Новости за 04.01.2018

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• Undated video footage shows Houthi forces with an unmanned underwater vehicle intercepted off the coast of Yemen.
• While reports called it a spying defense, a US official said it was being used for a meteorological study.
• Houthi rebels have encountered US hardware before, shooting down a drone in October.

Video released on Monday appears to show Houthi forces seizing a US Navy unmanned underwater vehicle in waters off the coast of Yemen. Читать дальше...

The day before Conor McGregor’s megafight against Floyd Mayweather last year, all the attention went from the Irishman’s fists to somewhere a little further south. The UFC star was seemingly so moved by the outpouring of affection from the horde of Irish fans who flocked inside the stadium to watch the fighters weigh in before their...

The day before Conor McGregor’s megafight against Floyd Mayweather last year, all the attention went from the Irishman’s fists to somewhere a little further south. The UFC star was seemingly so moved by the outpouring of affection from the horde of Irish fans who flocked inside the stadium to watch the fighters weigh in before their...

Japanese automobile manufacturer, Nissan, has just unveiled a new technology that interprets the drivers' brain signals to tell which actions they intend to take next. The system, called "Brain-to-Vehicle" technology, can then transmit this information to the car's driver assist functions so that they initiate the desired maneuver hundreds of milliseconds before the driver can actually react. Nissan will demonstrate the system using a driving simulator at CES 2018 in Las Vegas. Read more...

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• Bill Belichick made clear to the New England Patriots players that they were expected to be on time to practice Thursday morning despite the "bomb cyclone" of snow blasting the Northeast.
• Conditions were so bad that the Governor of Massachusetts was urging his constituents to stay off the road.
• Veteran Patriots players were able to offer some insight and advice on how to make it to practice on a snow day.

It may be a snow day for many in the greater Boston area... Читать дальше...

This is an interesting poll except it draws the correct conclusion ('members' does not equal 'voters') to misdirect. Tories are a 'breed apart'. Simple answer from a democrat: Yes They Are - Thank God. Isn't that a good thing? Now what are they up to in this guff? Well if they were actually trying to do anything worthy for our democracy. First tell readers what the total 'membership' of each party is, that your 1,000 member survey is drawn from. If your party membership falls below 100,000 members... Читать дальше...

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We all know plenty about Britain's royals, with the likes of Kate Middleton and soon-to-be-royal Meghan Markle in the headlines daily.

However, there are a number of under-the-radar royals around the world who have considerable influence on the world stage — and on social media.

47-year-old Queen Rania of Jordan, born Rania Al-Abdullah, is known partly for her incredible fashion sense to her four-million strong Instagram following.

She comes from a marketing background... Читать дальше...

US companies closed out 2017 with strong hiring in December, adding the most jobs in nine months — news that sent the Dow Jones industrial average soaring past a record 25,000 points Thursday morning. Payroll processor ADP says that businesses added 250,000 jobs last month, up from 185,000 in November. The gains were led by...

I’ve been thinking about how to explain Ansel Elgort in the first sentence of this post for about 40 minutes, and I think this is the best I’m going to do: he’s the type of dude whose first 10 pages of Getty Image search results are of him jumping out of his chair at a basketball game, jumping out of his chair at a hockey game, or posing for professional photographers with his tongue in longtime girlfriend Violetta Komyshan’s mouth.

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Honda is partnering with AutoNavi, a navigation and location-based services provider owned by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, to develop new services for connected cars, according to PYMNTS.

The service that the companies are planning to develop allows drivers to make reservations using AutoNavi and payments using Alipay... Читать дальше...

Der unscheinbar anmutende Spaziergang von Schloss zu Schloss führt zu interessanten Begegnungen. Und er ist genau das Richtige für stürmische Zeiten.

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• Another royal wedding is fastly approaching following the announcement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement. 
• From the guest list to the location, a lot goes into planning a royal wedding. 
• Here are 10 rules the royal family must always follow when it comes to weddings. 

Whether you're an official guest or a gawker, brush up on these royal rules for getting hitched.

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MyPrivateBanking

After the strong growth of the robo advisory approach in recent years, promoted by numerous start-ups worldwide as well as sizeable number of early adopting wealth managers, a new ‘sub-species’ has emerged: the hybrid robo/personal contact service, which adds a substantial software component to human interaction in the client advisory process.

This is a key finding of MyPrivateBanking's latest report "Hybrid Robos: how combining human and automated wealth advice delivers superior results and gains market share".

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia considers the call of the United States to convene an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) over the protests in Iran harmful and destructive, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik on Thursday.

Tell us about what keeps the kinks in your back at bay!

You might not be ~old~, but back aches sure are a pain.

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You're fine one minute, but then out of nowhere your lower back is just...sore, and no, it isn't from cramps (at least you think it isn't).

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But back aches really put a ~cramp~ in your style so we wanna know, what helps with those god forsaken pains? Читать дальше...

Pop superstar Lady Gaga and the psychedelic rapper Childish Gambino will perform at the Grammy Awards on January 28, organizers of the music industry's biggest night announced Thursday.

Apple is updating its systems against newly revealed Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, but it’s not enough to update personal devices — what about older PCs and the millions of servers that may also be vulnerable to the bug?

An intense winter storm froze pipes and disrupted services at refineries on the US Atlantic coast on Thursday, sending fuel prices higher as heavy snowfall and high winds caused electricity outages for tens of thousands of Americans. Some 65,000 homes and businesses along the US East Coast are without power, and that number is expected to swell on Thursday as the storm punishes the densely populated US Northeast. One media outlet reported that by the end of this week, parts of the Northeast will be colder than Mars. Читать дальше...

The Mail says Mauricio Pochettino insists his team we will not be out for revenge when they host West Ham United on Thursday night, our second game in 48 hours. The article describes how we were 2-0 up against West Ham at Wembley in October, before a brace from Andre Ayew and an Angelo Ogbonna header sent Pochettino’s men tumbling out of the Carabao Cup. It goes on to say following our 2-0 win at Swansea, the team are determined not to make the same mistakes again. “The Carabao Cup was... Читать дальше...

An article by Sky Sports describes how Mauricio Pochettino has refused to complain about Tottenham’s “difficult” task of playing two league games in the space of 48 hours. Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was vocal in his criticism of the packed festive fixture schedule after his Premier League leaders beat Watford 3-1 on Tuesday night and it adds how we entertain West Ham tonight just 48 hours after beating Swansea 2-0 on a heavy Liberty Stadium surface on Tuesday night. Читать дальше...

Berlin (dpa) - Nach der Flucht von Gefangenen aus dem offenen Strafvollzug in Berlin hat der Deutsche Richterbund dafür plädiert, das sogenannte Schwarzfahren als Tatbestand im Strafgesetzbuch zu überprüfen. Vorsitzender Jens Gnisa sagte am Donnerstag, die Berliner Justiz habe jährlich mit rund 40 000 solchen Fällen zu tun. Nahezu alle Kammern des Landgerichts seien überlastet.Gnisa riet, die Verkehrsbetriebe sollten vorbeugend deutlich mehr tun. Zugangskontrollen der Unternehmen seien der beste Weg... Читать дальше...

Safety-first Volvo may not be the most rock and roll brand in the world, but it turns out one of the greatest figures in rock history was a fan as the late David Bowie's car fetched a pretty penny at auction.

Samsung

• Samsung announced its lastest premium processing hardware on Thursday.
• The Exynos 9810 chip is expected to power features similar to Apple's Face ID and Animoji.
• Samsung will likely have more details about the chip at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week.

Samsung on Thursday announced its Exynos 9810 processor, which will likely be included in the still-rumored Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones. Samsung... Читать дальше...