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CES 2019: 'I feel my sanity draining away'

CES 2019: 'I feel my sanity draining away'

Technology
CES - a tech trade show where the exhibit hall spans 2.7 million sq ft (250,000 sq m) - can leave attendees either enthralled or burned out. With more than 160,000 techies, journalists and businesspeople in attendance, there was plenty of chatter on social media.For those who spent significant time on the show floor, perhaps Ed Zitron, chief executive at EZPR, summed it up best after he was confronted with a light that promised to visualise his body temperature in colour. "Come see your mood," a sign beckoned. He turned to Twitter to get things off his chest and sent out a highly amusing thread. (Note: this link contains some strong language).Others discovered more arresting escapades.There was p...
White House: conditions for North Korea talks 'far away'

White House: conditions for North Korea talks 'far away'

World
July 17 (UPI) -- White House press secretary Sean Spicer said conditions for talks with North Korea are not present in response to a question posed Monday regarding South Korean proposals for talks with the North.Spicer was fielding a question from the White House press corps, regarding Seoul's offer of talks to Pyongyang, and how President Donald Trump views the offer.The White House spokesman said the questions should be referred back to the Korean government, then added, "That being said, I think the president has made clear in the past with respect that any type of conditions that would have to be met are clearly far away from where we are now."Earlier on Monday South Korean Vice Defense Minister Seo Joo-seok announced plans for talks between the two armies, a move that could help "sto...