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Carnival Corp. CEO unveils wearable technology at CES

Following in the tracks of Walt Disney Co., Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise operator, has announced it will be launching wearable technology to improve customers interaction on its ships and at its resorts.

2016 was hottest year on record for most of the world

Last year was the hottest on record by a wide margin, with temperatures creeping close to a ceiling set by almost 200 nations for limiting global warming, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday.

Carnival unveils new concierge technology at CES 2017

Carnival, the operator of such cruise lines as Princess, Holland America and Carnival, is unveiling new concierge technology designed to help crew members anticipate and respond to passengers’ needs.

Faraday Future offers peek of electric car to CES crowd

Faraday Future, the electric car startup that’s promised to build a $1 billion plant in North Las Vegas, gave audiences a look at its FF 91 electric car late Tuesday at a CES 2017 event in Las Vegas.

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Lenovo announces new VR headset at CES in Las Vegas

Add Lenovo to the list of companies making virtual reality (VR) headsets. The Chinese consumer electronics giant announced at CES in Las Vegas this week that it is going to launch its own VR device later this year.

That self-driving bus Olli is still on its way

By the end of 2017, it’s possible you’ll get around downtown, the Strip and/or the university area via an autonomous self-driving bus-type of vehicle — named Olli.

 
Start-ups creating new technologies to stop drones

A boom in consumer drone sales has spawned a counter-industry of start-ups aiming to stop drones flying where they shouldn’t, by disabling them or knocking them out of the sky.

SpaceX plans Jan. 8 return to flight with Falcon rocket

Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to resume flying rockets next week following an investigation into why one of them burst into flames on a launch pad four months ago, the company said Monday.

Boulder City bighorn herd still ailing as ‘insidious’ bacteria spreads

A once-robust group of bighorn sheep in the River Mountains between Henderson and Boulder City is still suffering the effects of an “insidious” strain of deadly bacteria, though the herd’s numbers improved somewhat over the past year, state wildlife officials said.

Twitter CEO open to letting users edit Tweets

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey signaled on Twitter Thursday that his company is going to let users edit their tweets in the future. Dorsey said that Twitter is “thinking a lot about” bringing editing functionality to tweets, and then went on to say that “a form of edit” was needed.

Twitter adds 360-degree feature to live video streams

Twitter is adding live 360-degree video streams to its service, courtesy of Periscope: The company officially rolled out support for live 360-degree video streams Wednesday, allowing users of Twitter’s and Periscope’s apps and website to pan within a live stream simply by moving their phone around.

Party balloons become ‘airborne litter’ in Nevada desert

Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said they can’t go anywhere on the 1.6 million acre Desert National Wildlife Refuge without finding at least one Mylar balloon blown in from nearby Las Vegas.