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A glowing green ball of ice and rock is zipping past the Earth and on December 31st, it can be spotted near the crescent moon—in a dark sky, with the aid of some good binoculars. But for those hoping this comet will veer off course and take aim straight at our sorry planet? Sorry, 2016 isn’t that merciful.
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Instead, the block chain industry is moving into the Trough of Disillusionment, marked by waning interest “as experiments and implementations fail to deliver.” During this time, many will fail and exit the market, while those who survive, will continue to enjoy market success, secure investment dollars and march forward along a path to widespread market adoption. Read More
Indians love watching films. Unsurprising, because they are exposed to the world’s most prolific movie-making industry, bigger than even Hollywood.
So many productions in so many languages hit theaters every year and audiences are always spoiled for choice.
SEE ALSO: 7 films that show how Bollywood came of age in 2016
2016 saw some fascinating patterns emerge in movie-viewing habits of Indians.
Here are some as observed by the country’s largest movie-ticketing service, BookMyShow.
1. Sunday was the most popular day for movie outings.
2. And 7 p.m. shows, the most watched.
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3. Mondays were the most preferred days after weekends. More about Trending Topics, Yearender, Bollywood, India, and Film – Source
Struggling to find acceptance from some, India’s first transgender college principal has quit from her job.
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Dr. Manabi Bandopadhyay, who served as the principal (headmistress) of Krishnagar Women’s College, has submitted her resignation, District Magistrate Sumit Gupta said.
Bandopadhyay cited “non-cooperation” from a section of teachers and students for her decision to resign. She said this behaviour from her colleagues and students instilled tremendous mental stress, adding that her sexual identity overshadowed all of her decisions. …
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There weren’t many tech IPOs this year, but they performed well. Just 14 venture-backed tech companies went public, according to Dealogic. This compares to 25 last year and the 40+ we saw in each of the five years before. The last time we had fewer tech IPOs was in the 2009 financial crisis. Macroeconomic concerns related to oil prices, China and the Brexit made it a suboptimal time… Read More
A study published earlier this year documenting the discrimination ride-hailing passengers face compelled Senator Al Franken to call Uber’s and Lyft’s attention. Now, the Senator’s office has published the companies’ responses to the letter he sent o… – Source
You’d be hard-pressed to find a better view of Earth than the one offered to astronauts living and working on the International Space Station.
While few people are afforded the opportunity to actually fly to the orbiting outpost, the ones who do often share their photos and videos of Earth from above on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
SEE ALSO: NASA takes Snapchat to the International Space Station for a day
A new video from …
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According to a report published today, HTC has no plans to unveil a new version of its popular Vive VR headset at CES next month. At last year’s CES show, HTC showed off the Vive Pre developer kits and allowed members of the media to have a hands on experience with the headset. HTC’s VR business has been strong, unlike its smartphone operations which have been struggling. As we told you earlier this week, HTC is not expected to meet its shipping goal for smartphones this year, despite offering the HTC 10. The latter is the best flagship handset ever made by HTC.
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Last month, Ida Tin raised $20 million for her period-tracking app.
A few weeks earlier, the telemedicine startup Nurx brought in $5.3 million for prescribing birth control through an app, and the company Ava rounded up $9.7 million for a wearable fertility tracker. Add to that some notable raises from earlier this year — $200 million in private equity funding for the fertility tech company Prelude and $14.7 million for its competitor Progyny.
It was a lot of money in a short amount of time for women’s health — an area once seen by investors as “niche.”
“It’s interesting to see how the world has moved since we started talking to investors three or four years ago,” Tin, CEO of the period-tracking app …
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The Lenovo Moto Z got the Android 7.0 Nougat update last month, but it has already received another software upgrade, and not just of the security patch variety either. The Android version remains at 7.0, but the bizarrely large 540 MB file does add one very necessary thing: a fix for the low volume notification sound issue many Moto Z owners have been suffering for a month.
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That is the only change listed in the update prompt, but there has to be a little more on board other than that in a half-gigabyte file. Post-update, the Moto Z is still rocking the November security update though, so it’s not that. We’ll just have to assume there’s a bunch of other bug fixes and performance improvements in there instead.
The build number is NPL25.86-17-3 and you can check for it manually via Settings > About phone if you don’t see the OTA notification in the next couple days. In the meantime, be sure to take a look at our Best of Android 2016 series, which breaks down each major category of device testing before we eventually crown a manufacturer and device of the year.
