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Facebook researchers are building virtual spaces to improve AI and AR    Engadget Facebook has built stunning virtual spaces for its AI programs to explore    MIT Technology Review Facebook's Habitat generates photorealistic homes to teach AI agents real-world navigation skills    TechSpot Facebook open-sources AI Habitat to help robots navigate realistic environments    VentureBeat Facebook is creating photorealistic homes for AIs to work and learn in    TechCrunch View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://engt.co/2KkyHjq via Technology

John Wick Hex proves licensed games don't have to suck    Destructoid In 'John Wick Hex,' time is the most precious commodity    Engadget View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2XIvFsq via Technology

Why Tesla's Solar Roof Is A Bargain, 53% Of The Price Of A Roof + Electricity — CleanTechnica Analysis    CleanTechnica Elon Musk and Bethesda's Todd Howard at E3 2019 in 12 minutes    Engadget Bob Lutz Talks Panel Gaps, Tesla, and Why Every Detail Matters    RoadandTrack.com Elon Musk Confirms 'Fallout Shelter,' Netflix, YouTube & More Coming to Tesla    HYPEBEAST Elon Musk’s tweets prompt SEC official to call for guidelines on CEOs’ social media use    Los Angeles Times View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2KPQRsL via Technology

Nintendo Switch – For the Dads    Nintendo View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbAklTLVilc via Technology

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, whose tenure was marked by a breakdown in regular press briefings and questions about the administration's credibility, as well as her own, will leave her post at the end of the month, President Donald Trump announced. Trump said Thursday he's encouraging her to run for governor when she returns home to Arkansas, where her father once held the job. Sanders is one of Trump's closest and most trusted White House aides and one of the few remaining who worked on his campaign, taking on the job of advocating for and defending a president who had his own unconventional ideas about how to conduct the people's business. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2WIBogG via Latest News

Chaos erupted in a neighbourhood in Memphis, Tennessee after US Marshals shot and killed a young black man. Brandon Webber, 20, was getting into his car when US marshals approached and attempted to take him into custody. Webber was wanted on several felony warrants. When the marshals tried to make their arrest, “he reportedly rammed his vehicle into the officers’ vehicles multiple times before exiting with a weapon,” says the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.At that point, “The officers fired, striking and killing the individual.”No officers were injured in the altercation that ultimately lead to Webber’s death, however, as community members came out demanding answers and accountability, some members of the police force were hurt. As residents gathered in the street near where the shooting occurred, police responding by forming a human wall and ordering people off the streets. As tensions escalated, police turned to riot shields and tear gas to manage the crowd, who were throwing rock...

Suspected attacks left two tankers in flames in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, bumping up oil prices and further raising regional tensions triggered by a bitter US-Iran standoff. The ships were struck in the same strategic sea lane where four oil vessels were sabotaged last month in attacks Washington blamed on Tehran. In the early hours of Thursday, two vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz towards the Indian Ocean caught fire. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2X99jDs via Latest News

Chewy Inc said on Thursday it priced its initial public offering at $22 per share, above its target, and sold more stock than originally planned, valuing the online pet products retailer at $8.77 billion. The IPO raises funds to help manage the debt load of parent company PetSmart, and indicates investor demand for a loss-making but fast-growing e-commerce company to tap into the roughly $70 billion U.S. pet industry market. Some 46.5 million Chewy shares were sold in the IPO, up from the anticipated 41.6 million as PetSmart sold more shares than originally planned. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2IcJVEt via Latest News

The anti-abortion organization, Live Action, and conservative activist James O’Keefe allege Pinterest targeted the group for its abortion stance, not for the reasons the company claims. The dust-up is the latest in a wave of conservative complaints of social media bias. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2WHZahK via Latest News

Changing his position on the Hyde Amendment last week should be the first of many political messes that Biden corrects. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2WITqUP via Latest News

Shares of the San Jose, California-based company fell 8% to $258.75 in extended trading and the remarks dragged down stocks of other chipmakers, including Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and Skyworks Solutions. "It is clear that the U.S.-China trade conflict including the Huawei export ban is creating economic and political uncertainty and reducing visibility," Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan said on a conference call with analysts. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Id5Tao via Latest News

New details are shedding light on why U.S. Marshals went to arrest Brandon Webber before shooting him to death, sparking unrest in Frayser. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2WJ8uC2 via Latest News

The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Iran is responsible for the oil-tanker attacks that occurred in the Strait of Hormuz Thursday morning, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a press conference hours after the attack.Two oil tankers were attacked within the space of 45 minutes in the Gulf of Oman, off of the coast of Iran, where four oil tankers were similarly attacked last month by Iranian forces.Addressing reporters at the State Department, Pompeo explained that the assessment of Iranian culpability was “based on intelligence, weapons used, the level of expertise needed to execute the operation, recent similar Iranian attacks on shipping, and the fact that no proxy group operating in the area has resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication.”> BREAKING: Sec. Pompeo says the US blames Iran for the attacks on 2 tanker ships in the Gulf of Oman today. https://t.co/oAIxR89P7b pic.twitter.com/pdWBjgqYyS> > -- MSNBC (@MSNBC) ...

Fox News host Sean Hannity led his primetime show Wednesday night by not only defending President Trump saying he’d take foreign dirt on a 2020 candidate if it were offered, but also insisting that ABC’s George Stephanopoulos had set the president up in order to create a media outrage cycle.The conservative Fox star, who has been called the White House shadow chief of staff, groused that “Democrats and their friends in the media are still fixated on one issue and one only—raged psychosis against the president.”Turning to Stephanopoulos’ interview, Hannity told his viewers that they needed to see this “amazing setup,” playing a clip of Trump saying “there’s nothing wrong with listening” if foreign figures offer information about a political opponent and that he’d “want to hear it” if another country called.“This is what’s fascinating—let’s be very clear,” Hannity reacted. “You might want to listen. Listening is much different than, let’s see, lying, spying, and paying for Russian lies a...

Even though smart home devices are pretty much ubiquitous at this point, they're still often quite expensive. For example, a lamp with built-in Alexa compatibility can easily cost $100 or more! Of course, the smarter move is to keep using your regular old dumb lamp but plug it into the wall using a Teckin Mini Smart Plug. You'll get the same great Alexa controls that you would with a $100 smart lamp, but it'll only cost you $7.22 when you buy a 4-pack and use the coupon code EBS6C5V7 at checkout!Here's some additional info from the product page: * REMOTE CONTROL ----Control your electrical items via your phone whenever and wherever you are after downloading the FREE APP Smart Life as long as there is a network. Ideal for someone who can not move around very well and needs easy access to turn on/off a device. * VOICE CONTROL----Compatible with Amazon alexa, Google home assistant and IFTTT, control your home appliances with the smart plug by simply giving voice commands t...

The loan “raises serious questions about conflicts of interest" Sen. Elizabeth Warren said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2MJREyb via Latest News

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam faced calls from both outside and within her government Friday to delay extradition legislation that has spurred massive protests. Some members of the Executive Council, Hong Kong's Cabinet, said she should perhaps rethink plans to rush the bills' passage. Meanwhile, a group of former senior government officials urged her not to force a confrontation by pushing ahead with the unpopular bills, which would allow Hong Kong suspects to be tried in mainland China. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2ZzlJlN via Latest News

Sarah Sanders will take some time to decompress before making plans for life after the White House, says Fox News contributor Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2wVZb2a via Latest News

Huawei Users Angry After Ads Quietly Show Up as Lockscreen Photos    PetaPixel Huawei admits it screwed up after putting ads on people's lock screens    Android Central [Update: Ads are gone] Huawei apparently decides it needs more bad press, puts ads on phone lock screens    Android Police Huawei has removed its lock screen ad, but you need to delete it from your phone    TechRadar Huawei's lock screens unexpectedly turn into advertisements    Engadget View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2XehpKX via Technology

Google killing ‘Google Pay Send’ in the UK later this year    9to5Google Google Pay will no longer let UK users send money to friends    Engadget Google Pay Send shutting down P2P transfers in the UK, but possible replacement in the works    Android Police Google Pay in the UK is losing its send/receive money feature    Android Central View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News http://bit.ly/2FbgSzr via Technology