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Would you get on a pilot-less plane?

How comfortable would you feel getting on a pilotless plane? That is the question millions of people may have to ask themselves in the future if they want to jet off on holiday around the world. As we move closer to a world of driverless cars, which have already been on the road in some US cities and have also been tested in London, remotely controlled planes may be the next automated mode of transport. Plane manufacturer Boeing plans to test them in 2018. A survey by financial services firm UBS suggests that pilotless aircraft not be too popular, however, with 54% of the 8,000 people questioned saying they would be unlikely to take a pilotless flight. The older age groups were the most resistant with more than half of people aged 45 and above shunning the idea. Only 17% of those questioned said they would board such a plane, with more young people willing to give them a try and the 25 to 34 age group the most likely to step on board. Safety fears One of the biggest deba...

Android users Will Soon be able to reply to texts Automatically from their Windows 10 PCs

Microsoft recently  is preparing a brand novel feature for Windows 10. This seems to be the latest with loads of features, it will create an avenue where android users can easily view their notifications and respond to text messages right from the desktop, according to  reports from The Verge. These new feature was apparently made public at a session at this week's Microsoft Build developer conference.  The basic and fundamental  idea behind this whole innovation is that the Microsoft Cortana virtual assistant app for Android will be able to disseminate vital information with Windows 10, showing  Android notifications like missed calls, text messages. and voice alerts. Have you ever replied a similar message of this nature?  reply to an Android text message from your PC, it gets relayed back to your phone and sent from there, so the reader on the other end won't know the difference. Not only is it handy — it helps Microsoft...

What you need to know on Wall Street today

 "America's leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry, and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that all people are created equal," Frazier said in a statement on Monday. Frazier is one of the few black CEOs of a major US corporation and was the only black member of the council. The resignation came after a weekend of violence at a white-nationalist and neo-Nazi protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. The president did not explicitly condemn white supremacists on Sunday, though he offered a stronger condemnation on Monday. Trump fired back at Frazier, turning the conversation toward drug pricing. "Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President's Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!" Trump tweeted. Here's what the company's track record on drug prices actually looks like. In Wall Street news, the mystery trader known as...