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With Reactions, Facebook Supercharges The Like Button With 6 Empathetic Emoji

In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made some waves when he hinted Facebook was working on a way to expand its famous Like button — not by adding the much-fabled “dislike” option, but by making it way more empathetic, expressing sadness and other emotions. Today, Facebook is taking the wraps off what form the new Like may take. It is rolling out “Reactions,” a new set of six emoji that will sit alongside the original thumbs-up to let […]

todayFebruary 24, 2016

Technology

Morgan Freeman can now be your GPS navigation voice

We cannot all be blessed with a smooth, majestic voice like actor Morgan Freeman, but now you can at least have him give you driving directions. Just fire up the Waze mapping app (which is owned by Google these days) and fiddle around with the settings, then you’ll be off to the grocery store with Freeman’s gentle guidance. This is, unfortunately, not a permanent option. The version of Morgan Freeman in […]

todayFebruary 24, 2016

Showbiz

Jude Law highlights plight of unaccompanied children in Calais’ ‘Jungle’

Jude Law has called for the British Government to allow children living in the Calais "Jungle" migrant camp to come to the UK if they already have relatives living here. The 43-year-old actor called for the demolition of the southern part of the camp to be delayed until children are granted protection by French or British authorities. The charity Help Refugees estimate there to be 445 children - 315 alone […]

todayFebruary 23, 2016

Music

Reddingite wins ‘Best New Age’ Grammy Award

Paul Avgerinos, a Redding-based composer who runs Studio Unicorn on Sanfordtown Road, won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album last night. He won for his album ‘Grace,’ which was released last year. This is the first Grammy for Avgerinos, who was featured by the Pilot in December. In addition to producing albums of meditative and spiritually inspired music, many of his single tracks have been featured in feature films and […]

todayFebruary 23, 2016

Technology

Revolutionary “Superman” Memory Crystals Can Store Data Virtually Forever

While most of us are just getting used to the idea of 3D printing, scientists are already working on technological marvels that operate two dimensions deeper. Researchers at the University of Southampton have succeeded in recording and retrieving five dimensional digital data using a quartz crystal. The ‘Superman’ memory crystal is a futuristic storage technique with unprecedented features – including a 360 terabyte per disc data capacity, thermal stability up to 1000°C […]

todayFebruary 23, 2016

Miscellaneous

Emotional Jennifer Aniston wipes away tears as Friends stars reunite.

Jennifer Aniston wiped away tears on Sunday during a televised tribute to legendary television director James Burrows. The 47-year-old actress joined her Friends castmates as they gathered to celebrate the career of the 75-year-old director during the two-hour special Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows on NBC. Aniston took to the stage to honor Burrows along with Friends co-stars Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt […]

todayFebruary 22, 2016

Showbiz

James Bond’s Aston Martin Just Sold for $3.5 Million

And it can’t even be driven on public roads. It’s not the highest price ever paid for an Aston Martin that’s starred in a James Bond film. But it comes close. The Aston Martin DB10, which was made for the latest James Bond film Spectre, sold Thursday at a special auction at Christie’s in London for £2,424,500, or about $3.5 million. The car was initially expected to sell for between […]

todayFebruary 20, 2016

Technology

Reading Fairy Tales Can Teach Robots To Be Ethical

The fairy tale performs many functions. They entertain, they encourage imagination, they teach problem-solving skills. They can also provide moral lessons, highlighting the dangers of failing to follow the social codes that let human beings coexist in harmony. Such moral lessons may not mean much to a robot, but a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology believes it has found a way to leverage the humble fable into […]

todayFebruary 19, 2016

Showbiz

Lady Gaga rocks the runway in a large trench coat

She has already had quite a successful 2016 as she has taken home a Golden Globe and performed an amazing rendition of the US National Anthem at the Super Bowl. And if that wasn't enough, Lady Gaga made her mark on the catwalk. The 29-year-old singer joined the likes of Kendall Jenner as she took to the catwalk during the highly-anticipated Marc Jacobs runway show as part of New York […]

todayFebruary 19, 2016

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