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Apple backs Finisar with $390 million for Face ID technology
By Adam Satariano, Bloomberg Apple is spending $390 million to boost production from a maker of laser technology that’s critical for new iPhone X features such as facial recognition. Apple, whose products can stretch the manufacturing capabilities of suppliers, will invest the money in Finisar...
ICANN Board To Delay Auction of .Kid(s) After Request For Reconsideration Filed
Following an appeal from one the applicants, ICANN has proposed the planned auction of the .kid(s) gTLDs, Domain Incite reported. Originally scheduled for Jan. 25, the last-resort auction had a Dec. 8 deadline for the three participants to submit their information to the auctioneer, the report said....
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Brokerage Firm To Allow Negative Bets Against Bitcoin
Bitcoin futures may have been dealt a new blow Wednesday when the brokerage firm Interactive Brokers Group Inc announced it will allow its traders to begin betting against the cryptocurrency, Cointelegraph reported. CEO Thomas Peterffy told the Financial Times clients will be allowed to short...
Mt Gox Creditors File Petition To Demand Recovery Payments In Bitcoin, Report Says
A petition seeking a civil rehabilitation process has been filed in Tokyo by Mt Gox creditors to collect payments in bitcoin, Cryptocoinsnews reported Wednesday. A Nikkei report says creditors of Mt Gox filed the petition in Tokyo District Court seeking to halt bankruptcy proceedings and instead...
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How can we counter the 'loneliness epidemic' affecting health?
The potentially harmful effects of loneliness and social isolation on health and longevity, especially among older adults, are well established. For example, in 2013 I reported on research finding that loneliness can raise levels of stress hormones and inflammation, which in turn can increase the...
BJP leader lands in trouble as picture holding an AK-47 rifle goes viral
A leader of Jammu and Kashmir BJP unit landed in trouble after a photograph depicting him with an AK-47 Rifle went viral on social media, following which the party distanced itself from him. “He is not an active member of the party,” state...
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Deaf teacher strives to make learning through sign language fun for hearing-impaired pupils
She was born deaf and while Anita Yu On-lam went to a school for the hearing-impaired, she struggled to learn because teachers did not use sign language during lessons. “Teachers there only taught using speech [so] it was mainly guesswork in the classroom,” Yu, who cannot hear anything...
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Serena Williams entered for ‘family-friendly’ Australian Open tennis
New mum Serena Williams has accepted a place at the 2018 Australian Open and is “anticipated to return” to the tennis tournament in January, less than five months after giving birth, organisers said Friday. The defending women’s champion was among 98 of the 100 top women, and all...
Serena, Kuznetsova uncertain of playing Australian Open
(Reuters) - Former world number one Serena Williams has yet to make a decision about her participation at the Australian Open, while world number 12 Svetlana Kuznetsova is also a doubt for the first grand slam of 2018 after undergoing wrist surgery. ......
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The F1 Report: 'Lewis Hamilton would've won 2017 title in a Ferrari'
Lewis Hamilton would have won the F1 drivers' world championship in 2017 even if he was driving a Ferrari rather than a Mercedes. That is just one of the bold verdicts made in an enthralling and explosive edition of the F1 Report during an end-of-year Journalists Special which will be first...
Chris Froome could be stripped of Vuelta title after drugs test result
Chris Froome has vowed to provide whatever information is required by the UCI about his use of medication for asthma during the 2017 Vuelta a Espana after a urine test revealed a concentration of Salbutamol double the WADA threshold. Team Sky said in a statement that Froome experienced “acute asthma...
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US Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates As Economy Focuses on 2018
US Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates As Economy Focuses on 2018
Janet Yellen announced that for the third time this year and the fifth time since the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve was increasing interest rates another quarter of a point on Wednesday, according to National...
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Myanmar Arrests 2 Reuters Journalists Reporting on Rohingya Crisis
Myanmar Arrests 2 Reuters Journalists Reporting on Rohingya Crisis
Two Reuters journalists that were first reported missing on Tuesday in Myanmar are in police custody according to the government on Wednesday, according to BBC News. The government did not confirm why Wa Lone and Kyaw...
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Climate Change Tripled Chances For Hurricane Harvey's Record-Setting Rainfall
Climate Change Tripled Chances For Hurricane Harvey's Record-Setting Rainfall
Scientists issued a new report on Wednesday that explained how global warming was behind a portion of the record rainfall from Hurricane Harvey in Texas earlier this year, according to The Associated Press. While...
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African anti-jihadi force gets $130 million at French meet
African anti-jihadi force gets $130 million at French meet
LA CELLE-SAINT-CLOUD, France (AP) — A new African military force to counter growing extremism in the Sahel region should see victories "in the first half of 2018," France's president said Wednesday after hosting a summit...
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GOP Leaders Announce Agreement Reached On Reconciling Tax Plan
GOP Leaders Announce Agreement Reached On Reconciling Tax Plan
Capping several weeks of negotiations, GOP leaders announced Wednesday they have reached an agreement to reconcile the House and Senate versions of their sweeping tax-cut plan, The Los Angeles Times reported. “We reached...
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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith Named As Replacement For Sen. Al Franken
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith Named As Replacement For Sen. Al Franken
Minnesota's governor will appoint the Democratic Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith as the replacement for U.S. Senator Al Franken, who resigned after multiple accusations of sexual harassment last week, according to The...
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Warmer Arctic temperatures are the 'new normal,' report finds
Warmer Arctic temperatures are the 'new normal,' report finds
(CNN)Arctic temperatures are continuing to rise while sea ice declines, a new report has found, with the region showing no sign of returning to its "reliably frozen" state. The report, sponsored by the US National...
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Former Polygamous Sect Leader Gets Nearly 5-Year Sentence In Food Stamp Fraud Case
Former Polygamous Sect Leader Gets Nearly 5-Year Sentence In Food Stamp Fraud Case
A former polygamous sect leader was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in prison for his role in carrying out an elaborate food stamp fraud scheme and for...
US continues torture in Guantanamo: UN
US continues torture in Guantanamo: UN
An inmate at the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is still being tortured, the UN special rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer said in a statement on...
Theresa May 'dancing to EU's tune' over Brexit, says Farage
Theresa May 'dancing to EU's tune' over Brexit, says Farage
During the debate, several MEPs criticised the UK's Brexit Secretary, David Davis, for suggesting in an interview on Sunday that the first-phase agreement was...
Palestinian president says no role for US in peace process
Palestinian president says no role for US in peace process
ISTANBUL The Palestinian president said Wednesday his people will not accept any role for the United States in the Mideast peace process "from now on,"...
Erdogan: World should recognise Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
Erdogan: World should recognise Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul says the rhetoric at the start of the OIC summit was strong. But the question is what in practice the grouping can do, he adds,...
First 'serious incident' for Japan bullet train as crack found
First 'serious incident' for Japan bullet train as crack found
The train stopped for checks at Nagoya station in central Japan and inspectors discovered a crack in the chassis under one carriage as well as an oil leak. ......
US military official: 50 ISIS foreign fighters captured since November
US military official: 50 ISIS foreign fighters captured since November
Approximately 50 foreign ISIS fighters have been captured in Syria and Iraq since the start of November, a US military official told CNN on Tuesday. The...
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Florida universities' 2-year progress report: Gains all around
Florida universities' 2-year progress report: Gains all around
Walk around any public university campus in Florida, and you’ll sense a familiar bustle. Students...
Don't let our community's most vulnerable members die on the streets
Don't let our community's most vulnerable members die on the streets
For many Central Floridians, the region’s severe shortage of affordable housing stretches their...
We lost our rental-car keys in gator-filled Lake Apopka: Letter
We lost our rental-car keys in gator-filled Lake Apopka: Letter
On Dec. 8, my husband, Robert Vigorita, and I were visiting the Orlando area and stopped to see Lake...
Nursing home bill of rights not enough - prosecute: Letters
Nursing home bill of rights not enough - prosecute: Letters
Prosecute neglect, don't post bill of rights Regarding the guest editorial, “Endorse long-term care...
The true tax gap could be as high as $12 trillion
The true tax gap could be as high as $12 trillion
That’s a more realistic estimate, over a decade, for the Trump-GOP plan. ......
Trump’s Moore endorsement sunk the presidency to unplumbed depths
Trump’s Moore endorsement sunk the presidency to unplumbed depths
Elation is in order because a gross national embarrassment has been narrowly avoided. But curb your...
Alabama shows us what courage is
Alabama shows us what courage is
There could have been no better place to test the limits of indecency and Trumpism. ......
