Although voice-activated platforms like Alexa will continue to grow and be important, it is my sense that AR is really the platform to watch. As I’ve discussed before, augmented reality has the potential to become the Next Big Thing. Voice-activated systems like Alexa are nice, but they have their limits. We’ve seen AR take off in apps like Snapchat and Pokemon Go, but what if a major […]
Authored by Gwynne Dyer via BangorDailyNews.com, “I am no Mussolini,” Venezuela’s beleaguered President Nicolas Maduro insisted on television early this month. But if things go on this way, he could end up like Mussolini. That would be very unfortunate for him and also for Venezuela. The daily street protests against Maduro’s rule are in their second month, and around 40 people have already been killed, most of […]
Tesla has started taking orders for its innovative new solar roof, tile-sized solar panels that the company unveiled back in October last year. Coming from the makers of supercar-speed electric vehicles and reusable rockets, they’re not your ordinary solar panel: they’re aesthetically pleasing and won’t require ripping off existing tiles inside the home for installation. The Solar Roof, Tesla’s first post-SolarCity acquisition offering, is expected to sell […]
A committee of the Philippine parliament on Monday found an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte was “insufficient in substance,” rejecting it and effectively putting an end to the case. The complaint, filed in March, alleged that Duterte had adopted a state policy of extrajudicial killings during his war on drugs, leading to the death of more than 8,000 people in the first eight months of his […]
Having surged to its highest since Oct 2014 early in the year on the back of Trumptopian exuberance, Empire Fed’s manufacturing survey crashed back to -1.0 in May 4 standard deviations below expectations. This is the worst (and first) contractionary print since October 2016 as New Orders crash from 7-year highs to 7-month lows. Prices paid and received both fell (deflationary threat from China), inventories […]
From the founding fathers through John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton, American politicians have indulged in extramarital affairs with slaves, movie stars, sisters-in-law and interns. But, in large part because of the press, the American public still reacts to political sex scandals as if they were completely unheard of. Americans remain shocked by these events, I believe, in large part because our perception has been shaped more […]
Asia Pacific The Philippines has been forced to turn to China and Russia for arms supplies because of conditions imposed by its long-time ally and former colonial ruler the United States, Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana speaks during the opening ceremony of Philippines and U.S. military joint exercises called Balikatan in Quezon city MANILA: The Philippines has been […]
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Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation, With Moon Jae-In’s victory in South Korea, the period of tension on the Korean Peninsula is likely to end. With the rise to power of the new president, South Korea can expect a sharp decline in hostilities with North Korea as well as a resumption of dialogue with China. An expected and highly anticipated victory was confirmed in South Korea on […]
Asia Pacific Philippine lawmakers started hearing an impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, which alleges he betrayed the public trust over his “defeatist” approach to China and had abused his power during a bloody anti-drugs campaign. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN at a hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Samrang Pring MANILA: Philippine […]
Apple is expected to make its voice assistant Siri a lot smarter in the foreseeable future, as evidenced by its recent acquisition of AI company Lattice Data. The Cupertino brand reportedly forked over $200 million to close the deal. Apple Beefs Up AI Efforts According to TechCrunch, an unnamed source told it that Apple has already completed the acquisition a couple of weeks earlier. The agreement also […]
While equity volatility has collapsed to record lows (amid the biggest increase in net VIX shorts in 9 months), positioning across bond, FX, money market, and commodity markets has been shifting massively in recent weeks. As US Macro data has crashed to its weakest and most negative in 12 months… US equity complacency has hit record lows… As Speculators add to VIX shorts by the […]
GEORGE TOWN: A police report has been lodged by an investigating officer (IO) after a probe showed that JJPTR’s scheme involved investments amounting to RM1.7bil. Penang police chief Comm Datuk Chuah Ghee Lye said two police reports had been lodged in Penang so far – one from the public and the other from the IO. “The IO’s report was to enable him to conduct an investigation into […]
Having single-handedly hounded Home Capital Group – the company which we predicted in 2015 would be “ground zero” for any potential Canadian financial crisis, and has emerged as the Canada’s equivalent to the infamous New Century which in 2007 presaged the upcoming global financial crisis – into near oblivion, noted chicken-farmer and short-seller, Marc Cohodes, over the weekend revealed the full details behind his latest short thesis: […]
Party to hold intra-party polls on June 11 Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Sunday that the Panama Papers leaks raising the subject of Sharif family’s properties in London were just the tip of the iceberg. Khan was addressing a gathering of supporters in Abbottabad. “The Joint Investigation Team would reveal a lot more,” he said. The PM has been caught red-handed, said the […]
Where will self-driving cars go once they drop you off? In big cities, parking can be expensive and take forever to find. But TechCrunch Disrupt NY hackathon team Val.ai built a way for autonomous vehicles to participate in auctions for nearby parking spaces. When a self-driving car needs to park itself, it can submit real-time bids for local spots occupied by others. If a currently parked car […]
Do you use Google Chrome? Do you want to become a Google Chrome guru? Read on! What follows are a collection of tips, tricks, and tools to help you get the most from Google Chrome. There are tips on speeding up the browser and making it consume less RAM, ways to increase your privacy, and extensions that you can install to help you get more done in […]
ILI SHAZWANI KUALA KEDAH: The body of a fisherman, who went missing after the fishing boat he was on capsized five days ago, was found today. The victim, Somchok Sutprasoet, 30, was found by a fishing boat at 56 nautical miles from Kuala Kedah. A Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Northern Region spokesperson said the victim’s body is expected to arrive at Kuala Kedah jetty late this […]
Three former employees of Donald Trump claim to have personally witnessed him recording phone calls at Trump Tower in New York, and a fourth person said a recording of him was entered into evidence in a lawsuit – the Wall St. Journal reports. Mr. Trump sometimes taped phone conversations with associates and others from his Trump Tower office in New York, according to three people who say […]
A massive ransomware attack targeted around 100 countries around the world. Perhaps one of the most affected is Britain’s National Health Service (NHA), where many hospitals struggled to keep up without their computers. Massive Cyberattack Friday, May 12, saw a cyberattack of global proportions when a ransomware popped up in computers across the globe. Multiple companies, organizations, and hospitals were unprepared to receive a message with a […]
Warning: Contains spoilers for Stephen King’s novel It (and possibly spoilers for the upcoming film adaptation, too). For rampant Stephen King fans like myself, 2017 is set to be a year of glorious, clown-filled happiness. We now have two trailers for Andrés Muschietti’s upcoming adaption of It, and so far things are looking promising. We’ve seen the iconic opening sequence with Georgie chasing his paper boat through […]
Samsung Galaxy S8 review: The good, the bad, the beautiful Samsung sent me a Galaxy S8 to review a month ago, and my personal T-Mobile orchid gray model arrived just a day after my review went live. I’ve been using that device as my daily driver ever since. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is an evolution of the S7 Edge and Note 7, but since the Note 7 […]
Newly re-elected President of the Chamber of Advocates George Hyzler said that lawyers are concerned about the effect that the Panama Papers and other recent allegations, and the negative international coverage resulting from them, will have on the financial services sector in particular. Asked about the effects of such revelations on the financial services sector, and whether lawyers are concerned about this, Dr Hyzler – who […]
Authored by Paul Criag Roberts, “Fifty years ago, the streets of Leningrad taught me one thing: If a fight is inevitable, you must strike first.” Vladimir Putin In George Orwell’s 1949 dystopian novel, 1984, information that no longer is consistent with Big Brother’s explanations is chucked down the Memory Hole. In the real American dystopia in which we currently live, the information is never reported at all. […]
