By JEREMY W. PETERS and SHANE GOLDMACHER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2V5bgR5
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
As Buttigieg Builds His Campaign, Gay Donors Provide the Foundation
By JEREMY W. PETERS and SHANE GOLDMACHER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2V5bgR5
Is America Ready for a Gay President? ‘You’re Going to See the Wall Crumble’
By JEREMY W. PETERS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2J5WJgX
Brigham Young Graduate ‘Proud to Be a Gay Son of God’
By DAN LEVIN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2GQAJ6K
They Want It to Be Secret: How a Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1,000
By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ from NYT The Upshot https://nyti.ms/2PFP622
Going to the Swedish Woods to Live an Instagram Fairy Tale
By INGRID K. WILLIAMS from NYT Travel https://nyti.ms/2GL4tCd
Which L.G.B.T.Q. Figures Should Get Monuments in New York?
By GINIA BELLAFANTE from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/2INPJG5
Reinventing the Tomato for Survival in a Changing World
By TEJAL RAO from NYT Food https://nyti.ms/2J42knJ
From Apples to Popcorn, Climate Change Is Altering the Foods America Grows
By KIM SEVERSON from NYT Food https://nyti.ms/2V2y5ox
How Does Your Love of Wine Contribute to Climate Change?
By ERIC ASIMOV from NYT Food https://nyti.ms/2J3ZhMv
These Five Cuisines Are Easier on the Planet
By SOMINI SENGUPTA from NYT Climate https://nyti.ms/2IOtvnh
In a Switch, Some Republicans Start Citing Climate Change as Driving Their Policies
By LISA FRIEDMAN from NYT Climate https://nyti.ms/2VErPTe
James Holzhauer Is Dominating ‘Jeopardy!’ But What’s Life Like After the Show?
By NIRAJ CHOKSHI from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2DFDnM9
Vodafone says it found hidden backdoors in Huawei equipment in 2011 and 2012 but the issues were resolved and there was no evidence of data being compromised (Bloomberg)
Vodafone says it found hidden backdoors in Huawei equipment in 2011 and 2012 but the issues were resolved and there was no evidence of data being compromised — Vodafone Group Plc has acknowledged that it found vulnerabilities going back years with equipment supplied by Huawei Technologies Co. for the carrier's Italian business.
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Analysis: Germany's AfD right-wing party, estimated to have support of 11%-15% voters, accounts for 85% of all German political party posts shared on Facebook (Spiegel Online)
Analysis: Germany's AfD right-wing party, estimated to have support of 11%-15% voters, accounts for 85% of all German political party posts shared on Facebook — A comprehensive analysis has revealed the degree to which German right-wing populists from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are dominating the social media landscape.
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Sri Lanka’s President Lifts Ban on Social Media
By KAI SCHULTZ from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2GOa3nl
Photographing Trafficked Animals in Colombia
By IVAN VALENCIA and EVELYN NIEVES from NYT Lens https://nyti.ms/2XX0IAt
Learning With: ‘Lego Is Making Braille Bricks. They May Give Blind Literacy a Needed Lift.’
By JEREMY ENGLE from NYT The Learning Network https://nyti.ms/2VzCw9D
His Punch Lines Cross Moral Lines. Anthony Jeselnik Gets Away With It.
By JASON ZINOMAN from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2L9AfxX
Lenovo Ideapad S540 With Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Graphics Goes Official
The new variant features the 8th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU, up to 12GB RAM, and a 15.6-inch full-HD display.
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from RSS Feeds | LAPTOPS - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com http://bit.ly/2Ldxhc2
Amazon Summer Sale 2019: Offers on Speakers, Fitness Trackers, Headphones Revealed
The Amazon Summer Sale 2019 will begin on May 4, and it brings discounts and offers on fitness trackers, speakers, headphones, and more.
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from RSS Feeds | LAPTOPS - RSS Feed - NDTV Gadgets360.com http://bit.ly/2DESqW2
Trump sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One over Democrat subpoenas
The lawsuit aims to stop Deutsche Bank and Capital One from handing over his records to Congress.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2XWHoDg
Cricketer's coming out was 'misunderstanding'
James Faulkner says the support he has received from the LGBT community is "fantastic" - but it came after a misunderstanding.
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from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2GSu5yn
Late Night Congratulates Trump on His 10,000th Lie
By TRISH BENDIX from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2WgrrHI
Intel 10th Gen 14nm ‘Comet Lake’, 10nm ‘Ice Lake’ 10000-Series CPU Names, Speeds, and Launch Date Leaked
Intel's upcoming Comet Lake 14nm CPU refresh could arrive by late 2019 with new U-series laptop chips and a 10000-series naming scheme.
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The ‘Dumb Choice’ That James Harden, Stephen Curry and the Rest of the N.B.A. Increasingly Avoid: The 2-Point Shot
By Unknown Author from NYT The Upshot https://nyti.ms/2PAFlSJ
Royalties from digital services to UK copyright society PRS for Music rose 17% to £145.7M in 2018, the first year of its licensing deal with Facebook (Stuart Dredge/Music Ally)
Royalties from digital services to UK copyright society PRS for Music rose 17% to £145.7M in 2018, the first year of its licensing deal with Facebook — British collecting society PRS for Music saw its collections grow by 4.4% to £746m (around $965.4m) in 2018, setting a new record.
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Amazon is looking to hire a managing editor of news for its video doorbell company Ring to "deliver breaking crime news alerts to our neighbors" (Joshua Benton/Nieman Lab)
Amazon is looking to hire a managing editor of news for its video doorbell company Ring to “deliver breaking crime news alerts to our neighbors” — When news organizations think about competition from tech companies, it's usually in terms of the audience's attention and advertisers' dollars.
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Samsung posts a profit of $5.4B in Q1, down 60% YoY, as its semiconductor and mobile businesses post a 64% drop and a 40% drop in operating profits respectively (Ju-min Park/Reuters)
Samsung posts a profit of $5.4B in Q1, down 60% YoY, as its semiconductor and mobile businesses post a 64% drop and a 40% drop in operating profits respectively — SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd posted a 60 percent drop in first-quarter operating profit on Tuesday …
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Uber has capped the number of drivers in NYC since Apr. 1, source says due to NYC's new driver wage rules; Lyft has similarly capped drivers since Apr. 19 (Dana Rubinstein/Politico)
Uber has capped the number of drivers in NYC since Apr. 1, source says due to NYC's new driver wage rules; Lyft has similarly capped drivers since Apr. 19 — Uber's and Lyft's once inexorable-seeming growth in New York City has ground to a halt. — Uber stopped hiring new drivers in New York City on April 1.
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Uber adds public transit directions and schedules to its app for users in London, after bringing the feature to users in Denver in January (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
Uber adds public transit directions and schedules to its app for users in London, after bringing the feature to users in Denver in January — Uber aims to become a one-stop shop for all modes of transportation — Uber is adding public transportation schedules and directions to its app in London.
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Amazon announces that the Alexa Skills Kit now supports Spanish in the US and that Alexa-enabled devices in the US will gain support for Spanish later this year (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)
Amazon announces that the Alexa Skills Kit now supports Spanish in the US and that Alexa-enabled devices in the US will gain support for Spanish later this year — Hola, Alexa. ¿Cómo estás? Amazon today announced that the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) …
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Google says Q1 results reflect industry pressure on premium smartphone sales; Sundar Pichai cites "year over year headwinds" after the release of Pixel 3 line (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)
Google says Q1 results reflect industry pressure on premium smartphone sales; Sundar Pichai cites “year over year headwinds” after the release of Pixel 3 line — Alphabet's Q1 earnings were a disappointment for Wall Street, courtesy primarily of ad revenue shortcomings.
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Twitter announces live streaming content deals with Univision, WSJ, and Time and new initiatives with previous partners including Viacom, the NFL, and ESPN (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Twitter announces live streaming content deals with Univision, WSJ, and Time and new initiatives with previous partners including Viacom, the NFL, and ESPN — - Twitter Expands Live-Streaming Video Lineup, Sets Content Deals With Viacom, ESPN, Live Nation, Univision, and More
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On paid email newsletter platforms, small audiences are translating to dollars for writers, such as on Substack, where the 12 top earners make $160K+ on average (Alex Kantrowitz/BuzzFeed)
On paid email newsletter platforms, small audiences are translating to dollars for writers, such as on Substack, where the 12 top earners make $160K+ on average — As writers gravitate toward paid email newsletters, small audiences translate to meaningful dollars.
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CoinSchedule: UAE accounted for 25%+ of all funds raised in digital coin offerings in 2019 through early April, as US falls from being the leader in 2018 to 7th (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)
CoinSchedule: UAE accounted for 25%+ of all funds raised in digital coin offerings in 2019 through early April, as US falls from being the leader in 2018 to 7th — - Nation accounts for more than quarter of funds raised in 2019 — Singapore and U.K. lead in the number of digital token sales
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How Menlo Ventures landed a stake in Uber by leading a $32M Series B at the last moment, after a16z failed to accept Uber's terms, and went on to reap billions (Kate Clark/TechCrunch)
How Menlo Ventures landed a stake in Uber by leading a $32M Series B at the last moment, after a16z failed to accept Uber's terms, and went on to reap billions — How Menlo Ventures landed a stake in Uber worth billions — Menlo Ventures was founded in 1976 but it took 35 years for the venture capital firm to hit the jackpot.
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Alphabet's "Other Bets", which includes Waymo, Verily, Fiber, and others, had a Q1 operating loss of $868M on revenues of just $170M, up from $150M YoY (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Alphabet's “Other Bets”, which includes Waymo, Verily, Fiber, and others, had a Q1 operating loss of $868M on revenues of just $170M, up from $150M YoY — After warning investors that it would be taking a $1.7 billion (€1.5 billion) charge this quarter due to a fine …
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Sources: Seoul-based AI chip designer FuriosaAI seeks to raise a $300M-$500M Series D to fund mass production of its 2nd-gen RNGD chip and is eyeing a 2027 IPO (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
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