Sci-tech
Amazon Adds Smart Home Camera Control to Echo Show
This means that any developer will be able to integrate camera control into their Alexa skill without a lot of work - the Smart Home Skill API uses Amazon's standardized Alexa language model, which should significantly cut down the time it takes to create a camera skill. [Full Article...]
Amazon to charge $2.8 million for NFL ad packages
Amazon .com, Inc. ( AMZN ) stock price rose 39.02 percent over the past one year, while increased 28.7 percent during the past 6 months. How will Amazon make up the money it's invested in the rights? Loop Capital reaffirmed a buy rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Thursday, June 8th. [Full Article...]
Queen Elizabeth's Speech Includes Pledge to Fight Anti-Gay Discrimination
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom appears to have been shelved for at least two years after it was left out of the Queen's Speech . It follows reports that the U.S. president told the prime minister he will not come if there are large-scale protests against him. "Labour is not merely an Opposition: we are a government in waiting", he added. [Full Article...]
Zach Collins picked #10 by the Portland Trailblazers
Collins' per-40-minute stats were 23.2 points, 13.6 rebounds and 4.1 blocks per game. Kendra Andrews is the head sports editor. Along with their own 15th pick, they have Memphis' 20th pick and Cleveland's 26th selection, acquiring both through past trades. [Full Article...]
SEGA Forever Collection brings SEGA classics to Android and iOS for free
Sonic The Hedgehog - naturally - is the first game to be made available for free, with Comix Zone , Phantasy Star and Altered Beast also being made available. In the future, Sega promises to deliver more games from its long history of iconic titles. As a result, we can expect to see the Sega Forever concept rolling out elsewhere and, in line with publicity material, supporting games from o... [Full Article...]
ISRO Successfully Launches Cartosat-2 and 30 Nano Satellites
It is similar to the earlier satellites in the objective of having the high-resolution scene-specific spot imagery. "They (Cartosat-2 series) are agile satellites - agile in the sense they can take pictures of the place that you want, you can choose and programme it", he said . [Full Article...]
Southeast Arkansas Sees Heavy Rain As Cindy Passes Through
Rain from Cindy left the New Orleans area drenched Tuesday night and Wednesday before the storm weakened into a tropical depression . The National Weather Service says residents in a Tropical Storm Watch should review evacuation routes and review their disaster supply kit. [Full Article...]
India to take corrective steps to ensure telecoms growth: Manoj Sinha
IMG , which has representation from telecom, finance and revenue departments, also met with banks and state-run telcos BSNL and MTNL. Sinha's assurance came after the operators stressed on the points they had earlier made at their meetings with the IMG, which underlined the division between the incumbents like Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular on one side and Reliance Jio on the other. [Full Article...]