimental projects program The Garage to Cambridge, India & China
The Garage — Microsoft’s home to experimental projects like smart news
apps, Android launchers, productivity add-ons, smartphone keyboards and
yes, even that app that tells you what sort of dog you look like — is
expanding to three new locations, including Cambridge, Massachusetts,
India and China....
Time’s AI-powered time tracking app will help you stop procrastinating
Do you like making lists of things to do, but then end up failing to
accomplish the items you’ve laid out? A new application aimed at those
with a tendency towards procrastination can help. Instead of a simple
checklist or time tracker, Time, as the app is called, lets you more
obsessively micro-ma...
Trello, Facebook and Uber kick off a news-packed Monday: The Daily Crunch
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday our daily guided tour of the
biggest tech stories from the past 24 hours will appear here on
TechCrunch.com. To get The Daily Crunch in your inbox every day of the
week, sign up here.
Atlassian says ‘hello’ to Trello, Uber gets moving, and Facebook does
more monet...
Crunch Report | Atlassian Buys Trello
Atlassian buys Trello for $425 million, Uber debuts Movements to
monitor traffic data, Netflix and Amazon get a couple of Golden Globes,
Amazon buys harvest.ai and the CES Hardware Battlefield winner is Siren
Care. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
The Hunt For Alien Megastructures Is On
Astronomers are continuing to scour the sky in search of these colossal
construction projects — both within and beyond our home galaxy.
Clemson Wins National Championship in Thrilling Upset Over Alabama
Alabama controlled the game through three quarters, but the Tigers
staged a slow and steady comeback under the leadership of quarterback
Deshaun Watson to snatch the title from Nick Saban with one second left
on the clock.
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