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Art exhibits around the Las Vegas Valley

Las Vegas Review-Journal 

Left of Center Art Gallery features works by Effie Loves and Priscilla Fowler Fine Art hosts a group show, among other exhibits on display.

Top Advisor Tells SHOOKtalks: Always Stay Close To Clients

Forbes.com 

Dinner and social networking have long been a staple of wealth advisers’ playbook. Planning people’s lives depends on trust, and face-to-face communication is seen as an essential way to build that trust. But how does socially distancing fit into that playbook?

Trump, Mexican leader visit about trade, politics

«Star Tribune» (startribune.com) 

The White House meeting with Andrés Manuel López Obrador is being billed as a celebration of economic ties and the new North American trade agreement.

Rio Tinto Decision Following Strategic Review Of Tiwai Smelter

Scoop 

Mercury notes Rio Tinto’s announcement to wind-down operations at New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited (NZAS) with expected closure in August 2021. Mercury reiterates previously made statements that it is relatively well placed to respond to the decision ...



Parents grapple with mixed messages on sending kids back to school

NBC News 

New York City’s mayor unveiled a plan to bring students back part-time, but the governor quickly said it was too soon to announce a plan. Across the country, wary parents are facing mixed messages and competing plans for their kids’ futures.

Amazon’s Alexa app will soon let you speak commands without pressing the blue button - The Verge

Google.com 

  1. Amazon’s Alexa app will soon let you speak commands without pressing the blue button  The Verge
  2. Amazon's Alexa app now supports hands-free voice commands — with one important restriction  Android Police
  3. Amazon's newest feature lets you go hands-free in the Alexa app  CNET
  4. The Amazon Alexa app now offers a hands-free experience, but with multiple caveats  XDA Developers
  5. Raspberry Pi: Transform the popular single-board computer into a smart speaker with Google... Читать дальше...

Amazon’s Alexa app will soon let you speak commands without pressing the blue button

The Verge 

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Amazon is making a small tweak to the Alexa companion app on iOS and Android; in a few days you’ll no longer need to tap the blue Alexa button on your screen to say a voice command, TechCrunch reports. Unfortunately, the new “hands-free” mode apparently only works if you launch the app and continuously keep it open on your phone. For me, it won’t be very useful until I can use Alexa on my iPhone without unlocking and launching it first.

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Post No Evil: Content Moderation Decisions Are Always Trickier Than You Think

Techdirt 

Two years ago, we told anyone who wanted to understand the impossibility of content moderation to listen to an episode of the podcast/radio show Radiolab. Obviously, content moderation questions are back in the news again, and Radiolab recently re-released the episode with some updated content. Most of it is the same, but there's some more at the end to relate it to the latest news with the various attacks on social media coming from the president, the DOJ, and Congress.

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GOP Senators Preparing $1.3 Trillion Coronavirus Aid Package to Counter House Dems’ Proposal

Yahoo! News 

Republican senators are piecing together an additional coronavirus aid package to counter House Democrats' phase-4 aid proposal.The GOP bill in its current form will provide an additional $1.3 trillion in economic aid to U.S. taxpayers and businesses, CNN reported on Wednesday evening. House Democrats have already proposed their own $3 trillion aid package, however Senate Republicans have pushed back on the high price tag."It won’t be $3 trillion. That bill is not going anywhere," Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R.... Читать дальше...

Gasperini: 'Atalanta win in different ways'

Football-Italia.net 

Gian Piero Gasperini shrugs off Scudetto talk after Atalanta’s ninth consecutive victory, even though they are up against leaders Juventus next. 'We have different ways of winning.'

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Искусство как память: в Театре Российской Армии прошел уникальный балетный марафон


'Trapped' illegal workers in Saudi look to virus for escape

Yahoo! News 

Jobless and broke, Sudanese electrician Hatem is stranded in limbo in Riyadh like countless other illegal workers, but he hopes the fast-spreading coronavirus will offer a chance for escape. While coronavirus drives a huge exodus of expatriates, campaigners say potentially hundreds of thousands of illegal workers remain stranded in Saudi Arabia, complicating efforts to fight the disease. The pandemic has laid bare what activists call systemic injustices roiling the lives of blue-collar foreign... Читать дальше...

Motorola edge

Phonescoop.com 

This slightly more affordable sibling to Motorola's flagship edge+ scales back a few specs, but remains high-end and feature-rich. It also keeps the same large, unique display with side edges that curve a full 90º. Key features include 5G, 64 megapixel main camera, wide/macro camera, telephoto camera, 6 GB of RAM, 90 Hz screen refresh, memory card slot, 3.5mm headset jack, and software that turns the screen edges into shoulder buttons for gaming.


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