Why members of Chile's transgender community are lobbying for a change in the law.
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Profile: Billionaire philanthropist George Soros
The hedge fund investor turned liberal philanthropist is politically divisive around the world.
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How Sweden is preparing for Russia to hack its election
Will a "Facebook hotline" and propaganda lessons keep polls free and fair?
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The story of Pakistan's 'disappeared' Shias
Activists say they are detained without due process over suspected links to a secretive militia in Syria.
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Eight times celebrities messed up on social media
Following the cancellation of Roseanne's show, which other celebrities have messed up on social media?
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US Is Poised to Impose Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on European Union - New York Times
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US Is Poised to Impose Steel and Aluminum Tariffs on European Union
New York Times The United States has threatened to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from allies like the European Union, Canada and Mexico. German steel from a mill like this one in Duisburg could be hit with a 25 percent tariff as soon as Friday ... US Plans to Hit EU With Steel, Aluminum Tariffs President Trump Plans to Implement Tariffs on EU Steel and Aluminum Trump readies to hit US allies with steel, aluminum tariffs |
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After Trump was elected, Obama questioned whether his own presidency had come '10 or 20 years too early' - Business Insider
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After Trump was elected, Obama questioned whether his own presidency had come '10 or 20 years too early'
Business Insider President Barack Obama, in the days following the November 2016 election, began to question his own legacy. The aftershock of Donald Trump's surprise victory over Hillary Clinton had shaken Obama, as it did many others. At one point, America's first ... |
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Blood Will Tell, Part 2: Did Faulty Evidence Doom Joe Bryan?
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This Harry Potter Uses a Bow and Arrow. Not a Wand.
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Word + Quiz: solicitude
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What’s on TV Thursday: N.B.A. Finals and ‘A Bronx Tale’
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Spain Is Next to Test Europe’s Stability as Rajoy Faces No-Confidence Vote
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Crosses Go Up in Public Offices. It’s Culture, Bavaria Says, Not Religion.
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Trump Meets With Kim. Kim Kardashian West, That Is.
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Stanley Cup Finals: Braden Holtby Bounces Back to Lift the Capitals
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Sanchez Goes the Other Way, and Severino Stays the Course, in a Yankees Win
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The Mets Get Some Help From Jason Vargas and a Few Fresh Arms
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In a First for Germany, Hamburg Bans Diesel Engines. On 2 Roads.
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Italy, Arkady Babchenko, Whales: Your Thursday Briefing
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The End of ‘The Americans’: Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on the ‘Devastating’ Finale
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Buffett proposed to invest $3 billion in Uber, but talks failed - Bloomberg
(Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett had proposed to invest $3 billion in Uber Technologies Inc earlier this year, but the talks failed following disagreements over the deal's terms, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
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Google launches second app in China, woos top smartphone market
BEIJING (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has launched a file managing tool in several Chinese app stores as it looks for fresh inroads into the world's biggest smartphone market, where most of the internet giant's top products remain banned.
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Consumer Reports recommends Tesla's Model 3 after braking fix
(Reuters) - Influential U.S. magazine Consumer Reports said on Wednesday it was recommending Tesla Inc's Model 3 sedan after its latest tests showed that a firmware update improved the car's braking distance by nearly 20 feet.
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U.S. judge dismisses Kaspersky suits to overturn government ban
(Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday dismissed two lawsuits by Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab that sought to overturn bans on the use of the security software maker's products in U.S. government networks.
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Uber, Waymo in talks about self-driving partnership - Uber CEO
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc is talking with Alphabet Inc's autonomous driving unit Waymo about using its technology on Uber's ride-hailing app, Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said on Wednesday, signaling a possible thaw in relations between the firms.
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Google launches a Q&A app for neighborhood communities in India
Google is increasing its focus on India after it released a new social app that’s aimed at building neighborhood communities within cities in the country.
The company’s ‘Next Billion’ team in charge of emerging markets has dedicated significant resources to India. Its initiatives include data-friendly versions of YouTube and other popular services, its Tez mobile payment app, a food delivery service and a national WiFi network initiative. Now it is adding one more to the list with the release of Neighbourly, a Q&A app for sharing local knowledge.
The basic goal is to give local communities an outlet to seek answers to practical questions about local life, routine and more. Google believes that an increase in urban migration, short-term leasing and busy lives has changed the dynamic of local communities and made it harder to share information quite so easily.
“Life happens close to home, in order the of a 1-2km radius, and local questions come up all the time. But as cities get bigger and bigger, we’re finding that these local questions are getting hard to use — word of mouth used to be key,” Josh Woodward, a product manager within the Next Billion initiative, explained to TechCrunch.
“We built neighborly as a way to connect you with your neighborhood, ask questions, share expertise and stay up to date in a safe way,” he added.
This idea is nothing new, of course. Already in India, WhatsApp — which counts 200 million users in the country — has a range of community groups, but the big issue is discovery since new users have to be added to the group directly.
The new Google app is much like Jelly, the question and answer service from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone that was ultimately bought by Pinterest, but with localized tweaks. A beta version of the app is initially available in Mumbai, but users located in other areas can join a waitlist pending expansion.
Questions and answers are handled via swipeable cards — who knew Tinder’s design would reach neighborhood community apps in India — while the app uses GPS to add a user into their neighborhood right from sign-up.
Woodward said Google is employing ranking and personalization technology which, over time, will match users with the kind of questions they can answer or have shown an interest in. For now, the service is app-based with a read-only mobile web version.
Google’s local tweaks to make the app easy to use include voice-based entry for questions, which covers a range of India’s non-English languages, and a series of prompts that pop up when a user decides to post a question to help them start.
The company has looked at safety issues, and made it easy to flag content which is unsuitable. Once flagged, Woodward confirmed the content is passed to a local content moderator who asses whether it is “neighborly.”
In terms of safety, users sign up using a first name only, there is no private messaging or phone number requirement, and individual profile photos cannot be copied via screenshot and don’t expand when clicked to prevent being stolen. That taps into concern women have about their photos being abused, an issue that Facebook has taken measures against in India, too.
In fact, at sign-up, Google asks users to agree to a ‘contract’ — “I will respect my neighbors” — before letting them into the app. But still, you’d imagine that the laws of the internet will mean that some people will misuse the service.
Profile pages do, however, display badges earned by answering questions — both an incentive and a display of trust, according to Woodward — while users can follow, and be followed, to keep with certain users and their content.
Google tested the app on thousands of users over a period of about a month to get the mechanics right. Woodward said that 30-50 percent of questions were answered within five minutes, which bodes well but discovery looks like being the key issue. That was ultimately the downfall of Jelly, albeit that both apps serve very different audiences and purposes.
Further down the line, Woodward said that Google could add business accounts and integrate other Google services into Neighbourly, but for now the sink-or-swim challenge is to make an impact.
The launch of Neighbourly comes the same day that Google launched Files Go in China. In doing so, the search giant gave a glimpse at its new strategy for China, which involves opportunistic product launches, relationships and strategic investments.
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