Year after year, Apple and Google announce big upgrades for their smartphone operating systems. That means the software that makes your phone tick is about to change — again. With change comes new things to learn. The annual upgrades, which are free, improve our devices by fixing bugs and strengthening security, but they can be […]
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The Madison Square Garden crowd booed when giant screens showed the chubby challenger, Andy Ruiz Jr., walking to the ring as a big underdog to the charismatic, handsome heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua. But in homes and bars across the American Southwest, Mexican Americans like Aaron and Patrick Pico in Albuquerque, New Mexico, cheered the other
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The SNP’s Kirsty Blackman asked why the UK government was “so obsessed” with a US-trade deal that would put “Scotland’s NHS at risk”. And she said the Scottish government would “never allow our precious NHS to be signed away in a Tory-Trump trade deal”. But Conservative David Lidington claimed it was the SNP’s “obsession” with
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Regulators have new rules for Wall Street brokers providing investment advice: Put the customer first. But consumer advocates argue that the rules amount to little more than a marketing slogan. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday voted to pass the so-called Regulation Best Interest. The commission said the changes would simplify consumers’ lives and
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Image copyright Nina Subin Image caption Tayari Jones A book about the wrongful conviction of a young black American man has won the the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction. An American Marriage by US writer Tayari Jones scooped the prize at the London awards on Wednesday. The book was described by former US President Barack
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The Latest on the fatal Danube River boating accident in Hungary’s capital (all times local): 8:10 p.m. A ship tracking service shows the cruise ship that collided on the Danube River with a sightseeing boat that capsized and sank is headed back to the Hungarian capital, where the accident that killed at least 13 people
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How do you get men excited about decades-old pills for hair loss, erectile dysfunction and other potentially embarrassing health conditions? Online startups including Hims and Roman are banking on a mix of convenience, viral marketing and glossy packaging to turn generic prescription drugs and other pharmacy staples into a profitable new business model. But some
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For the backdrop to his first official visit to Ireland, President Donald Trump wanted to promote his golf course on the nation’s rocky west coast. The Irish government countered with the grand staging of an ancient castle. In the end, neither side got what they wanted. The compromise location for Trump’s meeting Wednesday with Irish
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the federal government would sharply curtail federal spending on medical research that uses tissue from aborted fetuses, mainly by ending such research within the National Institutes of Health. The move fulfills a top goal of anti-abortion groups that have lobbied hard for it, but scientists say the
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MOSCOW — Even as Russia has muscled back onto the world stage politically, its economy suffers from flat growth and shrinking incomes. President Vladimir V. Putin has a plan to change that — and it involves pianos. Kremlin officials say they will use an important investor conference opening Thursday in St. Petersburg to promote a
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