Новости за 28.08.2020

1. Best Alexa devices for 2020: From smart speakers to video doorbells  CNET
2. Your Amazon Echo just got an upgrade and all UK users are going to like what's new  Daily Express
3. Alexa in your car? Amazon slash the Echo Auto to £39.99 in mega sale  Real Homes
4. Amazon’s Alexa has learnt hundreds of regional British words and phrases  The Sun
5. ‘Gie it laldy’ – how Alexa is learning Scottish slang  East Lothian News
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Ring Peephole cameras and Amazon Echo Dots are a good start, but Alexa has more gadgets up its sleeves.

His Galway golfing was the most counterproductive round for international trade since Doha

“The Churchill Complex,” by Ian Buruma, examines the invented kinship of Anglo-American relations since World War II.

Architect Tom Strala has completed TS-H_01, a minimal family home just outside of Bern, Switzerland that includes separate living quarters for parents and children. TS-H_01 perches on a grassy slope in the municipality of Kirchdorf and is occupied by a couple with two daughters and a son. Local architect Tom Strala has designed the house

Ian W. Toll’s “Twilight of the Gods,” the third volume of a trilogy, details the American triumph in the Pacific War.

They know life doesn't fit neatly into oversimplified ideological boxes

The RDX's A-Spec package doesn't add much in the way of performance upgrades, but the SUV sure looks much meaner thusly equipped.

CNET's ranked the most popular air cleaners on the market and found the perfect devices for your needs.

Sharper looks and upgraded tech improve Audi's already-great sport sedan.

Some professors at Georgia College have half their class populations in quarantine, according to faculty sources

Ministers will make it easier for a vaccine to be given temporary approval without going through the current safety rules - and will train student doctors and nurses to administer it

As we’ve discussed in previous posts, action items are key elements of meeting minutes and general project management. They define who owns what action, what the action is, when it’s due, and the status of that action. Oftentimes, though, action items are mis-assigned. The person assigning them might not know the team or individual who should own […]

The ability to jump into the shoes of your candidates, employees, managers, and leaders means that you’ll always be ready for the next challenge. I recently interviewed an HR professional who takes that very seriously, and it has brought her a lot of personal and professional success. Meet Lynne Smith, Senior VP of Global Human […]

My definition of “fake news” is only presenting one side of the story or not reporting news that hurts one’s agenda. This was evident during the very first hour of …

Democracy gives political power to the people. Authoritarianism gives power to the state, typically to one person, the head of the state. Authoritarianism replaces individual liberty, freedom and justice with…

Have the speakers lined up for the the Republican National Convention lost their minds? Some of the people that spoke gave President Donald Trump glowing praise on how he has been leading the country. How can they say that when he spends more time on the golf course than in the White House? The president has called the virus a hoax and …

In their inaugural season, the Vegas Golden Knights — a cobbled-together expansion team dubbed the Golden Misfits — stunned the hockey world by rocketing to the Stanley Cup Final. Vegas ended up losing the 2018 championship to the Washington Capitals. But their improbable ...

The Raiders still have a week of training camp left, but for the media the curtain has been drawn. The remainder of Las Vegas’ practice sessions will be closed to outside observers, so reporters won’t be able to watch any more action on the field until ...

Since 2016, Yallah Taco has occupied a small, tucked-away location on McAllister Alley in downtown State College. This, however, hasn’t stopped the Mexican-meets-Mediterranean eatery from establishing a large following.

1. NBA-led walkout over Jacob Blake's shooting marks evolution of protest in pro sports  NBC News
2. Source - NBA players decide to resume playoffs  ESPN
3. Why the NBA strike over Jacob Blake shooting was necessary  Los Angeles Times
4. Jacob Blake, the NBA's postponed playoffs and an incredible, inevitable moment for pro sports  NBC News
5. How the Police Radicalized the ‘NBA Bubble’  New York Magazine
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As the Royals take on Jose Mourinho’s side at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, we take a look back at an incredible 10-goal clash from December 2007.

A vaccine against the coronavirus needs to keep people from getting very sick and dying. But preventing the spread of the disease is also important, and vaccines delivered by nasal spray may do that.

It's going to be a nasty post-Labor Day sprint to Election Day, as both parties argue that the soul of America is at stake. For Republicans, it's all about trying to stick the culture war to Biden.

The unprecedented action came four years to the day after Colin Kaepernick first took a knee to protest systemic racism.