GUEST: At the beginning of the year, Google CEO Sundar Pichai discussed the company’s key areas of focus. He said that, aside from allocating some funds for investments in AR, VR, and cloud technologies, Google will be an “AI first” company. This statement could very well explain one of Google’s latest takeovers. Google has acquired […]
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Mental health UK: NHS trust boosts patients wellbeing with crash course in magic
Now sufferers around Britain are to benefit from the Magic Therapy Project after health bosses advertised for “volunteer magicians” to help roll it out. Patients’ lives have been transformed after they were shown how to amaze loved ones with little more than a deck of cards and an NHS-issued wizard’s wand. The scheme was started […]
Mental health UK: NHS trust boosts patients wellbeing with crash course in magic
AN NHS mental health trust is boosting patients’ confidence and raising self-esteem – by giving them a crash course in magic. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Ratings: AGT's 6-Year Finale High Boosts The Good Place's Return
NBC’s America’s Got Talent dominated Wednesday night with 15.4 million total viewers and a 2.9 demo rating, ticking up from a year ago to deliver its most watched finale in seven years and its highest-rated finale in six years. All in all, AGT drew its largest audience on any night in six years and equaled […]
Trump promises Hurricane Harvey aid & boosts border wall at White House with Finnish president
President Donald Trump addressed Hurricane Harvey, terrorism, US-Russia relations and more during a joint news conference with Finnish president Sauli Niinisto at the White House. FUNDING FOR TEXAS Monday’s conference marked the first time Trump spoke publically since Hurricane Harvey, downgraded to a tropical storm, caused at least nine fatalities in the Gulf Coast. Trump […]
Airbnb boosts property values in the UK as they are 'ideal' for renting out
The increasing popularity of the website could also threaten affordable accommodation for ordinary renters. An estate agent in Tunbridge Wells in Kent has seen homes in desirable areas selling for £30,000 more because of the holiday let potential, which offers landlords more than £100 a week above conventional renting. As many as 135,000 properties across […]
Deere beats on earnings and boosts its forecast for the year (DE)
Thomson Reuters Deere boosted its forecast for sales this year amid more demand for its farming equipment. The company said Friday that “improving market conditions throughout the world” contributed to a 31.1% year-over-year increase in profits. The global agriculture industry is working its way out of a recession that was triggered by crop surpluses and weaker commodity […]
T-Mobile boosts coverage with the first 600MHz LTE network
That cellular equipment you see above may not look like much, but don’t dismiss it too quickly — it could be crucial to the future of wireless data. T-Mobile has switched on the world’s first 600MHz LTE sites in Cheynne, Wyoming, promising less congested networks (and thus higher real-world speeds) and better coverage, especially indoors […]
Google boosts Cloud Speech API with word-level timestamps and support for 30 new languages
Google has announced a number of notable updates to its Cloud Speech API, a product first unveiled as part of the company’s Cloud Machine Learning platform last year. The Cloud Speech API, in a nutshell, allows third-party developers and companies to integrate Google’s speech recognition smarts into their own products. For example, contact centers may […]
‘Wonder Woman’ boosts Time Warner
Warner Bros. (Reuters) – Time Warner Inc, which is in the process of being bought by AT&T Inc, reported a better-than-expected 11.6 percent jump in quarterly profit, helped by the success of its latest superhero movie “Wonder Woman”. Revenue from its Warner Bros unit, which includes the movie business, rose 12.4 percent to $ 2.99 […]
