11 a.m. Four-hour brainstorming and discussion session about Chrome’s road map for the next year. 3 p.m. I get a direct message on Twitter from @SwiftOnSecurity, a pseudonymous computer security expert and influencer who pretends to be Taylor Swift, with feedback about a new Chrome extension we launched earlier in the day that helps users […]
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The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): 6:20 p.m. Daniil Medvedev has won the first two sets against Grigor Dimitrov, moving one set away from his first Grand Slam final. The No. 5 seed leads 7-6 (5), 6-4. The second set lasted exactly an hour after the first set went 61
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The progressive site ThinkProgress shut down on Friday in yet another sign of how much the news media landscape has changed in the past decade. The development was not much of a surprise to current or former employees. In July, the Center for American Progress, the progressive think tank behind the editorial venture, put the
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Plus-ones at award ceremonies don’t get any cuter than this. James Middleton, the younger brother of the Duchess of Cambridge (formerly known as Kate Middleton), attended the GQ Men of the Year Awards in London on Tuesday and brought an excellent date: his cocker spaniel Ella, a very good girl who’s also a trained therapy
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Image copyright Demi Lovato/Instagram Image caption Demi Lovato told her followers in the Instagram post that she is proud of her body Pop singer Demi Lovato has posted an unedited image of herself showing off her cellulite, telling her millions of followers it was her “biggest fear”. The 27-year-old said the image was “cellulit” adding
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Image copyright Diane Frost Image caption Diane Frost says she struggled to get a response when she complained about the bill Diane Frost was surprised when an energy bill arrived on her doormat for two very good reasons. Firstly it was from her former energy provider, Extra Energy, that had collapsed nine months earlier, and
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Two groups of states are targeting Facebook and Google in separate antitrust probes, widening the scrutiny of Big Tech beyond sweeping federal and congressional investigations into their market dominance. Facebook and Google are two of the world’s largest and most ubiquitous tech companies. The billions who use their services for making social media posts, uploading
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A chorus of Hindi, Urdu and English permeates the grounds as the Staten Island Cricket Club suits up to play. This club, unlike most other teams on the New York City cricket circuit, does not have a dominant religion or ethnicity. Most of the players are immigrants from India or Pakistan, where cricket is a
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The Trump campaign pointed out that in 1992, when President George H.W. Bush was seeking re-election, Republicans canceled primaries in eight states; in 1996, when President Bill Clinton was running for a second term, Democrats canceled primaries in eight states, and in 2004, when President George W. Bush was up for re-election, Republicans canceled primaries
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A top United Auto Workers official is telling workers that bargaining with General Motors is moving slowly, with just eight days left before the national contract expires. UAW Vice President Terry Dittes (DIT-ez) says talks have been slowed by the company’s responses to the union’s proposals. He tells local union officials in a letter dated
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