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У Трампа отрицают информацию о его встрече с Путиным в Рейкьявике

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NewsHubОфициальный представитель избранного президента США Шон Спайсер опроверг сообщение издания The Sunday Times о том, что Дональд Трамп планирует провести встречу в Рейкьявике с главой РФ Владимиром Путиным после того, как вступит в должность.
„Это неправда. Новость – 100% ложная“, – написал Ш. Спайсер у себя в микроблоге в „Твиттере“, приложив к сообщению ссылку на информацию о том, что Д. Трамп якобы хочет провести встречу в Рейкьявике с В. Путиным.

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Lego Launches Boost Programming Set

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NewsHubLego has announced a building and coding set designed to let kids control their models and add movement and sound.
Lego Boost is based around a Move Hub, which is a Lego stud-covered brick with built in tilt sensor. Kids can then add Lego ‚elements‘ to this, including motors and a sensor that combines color and distance detection. In total, the kit includes 840 bricks, and comes with instructions for building five different models; Vernie the Robot, Frankie the Cat, the Guitar 4000, the Multi-Tool Rover 4 (M. T. R.4), and the Autobuilder.
Alongside the building instructions, there’s a free downloadable app that contains the guidance, building instructions and simple coding commands for the five models. The code development relies on building behaviors and actions by linking digital coding blocks in a horizontal layout. The kit also lets children add voice recordings to „add personality without requiring spelling and typing. “ The app also includes more than 60 activities designed to inspire additional building, coding and play.
The kit also includes a “creative canvas”. This has the instructions for three basic models that can then be customized. The three base models are a walking base that can then be used to make animals like a dog or a pony, a driving base for building vehicles; and an entrance base so that children can make their own castle, fort, or space station. The kit can also be used to „boost“ other Lego kits.
In terms of complexity, Lego Boost is much simpler than Lego MindStorms, and is therefore more accessible. The emphasis is on building robots and playing, with the coding elements coming second. An enthusiastic child could learn the basics of coding, but that’s secondary to the building aspects.
Lego Boost will available in the second half of 2017 and will have a suggested retail price of $159.99.
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Android 7.0 Nougat will rollout to the Honor 8 starting Monday

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NewsHubHuawei Japan, the Japanese division of Huawei, has announced that the Japanese rollout of Android 7.0 Nougat will begin on January the 16th. Huawei initially announced that the Android 7.0 Nougat rollout for the Honor 8 would begin in February, but it seems that date has since been expedited.
Beta testers for the Honor 8 began receiving Android 7.0 Nougat update on their devices back in November and it appears that it has since exited that phase, at least in Japan, earlier this month.
The 1.97GB update will be incrementally rolled out and is expected to reach most Japanese Honor 8 users within a few weeks. There is no indication on when it will begin to reach users elsewhere, but the Japanese rollout is a good indication that development is still taking place for the phone and that it’s taking place fairly quickly.
Huawei will be putting EMUI 5.0 on top of Android, which is their own customized version of the OS. Some of the features being included in this release include:
Which are in addition to the standard features that come with Android 7.0 Nougat.
You can check out our review of the Honor 8 here .
Source: Huawei Japan via Phonearena

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Nintendo's Switch new online service offers a free monthly game, but it's really a rental

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NewsHubThere’s a lot to take in about the Nintendo Switch – it’s a new console that will also arrive with an entirely new online service. This is a first for the company who for years offered a lackluster online experience with its Wii, Wii U, 3DS and more. When the Switch launches, the service will be offered as a free trial with a paid service launching later in the year. Like other paid online services, like Xbox Live or PlayStation Plus, there is the added benefit of a free monthly game download. Unfortunately, it appears that the free title will work a bit differently than its competitors offerings.
According to Nintendo’s subscription service, the subscriber will be able to download and play a retro title „for free for a month „. This part is important because it clearly states that while the title will be free, it will only be available for play for one month’s time. After a month, the title will be plucked from your library and a new title will be offered.
The only way to retain the title in your library permanently is to purchase it. While this might not be a huge deal, it is a bit disappointing considering that the competition is offering so much more. With a few months to go and an official roll out of the service several months away, there is a possibility that Nintendo could change their service offerings.
Source: Chris Kohler (Twitter) via Polygon

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Huawei Mate 9 and Lenovo P2 now available for purchase in the UK

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NewsHubUK carrier Three has listed the Huawei Mate 9 and Lenovo P2 on its website indicating that they’re now available for purchase. Both of the devices are available on a monthly contract for £31.00 and £18.00 respectively.
The Lenovo P2 is a 5.5″ smartphone for which details began to surface back in November. The smartphone comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow which is fairly outdated at this point. A fuller list of specs for the Lenovo P2 includes:
The Lenovo P2’s more interesting feature includes a 5100 mAh battery and supporting 24W rapid charging.
The Huawei Mate 9 is the more powerful of the two devices and sports a number of higher-end features. The smartphone has a 5.9″ display and Leica lenses for the dual camera setup which Neowin Editor Timi has found to be quite capable. A fuller list of specs for the Huawei Mate 9 includes:
The Three UK page for the Huawei Mate 9 can be found here and the page for the Lenovo P2 can be found here.
Source: Three UK ( 1 , 2 ) via GSM Arena

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Skype for Linux Alpha gets updated to 1.15, adds autostart and start minimized features

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NewsHubThe Skype for Linux Alpha has been updated to include a few different features and has had several bug fixes. While features like screen sharing or even renaming contacts are still missing, development on the alpha is continuing ahead and more features are being added fairly often.
The latest release now includes the ability to configure launching the app at login from within the app itself. Previously you would have gone through and needed to configure this from elsewhere within your GNU/Linux machine. Complementing this is the ability to launch minimized, where Skype for Linux would launch in the background and not hijack your screen on opening.
Another feature included in this release is a slightly more polished context menu when you right click on the message input area.
The full changelog can be read below:
The Skype for Linux Alpha has slowly become more usable after introducing things like the ability for group chats as well as a slew of bug fixes across the board. If you’d like to give feedback or make feature requests from the Skype for Linux team, click on the source link below.
Source: Skype for Linux

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Famed Ringling Bros. circus closing

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NewsHub(CNN) Ringling Bros. circus is closing down after more than 100 years in operation, according to a press release from Feld Entertainment, which has owned the circus for the last 50 years.
CNN’s Faith Karimi contributed to this report

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"The Greatest Show on Earth" to close after 146 years, Ringling Brothers says

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NewsHub. @RinglingBros will hold its final performances in May of this year. Details: https://t.co/Z4iQLxI0Sh #RinglingBros
The iconic American spectacle was felled by a variety of factors, company executives say. Declining attendance combined with high operating costs, along with changing public tastes and prolonged battles with animal rights groups all contributed to its demise.
“There isn’t any one thing,” said Kenneth Feld, chairman and CEO of Feld Entertainment. “This has been a very difficult decision for me and for the entire family.”
Kristen Michelle Wilson will become the first woman ringmaster for Ringling Bros. Circus in its 146-year history. She out-performed hundreds of c…
The company broke the news to circus employees Saturday night after shows in Orlando and Miami.
Ringling Bros. has two touring circuses this season and will perform 30 shows between now and May. Major stops include Atlanta, Washington, Philadelphia, Boston and Brooklyn. The final shows will be in Providence, Rhode Island, on May 7 and in Uniondale, New York, at the Nassau County Coliseum on May 21.
Just this week, the circus made headlines when it announced that a woman would be ringmaster for the first time in the show’s 146-year history.
“It’s really amazing because all of these different experiences that I’ve had the opportunity to have in my life have really blended together in an amazing way to prepare me to lead the greatest show on Earth,” Kristen Michelle Wilson told CBS News .
The Big peformers have been a Big part of the greatest show on earth
The circus, with its exotic animals, flashy costumes and death-defying acrobats, has been a staple of entertainment in the United States since the mid-1800s. Phineas Taylor Barnum made a traveling spectacle of animals and human oddities popular, while the five Ringling brothers performed juggling acts and skits from their home base in Wisconsin. Eventually, they merged and the modern circus was born. The sprawling troupes traveled around America by train, wowing audiences with the sheer scale of entertainment and exotic animals.
By midcentury, the circus was routine, wholesome family entertainment. But as the 20th century went on, kids became less and less enthralled. Movies, television, video games and the internet captured young minds. The circus didn’t have savvy product merchandising tie-ins or Saturday morning cartoons to shore up its image.
“The competitor in many ways is time,” said Feld, adding that transporting the show by rail and other circus quirks – such as providing a traveling school for performers’ children- are throwbacks to another era. “It’s a different model that we can’t see how it works in today’s world to justify and maintain an affordable ticket price. So you’ve got all these things working against it.”
The Feld family bought the Ringling circus in 1967. The show was just under 3 hours then. Today, the show is 2 hours and 7 minutes, with the longest segment – a tiger act – clocking in at 12 minutes.
“Try getting a 3- or 4-year-old today to sit for 12 minutes,” he said.
Feld and his daughter Juliette Feld, who is the company’s chief operating officer, acknowledged another reality that led to the closing, and it was the one thing that initially drew millions to the show: the animals. Ringling has been targeted by activists who say forcing animals to perform is cruel and unnecessary.
In May of 2016, after a long and costly legal battle, the company removed the elephants from the shows and sent the animals to live on a conservation farm in Central Florida. The animals had been the symbol of the circus since Barnum brought an Asian elephant named Jumbo to America in 1882. In 2014, Feld Entertainment won $25.2 million in settlements from groups including the Humane Society of the United States, ending a 14-year fight over allegations that circus employees mistreated elephants.
By the time the elephants were removed, public opinion had shifted somewhat. Los Angeles prohibited the use of bull-hooks by elephant trainers and handlers, as did Oakland, California. The city of Asheville, North Carolina nixed wild or exotic animals from performing in the municipally owned, 7,600-seat U. S. Cellular Center.
Attendance has been dropping for 10 years, said Juliette Feld, but when the elephants left, there was a “dramatic drop” in ticket sales. Paradoxically, while many said they didn’t want big animals to perform in circuses, many others refused to attend a circus without them.
“We know now that one of the major reasons people came to Ringling Bros. was getting to see elephants,” she said. “We stand by that decision. We know it was the right decision. This was what audiences wanted to see and it definitely played a major role.”
The Felds say their existing animals – lions, tigers, camels, donkeys, alpacas, kangaroos and llamas – will go to suitable homes. Juliette Feld says the company will continue operating the Center for Elephant Conservation.
Some 500 people perform and work on both touring shows. A handful will be placed in positions with the company’s other, profitable shows – it owns Monster Jam, Disney on Ice and Marvel Live, among other things – but most will be out of a job. Juliette Feld said the company will help employees with job placement and resumes. In some cases where a circus employee lives on the tour rail car (the circus travels by train), the company will also help with housing relocation.
Kenneth Feld became visibly emotional while discussing the decision with a reporter. He said over the next four months, fans will be able to say goodbye at the remaining shows.
In recent years, Ringling Bros. tried to remain relevant, hiring its first African American ringmaster, then its first female ringmaster, and also launching an interactive app. It added elements from its other, popular shows, such as motorbike daredevils and ice skaters. But it seemingly was no match for Pokemon Go and a generation of kids who desire familiar brands and YouTube celebrities.
“We tried all these different things to see what would work, and supported it with a lot of funding as well, and we weren’t successful in finding the solution,” said Kenneth Feld.

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У самопроголошеній "ДНР" планують глушити сигнал Українського радіо

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NewsHubВатажок терористичної організації „ДНР“ Олександр Захарченко заявив, що буде глушити частоту мовлення Українського радіо на підконтрольній бойовикам території Донецької області.
Про це пишуть Новини Донбасу .
„Так, я знаю про цю проблему. На сьогоднішній день , якщо ви ввімкніть приймач, ми можемо зловити будь-яку хвилю, в тому числі й українською мовою. За великим рахунком ми вже 2 роки живемо з мовленням українського радіо“, – сказав Захарченко на прес-конференції.
Він також додав, що подав наказ підготувати рішення, яке дозволить глушити частоту Українського радіо.
„Особливої проблеми в цьому не бачу. Але все одно дав наказ, щоб підготували технічне рішення, яке дозволяє саме це радіо на цій частоті глушити“, – сказав Захарченко.
Нагадаємо, що 13 січня Національна рада видала дозвіл на мовлення у зоні АТО Національної телекомпанії України, яка буде поширювати передачі першої програми Українського радіо.

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У США розпочалися протести проти інавгурації Трампа

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NewsHubУ США активісти руху за громадянські права починали тиждень протестів проти інавгурації обраного президента США Дональда Трампа.
Про це повідомляє Reuters.
На вулиці Вашингтона вийшли близько 2000 осіб. Незважаючи на дощ, вони провели мітинг біля меморіалу Мартіна Лютера Кінга. Закликали боротися за права меншин і збереження реформи охорони здоров’я Obamacare.
ЧИТАЙТЕ ТАКОЖ: Трамп викликав різке невдоволення в Китаї
За словами лідера руху Альфреда Шарптона, що демократи в Конгресі повинні отримати простий сигнал, що у них є підтримка.
„Ми йдемо в проливний дощ, тому що ми хочемо щоб народ зрозумів, що їм знадобиться більше ніж одні вибори, щоб скасувати те, за що ми боролися, те чого ми добилися“, – заявив Шарптон.
Мітинги триватимуть до вступу Трампа на посаду 20 січня.

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