May 2019 – Page 165 – EnSound Media – Streaming Innovation Amplified

As Trade Talks Continue, China Is Unlikely to Yield on Control of Data

That is beginning to change. The United States has enshrined the tech industry’s position in the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement, which provides for open access to government data, protections for company source codes and algorithms and a prohibition on customs duties on data, among other provisions. The agreement will serve as a jumping-off point for American […]

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EPA reaffirms glyphosate safe for users as court cases grow

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

The Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed Tuesday that a popular weed killer is safe for people, as legal claims mount from Americans who blame the herbicide for their cancer. The EPA’s draft conclusion Tuesday came in a periodic review of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. The agency found that it posed “no risks of concern”

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Turner Prize 2019 shortlist is announced

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright Press handout Image caption Clockwise from top left The four artists competing for this year’s Turner Prize have been announced with investigative art, works blurring fact and fiction and explorations of oppression dominating the shortlist. The nominees are Jordanian Lawrence Abu Hamdan, London-based Helen Cammock and Tai Shani and Colombian Oscar Murillo. Their

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Failed Asda bid cost Sainsbury’s £46m

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images The failed bid to merge with rival Asda cost Sainsbury’s £46m, the supermarket giant has said. In April, a proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda was blocked by the UK’s competition watchdog over fears it would raise prices for consumers. Sainsbury’s said that like-for-like sales growth slowed in the fourth quarter,

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Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro defiant in TV address

World / En Sound Media

Venezuela’s embattled president Nicolás Maduro cut a defiant figure in a speech which addressed the country’s ongoing crisis. It comes after opposition leader Juan Guaidó called on the military to help him end Mr Maduro’s rule and protesters took to the streets in the capital Caracas in support of Mr Guaidó. But military leaders instead

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Energy Department says it will remove plutonium from Nevada

Technology / En Sound Media

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is pledging to expedite the removal of weapons-grade plutonium secretly hauled to Nevada last year as the state and Trump administration remain locked in a court battle about whether the shipment was legal. The Energy Department intends to start removing the highly radioactive material in 2021 and finish by the

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Tennessee governor to allow sports betting without signature

Sports / En Sound Media

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee plans to let legislation to allow sports betting become law without his signature, putting a state that has largely shied from expanding gambling in position to become the first to offer an online-only sportsbook. The bill is headed to the Republican governor after close votes in the GOP-supermajority Senate and House

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