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Australian Dollar
The Australian dollar is rallying ahead of key jobs data
businessinsider.com.au - David Scutt
• The Australian dollar rallied in late trade on Wednesday, helped by a rebound in US stocks and renewed optimism over a potential Brexit deal.• The …
Social Media
This Deep-Sea Fisherman Is Still Posting His Discoveries and OH GOD THE TEETH WHY DOES IT HAVE TEETH
Gizmodo - Matt Novak
Back in 2016, we introduced you to the photos of Roman Fedortsov, a deep-sea fisherman who posts his discoveries to Twitter and Instagram. The …
Equinor
'Catastrophe': Bight oil spill could reach NSW coast, leaked report shows
smh.com.au - Peter Hannam
Rick Steiner, a retired marine conservation professor at the University of Alaska now working with Greenpeace, said the ecological and environmental …
News
Trump cancels US cemetery visit amid diplomatic embarrassment
Guardian US - Martin Pengelly and Lois Beckett
As Donald Trump met Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Saturday, he was beset by potential diplomatic embarrassment. First, the French newspaper Le Monde reported that on a previous diplomatic occasion in Washington,
Australian Dollar
Westpac: Australian dollar headed into the 60s
macrobusiness.com.au - By Houses and Holes in Australian dollar
Via Bill Evans at Westpac: Over the last month the AUD has lifted from USD 0.705 to around USD 0.73. Markets had abruptly dumped the AUD over the …
Australian Dollar
The Australian dollar is under pressure
businessinsider.com.au - David Scutt
• The Australian dollar has opened the new trading week slightly weaker against the greenback.• The US dollar is finding support from continued buying …
Software Development
The Samsung Galaxy X's price just leaked and you won't believe your eyes
trustedreviews.com - James Laird
At SDC 2018, Samsung gave us a sneak peek at its Galaxy X Infinity Flex display ahead of the device’s expected 2019 release date – and now pricing …
Celebrity News
Disney unveils the name of its Netflix competitor, plus new Marvel and Star Wars shows
Mashable - Matt Binder
Disney’s Netflix competitor finally has a name. The long-awaited Disney video-streaming service will be known simply as Disney+. Company CEO Bob Iger …
Business Strategy
The Hard Truth You Need to Know Before Becoming an Online Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur - Chidike Samuelson
It's not all roses, and it's every bit a job like any other. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Like every other person who stumbled into online entrepreneurship, I also fell
Social Media
Facebook quietly launches a TikTok competitor app called Lasso
The Verge - Shannon Liao
The aging social media platform wishes to win teens over Facebook has quietly released an app called Lasso that lets users create fun, short videos designed to compete with TikTok, the viral 15-second
Technology
Xiaomi is opening a retail store in London as it extends its Europe push
TechCrunch - Jon Russell
Xiaomi’s expansion into Europe continues at speed after the Chinese smartphone maker announced plans to open its first retail store in London. The company is best known for developing quality Android at
Singularity
OpenAI launches reinforcement learning training to prepare for artificial general intelligence
VentureBeat - Khari Johnson
OpenAI today announced the launch of Spinning Up, a program designed to teach anyone deep reinforcement learning. OpenAI is well known for making funky-looking agents in virtual environments that learn
Economic Data
$A dips on diverging monetary policies
news.com.au
The Australian dollar was last at 72.46 US cents, easing from as high as 73.03 US cents touched on Thursday - a level not seen since late …
Artificial Intelligence
The Amazing Ways Toyota Is Using Artificial Intelligence, Big Data & Robots
Forbes - Bernard Marr
A great way to understand the future priorities for a company is to see where they invest resources. When you look at where Toyota, the Japanese industry giant, has recently invested, it’s clear the company
Netflix
Disney's new Netflix rival will be called Disney+ and launch late 2019
CNBC - Michelle Castillo
Disney's new streaming service will be called Disney+ and launch in late 2019, CEO Bob Iger announced on the company's earnings call Thursday. The …
U.S. Politics
China figures out how to live without U.S. lobster and soy
Axios - Steve LeVine
Three weeks ahead of a meeting between President Trump and China's Xi Jinping, Beijing is notching record exports and figuring out how to manage …
Hong Kong
China's new high-speed train from Hong Kong to Guangzhou
The Guardian - Caroline Eden
The identikit apartment blocks and mousy-brown fields were as unremarkable as the pale scrubland. It should have made for an unremarkable entry into China’s Guangdong province. Except it wasn’t. The thrill
Travel
10 emerging places to visit in Europe for a crowd-free vacation
USA TODAY - Jamie Ditaranto
As the relentless crowds flock to major tourist sites in cities like Paris and Venice, travelers need to face the truth — we’re wearing each other (and the cities we’re visiting) out. It’s a struggle across
Trump Administration
Fed leaves rates unchanged, says U.S. economy strong
Reuters - By Howard Schneider and Jason Lange
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Thursday but remained on track to keep gradually tightening borrowing costs, as it pointed to a healthy economy that was marred
Technology
Man launches lawsuit to lower his age by 20 years, says it will increase his Tinder matches
TechSpot - Rob Thubron
WTF?! For those of a certain age who are trying to find a date on Tinder, wishing you were a decade or two younger isn’t unusual. But one 69-year-old …
Galaxy Note
The foldable phones are coming
The Verge - Tom Warren
Samsung’s device is just the beginning Futuristic-looking bendable tablets and smartphones have captured our imagination for years. Whether it’s the folding tablets found in Westworld or the many book-like
Opinion
Trump Proves Again He’s Not Fit for Office
Bloomberg - Jonathan Bernstein
Even with everything going on, I still can’t let Donald Trump’s Wednesday news conference go. It was … something. I will give credit to Trump for …
China
Australia a 'partner, not a rival', says China, as relations warm up
smh.com.au - Kirsty Needham
The two-hour meeting ran overtime as Ms Payne, on her first official visit to Beijing and the first by an Australian foreign affairs minister in …
The White House
White House shares fake video to support punishment of CNN's Jim Acosta
smh.com.au - Drew Harwell
Watson said he did not change the speed of the video and says claims that he had altered it were a "brazen lie." However a side-by-side comparisons …
Budget Deficit
Trump's $2.1 trillion deal with the devil has failed
smh.com.au - Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Ominous signs are already evident in sectors most sensitive to higher borrowing costs. The Freddie Mac rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage has risen …
Aging
The healthiest people in the world don’t go to the gym
Quartz - Andrew Merle
If you want to be as healthy as possible, there are no treadmills or weight machines required. Don’t just take my word for it—look to the longest-lived people in the world for proof. People in the world’s
CES
Samsung unveils foldable smartphone that fits in your pocket
VentureBeat - Kyle Wiggers
Samsung’s foldable prototype smartphone — the one it’s teased for months — finally made its debut today at the 2018 Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco. It sports what Samsung’s calling an Infinity
Batteries
Samsung releases bendable smartphone tablet hybrid but other tech companies are in the fold
abc.net.au
While flip phones are considered relics of the past, foldable phones appear to be the future of smart devices. Samsung today offered a first look at …
Technology
China implements tech that can detect people by the way they walk
Engadget - Imad Khan
Limping doesn’t fool the software. A Chinese surveillance company, Watrix, has developed a new system for "gait recognition" that can identify people up to 165 feet away based on how they walk. This means
Health (UK)
AI will make doctors 'obsolete' due to robots being 'cheaper to hire and train than medics'
dailymail.co.uk - Alexandra Thompson Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline
A scientist has warned AI will eventually make doctors 'obsolete'. Artificial intelligence has a 'near unlimited capacity' to diagnose diseases and …

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The Australian dollar is rallying ahead of key jobs data

This Deep-Sea Fisherman Is Still Posting His Discoveries and OH GOD THE TEETH WHY DOES IT HAVE TEETH

'Catastrophe': Bight oil spill could reach NSW coast, leaked report shows

Trump cancels US cemetery visit amid diplomatic embarrassment

Westpac: Australian dollar headed into the 60s

The Australian dollar is under pressure

The Samsung Galaxy X's price just leaked and you won't believe your eyes

Disney unveils the name of its Netflix competitor, plus new Marvel and Star Wars shows

The Hard Truth You Need to Know Before Becoming an Online Entrepreneur

Facebook quietly launches a TikTok competitor app called Lasso

Xiaomi is opening a retail store in London as it extends its Europe push

OpenAI launches reinforcement learning training to prepare for artificial general intelligence

$A dips on diverging monetary policies

The Amazing Ways Toyota Is Using Artificial Intelligence, Big Data & Robots

Disney's new Netflix rival will be called Disney+ and launch late 2019

China figures out how to live without U.S. lobster and soy

China's new high-speed train from Hong Kong to Guangzhou

10 emerging places to visit in Europe for a crowd-free vacation

Fed leaves rates unchanged, says U.S. economy strong

Man launches lawsuit to lower his age by 20 years, says it will increase his Tinder matches

The foldable phones are coming

Trump Proves Again He’s Not Fit for Office

Australia a 'partner, not a rival', says China, as relations warm up

White House shares fake video to support punishment of CNN's Jim Acosta

Trump's $2.1 trillion deal with the devil has failed

The healthiest people in the world don’t go to the gym

Samsung unveils foldable smartphone that fits in your pocket

Samsung releases bendable smartphone tablet hybrid but other tech companies are in the fold

China implements tech that can detect people by the way they walk

AI will make doctors 'obsolete' due to robots being 'cheaper to hire and train than medics'