What a teen's recent livestreamed suicide reveals about mental health and social media

On Dec. 30, Katelyn Nicole Davis turned on the livestreaming app Live.me at her home in Cedartown, Georgia, and broadcast her own suicide.

As that video spread across the internet and social media, it demonstrated how quickly technology can turn casual spectators into traumatized witnesses. The video also left those who encountered it online or through news reports wondering what would drive a young person — Davis was just 12 — to invite unsuspecting friends and strangers to watch a life vanish before their eyes.

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What a teen's recent livestreamed suicide reveals about mental health and social media

Huawei Mate 9 and Lenovo P2 now available in UK

The Lenovo P2 with a mammoth 5,100mAh battery and Huawei’s Mate 9 flagship smartphone are both now available for purchase in the UK. Carrier Three UK has both devices listed on its website.

Specifically, the Mate 9 is available in Space Gray color option with 64GB storage. As for pricing, it’s available on contract, with plans beginning from as low as £31.00 a month (£99.00 upfront.).

Coming to the Lenovo P2, it’s available in Grey color option with 32GB storage. Like the Mate 9, the P2 is also available on contract, with plans starting from £18.00 a month (no upfront).

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Huawei Mate 9 and Lenovo P2 now available in UK

Nougat roll out for HTC 10 halted due to bugs

HTC has halted the roll out of the Nougat update for its HTC 10 smartphone. The step was taken after the update was found to be buggy. This was seemingly revealed by the German subsidiary of the company on social media channels.

Exact details on the bugs isn’t known at the moment; also not known is when the roll out would resume.

HTC started pushing out the HTC 10 Nougat update towards November end. Recently, T-Mobile US rolled out the update to units on its network.

There’s currently no information on whether a particular region/market is affected by the company’s decision to…

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Nougat roll out for HTC 10 halted due to bugs

Jefferies lowers its estimates of Q4 postpaid net additions for Verizon, AT&T and Sprint

Wall Street securities house Jefferies has cut its fourth quarter postpaid net addition estimates for three of the largest carriers in the U.S. For example, Jefferies analysts now expect Big Red to have added 786,000 new postpaid customers in the three month period that ended last month. Previously, the trading house was expecting Verizon to add 943,000 postpaid subscribers in Q4. Postpaid churn is estimated to be 1.03% for the period, unchanged from the earlier forecast.

Jefferies revised its AT&T numbers down by a larger percentage. It now sees 315,000 postpaid net adds for the carrier … – Source

Jefferies lowers its estimates of Q4 postpaid net additions for Verizon, AT&T and Sprint

Crunch Report | Nintendo Switch Hits the Market on March 3

Nintendo Switch to hit the market on March 3, San Francisco District Attorney brings lawsuit against Lily, Moon Express is going to the Moon and Microsoft buys AI startup Maluuba. All this on Crunch Report. Read More

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Crunch Report | Nintendo Switch Hits the Market on March 3

A private space company you probably don't know has enough money to land on the moon

A private company you probably haven’t heard of just announced that it has the money it needs to shoot for the moon, literally.

Moon Express — one of the teams competing to win the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize — says that it has now raised enough money to build, test and launch its uncrewed MX-1E spacecraft to the lunar surface before the end of this year.

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“We now have all the resources in place to shoot for the moon,” Moon Express CEO Bob Richards said in a statement.

In total, the company has raised more than $45 million in private funding for its moonshot. …

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Weekly Roundup: Claims surface on Trump’s dealings with Russia, Yahoo splits into Altaba

As part of the Verizon acquisition, Yahoo has split itself into an investment unit called Altaba and is now waiting for Verizon to undertake its remaining assets. Amazon announced a plan to create 100,000 U.S. jobs, and memos about Trump’s dealings with Russia surfaced this week. You can receive this post in your inbox by signing up here. Read More

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Weekly Roundup: Claims surface on Trump’s dealings with Russia, Yahoo splits into Altaba

Inflatable backpack saves snowboarder from avalanche - CNET

A first-person video shows the harrowing moments when a snowboarder is caught in an avalanche and protected by his high-tech gear. – Source

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Run the Jewels include AR extras with 'RTJ3' physical editions

Killer Mike and El-P may have dropped the digital version of their highly-anticipated Run the Jewels 3 on Christmas Eve, but the duo is releasing the physical versions of the album today in the US (globally next week). As part of this second wave rel… – Source

Run the Jewels include AR extras with 'RTJ3' physical editions

Demand for datacentres in "edge" countries tipped to fuel next wave of colocation M&A

451 Research predicts developing countries will be the source of increased colocation market revenue in the years to come, and fuel a fresh wave of takeovers – Source

Demand for datacentres in "edge" countries tipped to fuel next wave of colocation M&A