BBC Click’s Paul Carter looks at some of the best of the week’s technology news including: US President Donald Trump launches a new attack on Apple over the tech giant’s data encryption rules Microsoft ends support for its Windows 7 operating system Music streaming service Spotify announces bespoke curated playlists for pets depending on their […]
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Matthias Mayer was fastest in a slick downhill run to open a World Cup combined race By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer January 17, 2020, 11:48 AM 2 min read WENGEN, Switzerland — Matthias Mayer was fastest in a slick downhill run to open a World Cup combined race on Friday. Using better light conditions
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WASHINGTON — Twenty-one years ago, Capitol Hill carpenters custom-designed and built a pair of curved tables that could fit in the cramped Senate chamber and serve as workspace for the House managers and White House lawyers during the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. Now, after sitting in storage for more than two decades, preserved
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When the Robina Foundation was created in 2004 with $150 million, it had an unusual mandate: Spend all the money within 20 years. Family foundations are typically created to establish a philanthropic legacy that can span generations. But James H. Binger, the former chief executive of Honeywell who married into the family that started the
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Issues were raised about errors in Susan Warby’s treatment, the inquest heard A woman died five weeks after bowel surgery in which there was a series of errors, an inquest has heard. Susan Warby, 57, died at the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds on 30 August, 2018.
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“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah seems to be pulling out the popcorn for the latest installment of impeachment drama. On Thursday night’s episode, Noah recapped the new developments involving Lev Parnas, the Rudy Giuliani associate at the center of President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign in Ukraine that led to his impeachment. The businessman dropped bombshell
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From the outside, the facade of Destination (a prominent Beijing venue that expressly welcomes gay people) is downright drab. But inside this four-story cultural center on the east side of the city, the works in the nonprofit art gallery can push boundaries. This is no easy feat as censorship restrictions have been tightening in China
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A grand jury has brought charges in a sex trafficking case against former NBA player Jim Farmer January 17, 2020, 11:55 AM 2 min read MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A grand jury has brought charges in a sex trafficking case against former NBA player and one-time University of Alabama basketball standout Jim Farmer, who was caught
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In the mid-1980s, in a landmark employment discrimination case against Sears, Roebuck and Co., the company argued that women were not promoted because they did not choose high-paying or stressful jobs. Sears won, but in testimony, Alice Kessler-Harris, a labor historian, offered an alternate lens: “Choice can be understood only within the framework of available
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An Indonesian official says SoftBank is offering to invest $30 billion to $40 billion in the development of a new Indonesian capital on Borneo island By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press January 17, 2020, 11:29 AM 3 min read JAKARTA, Indonesia — Japan’s SoftBank is offering to invest $30 billion to $40 billion in the development
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