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Hogmanay lights up Scotland with fireworks, and Franz Ferdinand

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Hogmanay lights up Scotland with fireworks, and Franz Ferdinand Revellers take part in Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations, Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain December 31, 2018. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland’s capital kicked off its New Year “Hogmanay” festivities on Monday with a traditional ceilidh folk music dance for kilt-wearing revellers under Edinburgh Castle. A whisky-fuelled street party was due to be attended by tens of thousands of people in the main Princes Street thoroughfare before a concert by Glasgow indie-rockers Franz Ferdinand and a firework display. “Hogmanay” is the Scots word for…

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Manchester Victoria station stabbing: Three injured

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Manchester Victoria station stabbing: Three injured Three people - including a police officer - have been stabbed by a man wielding a knife at Manchester Victoria railway station. A man and woman were taken to hospital with knife injuries after the attack at about 20:50 GMT, British Transport Police (BTP) said. Their conditions are not known. It said one of its officers suffered a stab wound to the shoulder. A man has been arrested and the station is shut. Officers remain at the scene. Manchester City Council confirmed New Year…

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Technology 

This clever AI hid data from its creators to cheat at its appointed task

Devin Coldewey

This clever AI hid data from its creators to cheat at its appointed task Depending on how paranoid you are, this research from Stanford and Google will be either terrifying or fascinating. A machine learning agent intended to transform aerial images into street maps and back was found to be cheating by hiding information it would need later in “a nearly imperceptible, high-frequency signal.” Clever girl! This occurrence reveals a problem with computers that has existed since they were invented: they do exactly what you tell them to do. The…

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Epic Games surprises players on New Year’s Eve

Jordan Crook

Epic Games surprises players on New Year’s Eve Happy New Year! The folks over at Epic Games have a special treat in store for players hopping on Fortnite today. In celebration of New Year’s Eve all around the world, Fortnite is having an in-game live event where a massive, dropping disco ball descends on the map each hour, on the hour. The virtual ball drop has the same affect on players as a boogie bomb, meaning that everyone playing Fortnite is collectively dancing each time the minutes on your clock…

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Echo Wall Clock review

Brian Heater

Echo Wall Clock review This was the year Amazon went all-in on the Alexa. September saw the announcement of a new Echo Dot, Show and Plus, a subwoofer, an audio input device, an auto dongle and an amplifier. That would have been plenty, but the company also started dipping its toes into the other side of things.</span> 2018 also found Amazon experimenting in the connected device category — namely a microwave and wall clock (oh, and a singing fish, too). It’s a strange move on the face of it. After…

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UK can 'turn a corner' if MPs back Brexit deal, says May

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UK can 'turn a corner' if MPs back Brexit deal, says May The UK can “turn a corner” and start to “put its differences aside” if Parliament backs the proposed Brexit deal, Theresa May has said. In her new year message, the prime minister said 2019 would mark a new chapter for the country outside the EU. Should MPs approve the exit terms later this month, she said the UK could “move forward together” and concentrate on other issues like housing and health. Labour has said the Brexit process is…

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Three people suffer knife injuries at Manchester Victoria station

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Three people suffer knife injuries at Manchester Victoria station (Reuters) - UK Police said late on Monday that three people suffered knife injuries in an incident at the Manchester Victoria station on New Year’s Eve. Police said they have detained a man in the incident which left a woman, a man and a police officer injured. Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; editing by Chris Reese Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Let’s block ads! (Why?) Source: Reuters Latest News

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WFP says Yemen food aid being stolen in Houthi-run areas

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WFP says Yemen food aid being stolen in Houthi-run areas GENEVA (Reuters) - Food aid meant for starving Yemenis is being stolen and sold in some areas controlled by the Houthi movement, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. The Houthis control most towns and cities, including the capital Sanaa, from where they ousted Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government in 2014. A Saudi-led coalition intervened against the Houthis in 2015 with the aim of restoring his government. After hearing that humanitarian food was being sold on the open market…

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May - Back my Brexit deal and let Britain 'turn a corner'

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May - Back my Brexit deal and let Britain 'turn a corner' LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May urged MPs on Monday to back her Brexit deal, promising that it would allow the country to “turn a corner” and let the government focus on solving domestic problems such as housing and a skill shortage. FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo May made the appeal in a New Year’s message little more…

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Tesla is keeping 44 U.S. stores open until midnight in year-end Model 3 sales push

Kirsten Korosec

Tesla is keeping 44 U.S. stores open until midnight in year-end Model 3 sales push Some Tesla employees will ring in the New Year on a sales floor this year as the automaker tries to liquidate its inventory of Model 3 sedans — and even its more expensive Model S and Model X vehicles — before the federal tax credit for EVs is cut in half. In a list of updated hours, 44 of the stores, including locations in California, Minnesota, Nevada, New York and Ohio, are open until midnight Monday. Tesla…

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