Новости за 28.06.2018

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• Amazon introduced a new way to use your Fire tablet: as a fully functioning Echo Show.
• With the new Show Mode, your Fire HD 8 or Fire HD 10 tablet can turn into an Echo device with a screen, complete with a full version of Alexa. 
• Amazon also introduced the $40 Show Mode Charging Dock to keep your tablet propped up and fully charged at all times. 

Amazon's latest product lets you turn your Fire tablet into a two-in-one device — but maybe not in the way you'd expect. Читать дальше...

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• US first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) was revised lower as consumer spending slows to a near-five-year low. 
• The economy grew at a 2% rate instead of the 2.2% pace reported last month.  
• The average of GDP and GDI, also referred to as gross domestic output and considered a better measure of economic activity, increased at a 2.8 percent rate in the first quarter, instead of the 2.5 percent pace estimated in May.

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Amazon announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire PillPack, an online pharmacy.

PillPack's business is built around customers who take multiple daily prescriptions. It offers medications in pre-sorted dose packaging, coordinates refills, and handles shipments.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• London restaurant Coppa Club has seven Paradise Pods.
• They offer amazing views of the river Thames.
• The pods are made of timber perspex glass.
• Coppa Club first launched Winter Igloos in 2016.

London restaurant Coppa Club has seven Paradise Pods where people can dine with amazing views of the River Thames.

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• US and Russian officials announced Thursday that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Helsinki, Finland on July 16.
• The summit will take place during Trump's trip to Europe in July, which will include attending the NATO summit and visiting the UK.
• Trump favors using his personal brand of one-on-one diplomacy when meeting with foreign leaders, but so far, the US has come out with few victories while making major concessions. Читать дальше...

Aufgrund des Brexits versetzt Goldman Sachs zahlreiche Mitarbeiter aus London in andere Teile der EU, unter anderem nach Frankfurt am Main, wo bisher 200 Angestellte der Bank beschäftigt wurden. Von den etwa 500 Mitarbeitern, die auf dem europäischen Kontinent neu stationiert werden, sollen etwa 200 nach Frankfurt ziehen, wie die „Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung“ berichtet. Davon geht Wolfgang Fink, seit kurzem alleiniger Chef von Goldman Sachs in Deutschland, aus.

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• President Donald Trump pushed Russia's version of events on alleged election meddling in a tweet on Thursday.
• The post advanced conspiracy theories while questioning US law enforcement and intelligence agencies. 
• Shortly after the tweet, the White House confirmed the Trump-Putin summit for July 16 in Helsinki, Finland. 
• Trump has a history of siding with dictators if they back his version of events. 

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• President Donald Trump pushed Russia's version of events on alleged election meddling in a tweet on Thursday.
• The post advanced conspiracy theories while questioning US law enforcement and intelligence agencies. 
• Shortly after the tweet, the White House confirmed the Trump-Putin summit for July 16 in Helsinki, Finland. 
• Trump has a history of siding with dictators if they back his version of events. 

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• The women accused of assassinating Kim Jong Nam, whose half-brother is Kim Jong Un, are on trial in Malaysia.
• Kim died after Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong applied nerve agent to his face in Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017.
• They have argued that they were tricked into the act by people who told them it was part of a TV gameshow.
• A prosecutor in Malaysia said their defence is a ruse, and said they are in fact well-trained assassins akin to something from a James Bond movie. Читать дальше...

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• President Donald Trump's trade war could destroy 100,000 American jobs in 2019 — if he places a tariff of Europe's automotive sector, according to an Oxford Economics report.
• Oxford Economics says Trump's tariffs would shave off 0.1 percentage points from US gross domestic product next year in a worst-case scenario.
• Trump has threatened to place a 20% tariff on European autos, but has not yet followed through.

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The US smart home market has still yet to meet the expectations many observers had in the early part of this decade.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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Under Armour

Under Armour's new workout headphones have been approved by The Rock himself.  

On Thursday, Under Armour released the UA Sport wireless train headphones — Project Rock edition. Two years in the making, these are the first headphones under actor Dwayne Johnson's Project Rock line of workout gear with Under Armour. 

The fully wireless headphones are rugged, sweat-resistant, and built for high-intensity workouts like weight lifting. Under Armour says Johnson has... Читать дальше...

Nach dem historischen Vorrunden-Aus bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Russland hat die Nationalmannschaft auf Facebook einen offenen Brief an die Fans veröffentlicht. Darin entschuldigen sich die amtierenden Weltmeister für das WM-Debakel gegen Südkorea. Zum ersten Mal überhaupt schied die deutsche Nationalmannschaft in der Vorrunde aus — und das als Gruppenletzter. 

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• Walgreens Boots Alliance beat on both the top and bottom lines.
• The company hiked its dividend and announced a $10 bilion share buyback program.

(Reuters) - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc's third-quarter profit beat analysts' expectations on Thursday, benefiting from its acquisition of Rite Aid Corp stores, and the drugstore chain authorized a $10 billion share buyback program.

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Estland war das erste Land der Welt, in dem das Parlament über das Internet gewählt, die elektronische Volkszählung online durchgeführt und die elektronische Staatsbürgerschaft für Ausländer eingeführt wurde. Zwei Jahrzehnte nach dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion übertrifft Estland alle anderen Länder in der Qualität der öffentlichen E-Services, schreibt Felix Martin Siepmann der Berliner Agentur RCKT im Gastbeitrag. Er nennt fünf Gründe, warum es funktioniert hat.

Wer sich streitet, hat in der Regel einen Konfliktpartner. Was tun, wenn der Kontrahent auch auf sein Recht pocht und nicht einsichtig ist, sondern sein Unrecht auch noch mit Fakten und Argumenten zu belegen versucht?

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• Many rich people fear their kids will be entitled and lack purpose.
• According to one wealth adviser, wealthy parents should prioritize three things when raising their kids: don't give them everything they want, allow them to work, and let them fail.
• The biggest mistake wealthy parents are making is not allowing for these three things, she says.

Rich kids might evoke the stereotype of spoiled trust-fund babies... Читать дальше...

Es ist möglich, dass die menschliche Spezies schon den Punkt überschritten hat, ab dem es kein Zurück mehr gibt.

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Relative to many other sectors around the globe, the US healthcare industry has been notoriously slow to embrace new payment systems and processes. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• We met with Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, the fashion executive and husband of Hollywood actress Jessica Chastain.
• He and two childhood friends created their own prosecco brand, Fiol, in 2010.
• Passi de Preposulo says that the industry's obsession with keeping prices low has led to a compromise in quality in some cases.
• The trio are on a mission to position Fiol as a recognisable, premium prosecco brand.

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Here is what you need to know.

The US intends to break the WTO to deal with the 'multitrillion-dollar problem' that is China, a former diplomat says. The Trump administration has gone on the offensive to push China into playing by its trade rules in an effort to "level the playing field" and has now started a trade conflict that could effectively nullify the World Trade Organization, Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, the director of the European Centre for International... Читать дальше...

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• Justice Neil Gorsuch's role in his first full term on the Supreme Court offers a striking illustration of the difference a single justice can make.
• Gorsuch just upheld President Donald Trump's travel ban, dealt labor unions a major financial setback, and hellped prohibit millions of workers from banding together to complain about pay. 
• Beyond the votes in individual cases, the makeup of the court in part determines the kind of cases people push to get in front of the justices. Читать дальше...

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• Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has extended an olive branch to high-profile Republicans who think right-wingers are being censored.
• That includes US senator Ted Cruz, according to The Washington Post.
• Right-wingers have accused Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube of censoring their voices, or casting right-wing issues in a negative light.
• Dorsey admitted that the upper executive ranks of Twitter tend to lean left.

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• China is a pioneer in surveillance: it brought biometric surveillance to Beijing's metro and smart glasses to its police force.
• The latest addition to its growing list of surveillance technologies is a "Dove" drone.
• The "Dove" drone is so bird-like, it can pass undetected by highly sophisticated radars.

Considering that China already uses biometrics to identify Beijing metro commuters, facial recognition surveillance at large... Читать дальше...