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Google Changing Privacy Protections for Assistant, Plans to Auto-Delete More of Your Audio Data

In recent months, it became clear that Google, Apple, and Amazon were all guilty of having humans review audio recordings collected by digital assistants. Today, Googles trying to mitigate some of the backlash by updating and clarifying its policies on what i…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Electric Car

New Research Promises Electric Car Batteries That Last For a Million Miles

Electric motors guzzle electricity, which can be especially hard on a rechargeable battery. The power cells used in electric vehicles, like Teslas, have an expected lifespan of around 300,000 to 500,000 miles, but a team of battery researchers believes it has…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Brexit

EU’s Barnier says it’s hard to see Brexit solution

NEW YORK/BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union’s Brexit negotiator said on Monday it was difficult to see a way to break the Brexit impasse as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s demand to drop an insurance policy for the Irish border was unacceptable. M…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

10 dog Halloween costumes that are totally Instagram-worthy

Halloween isn’t just a holiday for sticky-fingered kids and adults who like costume parties. Although they can’t eat chocolate and aren’t fans of scary noises, dogs can celebrate Halloween in their own way with some festive Halloween attire. From pumpkins to …

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Google responds to privacy concerns regarding the Assistant, changes some policies

In the past few months, tech giants like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and more have come under scrutiny due to their policies regarding user interaction with digital assistants. More specifically, these situations have had to do with human workers listen…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Venezuela

UN chief sees cities, companies filling US void on climate

The head of the United Nations said he believes the U.S. can still pull its weight on climate change, even though President Donald Trump is skipping a U.N. climate summit on Monday and has worked to roll back restrictions on everything from vehicle to power p…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

A YouTuber who filmed himself visiting the 7 Wonders of the World in 7 days told us how he did it

There aren't many things Welsh YouTuber Simon Wilson won't try — including visiting the seven Wonders of the World in just seven days. "I've always wanted to do the seven Wonders of the World," he told Insider. "I thought, 'There are 7 Wonders, what if I c…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Christianity

At UN, Trump and Pence are making one big exception to go-it-alone foreign policy: religious freedom

The U.N. Secretary-General is calling on all leaders to come with realistic plans to enhance their nationally determined contributions by 2020. USA TODAY WASHINGTON Theres a big exception to President Donald Trumps tendency towards a go-it-alone strategy o…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Trump’s Faltering Middle East Coalition

It is not surprising that Saudi Arabias international image has suffered in the 12 months since the brutal murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. But nor is it surprising that, once the storm caused by Khashoggis murder had blown over, some familiar …

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Refugees

Second Rohingya killed in suspected landmine blast near Bangladesh border

A Rohingya man was killed by a suspected landmine blast along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, officials said Monday, the second such incident this month. Nearly one million Rohingya live in camps in southeast Bangladesh after fleeing a military crackdown in M…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Google Changing Privacy Protections for Assistant, Plans to Auto-Delete More of Your Audio Data

New Research Promises Electric Car Batteries That Last For a Million Miles

EU’s Barnier says it’s hard to see Brexit solution

10 dog Halloween costumes that are totally Instagram-worthy

Google responds to privacy concerns regarding the Assistant, changes some policies

UN chief sees cities, companies filling US void on climate

A YouTuber who filmed himself visiting the 7 Wonders of the World in 7 days told us how he did it

At UN, Trump and Pence are making one big exception to go-it-alone foreign policy: religious freedom

Trump’s Faltering Middle East Coalition

Second Rohingya killed in suspected landmine blast near Bangladesh border

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