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Google's AI Assistant aims to transcend the smart speaker

The Journal | 2019-05-06

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) � When Google launched its now distinctive digital assistant in 2016, it was already in danger of being an also-ran. At the time, Amazon had been selling its Echo smart speaker, powered by its Alexa voice assistant, for more than a year . Apple's Siri was already five years old...

Google's problem with AI and ethics: Chips With Everything podcast

The Guardian | 2019-05-06

After Google’s decision to scrap its new AI ethics council, Jordan Erica Webber revisits a Chips episode from last summer that looked at Google’s AI objectives At the end of March, Google launched a group to advise on ethical issues around artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. It...

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French telecom Orange on trial over staff suicides

Toronto Sun | 2019-05-06

PARIS — The toll is shocking: 19 suicides, 12 suicide attempts and eight cases of serious depression among employees over a three-year span at France’s main telephone and internet company. A long-awaited trial began Monday in Paris accusing telecom giant Orange and seven former or...

Italian banks set to take 43 pct in Carige under BlackRock's 720 mln euro rescue plan

Reuters | 2019-05-06

Italian banks plan are set to take a 43 percent stake in troubled peer Carige under a 720 million euro ($806 million) rescue plan sponsored by U.S. asset manager BlackRock, the head of a banking fund said. ......

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Moderate dose of radiation increase risk of hypertension

Deccan Chronicle | 2019-05-06

Washington: A study has revealed that prolonged exposure to low-dose radiation could increase the risk of hypertension, a known cause of stroke and heart ailments. The study published in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association was conducted on workers at a nuclear plant in Russia....

Get your children vaccinated or face fine - German health minister

This is Money | 2019-05-05

BERLIN, May 5 (Reuters) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn has drawn up draft legislation to oblige parents to get their children vaccinated against measles or else face fines and their...

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Cryptocurrency Moving Wealth to Dark Havens, Must be Shut Down: Joseph Stiglitz

CoinGape | 2019-05-06

Nobel Prize Winning Economist, Joseph Stiglitz, recently expressed his views on cryptocurrency and the need for a transparent electronic payment system. Stiglitz is an American Economist who won the Nobel prize in 2001 for his analysis of markets with asymmetric information, and he was a lead author...

Bitcoin Manipulation, Binance, Bitfinex, Tether, And That 1.1 Million BTC

Ethereum World News | 2019-05-06

Bitcoin could still yet break $6,000 as momentum holds, but charges of manipulation and calls for Binance...

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'In no-man's land': Roger Federer taking 'baby steps' on clay return

The Times of India | 2019-05-03

PARIS: Roger Federer returns to clay court tennis for the first time in three years at Madrid next week, admitting it feels like a journey into "no-man's land". The 37-year-old last tested his ability on European dirt at the Rome Masters in 2016, before opting to concentrate on the world's hard...

Thiem upsets Nadal to reach Barcelona Open final

Reflector | 2019-04-27

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Dominic Thiem defeated Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4 in the Barcelona Open semifinals on Saturday, becoming the first player other than Novak Djokovic to defeat the Spaniard on clay four times. Thiem will try to win his second title of the year on Sunday in a final against Russian...

Joshua warns Wilder, Fury: I'm still getting better

AOL | 2019-05-06

Anthony Joshua has warned heavyweight rivals Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury that he is still improving as a fighter and they would be well advised to take him on sooner rather than later. IBF, WBA and WBO champion Joshua has repeatedly failed to secure a fight with the other two leading names in the...

Salah and Firmino ruled out of Liverpool v Barcelona

AOL | 2019-05-06

Liverpool will be without key duo Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino for the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Barcelona, Jurgen Klopp has confirmed. Salah, Liverpool's leading scorer in all competitions this season, sustained a head injury in the Reds' 3-2 victory over...

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CJI gets clean chit from judges panel in sexual harassment complaint

Mid Day | 2019-05-06

A three-judge In-House Committee of the Supreme Court on Monday gave a clean chit to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in the sexual harassment allegation...

Spanish court rules Catalan ex-leader can stand in European vote

The Times of India | 2019-05-06

MADRID: A Madrid court ruled on Monday that former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium in 2017 to escape arrest for his role in an...

Government’s Candidate Wins North Macedonia Runoff

The National Herald | 2019-05-06

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Stevo Pendarovski, the presidential candidate backed by North Macedonia’s center-left government, won the presidency Sunday...

Berlusconi leaves Italian hospital, to campaign for EU vote

Wtop | 2019-05-06

ROME (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has left a Milan hospital, six days after intestinal surgery, vowing to keep running for the European...

Cory Booker proposes national license for all gun owners

Wtop | 2019-05-06

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is proposing that all gun owners be licensed by the federal government, a process that would...

At least 55 dead after fuel tanker truck explodes near crowd

Atlanta Journal | 2019-05-06

NIAMEY, NIGER — Authorities in the West African nation of Niger say at least 55 people are dead after a tanker truck filled with fuel exploded...

Joe Biden says Theresa May called him to voice concerns about Trump

The Independent | 2019-05-06

Joe Biden has claimed Theresa May phoned him to voice concerns over Donald Trump’s leadership – a claim likely to embarrass the prime...

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Al Jazeera | 2019-05-05

Why the 'one percent' in the US is worried

The wealthy elite increasingly recognises that the socioeconomic status quo in the US is...