Friday, 31 August 2018

Lost in the Storm


By SHERI FINK from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/2MZUgXx

National Enquirer Had Decades of Trump Dirt. He Wanted to Buy It All.


By JIM RUTENBERG and MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2PhbCg4

Cuomo-Nixon Debate: Six Takeaways


By JESSE McKINLEY and SHANE GOLDMACHER from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2wxC6SU

Trump Seeks to Block Pay Raises for Federal Workers


By NOAM SCHEIBER from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2PSXoTA

Honey, I Swept the Floor!


By BROOKE WILLIAMS from NYT Style https://ift.tt/2Pk01gs

How Germany’s Far Right Stole a Rallying Cry for Democracy


By AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER and SARAH STEIN KERR from NYT World https://ift.tt/2N45dHO

How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Today Than When You Were Born?


By NADJA POPOVICH, BLACKI MIGLIOZZI, RUMSEY TAYLOR, JOSH WILLIAMS and DEREK WATKINS from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/2LIQ21K

Corrections: August 31, 2018


By Unknown Author from NYT Corrections https://ift.tt/2LIBoHM

Works With Kids


By DEB AMLEN from NYT Crosswords & Games https://ift.tt/2PSPV73

Germany, Vanilla Beans, Riz Ahmed: Your Friday Briefing


By ALISHA HARIDASANI GUPTA from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2PgoVNG

Rumba, the Dance of Love


By GIA KOURLAS from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2MHEdOU

Tablet bends 'like ancient scroll'

A Canadian university has developed a tablet with a flexible screen that can rolled up.

from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2NyuA1l

8K TVs unveiled by Samsung and LG at Ifa tech show

The world's two bestselling television-makers are showing off rival 8K screens at the Ifa tech show in Berlin.

from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2N54SVg

New York renamed 'Jewtropolis' in map hack

Snapchat's mapping software appears to have been hacked in what it calls an act of vandalism.

from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2N9GiCN

Acer unveils new gaming cockpit and other tech news

BBC Click's LJ Rich looks at some of the week's best technology stories.

from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2wsVrFs

Celebgate hacker jailed over Jennifer Lawrence hack

Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence was targeted in the hack, for which three others have already been jailed.

from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2C1QRTR

Google says Trump's bias claims are 'not true'

Claims Google did not promote President Trump's State of the Union address are denied by the search giant.

from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2PNKMxc

Gay dating app Grindr to sell shares

Kunlun Group, the Chinese owner of Grindr, plans to sell shares in the dating app.

from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2LzbxCh

Dyson gears up for electric car testing

Plans are unveiled for a 10-mile test track in Wiltshire to test the electric vehicle being developed by Dyson.

from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2N0RvFC

Emails while commuting 'should count as work'

Wider access to wi-fi on trains and the use of mobile phones has extended the working day, a study says.

from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2NuuXtD

Bye bye loneliness

How internet-connected robots are helping combat the scourge of isolation and loneliness.

from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2MGfoCX

Portugal seduces parched investors with water: plenty of it

As wildfires scorched California yet again this summer, Jose Dariush Leal da Costa, a Bay Area native with Portuguese roots, was harvesting his first almonds in a sun-drenched, watery oasis in southern Portugal.


from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wtck2W

Taiwan's last African ally holds out despite overtures by China

While China meets African leaders at a major summit in Beijing next week, the king of eSwatini, self-ruled Taiwan's last remaining ally on the continent, will be hosting thousands of people at a traditional Reed Dance ceremony.


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Kremlin says Putin, Trump could hold talks three times this year: Izvestiya

Kremlin said on Friday it did not rule out the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at three summits due to take place in 2018, including those in Singapore, France and Argentina.


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Cambodian court jails Australian filmmaker for six years for espionage

A Cambodian court jailed an Australian filmmaker for six years on Friday after finding him guilty of espionage for flying a drone over an opposition party rally.


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