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Amazon is quietly asking top brands to participate in its early tests of music ads, representing the e-commerce giant's first steps toward offering paid product placements within its Alexa voice-activated ecosystem. 

In a pitch deck obtained by Ad Age, Amazon offers an exclusive opportunity to try "audio ads," guaranteeing brands would reach a million listeners. The test run was free for the advertisers, and Amazon invited Colgate, L'Oréal and Lululemon... Читать дальше...

People have begun moving onto vacant City-owned land in an area called Mpukwini in Cape Town's Makhaza, Khayelitsha.

Turner’s “Chasing the Cure” will attempt to diagnose medical mysteries on live TV, but the show won’t actually be providing cures for patients, host Ann Curry says.The 90-minute show, which will air live on TNT and TBS and stream online, will introduce patients whose mysterious illnesses have stumped their doctors, allowing a panel of experts and viewers at home to suggest potential reasons for their symptoms, new avenues of testing to try or even possible cures.“We are not their doctors,” Curry... Читать дальше...

Turner’s “Chasing the Cure” will attempt to diagnose medical mysteries on live TV, but the show won’t actually be providing cures for patients, host Ann Curry says.

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in a very important stretch run game for both... Read More »

Victoriano Diaz, 37, was fatally electrocuted while at working at an abandoned mall on Monday.

BBC Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake looks at what the new prime minister had to say and what he means by it.

As the California housing bubble continues to squeeze out middle-class homeowners -- with some living on the street, in their cars or in illegal boats -- a growing number of people are moving out and heading east.

Can the temperature of a room affect a buyer's eagerness to buy an item—or haggle for a good deal? Yes, according to a new study from Florida International University's College of Business (FIU Business).

A wishlist for Apple's new MacBooks.

1. Sajid Javid picked as chancellor in first Boris Johnson appointment – latest news  Financial Times
2. Boris Johnson's cabinet cull: the departures  The Guardian
3. Boris Johnson appoints new cabinet with Sajid Javid, Priti Patel and Dominic Raab in top positions  Evening Standard
4. Boris Johnson promotes Brexit loyalists in biggest Cabinet cull in 60 years  Telegraph.co.uk
5. Javid, Patel and Raab take top posts in Boris Johnson's cabinet  The Guardian
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1. Welder warned friends 'don't touch me' as he was electrocuted to death  Metro.co.uk
2. Worker electrocuted at abandoned Milwaukee mall  WEAU
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The numbers for Norah O’Donnell’s historic first week as the anchor of “CBS Evening News” are in, and despite leaving no stone unturned on the promotional front, the new-look newscast didn’t make any progress on the ratings front.

As protests enter 12th day, Ricardo Rossello's office rejects reports the governor had decided to step down.

Barely a week after England's World Cup triumph at Lord's, Ireland skittled them by lunch on first day

'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood' trailer gives fans from Pittsburgh, Fred Rogers’ chosen city, something to cheer about. Shot in Pittsburgh, the film becomes another notch on southwestern Pennsylvania's list of film credits.

Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt attend the grand opening celebration of ‘Jurassic World -The Ride’ at Universal Studios Hollywood on July 22, 2019 in Universal City, California. While on the red carpet for the grand opening, Howard confirmed Chastain’s story about Howard’s film maker father mistaking Chastain for his daughter. | Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for Universal Studios Hollywood

The filmmaker was “shook,” according to his actress daughter, after he mistook Jessica Chastain for Bryce Dallas Howard in an Apple store. Читать дальше...

The manufacturer of Biocell breast implants recalled all models of the implant on Wednesday, two months after Health Canada banned them from sale in this country amid concerns over a heightened risk of a rare form of cancer.

Prosecutors refused to file criminal charges against Cristiano Ronaldo, who has vehemently denied Kathryn Mayorga's accusations

How Rachel Roth launched profitable OperaNuts as her second act

Nissan has said a media report that the company’s operating profit dropped about 90% last quarter was "broadly accurate" in the latest indication that pressure is building for CEO Hiroto Saikawa.

In a 52-to-40 vote split along party lines, the Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Stephen Dickson, a former executive, for a five-year term to lead of the Federal Aviation Administration. President Trump named Dickson to lead the FAA in March, when the agency was facing increased scrutiny following its certification of the 737 Max aircraft. […]

Maurice Hooker has credited his tight-knit team for getting him to the edge of greatness as he prepares to face Jose Ramirez in a World Super-Lightweight unification battle on Saturday night at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports in the UK. Hooker (26-0-3 17 KOs) […]

The Rays made a series of fancy lineup substitutions in the eighth inning against the Red Sox, but Alex Cora thinks Kevin Cash slipped up.