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Google has updated its Play Store developer policies to ban several more categories of apps, including cryptocurrency mining ones and apps with disruptive ads, as reported by Android Police.

Everyone jokes congressfolk are crims but... sheesh, take it easy, Rekognition

Rekognition's rubbish results reported in ACLU probe sparks ire from US babykissers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared on Thursday the United States will impose sanctions on Turkey, a crucial NATO ally, in retaliation for the detention of an American pastor on terror and espionage charges. Turkey's response was both harsh and dismissive, calling his words "unacceptable" and a "cheap threat." Trump's promise of punishing action marks the latest deterioration in relations between Turkey and the U.S. as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers expand two years after a failed coup against his government. Читать дальше...

Phame Factory has filed a lawsuit against Sony Pictures over their upcoming film “Slender Man” and an indie title called “Flay” that Sony says is a copycat of the internet urban legend they bought the rights for.

The legal teams representing President Donald Trump and his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen tell Business Insider not to expect any more of the attorneys recordings to be made public in the immediate future.

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• The legal teams representing President Donald Trump and his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen tell Business Insider not to expect any more recordings to be made public — for now.
• Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal attorney, told Business Insider the Trump legal team is "not planning to release anything more at this point."
• Meanwhile, a person close to one of Cohen's attorneys told Business Insider they have "no reason to release any" at the moment. Читать дальше...

Facebook faced a day of reckoning as its shares plunged Thursday in the company’s worst trading day since going public in 2012. It was among the biggest one-day losses of market value in U.S. stock market history.

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Tech companies and auto companies are all racing to be the first to roll out self-driving cars onto the road.

The stakes are high for everyone involved. The self-driving revolution and the prevalence of ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft threatens to reduce individual car ownership, which would eat into a sizable piece of automakers' core business.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• GM makes major play to combat mobility startups
• Alphabet... Читать дальше...

Soutter was tipped for a big future.

Strokes of genius: Federer v Nadal. On iPlayer for another week or so. Mainly about the 2008 Wimbledon final but also about the rivalry between Roger and Rafa. Really enjoyed it and a very good sports doc in my opinion

Rep. Jim Jordan said that he would run to succeed retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan, ratcheting up a contest that House Republican leaders had hoped to largely defer until this fall.

DENVER (AP) - Nolan Arenado spends a fair amount of time watching film. Mostly Quentin Tarantino-directed movies these days, but over lunch Arenado is carving out moments to study the tendencies of a starting pitcher.

Facebook just had the biggest wipeout in stock market history. Shares plunged 19% on Thursday after executives warned that revenue growth would slow as the company focuses on user privacy. The sell-off vaporized about $119 billion in market value — the biggest single-day loss for any public company in history, according to Thomson Reuters. For founder Mark Zuckerberg, the loss came to almost $16 billion, according to Forbes, which tracks billionaire wealth in real time. That dropped him from fourth... Читать дальше...

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Hundreds of members of the White Helmets group were evacuated out of Syria by the Israeli military last week, with around 50 of them expected to be resettled in Canada.

From me, the “trash” moniker is high praise. These are movies that are not appreciated by the greater culture — none have earned a Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes — but which instead are B-style movies that are more concerned with delivering feels, thrills and titillation than with “respectability.” For me, this is the good stuff — the best of Hollywood’s delightful blue collar flicks.

NEW YORK — A New York doctor says he is sorry for posting comments online supporting a white-only nation and armed racial conflict.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities said Wednesday there were serious indications that a deadly wildfire that gutted a vacation resort near Athens was started deliberately, while experts warned that the devastated coastal town had…

Is Aaron Rodgers in a tier of his own and is Carson Wentz really a bust? Quarterback Week continues on the Fantasy Football Today Podcast.