In a new Swedish press release, the popular ready-to-assemble furniture retailer announced its affordable TRÅDFRI line of smart lighting systems is slated to get support for Google Home, Apple HomeKit as well as Amazon Alexa, according to The Next Web. ...
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Instagram deters deletion with reversible “archive” option
Instagram is rolling out a new feature called “archive” that lets you hide any of your posts from everyone else, but keeps them safe for you to look at in private or restore to visibility, according to TechCrunch. Instagram confirmed ...
Read More »Melania Trump swats President’s hand and video clip goes viral
As the Trumps and the Netanyahus walked the red carpet following a formal welcoming ceremony and remarks, the President seems to reach for his wife’s hand. The first lady appears to swat her husband’s hand away with a visible flick ...
Read More »Someone in 2010 bought 2 pizzas with 10,000 bitcoins — which today would be worth $20 million
Bitcoin is going nuclear. Its price is tearing upward, with each bitcoin worth $2,128 (£1,638) — a little shy of its all-time-high of $2,185 (£1,682) reached earlier Monday morning, according to Business Insider. Just a year ago, it was trading ...
Read More »Sir Roger Moore dead: James Bond actor dies aged 89
In a statement posted on the actor’s official social media accounts it was revealed that Moore had passed away in Switzerland after a “short but brave battle with cancer”. Moore was the third actor to play British secret agent James ...
Read More »Woman’s $15 ‘costume jewelry’ ring turns out to be worth $450,000
Thirty years ago, an unnamed owner bought an “exceptionally sized” stone from a flea market at the West Middlesex hospital in west London, according to Mashable. She wore the ring for years while shopping and even doing chores before bringing ...
Read More »Isis claim responsibility for the Manchester attack that killed 22
At least 22 people were killed and around 60 more were wounded as explosives outside Manchester Arena as Ariana Grande fans left a concert, according to Metro. The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the Manchester bomb attack. Isis ...
Read More »Manchester attack: First victim named as Georgina Callander
Georgina Callander, 18, was one of 22 people who died after the explosion on Monday at the end of a concert by US singer Ariana Grande, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. Runshaw College in Leyland said it was ...
Read More »Google AI Wins First Game Against Chinese Go Grandmaster
Ke Jie aimed to beat AlphaGo with its own unusual style of play. But the ploy didn’t quite work as the 19-year-old grandmaster planned. After a four hours and fifteen minutes of play, Ke Jie resigned, and AlphaGo grabbed a ...
Read More »Manchester Arena attack: 22 dead and 59 hurt
The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday at the end of a concert by the US singer Ariana Grande, according to the BBC. Greater Manchester Police said the lone male attacker, who died in the blast, was carrying an ...
Read More »Today’s Horoscope for May 23, 2017
Today Sagittarians should reduce their expenses to what’s necessary. In Capricorns family life a conflict could appear. Moon is in Taurus 05:32: Moon → Taurus When the moon enters into the sign of Taurus the time is prosperous and you might ...
Read More »Here’s Your First Look At The Dragons In ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 7
According to Huffington Post, in a new photo from “Game of Thrones” Season 7, courtesy of HBO and Entertainment Weekly, we see Drogon doing his thing. And dragon is big. Director Matt Shakman previously told EW that “the dragons this ...
Read More »Sinkhole opens at Trump’s Florida retreat
The town of Palm Beach, where Mr Trump’s retreat is located, tweeted a traffic alert on Monday morning about the 4ft by 4ft (1.2m) road cavity, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. City officials tweeted that the hole had ...
Read More »Billboard Music Awards: BTS Make History As First Korean Act To Win The Award
At the 2017 Billboard Music Awards, BTS became the first Korean act to win a BBMA, beating artists such as Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes for the ‘Top Social Artist’ award, according to Celebmix. The group can only be described ...
Read More »Astronomers Confirm Orbital Details of TRAPPIST-1’s Least Understood Planet
TRAPPIST-1 is only eight percent the mass of our sun, making it a cooler and less luminous star. It’s home to seven Earth-size planets, three of which orbit in their star’s habitable zone—the range of distances from a star where ...
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