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Detailed specs of the Motorola Moto E6 surfaced last week, but they lacked information about its battery. Well, thanks to the phone's FCC listing, we now know that it will pack a 3,000 mAh cell which is 1,000 mAh smaller than what its predecessor, the Moto E5, had. The FCC listing of the Moto E6 - bearing model number XT2005-3 and codename "surfna" - also includes a diagram of the phone's back which shows the primary camera placed in the center, unlike the leaked render which has it in the top-left corner. Moto E6 diagram • Moto E6 render The diagram further tells us that the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/2WtuLzy via IFTTT

Google Play Store will revamp app ratings, adds Suggested Replies, and custom landing pages for devs    9to5Google Google announced a slew of changes for Google Play Store ratings and the way in which developers can control their own application listings on the platform. View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2PXnYf6 via Technology

How Google’s privacy moves will spur changes to ad tech    Digiday Winners and losers: Google cutting back on third-party data    Business Insider Google puts Chrome on a cookie diet (which just so happens to starve its rivals, cough, cough...)    The Register Google Confirms The Privacy Controls That Chrome Users Have Been Waiting For    Forbes Google's Web Packaging standard arises as a new tool for privacy enthusiasts    ZDNet View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2PVEAUm via Technology

President Donald Trump's son Donald Jr was subpoenaed Wednesday to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its probe into Russian election meddling, US media reported. It was the first known legal summons issued by Congress to a member of the president's family to force testimony in the ongoing investigation, and comes after Special Counsel Robert Mueller declined to accuse Trump's 2016 campaign of criminal conspiracy to collude with the Russians. The surprise subpoena was issued by a Republican-led committee, opening a new source of strain between the Congress and a White House battling the legislature's pressure on multiple points. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2PXDpDI via Latest News

The brakes are just one of the M8's long list of configurable settings and features. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2H8whk2 via Latest News

Apple's next-generation iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max smartphones have been leaking like crazy lately. We've gotten all sorts of detail from TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the most accurate Apple insider in the world, and it's obviously safe to say that the info he shared is accurate. Then we saw the actual designs leak courtesy of CAD files that were stolen from the Foxconn factory where Apple's new iPhone models will be manufactured. These new renders basically confirmed everything we had heard, that the new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max will look just like the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, but they'll have a new triple-lens camera arrays on the back of each phone.The iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max are Apple's flagship smartphones for 2019, so they're obviously the most talked about models right now. When it comes to popularity and sales, however, it's practically guaranteed that the third new 2019 iPhone model will top both of the flagships...

The super-cute electric car was previewed by 2017's Urban EV concept, and it's going into production this year. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Ja7rDH via Latest News

Blue Origins claims that the lunar lander will be able to take humans to the Moon's south pole by 2024. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/304tSzD via Online Shopping in Pakistan

A study found some content for terror groups was being generated by Facebook's own systems. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2vOyiwI via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Child safety campaigners are worried about an app that lets Snapchat users post anonymous messages. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2PVwL15 via Online Shopping in Pakistan

A US senator wants games aimed at children banned from offering in-game spending. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2WxbGwr via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Verizon's head of global security services is surprised more breaches have not become public. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2V9jUcA via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Cyber-thieves siphoned cash from people who sell their stuff through Amazon's online store. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2VRwbH2 via Online Shopping in Pakistan

The Las Vegas tech show organisers faced outrage in January after banning the vibrator. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2JrS1KD via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Another discrimination claim against Amazon once again throws a spotlight on its working conditions. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2V9L96z via Online Shopping in Pakistan

A major crypto-currency exchange is hacked but the owners say they will cover the loss. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2LuBZSA via Online Shopping in Pakistan

The launch of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in China has been scrapped. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2JoLS1G via Online Shopping in Pakistan

The US may reconsider its interests unless the UK ensures its 5G partners are "trusted", he says. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2V7UHyU via Online Shopping in Pakistan

A new tool in Word promises to make writing clearer and more concise. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2Lv4uj9 via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Family, friends and school life all have a greater impact on life satisfaction, researchers say. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2vEUt8q via Online Shopping in Pakistan

The musician had pleaded guilty to enticing underage girls to send him explicit videos and photos. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2vEVqgX via Online Shopping in Pakistan

A search for the term "driving licence application" leads to a firm charging £49 for a free change of address. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2Y38RmW via Online Shopping in Pakistan

They are accused of "moral harassment" following a spate of suicides among staff in the late 2000s. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2LlJzPs via Online Shopping in Pakistan

The firm says it uncovered a problem with its 737 Max jets a year before the first fatal crash. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2DP3ujO via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Google launches a lower-cost range of smartphones that include an augmented reality maps feature. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2J2uBMg via Online Shopping in Pakistan

Yesterday Realme confirmed that its upcoming smartphone - the Realme X - will sport a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor. Now the Chinese phone maker has confirmed that the Realme X will feature an in-display fingerprint scanner. Realme also said that this fingerprint scanner is powered by DSP acceleration technology, which not only makes it faster, but also helps you quickly unlock the smartphone under direct light. Poster confirming in-display fingerprint scanner on Realme X The Realme X will be unveiled on May 15 alongside the X Lite which is a re-branded 3 Pro. The specs sheet of both... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles http://bit.ly/2VaCK2I via IFTTT

Former Whitewater Independent Counsel Ken Starr says that the Mueller report is 'overly detailed' and that the attorney general should provide an explanation, not the report. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2H6LzWD via Latest News

Privacy was one of the themes of Google's I/O keynote this year, and that's understandable given what the competition has been doing all these years. Yes, Apple -- but also the various privacy-related scandals that affected Facebook over the last year as well as Google. Sundar Pichai then doubled down on privacy by penning an opinion in The New York Times that seems to be redefining privacy in a way that fits Google's interests.The CEO also makes it all sound like Google has been protecting the user's privacy all this time, seemingly pretending that all those privacy offenses it had to deal with in recent years never happened.From the get-go, Pichai makes it sound like Apple is turning privacy into a luxury good -- Apple's name isn't used, but it's abundantly clear what he meant when he said that Privacy Should Not Be a Luxury Good.Nobody said that privacy should be a luxury good, and it's absolutely fine that Google is doing more to improve user privacy...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday the US is in a "constitutional crisis" triggered by President Donald Trump's refusal to comply with congressional inquiries into his actions, mainly in connection with the Russian election interference probe. "Trump and his Administration's decision to ignore the oath of office has triggered a constitutional crisis," Pelosi, the country's most powerful Democratic politician, said on Twitter. Trump and the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives have been locked in a bitter standoff since the publication late last month of the partially redacted Mueller report on Russian interference in the 2016 election that brought Trump to office. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2HaJwAI via Latest News

The move is likely to inflame tensions with President Donald Trump’s administration, which walked away from the landmark nuclear deal a year ago and imposed strict sanctions that squeezed Iran’s economy, triggered a currency collapse and ushered in shortages of consumer goods. Iran’s appeal was addressed to European signatories to the agreement, which are struggling to reconcile Trump’s hardline stance on Iran with their promise to continue trading and engaging with the energy-rich nation. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded cautiously to Iran’s announcement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2PVbm7X via Latest News

The SEBIN intelligence agency seized Edgar Zambrano, vice president of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, which Guaido heads, in the first arrest of a lawmaker since Guaido tried to spark a military uprising last week to bring down President Nicolas Maduro's government. Venezuela's pro-Maduro Constituent Assembly agreed on Tuesday to strip Zambrano and six other lawmakers of their parliamentary immunity to allow their future prosecution. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2DXm6Ou via Latest News

President Trump on Wednesday asserted executive privilege over the unredacted Mueller report, just moments before the House Judiciary Committee voted to advance a contempt resolution against Attorney General William Barr due to his refusal to turn over the full report.Citing Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler's “blatant abuse of power,” the White House said the president “has no other option than to make a protective assertion of executive privilege.”The contempt resolution passed the Judiciary Committee 22–12 along party lines, and the full House is expected to vote on it Wednesday afternoon. Moments before the contempt vote, Nadler announced that the president had taken the “dramatic step” of asserting executive privilege.“The Department's decision reflects President Trump's blanket defiance of Congress's constitutionally mandated duties,” Nadler said in a statement. “In the coming days, I expect that Congress will have no choice but to confront the behavior of...

A student who tackled a gunman in Tuesday's school shooting in Colorado said he and his friends fought back out of pure instinct. Brendan Bialy says Kendrick Castillo, who charged the shooter and was killed, 'went out as a hero.' (May 9) from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2HaOi2e via Latest News

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on the school shooting in Colorado that killed one student and injured eight (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/304y4iN via Latest News

A Kremlin-linked Russian misinformation outfit attempted to sway Wednesday’s general election in South Africa in favour of the ruling African National Congress, according to documents obtained by investigators. An organisation with ties to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman close to Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, allegedly drew up plans to discredit South African opposition parties, including the pro-western Democratic Alliance. The claims, which emerged as voting was underway in South Africa, are the latest to link Mr Prigozhin to a growing network of Russian influence over the continent’s politics. Known as “Putin’s chef” because his company provided catering services to the Kremlin, the businessman may have deployed as many as 200 political strategists across the continent to help sitting presidents win elections, Russian newspapers have reported. Mr Prigozhin, who is also linked to the paramilitary Wagner Group, is under US sanctions after he was accused of running an online ...

Kendrick Castillo, a member of the Highlands Ranch robotics club, was hailed as a hero for rushing the shooter at his STEM school. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/302lvEN via Latest News

The return draws closer. from CNET https://cnet.co/2W1g21S via Mobiles

Jon Snow? Daenerys Targaryen? Cersei Lannister? Hot Pie? from CNET https://cnet.co/2PWWJBl via Mobiles

The company, however, says images collected via the photo storage and backup app aren't used to train its enterprise facial recognition products. from CNET https://cnet.co/2Hb5NzA via Mobiles

Chris Hughes, who left the social media company back in 2007, says Mark Zuckerberg's "unchecked power" is a problem. from CNET https://cnet.co/2PYFMq3 via Mobiles

No light? No worries. from CNET https://cnet.co/2VYfiKH via Mobiles

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Agreement comes after investigation found illegal levels of lead and cadmium in products marketed to children. from CNET https://cnet.co/2JvrsUL via Mobiles

Dueling commentary: Fan expectations are pegging the world's biggest show to become the world's biggest bummer. from CNET https://cnet.co/2VbRSgi via Mobiles

You won't be putting this in your cooler. from CNET https://cnet.co/2HagzWW via Mobiles

Her discovery led to women taking a vitamin that helps prevent some birth defects. from CNET https://cnet.co/2YcS9lg via Mobiles

The Evergreen state is moving to get more clean vehicles on its roads in a hurry and it's hoping that reviving its tax incentive will help. from CNET https://cnet.co/2YeHlTu via Mobiles

The British actor talks about being in the Pokemon movie and wrapping up You're The Worst after five seasons. from CNET https://cnet.co/2H8YhFk via Mobiles

The Blue Origins founder wants to get to the moon by 2024. from CNET https://cnet.co/2YhTdUT via Mobiles

At Google I/O, we get a hands-on with the latest version of Android Q, which includes features like live captions, a new dark theme and gestures. from CNET https://cnet.co/2YeHjLm via Mobiles

Tesla says that customers' inability to use their vehicle maximum power settings is a bug that it's trying to fix. from CNET https://cnet.co/2vLWJuw via Mobiles

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos details his plans to return humans to the moon and build space colonies. from CNET https://cnet.co/2PX1bja via Mobiles

We take a look at the similarities and differences between Google's various driving modes and automotive technologies. from CNET https://cnet.co/2YiJWMo via Mobiles

The head of Facebook's virtual reality headset division says he's staying at Facebook, moving on to focus on partnerships. Longtime Facebooker Erick Tseng will be taking over. from CNET https://cnet.co/2H9Xovd via Mobiles

Pharmacy apps sketched me out, until I tried one. from CNET https://cnet.co/2H9DBx8 via Mobiles

The ApusDuo is a scaled-down prototype of a High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) that could someday stay in the air for up to a whole year. from CNET https://cnet.co/2Luw1RF via Mobiles

The government made the most requests for user information in the second half of 2018 -- about one-third of all requests, Twitter reports. from CNET https://cnet.co/2VRgPlP via Mobiles

Amazon stores all the voice commands you say to your Echo and you can't entirely delete the data on your own. from CNET https://cnet.co/2JerLDV via Mobiles

Why the 2019 iPhones could have better signal, another camera update and details about what could be coming to the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac with Apple's latest software updates. from CNET https://cnet.co/2WzKInC via Mobiles

All thanks to the Pixel 3A's plastic design and lack of water resistance. from CNET https://cnet.co/2DYJJWN via Mobiles

With a rough-looking Brexit looming, a change in ownership might do the legendary British brands some good, if it actually happens. from CNET https://cnet.co/2JcVJbs via Mobiles

Iran threatened Wednesday to resume higher enrichment of uranium in 60 days if world powers fail to negotiate new terms for its 2015 nuclear deal, an agreement that capped over a decade of hostility between Tehran and the West over its atomic program. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2H5Ih5T via Latest News

Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law on reporting of clergy sex abuse. Survivors say the church still doesn't get it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2WAHlgq via Latest News

Rick Wilking/ReutersHIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado—A day after two students shot up a school, survivors walked out of a vigil organized by gun control advocates, saying they felt excluded from what should have been an opportunity to grieve.Team Enough and Moms Demand Action helped promote the Wednesday evening gathering, and more than 100 students and several hundred parents from the STEM School packed into the gymnasium bleachers, hoping to find community and catharsis.But after sitting through remarks by Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) and Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), and realizing the program was centered around changing gun laws, students who had hoped to speak lost patience and walked out en masse.“This was not about us. We can do our own vigil,” one STEM student remarked.Students from Team Enough said the event was organized on such short notice they were unable to find a way to include STEM students in the program.“I feel terrible. They did not feel represented. I get it,” said Laura Reeves, a...

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday expressed outrage at British Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn's support of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro's regime.“It is disgusting to see leaders, in not only the United Kingdom, but the United States as well, who continue to support the murderous dictator Maduro,” Pompeo said at a joint press conference with U.K. foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt in London. “It is not in either of our country’s best interests for those leaders to continue to advocate on their behalf.”The U.S. has levied heavy sanctions against Maduro's regime and recognizes National Assembly president Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's rightful president. The country has been in upheaval since Guaidó and other opposition leaders encouraged crowds of citizens to take to the streets of Caracas, the capital, in an effort to oust Maduro that fizzled out last week as most of the military remained loyal to the government. Meanwhile, Venezuela has continued to face a...

FAWN RIVER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The adult sister of a 9-year-old boy who is charged with killing their mother said he has mental health problems and probably just "snapped" on the day of the shooting. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2H8FWqH via Latest News

The African National Congress (ANC) led the struggle that toppled apartheid in 1994 and has ruled South Africa ever since, remaining the most popular party despite a series of scandals. The South African Native National Congress was founded in 1912 in response to discrimination against blacks in the then-Union of South Africa, established two years earlier through the merger of white-run colonies and territories. The movement changed its name to ANC in 1923. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2H9hHdj via Latest News

Twitter is making headway in tackling online terrorism content on its platform as it suspended over 166,000 accounts in the second half of last year, about a fifth less than in the previous period, the social media company said on Thursday. Together with Facebook and Google, Twitter is under pressure from regulators and governments worldwide to remove extremist content more rapidly or face more heavy-handed legislation. Announcing its latest transparency report, the company said its technical tools were producing results, with 91 percent of accounts promoting terrorism content proactively suspended by its internal technology, the majority of which happened before their first tweet because the data used to set them up raised red flags. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2DT3UWj via Latest News

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Trump dismissed Kim Jong Un’s move to launch two short-range missiles on Thursday, six days after the North Korean leader supervised a military exercise in which he fired off several projectiles, including what non-proliferation experts believed was another short-range ballistic missile. “They’re smaller missiles,” Trump told reporters on Thursday. “Nobody’s happy about it.” The Pentagon confirmed late Thursday that North Korea tested “multiple ballistic missiles,” a description affirmed by Japan’s defense ministry Friday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2PUJOzG via Latest News

Now that the Pixel 3a announcement has come and gone, OnePlus is next up to the plate with a phone reveal. But before the Chinese company takes the stage next week in New York City to formally unveil the OnePlus 7 series, T-Mobile has jumped the gun with an announcement of its own. According to a press release on Thursday, the OnePlus 7 Pro will be exclusive to T-Mobile in the United States. Launch events will be held in NYC on May 14th, with general availability set to follow at T-Mobile stores and on T-Mobile's website on May 17th.T-Mobile's launch events will begin on May 14th at the T-Mobile Signature Store in Times Square, beginning right after the OnePlus reveal event at Pier 94. On May 15th, OnePlus 7 Pro sales will open at all the Signature Stores in Chicago, Las Vegas, Miami, San Francisco and Santa Monica. The first 200 customers at all of these launch events will receive a OnePlus gift with purchase, as well as drinks, snacks, and limited-edition swag.Here's the ...

Detectives say a woman who was found bound and gagged on a bed in a vacant Santa Ana property on Tuesday lied about being kidnapped. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2VcXKGe via Latest News

An 18-year-old student who died in Tuesday's mass shooting at a Denver charter school was just three days away from his graduation. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/309NnqD via Latest News

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As it currently stands, there is even a chance that the two fighters may use the same AL-41F1 engine.(This first appeared earlier this year.)“A unique machine, a deadly aerial fist,” is how the official television channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense introduced the Su-35S superiority fighter earlier this week.TV Zvezda’s three-minute clip of a recent Su-35S training sortie over Syria provides close-up shots of the fighter jet being prepped for flight, taking off, cruising over the Syrian coast, and firing flares. On their youtube account, they published slightly extended footage of the same exercise.The first Su-35S fighters arrived at Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base in 2016, relatively late into the Syrian Civil War. They performed well in their role of covering for Russian ground-strike aircraft during bombing missions against Syrian opposition targets, but then again-- there were no immediate airspace threats facing the Russia’s Syrian forces in early 2016. The Su-35S was there...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Army Corps of Engineers officials in Louisiana aim to open a historic flood control structure above New Orleans on Tuesday for an unprecedented second time in one year. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Hhbpr4 via Latest News

After Joe Jonas and Sophie Tuner's surprise post-Billboard Music Awards wedding, they're still planning a more traditional ceremony. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2VxmjTz via Latest News

Donald Trump is questioning his administration’s aggressive strategy in Venezuela following the failure of a US-backed effort to oust Nicolás Maduro, complaining he was misled about how easy it would be to replace the socialist president with a young opposition figure, according to administration officials and White House advisers.The president’s dissatisfaction has crystallised around national security adviser John Bolton and what Mr Trump has groused is an interventionist stance at odds with his view that the United States should stay out of foreign quagmires.Mr Trump has said in recent days that Mr Bolton wants to get him “into a war” – a comment he has made in jest in the past but that now belies his more serious concerns, one senior administration official said.The administration’s policy is officially unchanged in the wake of a fizzled power play last week by US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó.But US officials have since been more cautious in their predictions of Mr Maduro’s...

Microsoft is one step closer to fulfilling the passwordless Windows 10 dream, as the latest Windows 10 update will make it even easier to log into devices and online services without having to worry about passwords.That's because Microsoft's Windows Hello has received FIDO2 certification, which means Hello biometrics and PINs are now seen as secure authenticators."FIDO2 is a set of standards that enables easy and secure logins to websites and applications via biometrics, mobile devices and/or FIDO Security Keys. FIDO2's simpler login experiences are backed by strong cryptographic security that is far superior to passwords, protecting users from phishing, all forms of password theft and replay attacks," the FIDO Alliance explained in a press release.Microsoft said in its own announcement to mark the FIDO2 certification that "no one likes passwords (except hackers).""People don't like passwords because we have to remember them," Microsoft sai...

Philipps reveals her own abortion at age 15 on her talkshowGovernor Brian Kemp signed highly restrictive law on Tuesday Busy Philipps on the set of Busy Tonight. Photograph: E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images The actor Busy Philipps condemned Georgia’s six-week abortion ban, signed into law yesterday, on her talk show Busy Tonight by revealing the story of her own abortion at age 15. “I had an abortion when I was 15 years old, and I’m telling you this because I am genuinely really scared for women and girls all over this country,” she said, her voice full of emotion. “And I think that we all need to be talking more and sharing our stories more.” View this post on Instagram Yesterday, the governor of Georgia signed a bill effectively banning abortion in that state. Georgia is the 6th state to pass such a bill and there are 11 states where similar legislation is pending. I get why people feel strongly about abortion(I really do-read my book), BUT I also know that women and...

One student is dead and eight others injured after two students opened fire at a suburban Denver STEM school on Tuesday. Here's the latest news. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2VOQrsS via Latest News

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, a rising party star who narrowly fell short of becoming the first female African- American governor last year, said on Thursday she is still considering running for president. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2PVBDDc via Latest News

Dear reader: Our top story today looks at how some of the Democratic presidential candidates are trying to reclaim religion from the far right, by openly discussing their faith on the campaign trail. Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has been at the forefront of this trend. At a forum last month, the openly gay mayor took on the religious right’s opposition to gay marriage, saying he wishes the “Mike Pences of the world” would understand “that if you’ve got a problem with who I am, your problem is not with me – your quarrel, sir, is with my creator.” Yet some of Mr. ... from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Jt01Lp via Latest News

Berkshire said in its first-quarter report on Saturday it had invested $340 million in various tax equity investment funds from 2015 to 2018, before learning that federal authorities had alleged "fraudulent income conduct" by the funds' sponsor. "We now believe that it is more likely than not that the income tax benefits that we recognized are not valid," and took the charge for "uncertain tax positions" related to its investments, Berkshire said. Buffett's assistant Debbie Bosanek confirmed that the charge related to DC Solar. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2HbPwdL via Latest News

The new Fit will offer a new hybrid drivetrain, but what we still don't know is when-or if-it will come to America. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2H7Wmky via Latest News

The Trump administration says it is determined to alleviate the plight of the Venezuelan people. And they are suffering. The Hugo Chavez-Nicolas Maduro regime has proved to be a horror show: undemocratic and brutal, ostentatiously destroying the nation’s economy in the name of socialism.But President Donald Trump cares little for those suffering even more elsewhere. For instance, he backs Saudi Arabia in an aggressive war which has killed tens of thousands of Yemeni civilians. He bestows symbolic hugs on Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who slaughtered hundreds of protestors and jailed tens of thousands of critics, demonstrators, and stray Egyptians caught up in ubiquitous dragnets. For the Trump administration, Venezuela is only about politics. Votes in Florida, specifically.Yet the administration can’t even get the public relations right. A few weeks ago, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Venezuela’s neighbor, Colombia, to strike a Reagan-esque pose in calling on the ...

Google’s I/O 2019 keynote brought us several major announcements from the company, most of which focused on exciting innovations on the software front. Google Assistant was one of the show’s highlights as Google found a way to reduce the size of the voice recognition software, and make it all happen on-device. The real-time on-device voice recognition demo on stage was easily one of the best things Google showed us. Google Assistant was able to deal with voice commands in rapid succession without missing a beat. But while we focused on the Assistant demo, we might have missed an incredible tidbit — Google may have used a product that’s not available to anyone right now during the demo. Is it a Pixel 4 prototype? When Google ended that Assistant demo, a slide told us that the features we just saw are “coming to new Pixel phones later this year.” This seemed to indicate that whatever hardware the Assistant needs to deliver all that real-time on-device voice-based magic might not be avail...

Walk into any home improvement center and you’ll see an armada of grills—a sure sign of spring. Home Depot and Lowe’s alone account for more than 50 percent of gas grills sold in the U.S. Consume... from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Ym5dEZ via Latest News

China says it will take "necessary counter-measures" to the US tariff hike as the trade war escalates. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Vdaahc via Online Shopping

The ride-hailing app is asking investors to pay $45 a share, at the lower end of the range expected. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2H908c6 via Online Shopping

The 62-year-old who is said to be worth $50b has bought over the world's oldest toy retailer. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2YligX0 via Online Shopping

Blue Origins claims that the lunar lander will be able to take humans to the Moon's south pole by 2024. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/304tSzD via Online Shopping

Figures reveal the Royal Mint did not produce a single 20p coin or £2 coin in 2017, but why? from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2VoQsnM via Online Shopping

The government's official number-crunchers realise that we need new ways to measure living standards. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2YjyfVO via Online Shopping

The decision means the retailer will go ahead with proposals to close 50 stores and renegotiate rents. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2LvTthv via Online Shopping

The firm, which helped to shake up the industry by selling direct to consumers, is just six years old. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2H8Ydo2 via Online Shopping

Many young adults have unrealistic expectations of buying a home with the money, a survey suggests. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2DW5SFu via Online Shopping

The UK has gone more than a week without coal-powered electricity for the first time for a century. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2VSuhpw via Online Shopping