Day's Headlines: Canada's Wedding Photographer; A Peace of Bowl; Sanctioning that Old Enemy; Vespa's Bot; and Mindreading Regulations

Monday, February 6, 2017

Canada's Wedding Photographer; A Peace of Bowl; Sanctioning that Old Enemy; Vespa's Bot; and Mindreading Regulations

Society

Montreal photographer allegedly refuses to shoot gay wedding ctvnews.ca

“I mentioned that there’s only going to be one house, since we already live with each other, and I said there is no bride: we’re two guys.”

I haven't yet seen a less biased story, but I believe that this is the company's site: Premiere Production premiereproduction.net

Pope

Pope Francis urges ‘peace, friendship and solidarity’ ahead of Super Bowl LI washingtonpost v

“Great sporting events like today’s Super Bowl are highly symbolic showing that it is possible to build a culture of encounter and a world of peace,” the Argentine said. “By participating in sport, we are able to go beyond our own self interest and in a healthy way, we learn to sacrifice, to grow in fidelity and respect the rules.”

Iran

Trump administration announces new sanctions against Iran politico

The sanctions come in response to a recent missile test conducted by Iran as well as an attack by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen against a Saudi naval vessel. All together, the sanctions target 25 individuals or entities.

Robots

The makers of Vespa designed a cute robot to carry your stuff theverge v

This bot is called Gita piaggiofastforward, and it’s a bright blue orb-shaped cargo robot with wheels that Piaggio says has the same “braking, balancing and vehicle dynamics that you would expect of a high-performance motorcycle,” which is a little dubious. But Gita has a top speed of 22 miles per hour, and it can supposedly either follow its owner around or navigate environments on its own.

Research

Call for guidelines as scientists make progress in mindreading research maldonandburnhamstandard.co.uk

Scientists could soon be able to read people's minds by scanning their brains, researchers have claimed. While this is not yet possible, technology is rapidly advancing and poses moral dilemmas that must be debated, a pair of University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk neuroscientists have said.

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