You know those deep feelings of resentment you have towards your parents for the countless hours they made you practice the piano? Arpeggio, a piano-playing robot that could easily perform at Carnegie Hall, is the over-achieving childhood musician your parents secretly always ...
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On Women’s Day eve, statue of girl stares down Wall Street bull
Placing the diminutive, grade school-aged girl in front of the massive bull on the eve of International Women’s Day was a way of calling attention to the lack of gender diversity on corporate boards and the pay gap of women ...
Read More »Trump’s Obamacare replacement officially called ‘World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017’
House Republican Bill 1275 which has another, catchier official name – the “World’s Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017” – has been introduced on Tuesday. Now it and begins its long slug through the House and Senate before hitting the President’s ...
Read More »Video of Kim Jong Nam’s son emerges, family ‘relocated to safety’
Channel NewsAsia has confirmed with Do Hee Youn, an activist with the Citizens Coalition for Human Rights of Abductees and North Korean Refugees, that the man in the video is Kim Han Sol, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Channel NewsAsia. ...
Read More »Royal Caribbean’s next cruise ship will be the biggest of all time
At 1,188 feet long and 215 feet wide, the new 16-deck ship will weigh 230,000 GT (gross tonnage), nearly 3,000 more than the current record holder, another Royal Caribbean ship, Harmony of the Seas, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Telegraph. ...
Read More »Who gets the dog in the divorce?
While pets have historically been treated as property in the eyes of the law, that’s starting to change, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Stuff. Earlier this year, a new law went into effect in Alaska, US, requiring courts to take an ...
Read More »Researchers Develop Blood Test to Pinpoint Location of Cancer
The test could mean more prompt, potentially life-saving treatment for patients, according to VoA. Researchers describe their blood test as a kind of dual authentication process. It is able to detect the presence of dying tumor cells in blood as ...
Read More »Canadian town sorry for pink tap water
Residents of Onoway, Alberta, complained to the town office when taps began running pink water on Monday, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. In a statement, Mayor Dale Krasnow said there was no public health risk but the town ...
Read More »NASA’s Kepler To Provide More Data About Trappist-1 System
On Feb. 22, astronomers announced that the ultra-cool dwarf star, TRAPPIST-1, hosts a total of seven Earth-size planets that are likely rocky, a discovery made by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope in combination with ground-based telescopes. NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope also has ...
Read More »Mark Zuckerberg to speak at Harvard’s commencement
In May, the Facebook founder and CEO will head back to Harvard, the school he dropped out of to start his social network company. Zuckerberg is slated as the featured speaker at the university’s 366th commencement in May, Joinfo.com reports with reference ...
Read More »Apple to ‘rapidly address’ any security holes as companies respond to CIA leak
Apple has promised to “rapidly address” any security holes used by the CIA to hack iPhones, following the release of a huge tranche of documents covering the intelligence agency’s stockpile of software vulnerabilities, Joinfo.com reports with reference to The Guardian. ...
Read More »Ivanka Trump Clothing Line Reports Record Sales
“Since the beginning of February, they were some of the best performing weeks in the history of the brand,” Abigail Klem, the president of the Ivanka Trump fashion brand, tells Refinery29 in an interview published Tuesday. “For several different retailers ...
Read More »Donald Trump met Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during election campaign
Donald Trump met with Russia’s US ambassador last April at the height of the presidential election, it has emerged, despite, repeated and strenuous denials of any meeting with Kremlin officials before his inauguration, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Independent. According ...
Read More »Nike has a new product for Muslim women: The ‘Pro Hijab’
The head cover, called the “Nike Pro Hijab,” boasts a single-layer pull-on design made from lightweight polyester in dark, neutral colors. The fabric’s tiny holes will make it breathable while remaining opaque, a requirement for hijab-wearing women, Joinfo.com reports with ...
Read More »Hyperloop firm eyes Indonesia for ultra-fast transport system
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of the companies developing the futuristic transport service dreamed up by billionaire Elon Musk, said it was exploring Indonesia as a potential site to put one of its tracks, Joinfo.com reports with reference to CNBC. ...
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