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Two gay penguins have successfully hatched a baby chick
Aquarium staff announced on Friday morning that Sphen and Magic had officially become parents. Baby Sphengic has already stolen everyone's heart on the Internet! Written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, "And Tango Makes Three" is a children's book based on the true story of Roy and Silo , two male penguins at New York's Central Park Zoo who reared their own chick. [Full Article...]
OnePlus 6T Renders Leaked Again, Cases Up for Pre-Order Already
OnePlus 6T , the next flagship smartphone from OnePlus , will be officially launched tomorrow. Such a difference in performance could allow the OnePlus 6T to perform more capably under heavy usage than Google's latest and greatest. Official Announcement - 31 OctoberAt the Honor Play launch event, the company's president showed a teaser for a successor to the Honor Magic phone launched in 2... [Full Article...]
What's Going To Happen At Apple's iPad And MacBook Event Next Week?
There's not much else known about this low-priced MacBook but given that these will be Apple's "budget" offerings, they are not expected to come with a radical new design or sport other features like TouchBar or Touch ID. Apple's recent iPhone Xs and XR smartphones have both received an all-screen makeover so it's highly likely something similar is coming the iPad. [Full Article...]
Microsoft upholds plan to work with USA military despite employees' objection
Nearly two weeks ago, anonymous Microsoft employees posted on Medium, a social journalism platform , an article that concluded: "Microsoft, don't bid on JEDI ". Employees who want to switch teams can apply for other open jobs within the company, he wrote. The company said the deal would be inconsistent with its principles, which left Amazon and Microsoft as the two leading contenders. [Full Article...]
More search crews deployed to look for plane off East Coast
The Coast Guard 7th District searched 3,516 square miles for 76 hours before calling off the search for the Piper PA-31 that was reported down about 110 miles east of Charleston on Thursday. Owing to the fall in demand, production of the Pa-31 model ceased in 1984. It's unknown how many people were on board the plane, but a Piper PA-31 aircraft is capable of carrying up to 9 people. [Full Article...]
Researchers Crowdsource Ethics For Self-Driving Cars
Another question asked if a group of male doctors should be chosen over female ones? While technical aspects of driverless cars have been widely reported and discussed, the debate has now reached the morality of autonomous vehicles . Participants from poorer countries with weaker institutions were more tolerant of jaywalkers versus pedestrians who cross legally. Further to that, countries tha... [Full Article...]
AT&T successfully tests first 5G hotspot you'll actually be able to buy
AT&T announced today that it has used the Nighthawk 5G to complete the "world's first millimeter wave mobile 5G browsing session with a standards-based device on a mobile 5G network ". Like this story? Subscribe to FierceWireless! An AT&T spokesperson confirmed to FierceWireless that the Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot will be AT&T's first mobile 5G device, and that it is the " puck " Stephenson wa... [Full Article...]
Irish President Michael Higgins on track to win second term
Counting was underway Saturday in Ireland after voting in a presidential poll and a referendum on removing the offense of blasphemy from the constitution. Michael D Higgins topped the poll in Donegal following the first count of ballot papers in Letterkenny's Aura Leisure Centre today . Exit polls and early results suggested the measure had been backed by more than two-thirds of voters, Reute... [Full Article...]
Erdogan, Putin, Merkel & Macron have dinner after four-way Syria summit in Istanbul
Last month, Russian Federation and Turkey agreed to establish a buffer zone in the northwestern Idlib province, which is considered the last remaining stronghold of the anti-government militants. "We made a call for the constitutional committee's establishment process to be completed as soon as possible - we hope that it will be established by the end of this year", Erdogan said. [Full Article...]
Saudi crown prince says Khashoggi death "heinous crime"
Erdogan also called for the suspects to be tried in Istanbul. For Saudi Arabia's allies, the burning question has been whether they believe that Crown Prince Mohammed, who has painted himself as a reformer, has any culpability in the killing, a possibility raised by several U.S. [Full Article...]
Merkel’s party leading in state election in Germany’s Hesse region
These results are significantly worse for the parties than the last time Hesse elected its state legislature in 2013. The SPD's leaders may decide to pull out of the alliance and bring down her fragile government. Both the SPD and Merkel's CSU sister party had also seen grave losses in Bavaria's regional poll earlier this month. Berlin must find a "reasonable way of working", Nahles said, arguin... [Full Article...]
Israël bombarde Gaza en riposte à un tir de roquette
Dans la matinée du 27 octobre, l'armée israélienne a accusé la Syrie , avec le soutien de l'Iran , d'avoir ordonné les tirs de roquettes de Gaza sur Israël: "Le régime d'Assad et la force iranienne Al-Qods sont derrière les attaques à la roquette du Jihad Islamique contre Israël". [Full Article...]
Les températures chutent brutalement ce week-end
Bien tombée sur les sommets des Pyrénées ce week-end, la neige ne va pas partir tout de suite puisque selon un des modèles, les quantités vont rester identiques jusqu'à mardi dans nos montagnes , avant une nouvelle hausse des températures. [Full Article...]
President Trump blames mail bombs for hurting Republicans in midterm elections
The FBI, which is leading the investigation into the packages, has only confirmed the existence of 11 packages and has not released any information about suspects or any potential motivation for the mailings. Nor would they say why none of the packages had detonated, but they stressed they were still treating them as "live devices". The devices were packaged in manila envelopes and carried USA p... [Full Article...]
Two suspicious packages sent to former VP Biden
The FBI said on Thursday one of the two packages sent to Biden - who once said he would have fought Trump if they were in high school - was discovered at a mail facility in his home state of DE and the second at another location. A law enforcement official says a package addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden appears similar to packages containing bombs sent to prominent Democrats and has be... [Full Article...]
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter identified
The Tree of Life synagogue describes itself on its website as a conservative congregation that is traditional, progressive and egalitarian. Michael Eisenberg, the past president of the Tree of Life Synagogue, told KDKA-TV that the synagogue has never had threats or security concerns. [Full Article...]
Fusillade à Pittsburgh aux Etats Unis : 7 morts confirmés
La télévision affiliée à la chaîne CBS a évoqué huit morts, dont deux policiers, tandis que Fox News Pittsburgh parlait de quatre personnes abattues et de nombreux blessés.Malgré l'arrestation du tireur, le maire de Pittsburgh, Bill Peduto, a estimé que la zone n'était "pas sécurisée". [Full Article...]
Multiple People Stabbed With Syringe In High School 'Prank'
Emergency services are now at the scene, with preliminary reports that a needle has been involved in the incident. All eight students will be required to attend a medical centre for testing as a precaution, police said. Ambulance crews were still on the scene about 1.15pm. Four ambulances and seven paramedics attended the school to assess the eight students. "The school will be taking strong... [Full Article...]
No Suspicious Package Headed For White House
They said the package was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan , who has appeared on CNN . Two packages were sent to California Congresswoman Maxine Waters , the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. Were the pipe bombs created to go off? The discovery came after a series of glass-filled pipe bombs targeting Hillary Clinton , former president Barack Obama , other prominent Democr... [Full Article...]
BJP, Congress Claim Victory Following SC's Order on CBI Director Verma
The Centre and the CBI were asked by the apex court to provide the CVC report in a sealed cover within 10 days. CVC submitted that 10 days for inquiry was not sufficient as it has to look into several documents. The bench told Rohatgi that since his petition is not before it, the court would not hear him at this stage. During the brief hearing Friday, senior advocate F S Nariman advanced argum... [Full Article...]