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The underdog presidential candidate in the Democratic primary admitted ‘uphill climb’ to nomination but promised to shape the party’s future Bernie Sanders acknowledged “an uphill climb” ahead of him in the Democratic nomination race on Sunday, but vowed to continue battling against Hillary Clinton despite his diminishing chances of catching her. In a press conference to mark the one-year anniversary of an insurgent campaign that few ever imagined, he also revealed plans for a new series of mega-rallies in California and renewed calls on the party’s handpicked superdelegates to change their allegiances before this summer’s national convention. The Vermont senator conceded that in order for such appeals to make a difference, he would also have to win a majority of the remaining “pledged delegates”, whose votes are fixed according to election results. He would require him to win 65% of those 1,083 in remaining states to have a chance. Continue reading... Published By - Theguardian.c...

Pictures taken by British fashion photographer Josh Olins will hang in National Portrait Gallery as part of exhibition to mark magazine’s centenary The Duchess of Cambridge is to appear on the front cover of the British edition of Vogue to mark the magazine’s centenary. Several more pictures of the duchess will appear inside the magazine, and two of the photographs will go on public display in London on Sunday 1 May. The photographs, taken by British photographer Josh Olins, will hang in the National Portrait Gallery, where the duchess has been a patron since 2012. A Kensington Palace spokesman said: “The duchess was delighted to play a part in celebrating the centenary of an institution that has given a platform to some of the most renowned photographers in this country’s history. “She is incredibly grateful to the team at Vogue and at the National Portrait Gallery for asking her to take part. Continue reading.., Published By - Theguardian.com - Tech News, Politics news, UK and...

The president mocks the billionaire’s foreign policy and business credentials and pokes fun at himself and other politicians Barack Obama has delivered a scathing satirical take-down of Donald Trump, lampooning the Republican frontrunner’s foreign policy and business credentials, and ending his final White House correspondents’ dinner by literally dropping the mic and saying: “Obama out.” In the traditional tongue-in-cheek address to the Washington press corps, the president also had fun at the expense of fellow Democrats Bernie Sanders, who was present, and Hillary Clinton, whose efforts to appeal to younger voters were mercilessly mocked. Although he did not linger on Trump for as long as some had expected during the half-hour speech, especially those who recall the correspondents’ dinner in 2011 where he roasted the celebrity tycoon as he sat in the room, Obama did deliver some zingers. Continue reading... Published By - Theguardian.com - Tech News, Politics news, UK and world ...

The state’s party establishment is trying to pack convention committees with anti-Trump officials despite the mogul’s clear win in the February primary New Hampshire’s Republican establishment is trying to limit the influence of Donald Trump supporters at the party’s crucial national convention in July despite the presidential frontrunner having won the state’s primary overwhelmingly. In an email obtained by the Guardian, the state’s Republican leadership proposed a slate where the delegate chair and every committee slot would be filled by supporters of other candidates. Trump won overwhelmingly in the Granite State’s February primary with 35% of the vote. His nearest competitor, John Kasich, only received 15% of the vote in the state’s first-in-the-nation primary. Under New Hampshire’s relatively proportional rules, where any candidate who gets over 10% of the vote receives delegates, Trump was awarded 11 of the state’s 23 delegates. Continue reading... Published By - Theguardian...

Rescue and security workers search through rubble of building in Kenyan capital as seven people are confirmed dead Rescue workers are continuing to search for residents feared trapped in the rubble of a six-storey building that collapsed in Nairobi after days of heavy rain, killing at least seven people. The building in the Huruma residential estate collapsed late on Friday. Kenyan television stations showed rescue and security workers working through rubble and heavy slabs of concrete. It is not known how many people were in the building at the time of its collapse. Japheth Koome, of Nairobi County police, told Reuters: “Seven people are confirmed dead and 121 people have been rescued and rushed to various hospitals in Nairobi.” The collapse raised concerns about the safety of other blocks in the area. “It is raining, and these houses were built without Nairobi County authorisation,” Jonathan Mueke, deputy governor of Nairobi County, said on the privately owned QTV station. “I am ...

Hundreds stormed area where frontrunner went to address Republicans With entrance blocked, Trump was forced to exit vehicle to access hotel Protesters in California forced Donald Trump to leave his motorcade and walk along a highway on Friday, amid chaotic demonstrations in which activists torched an American flag and set fire to a piñata of the Republican frontrunner. Hundreds of protesters repeatedly tried to storm the hotel where Trump was due to address the California Republican convention in Burlingame, near San Francisco International Airport. Some protesters managed to get inside the Hyatt Regency by booking rooms in advance. When inside they unfurled two large Stop Hate banners from the upper floors that could be seen from outside, where protesters hurled eggs, clashed with baton-wielding police, and blocked roads. Continue reading... Published By - Theguardian.com - Sports New, LifeStyle News, Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis: Saturday 30 April 2...

The future of apps is chatbots, and it’s going to be terrible Have you heard? Apps are dead: chatbots are the new apps. And they will soon be doing everything, from taking your pizza orders to scheduling your meetings. This is the future and it’s going to be terrible. The rise of the chatbot has been foretold for some time but only in the past few weeks with Facebook’s Messenger bots, chat app Kik’s bot store and the rise of subversive artbots have they really hit the public consciousness. So how did we get here? In many ways, it’s the perfect convergence of almost every tech trend of the past five years. Trend one: the hybrid command line Remember Peach? Probably not. At this stage, four months after launch, it seems unlikely that even Peach’s developers remember Peach. The app, a social network from the co-founder of Vine, tried to live somewhere between a Twitter-style social network and a WhatsApp-style messaging platform. It was fun for about three days, and then it died a qu...