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Samsung Galaxy S8 To Have Siri Competitor Bixby; Set To Rival Apple’s Virtual Assistant

Mar 22, 2017 06:02 am UTC| Technology

Samsung recently confirmed that it will equip a new voice-driven virtual assistant called Bixby in its flagship device Galaxy S8. In a blog published on Monday by the companys executive vice president and head of RD InJong...

Prime Now Added To Amazon Alexa For Two-Hour Delivery On Orders

Mar 22, 2017 05:41 am UTC| Technology

It seems Amazon is really bent on expanding its retail influence and improving the appeal of its Alexa smart assistant. Its latest attempt at wooing customers is the addition of the Prime Now functionality on the...

Microsoft Suffers Online Service Outage Again, Xbox Live And Skype Affected

Mar 22, 2017 05:41 am UTC| Technology

Earlier in the month, several of Microsofts services went down, which prevented users from logging in and using them. The company made short work of fixing the issue at the time and everyone thought that it was over. Not...

Companies Force Google To Act On Offensive Content By Removing Ads

Mar 22, 2017 05:41 am UTC| Technology

Several European companies just threatened to pull their money from Googles advertising service if it didnt take steps to curb the appearance of ads alongside offensive content. This forced the search engine giant to...

Samsung Galaxy S8 To Come In Three Colors; Will A Purple Unit Also Be Released?

Mar 21, 2017 08:38 am UTC| Technology

A renowned leaker revealed that the new Samsung Galaxy S8 will debut in three colors. According to Evan Blass, the renderings of the South Korean electronic giants flagship smartphone, and S8 Plus showed that it will come...

Nathan Drake Will Not Be In Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Mar 21, 2017 08:30 am UTC| Technology

The Uncharted series has had a lot of iconic characters, but none are more so than Nathan Drake, the franchises protagonist. Uncharted 4 was meant to be the last numbered installment in the series and Drakes final...

Free HBO For 1 Year Offered By AT&T Via DirectTV Now

Mar 21, 2017 08:30 am UTC| Technology

It seems ATT really wants customers to try its new DirectTV Now service since its throwing a free years subscription to HBO in the mix. This is an addition to the free Apple TV that some customers can get with specific...

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Economy

UK Job Vacancies Fall Again as Labour Market Shows Signs of Cooling

Vacancies for jobs in Britain continued to decline in December, reinforcing growing evidence that the UK labour market is cooling after several years of tight conditions. According to the latest survey from online jobs...

Japan Yen Intervention Faces Limits Without Fiscal Reform, Says Noda

Any Japanese government intervention to support the yen is unlikely to have a lasting impact unless it is backed by strong fiscal discipline and credible monetary policy, according to former Finance Minister Yoshihiko...

Rising Yen Pressures Dollar as Markets Brace for Possible Intervention and Fed Signals

The U.S. dollar weakened broadly in early Monday trading as a sharp rise in the Japanese yen heightened market anxiety over potential currency intervention and key upcoming decisions from the Federal Reserve. Investors...

U.S. Stock Futures Slip Ahead of Fed Meeting and Major Tech Earnings

U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Sunday evening as investors prepared for a pivotal week marked by a Federal Reserve policy decision and a heavy slate of corporate earnings. The cautious tone followed a volatile...

Oil Prices Rise as U.S.-Iran Tensions Fuel Supply Concerns Despite Pipeline Recovery

Oil prices extended their upward momentum on Monday, building on gains of more than 2% from the previous session, as escalating geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran continued to unsettle energy markets....

Politics

Australia Day Protests Highlight Deep Divisions Over Indigenous Rights and Immigration

Thousands of Australians marked Australia Day on Monday by attending large-scale Invasion Day rallies across major cities, showing support for Indigenous Australians and calling for unity amid growing political and social...

U.S. Security Guarantees for Ukraine Ready as Kyiv Awaits Signing Amid Ongoing Peace Talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced that a key U.S. document outlining security guarantees for Ukraine is fully prepared, with Kyiv now waiting for confirmation on when and where it will be signed....

Trump’s Centralized Foreign Policy Sparks Greenland Controversy and Ally Concerns

A recent Reuters report reveals how President Donald Trumps highly centralized foreign policy approach triggered diplomatic shockwaves over Greenland, alarming U.S. allies and even senior officials within his own...

More Than 100 Venezuelan Political Prisoners Released Amid Ongoing Human Rights Scrutiny

At least 104 people identified as political prisoners by a prominent Venezuelan human rights organization were released from detention on Sunday, marking a significant development in Venezuelas ongoing political prisoner...

U.S. Imposes Visa Restrictions on Haiti Transitional Council Over Gang Allegations

The United States has imposed new visa restrictions on members of Haitis Transitional Presidential Council, citing alleged links to gangs and criminal organizations, according to a statement released by the U.S. State...

Science

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

NASA has significantly scaled back Boeings Starliner program after years of technical issues and delays, announcing that the next Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will fly without astronauts. The...

Technology

Samsung Set to Begin HBM4 Production for Nvidia and AMD

Samsung Electronics is preparing to begin mass production of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory chips, known as HBM4, as early as next month, according to a source familiar with the matter cited by Reuters. The...

U.S. Lawmakers Demand Scrutiny of TikTok-ByteDance Deal Amid National Security Concerns

U.S. lawmakers are calling for closer congressional scrutiny of a new deal involving TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance, raising fresh concerns about national security, data privacy, and potential Chinese...

Ericsson Plans SEK 25 Billion Shareholder Returns as Margins Improve Despite Flat Network Market

Swedens telecom equipment giant Ericsson announced plans to significantly boost shareholder returns after reporting a sharp rise in net cash and continued margin improvements, even as the global mobile network market...

Microsoft Restores Microsoft 365 Services After Widespread Outage

Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it has fully restored access to its Microsoft 365 productivity suite following a widespread service outage that disrupted users across multiple regions, particularly in North America. The...

Tesla Plans FSD Subscription Price Hikes as Autonomous Capabilities Advance

Teslas Full Self-Driving (FSD) software is set to become more expensive over time as its technology improves, according to CEO Elon Musk. The announcement comes as Tesla Inc. continues its transition away from a one-time...