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Five Conversational AI Predictions For 2020

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin It seems hard to believe that a decade ago, there was no Siri, a chatbot was a rare sight and computers that held intelligent conversations really was science fiction. OK…

bubmagJanuary 10, 2020

Hiroshima

Meet Thiyaga Sekar who teaches Origami at government schools in Tamil Nadu

Each piece of paper holds magic within it. It is amazing what it can turn into in the right hands, says Thiyaga Sekar as he fashions a paper crane at the Corporation Middle School, Krishnarayapuram. Students try to imitate his action and fold the colourful pa…

bubmagJanuary 10, 2020

Virtual Reality

panasonic unveils ‘steampunk’ virtual reality goggles with eyeglass design

panasonic has unveiled the world’s first high dynamic range (HDR) capable virtual reality goggles. unveiled at CES 2020, the technology allows wearers to view high-quality content in a compact and lightweight design with an eyeglass-like shape. live from las…

bubmagJanuary 10, 2020

Jean-Claude Juncker

Croatia EU presidency could open path towards enlargement

Croatia taking over the rotating presidency of the European Union has rekindled discussions over whether to expand the bloc. Official candidates Albania and North Macedonia were meant to begin discussions over formal membership last year, but three EU countr…

bubmagJanuary 10, 2020

Checkpoint

My Romanian father was broken as much by Brexit as by leukaemia

On the night that Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu were shot by firing squad in full sight of TV cameras, their bloodied corpses seen around the world as they lay sprawled on the ground behind a courthouse in the town of Targoviste, my grandmother, a Romanian exil…

bubmagJanuary 10, 2020

Checkpoint

UK author John le Carré wins $100,000 human rights prize

David John Moore Cornwell, also known by the pen name John le Carré, has been revealed as the winner of the Olof Palme prize "for his engaging and humanistic opinion making in literary form regarding the freedom of the individual and the fundamental issues of…

bubmagJanuary 10, 2020

Skateboard

British woman faces jail for posing as a boy to lure girls into sex

WINCHESTER, England (Reuters) - A young British woman who posed as a teenage boy to deceive potentially dozens of young girls into having sexual contact with her will be sentenced on Friday and may face a jail term. Gemma Watts, 21, created an online person…

bubmagJanuary 10, 2020

BUK-Missile

The downing of a civilian jet only adds to Tehran’s desperation

Drama and tragedy continue to envelop Iran. Just hours after the regime struck two US bases in Iraq on Wednesday, Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashed after taking off from Tehran en route to Kyiv. All 176 passengers and crew members on board w…

bubmagJanuary 10, 2020

BUK-Missile

The downing of a civilian jet only adds to Tehran’s desperation

Drama and tragedy continue to envelop Iran. Just hours after the regime struck two US bases in Iraq on Wednesday, Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 crashed after taking off from Tehran en route to Kyiv. All 176 passengers and crew members on board w…

bubmagJanuary 10, 2020

Super Komachi

Looking for David Bowie in Kyoto

By the time Ive made my third pass through Furukawa shotengai, even the local shop owners are confused. The shopping arcade, built in 1963 but boasting a tradition that dates back to the Edo period (16031868), is full of food vendors and restaurants much like…

bubmagJanuary 10, 2020

Five Conversational AI Predictions For 2020

Meet Thiyaga Sekar who teaches Origami at government schools in Tamil Nadu

panasonic unveils ‘steampunk’ virtual reality goggles with eyeglass design

Croatia EU presidency could open path towards enlargement

My Romanian father was broken as much by Brexit as by leukaemia

UK author John le Carré wins $100,000 human rights prize

British woman faces jail for posing as a boy to lure girls into sex

The downing of a civilian jet only adds to Tehran’s desperation

The downing of a civilian jet only adds to Tehran’s desperation

Looking for David Bowie in Kyoto

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