News Headlines - 14 September 2016
In new emails leaked by a hacker, former secretary of state Colin L. Powell offers unvarnished and highly negative opinions about both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
▽Amazon's Echo speakers head to UK and Germany - BBC News
Amazon has confirmed its virtual assistant Echo speakers are coming to the UK, Germany and Austria.
Until now, the company sold its voice-controlled devices only in the US. The machines can answer questions, control other internet-connected devices, build shopping lists and link in to dozens of third-party services including Spotify, Uber and BBC News.
▽Rio Paralympics 2016: Alex Zanardi wins gold on eve of 15-year crash anniversary - BBC Sport
Former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi won a Paralympic gold medal on the eve of the 15-year anniversary of when he lost his legs in a motorsport crash.
▽Science Museum under fire over exhibit asking if brains are pink or blue | The Guardian
The Science Museum in London is facing criticism for a “junk science” exhibit that asks visitors to test whether they have a blue or pink brain... Neuroscientists said the suggestion that the brains of men and women are fundamentally different was based on unhelpful gender stereotypes rather than sound science.
▽Saudi Arabian teen proposes Hijab emojis | Inquirer Technology
Thousands of people emojis are available online—from African-Americans to Asians, internet users can choose between a bounty of icons representing their race, occupation and ethnicity. Still, an emoji that represents Muslim women is still nonexistent.
A 15-year-old Muslim woman has proposed to the Unicode Consortium, the organization in charge of emojis, to create a Hijab emoji for Muslim women like her.
