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A billboard for the technology company Yahoo is seen August 5, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images) By Clyde Hughes Friday, 15 Jan 2016 11:00 AM                   Join in!   0 Comments Yahoo revealed Thursday that it is making its Yahoo Lab machine learning dataset available for academic research through the lab's  Webscope program,  Tech Crunch reported  Thursday. The dataset is about 13.5 terabytes and holds the interactions of roughly 20 million users from February 2015 through May 2015, including those happening on Yahoo's homepage along with Yahoo News, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance, and Yahoo Real Estate, according to Tech Crunch. "Data is the lifeblood of research in machine learning," Suju Rajan,  Yahoo's director of personalization science at Yahoo Labs, said in a statement . "However, access to truly large-scale datasets is a privilege that has been traditionally reserved for machine learning researchers a

13:07, 15 JAN 2016 UPDATED  15:23, 15 JAN 2016 BY   CLAIRE RUTTER Celebrity Big Brother star Jeremy McConnell was famous for being Mr Ireland - but apparently it wasn't the case         142 SHARES     2 COMMENTS Jeremy McConnell Celebrity Big Brother’s Jeremy McConnell has just been exposed as a liar. He was never Mr Ireland. Even though Jeremy has been called Mr Ireland in his CBB VT, it was never actually a thing. In a cringeworthy spin in Jeremy’s CBB tale, the model’s title has been exposed as fake by the organisers of the contest. Oh the shame. In a statement to RSVP magazine, they said: "Jeremy never held the title of Mr Ireland or represented Ireland at any event. Did Jeremy McConnell tell porkies to get in CBB? They added: "He was a finalist in late 2012 which saw Mr Limerick Leo Delaney win the title and represent Ireland at Mr World 2013. Leo placed a very impressive 1st runner up at the event.” Represent

(Lucasfilm ; StraightOuttaCompton.com ; Columbia Pictures) By Clyde Hughes Friday, 15 Jan 2016 10:38 AM                   Join in!   0 Comments The 2016 Oscar nominations announced this week had their usual share of snubs and surprises, including "Star Wars: The Force Awakens'" missing best movie nod, Sylvester Stallone's "Creed" recognition, and Aaron Sorkin's absent "Steve Jobs" nomination.  "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" received strong reviews while raking in $1.7 billion globally at the  box office,  according to BoxOfficeMojo . But, though it received some technical nominations, the movie did not land any nods in the major categories of best movie or best director for J.J. Abrams.

13:27, 15 JAN 2016 UPDATED  15:25, 15 JAN 2016 BY   EDWARD ROBERTS The baby was born on Tuesday, just two days after rocker David passed away following an 18-month battle with cancer         864 SHARES     1 COMMENT It's the most moving tribute yet Take That's  Howard Donald  and his wife Katie Halil have named their son Bowie. The couple, who recently celebrated their one year wedding anniversary, welcomed the newest addition to their family on Tuesday. Keeping details of the birth quiet, Howard finally revealed that they'd welcomed a son - their first child together - in a post on Friday. The singer also revealed that the child had been named Bowie, in a touching tribute to legendary rocker David. FameFlynet.uk.com The baby is the couple's first child together Howard tweeted: "Bowie Taylan Donald came into this world on Tues 12th Jan. Mummy and daddy suffering sleep deprivation but life is wonderful, he is divine.

13:49, 15 JAN 2016 UPDATED  13:56, 15 JAN 2016 BY   CLAIRE RUTTER Has Adele's awesome version of the girl group's hit encouraged Posh to rethink joining the band?         63 SHARES Victoria Beckham  sparked fresh hysteria over a possible Spice Girls reunion when she commented on Adele's amazing cover of Wannabe. The  fashion designer  showed a rare glimpse of her excitable side by posting an Instagram video of  James Corden  and  Adele  singing her heart out in the car to the Spice Girls' hit. The jovial pair are seen driving around London whilst enthusiastically acting out dance moves to the band's first big hit, with Adele looking ultra glamorous in an all-black outfit and her trademark 1960s feline-flick eyeliner in tow. James and Adele have a sing-a-long to 'Wannabe' Undeniably flattered, Victoria captioned the clip with, “HUGE Adele fan!! This is GENIUS!!! Thank u @adele and @jkcorden #