August 2019

Google to let rival search firms bid to be Android’s default in EEA

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rival search providers will compete with each other over how much to pay Google Android phone and tablet users in the European Union are to be given a chance to install one of Google’s rivals as default search provider. But to be offered as an option, search firms will […]

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Fortnite Fortunes and Freakouts: Parents Grapple With an Obsession

According to T-shirts worn at the recent Fortnite World Cup, there are now two types of families: normal families and Fortnite families. In the eyes of fans who have fully embraced the popular video game, the competition in Queens last weekend was a realization of Fortnite’s best qualities. It brought to life the game’s colorful

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Millions paid out for unused Sick Children’s Hospital in Edinburgh

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new hospital has faced a number of delays A health board is paying millions of pounds to a private consortium for a hospital it cannot use. The new children’s hospital in Edinburgh was due to open in July, but last-minute inspections found safety concerns over its ventilation systems.

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Lenny Kravitz Sends Jason Momoa Birthday Wishes, Shares Sweet Photo Of Them Hugging

Lenny Kravitz recently shared warm birthday wishes for a member of his blended family, Jason Momoa, on social media.  The rock icon shared an Instagram post on Thursday dedicated to Momoa, who is married to Kravitz’s ex-wife, actress Lisa Bonet. Bonet and Kravitz, who have a 30-year-old daughter, actress Zoë Kravitz, together, finalized their divorce

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State Department’s Top Policy Planner Forced Out

WASHINGTON — Kiron Skinner, the State Department’s director of policy planning and the highest-ranking African-American woman in the department, has been forced out of her job, according to administration officials. Ms. Skinner took leave last September from serving as a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and as a researcher at the Hoover Institution, to join

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US stocks fall again, joining worldwide sell-off, on tariffs

Financial markets around the world buckled Friday, and the S&P 500 was on track for its worst day in months following President Donald Trump’s latest escalation in his trade war with China. China struck back and said Friday it will take “necessary countermeasures” if Trump follows through on tweets he sent Thursday that shocked markets

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