Amazon.com’s Alexa is stepping up to challenge Apple’s Siri on mobile devices, with Amazon is rolling out an update for all of its most recent Fire tablets that feature the company’s voice assistant built into the operating system.
While the Golden State Warriors continue to bask in the national media coverage afterglow of their Tuesday night "debut," the rowdy Spurs Twitter conversation painted the real scene: a 29-point blowout of the 'Super Team" by the Silver and Black.
One Silicon Valley dad wants to change the way Americans parent.
This bride will give Tiwa Savage a run for her voice. Chidinma is a beautiful Igbo girl from Owerri who got hooked to a Yoruba boy , Tolu Olajide who is from Ekiti. On their traditional wedding day, Chidinma made Tolu realize that she is a good singer as she serenade all with her beautiful […]
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In a year that has seen food prices soar‚ government has announced an increase in the child support grant‚ and in school nutrition programme funding in a bid to assist the poor.
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Donald Trump found a new way to show his love for the United States, and it has Stephen Colbert worried.
Colbert played a clip from a campaign rally in Tampa, Florida, in which the Republican presidential candidate hugged a flag.
"That's right, Donald Trump just groped the American flag," Colbert said, clearly making a nod to the leaked "Access Hollywood" tape that plagues Trump's campaign. "You know, they let you do that when... Читать дальше...
For decades, the military and the VA have repeatedly turned to one man to guide decisions on whether Agent Orange harmed vets in Vietnam and elsewhere. His reliable answer: No.
The European Central Bank is nearly certain to continue buying bonds beyond its March target.
Top-ranked analyst Irina Koffler of Mizuho Securities initiated shares of Mylan with a buy rating on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- "Broad City" star Abbi Jacobson's "Carry This Book" features illustrations of what Jacobson imagines is in the bags and purses of various celebrities.
On June 28, 1969, patrons at NYC gay bar Stonewall Inn decided they had finally had enough after yet another police raid, and their resistance is wide
UNITED NATIONS — The United States abstained for the first time in 25 years Wednesday on a U.N. resolution condemning America’s economic embargo against Cuba, a measure it had always vehemently opposed. The U.S. was joined in abstaining by Israel, the only other country to vote against the embargo resolution in the General Assembly last
Rory McIlory got $10.53 million richer on Sunday by winning the FedEx Cup and the Tour Championship on the same day.
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The Atlanta Falcons addressed their running back situation by signing Stevan Ridley and Terron Ward on Tuesday.
Op videobeelden die de Amsterdamse politie vanmiddag vrijgaf is te zien hoe een scooterrijder stopt om een coffeeshop te beschieten. Nadat hij één schot gelost heeft lijkt het wapen te weigeren. Na meerdere mislukte schietpogingen geeft de klungelige dader het op.
The Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) has given the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government 21 days to halt the mass sack of its members by major oil companies or face mass action from the union, reports Vanguard. NUPENG made its position known in a communique issued by its Central Working Committee […]
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By seeking an end to non-compete agreements for low-wage employees who are not privy to trade secrets, the Obama administration hopes to make a more competitive labor market, support faster wage growth, and prevent workers from being put in situations where it's difficult to get a new job. According to the White House, 20 percent of American workers are currently bound by non-compete agreements, 14 percent of whom earn less that $40,000 per year, including fast food and warehouse workers. In... Читать дальше...
LONDON — Award-winning British theater director Howard Davies, whose plays were celebrated in London’s West End and on Broadway in New York, has died. He was 71. His family said in a statement Wednesday that Davies died Tuesday following a short battle with cancer. In Britain he won the coveted Best Director Laurence Olivier Awards
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Trump's rise, scary as it has been, offers several reason for the left to feel optimism, says Professor Corey Robin.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Jurors have resumed deliberations in the murder trial of a former doctor charged with killing four people with ties to an Omaha medical school.
One of the biggest lingering questions regarding the Josh Brown case relates to the decision to suspend him for the May 2015 incident that resulted in his arrest. With the NFL now using a six-game suspension as the baseline for first-offense domestic violence, why was he suspended for only one game? The Personal Conduct Policy,…