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Google

Pixel 4 update lets Smooth Display kick in more often

The same update also brings unspecified "camera quality improvements" to Pixel 4 owners, while those with older models also see improvements for Google Assistant's hotword, Xbox Bluetooth controller mapping and problems with getting stuck during the boot proc…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

‘Silicon Valley,’ S6E2 – a billion dollars to violate your principles

Richard (Thomas Middleditch) and Monica (Amanda Crew) go to a charity gala to try hunt VC money. HBO photo. BY JAMIE MORROWDaily Post Associate Editor $50 million sounds great, but its an awfully low price to pay for your integrity, Pied Piper founder Richa…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Cold War

Cannibal ants survived for years in nuclear bunker, unable to escape – The Loop

TORONTO – Hundreds of thousands of wood ants that were trapped in an underground bunker survived by eating the corpses of their nestmates, researchers say. The researchers detail their findings in a paper that was published last week in the Journal of Hymen…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Little Italy

Slain construction worker ‘made huge impression’; police still seek motive in case

Ottawa police homicide detectives continue to search for a motive in the slaying of a 62-year-old construction worker inside his Little Italy apartment last week. Coworkers continue to mourn Brian Blondin, who was found stabbed to death inside his home on Si…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Big Data

5 Actionable Strategic-Planning Tips To Boost Business Efficiency

November 4, 2019 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For every business, whether large or small, being able to plan effectively is crucial for growth and survival in today’s highly competitive markets. Implementation …

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Iran Shows Off Nuclear Capabilities as It Announces Plan to Further Scale Back Nuclear Deal Commitments

Iranian officials publicly revealed a chain of 30 advanced centrifuges on Monday as the country also announced that it would take a fourth step back from its commitments under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly referred to as the Ir…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Data Show Social Security Expansion Shouldn’t Be Presidential Priority

Presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have proposed expensive across-the-board increases in Social Security benefits, premised on the idea, as Warren says, that Its too hard to save enough for a decent retirement and its only getting har…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Cold War

Checkpoint Charlie: Berlin bans ‘US soldiers’ from Cold War crossing…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Actors have impersonated US soldiers at the site for nearly 20 years Authorities in Germany's capital Berlin have banned local performers from wearing US army uniforms at Checkpoint Charlie, the iconic Cold War cros…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Food Industry

Why NIO, Wright Medical Group, and Lancaster Colony Jumped Today

The stock market kept its upward momentum going on Monday, with continued hopes for a favorable resolution to trade disputes between the U.S. and China playing a central role in bolstering overall sentiment. With earnings season generally going well, investor…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Virtual Reality

Facebook is quietly laying the foundation for its own HQ2-style expansion by leasing enough office space in Seattle for 20,000 employees (FB)

Facebook signed a lease for a large building in a Seattle suburb, Business Insider has learned, cementing the Seattle area as the company's largest engineering outpost. The Menlo Park, California-based company leased a 325,000-square-foot building called Blo…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Pixel 4 update lets Smooth Display kick in more often

‘Silicon Valley,’ S6E2 – a billion dollars to violate your principles

Cannibal ants survived for years in nuclear bunker, unable to escape – The Loop

Slain construction worker ‘made huge impression’; police still seek motive in case

5 Actionable Strategic-Planning Tips To Boost Business Efficiency

Iran Shows Off Nuclear Capabilities as It Announces Plan to Further Scale Back Nuclear Deal Commitments

Data Show Social Security Expansion Shouldn’t Be Presidential Priority

Checkpoint Charlie: Berlin bans ‘US soldiers’ from Cold War crossing…

Why NIO, Wright Medical Group, and Lancaster Colony Jumped Today

Facebook is quietly laying the foundation for its own HQ2-style expansion by leasing enough office space in Seattle for 20,000 employees (FB)

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