Friday 28 April 2017

'God complex' breast surgeon guilty

Ian Paterson, 59, carried out "extensive, life-changing operations for no medically-justifiable reason". His motives were "obscure" but may have included a desire to "earn extra money", Nottingham Crown Court heard. Paterson was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent, relating to nine women and one man. Jurors also convicted him of three further wounding charges.

Wednesday 26 April 2017

MP asks Facebook to tackle 'fake news' as election approaches

An MP has urged Facebook to tackle fake news in the run-up to the UK's general election on 8 June.

Conservative MP Damian Collins expressed his concernsto the Guardian newspaper, saying fake news threatened "the integrity of democracy".

A parliamentary inquiry examining the "growin g phenomenon of fake news" waslaunched by Mr Collins in January.

Thursday 13 April 2017

'World's worst drawer' stumps Google AutoDraw

Google has released an artificial intelligence-powered drawing program that turns rough scribbles into illustrations.

The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones is the self-proclaimed "world's worst drawer".

So, he was keen to see if AutoDraw could make any sense of his sketches.

Tuesday 11 April 2017

Samsung Galaxy S8's Bixby Assistant to Get Full Functionality, Wider Language Support in Q4


With the launch of Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ flagship smartphones, the South Korean company also introduced its Bixby digital assistant but it was soon noted that it comes with support for just two languages - English and Korean. Now it seems like the new digital assistant will be getting support for more languages, at least German, in the fourth quarter this year. Alongside, Bixby will get wider functionality compared to what's currently on offer.

Saturday 1 April 2017

Sienna Miller on why her new role is not 'just a wife'

If there's one thing Sienna Miller has in common with the character she plays in exploration epic Lost City of Z, it's that she's not afraid to air her views, loud and clear.So much so that she altered a script when she thought Nina Fawcett was appearing as too much of a stereotypical "wife" - with the director framing the scrawled-on piece of paper.Â