Tag: Them

07 DEC

Cruise passengers left STRANDED in holiday nightmare when ship leaves without them

Cruise ship passengers were horrified when, during a stop-off to Havana, Cuba, their Norwegian Cruise Line ship left the island without them. US tourist Kevin Rohrer and his girlfriend returned to the dock after a day of exploring the city only to find they were completely stranded. The ship, Norwegian Sky, had left without them, […]

03 DEC

A man dropped his fiancee’s ring down a NYC grate after proposing and they walked away, but using social media, police tracked them down

@NYPDNews/Twitter The New York Police Department went above and beyond for one couple. Shortly after proposing in New York City, a man accidentally dropped his fiancé’s engagement ring down a NYC grate in Times Square. The police were able to recover the ring, clean it, and, with the help of social media, track down the […]

30 NOV

Facebook and MIT tap AI to give addresses to people without them

About four billion people in the world are without a physical address. The MIT Media Lab and Facebook are teaming up to create a solution that will use a machine learning algorithm to identify and assign addresses from satellite images. The system would provide a cheap and efficient alternative to conventional mapping methods. According to […]

24 NOV

‘We’ll turn them into wins’: Defiant Cheika won’t walk away

Embattled Wallabies coach Michael Cheika maintains he’s still the man to take Australia to the World Cup despite falling to a ninth defeat of a miserable 2018. Cheika’s side sank to a 37-18 loss — their joint second biggest against England — in a game where they were largely second-best at Twickenham. The defeat was […]

23 NOV

The three types of Amazon buyers — and how other e-tailers can lure them away (AMZN)

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That’s the strategy e-tailers will have to adopt if they want to compete with Amazon. To fight back against the e-commerce giant’s expanding dominance, other online retailers must understand exactly why and how customers are buying on Amazon — and which aspects of the Amazon shopping experience […]

22 NOV

Proud Boys founder calls it quits after FBI labels them 'extremist'

The founder of the Proud Boys, Gavin McInnes, has said he is quitting the group “in all capacities” and “forever” a day after the FBI designated it “extremist.” McInnes blamed Democrats and the media for vilifying the group. “I am officially disassociating myself from the Proud Boys, in all capacities, forever. I quit,” McInnes announced […]

14 NOV

The South China Sea is fabled for its hidden energy reserves and China wants to block outsiders like the US from finding them

China has a plan in motion to lock down potential oil and gas assets in the resource-rich, but hotly contested South China Seas. If successful, the move would effectively ban exploration by countries from outside the region, further isolating local powers from US support. China is using drawn-out negotiations over the issue to further divide […]