‘It had been a chaotic morning’: Brett Kavanaugh says he didn’t recognize Parkland shooting victim’s father when he tried to shake his hand

Andrew Harnik/AP Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he would have shaken the hand of Fred Guttenberg, the father of a shooting victim from Parkland, Florida, had he recognized him before he was whisked away by security detail. The moment was captured in a photograph that went viral on social media. Kavanaugh said in a […]

11 things millennials do that their parents wouldn’t recognize

Eugenio Marongiu/Shutterstock The millennial generation generally includes people born between 1981 and 1996. Through their sheer size, they’ve affected industries such as fast food, fast fashion, and higher education. They parent differently from their parents — and run their lives differently too. Everyone loves to hate millennials. The Pew Research Center recently defined this generation as people […]

Google Lens in Pixel’s Assistant can now recognize famous people

Google Lens in Pixel smartphones is now able to recognize photos and depictions of well-known people like actresses, celebrities, and politicians. It’s not clear when the ability to recognize celebrities was added to Lens in Google Assistant. The feature was identified during Lens tests conducted by VentureBeat this week. Google did not respo…Read More

10 more countries could recognize Jerusalem as Israeli capital – Israeli deputy FM

Published time: 26 Dec, 2017 01:41 Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely has told a radio station that 10 more countries are considering recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital following the earlier declaration by Guatemala. Speaking to Kan Bet public radio, Hotovely said the 10 states are following the lead of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, who […]

Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli capital, but delay embassy relocation – reports

Published time: 6 Dec, 2017 02:16 Edited time: 6 Dec, 2017 02:27 President Donald Trump is expected to announce official US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Wednesday, according to various reports citing US and White House officials. The US embassy, however, will not be relocated immediately. Read more The US embassy move from […]

Amazon will let developers build Alexa skills that recognize unique voices in 2018

Amazon today announced that starting in early 2018, developers will be able to build Alexa skills that recognize unique human voices. Personalized voice profiles are set up through the account of the primary user of an Alexa-enabled device and can be extended to up to 10 users. Voice profiles that recognize up to 10 users were first […]

Snapchat’s latest filters recognize pets and food

Ahead of its imminent redesign, Snapchat is rolling out new filters that recognize what’s in your snaps to provide contextually-aware graphics. Snap quietly began doling out the new feature (which lives inside its filter carousel) to users last week, the company confirmed to Mashable. You can trigger the filters by capturing images and video of […]