Google Plots Cheaper Wireless Future to Expand Fiber Project

Bloomberg | 2016-07-28

Google will use know-how from recent acquisition Webpass Inc., and its own wireless technology, to expand its Fiber fast internet business without having to spend so much. Google parent Alphabet Inc. plans to adopt the startup’s lean approach to extend the reach of Fiber quicker and more...

Facebook is pushing more people to an app they didn't choose

The Associated Press | 2016-07-28

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Facebook is once again getting pushy about how people message one another. Two years ago, the social-media giant forced its users to adopt its Messenger app for direct communication, a change it enforced by deactivating messages in the main Facebook app and steering users to...

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Anavex Alzheimer's Drug Plays Losing Game Against the Placebo Effect

The Street | 2016-07-27

Shares of Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL) plunged Wednesday because the months-long stock promotion campaign claiming a cure for Alzheimer's disease lost its sizzle. A small group of Alzheimer's patients treated with Anavex's experimental drug Anavex 2-73 are exhibiting signs of memory loss, faltering...

“Star Wars” Firm Guilty of Health Violations over Harrison Ford’s Broken Leg

Variety | 2016-07-26

LONDON – A British production company owned by Disney pleaded guilty Tuesday to two health and safety violations on the set of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in connection with an incident during filming that resulted in a broken leg for Harrison Ford. Ford, reprising his role as Han Solo, was...

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Players union to fund health care for retired NBA players

ABC News | 2016-07-28

Retired NBA players with at least three years of service time in the league will receive health insurance funded by the National Basketball Players...

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WorldNews.com | 2016-07-28

What's In A Name? For Bill Clinton, Everything

It’s a question that’s plagued the campaign since Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton joined the campaign and it continues to be a source of great...

The Times of India | 2016-07-28

Lloyds cuts 3,000 jobs as Brexit fears take shape

LONDON: Britain's Lloyds Banking Group said Thursday it plans to eliminate 3,000 jobs and close 200 branches — the first big cuts announced since Britain voted...

Voa News | 2016-07-28

French Police Use DNA to Identify Second Church Attacker

Police in France have formally identified the second man involved in the brutal church attack earlier this week that left a priest dead.  Nineteen year old...

Al Jazeera | 2016-07-28

Pakistan's Imran Khan considers Taliban "terrorists"

Imran Khan, the Pakistani politician and former cricket sensation, considers the Taliban a "terrorist" group and believes that it is "absolute nonsense" to...

BBC News | 2016-07-28

Hiroshima: Keep Pokemon away from atom bomb memorial

The Japanese city of Hiroshima asks Pokemon Go's creators to keep its virtual monsters out of its memorials to nuclear bomb victims. ......

The Jakarta Post | 2016-07-28

Indonesia rebuffs UN, EU appeals to halt looming executions 

Indonesia quickly rebuffed appeals from the UN human rights chief and the European Union to abandon plans to execute 14 people for drug crimes as preparations...

Belfast Telegraph | 2016-07-28

Australia: Malaysia Airlines captain had Indian Ocean route on simulator

Data recovered from a home flight simulator owned by the captain of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 showed that someone used the device to plot a course to the...

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