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Animal Protection

Diane Keaton talks about her senior dog

Diane Keaton just proudly added animal advocate to her artistic and stylish repertoire. Judie Mancuso, who is one of the countrys leading animal advocates and the founder and President of Social Compassion In Legislation, or SCIL, welcomed the actress to th…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

NASDAQ

Dow Gains as Investors Prepare for First Rate Cut in 10 Years – TheStreet.com

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose modestly Monday as investors prepared this week for a likely quarter-point rate cut from the Federal Reserve and earnings from nearly a third of the companies in the S&P 500.Mylan (MYL - Get Report) a…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Google

Huawei and Google scrapped their smart speaker due to US ban

The two companies supposedly spent at least a year working on the speaker, which would have been powered by Google Assistant. And according to The Information, they also discussed how to make Huawei phones compatible with Android Auto. It's not entirely surp…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Google

Huawei was working on a Google Assistant smart speaker before Trump ban

US trade restrictions against Huawei doomed the speaker project Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Huawei was planning to follow other tech giants in releasing a smart speaker, according to The Information, but then the US government threw the companys…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Refugees

What is Myanmar offering the Rohingya to return home?

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Huawei was preparing a Google Assistant speaker for late 2019 prior to US ban

Huawei suffered a major blow earlier this year from a US ban and the effects are still being felt. Today, a report has revealed that one product that was killed as a result of the ban was a Google Assistant speaker that Huawei was planning to launch later thi…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

eSports

Competitive Farming Simulator Is Like An Adorable Tortoise Race

Farming Simulator, a game about planting and harvesting crops using giant pieces of agricultural machinery, held its first tournament since launching an esports league this past weekend. The results were surprisingly chill and wholesome to watch. The team Tr…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Big Data

Microsoft acquires BlueTalon to improve data governance

Microsoft acquired BlueTalon, a company focused on using big data in secure ways (via OnMSFT). The focus of BlueTalon is to "eliminate data security blind spots and gain visibility and control of data" according to the post announcing the acquisition. BlueTal…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Elon Musk

Elon Musk says Tesla owners will soon be able to stream Netflix and YouTube

Ability to stream YouTube & Netflix when car is stopped coming to your Tesla soon! Has an amazingly immersive, cinematic feel due to the comfy seats & surround sound audio. — e^ (@elonmusk) July 27, 2019

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Obamacare

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/29/2019

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune “2020 Democratic Pres…

bubmagJuly 29, 2019

Diane Keaton talks about her senior dog

Dow Gains as Investors Prepare for First Rate Cut in 10 Years – TheStreet.com

Huawei and Google scrapped their smart speaker due to US ban

Huawei was working on a Google Assistant smart speaker before Trump ban

What is Myanmar offering the Rohingya to return home?

Huawei was preparing a Google Assistant speaker for late 2019 prior to US ban

Competitive Farming Simulator Is Like An Adorable Tortoise Race

Microsoft acquires BlueTalon to improve data governance

Elon Musk says Tesla owners will soon be able to stream Netflix and YouTube

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/29/2019

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