Facebook have launched a new service for users of the Oculus headgear. The new virtual reality space will allow users to interact with new places. Users can choose their own avatar and interact within an online virtual reality community.
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Leader of the House Nancy Pelosi has been rejecting calls within her own party for months to begin impeachment proceedings against the President. However she may now find herself in a high stakes game with could cost her her job and give Trump a second term.
Now that she has began proceedings failure to deliver will be seen has unacceptable by the radicals within her party. And with the President saying he will release the transcript of his conversation with the Ukrainian President things might very soon turn uncomfortable for Pelosi.
Furthermore the first casualty of any investigation may be Biden himself. If it found that he did use his influence to help his son, it will cost him his chance in the 2020 elections. Even if he has done nothing wrong the appearance that his son has built a highly profitable career free-riding on his VP father’s back will sit very uncomfortable with progressives across the nation.
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Google have won the battle against tougher right-be-be-forgotten legislation in France. The case was a test to see if a nations legislation could be enforced across borders; and whether personal data could be removed without the stifling of free speech.
“Currently, there is no obligation under EU law, for a search engine operator who grants a request for de-referencing made by a data subject… to carry out such a de-referencing on all the versions of its search engine,” the European Court of Justice (CJEU) said.
“However, EU law requires a search engine operator to carry out such a de-referencing on the versions of its search engine corresponding to all the (EU) member states,” it added.
The case arose after google refused to delist sensitive data from global search results.
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Children as you a 6 are being taught about self stimulation in Sex Education Classes. The guidelines are part of the governments All About Me Program teaches children that some people like touching their private areas, and do so for pleasure. The lesson plans give scenarios where such behaviour is acceptable. Teaching children it’s OK in private places like in the bath, or in bed; but not in public.
Parents have been left horrified and upset by the classes. They argue the program is sexualising very young children, by teaching them to masterbate. They are also not allowed to remove their children from the classes.
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In Denmark the banking rules have changed to allow negative rates for accounts with a surplus of $100,000 or more. Previously negative rates could only apply to account with more than $1million.
The change will effectively see the banks charging people to hold their money. The countries of Europe are watching with interest, ready to learn from Denmark’s experience.
“So far, it’s just been a lot of theories about what will happen, but now we get a chance to see it in real life,” said Jan Storup Nielsen, a senior analyst at Nordea,. “For the rest of Europe and the ECB this is perfect, because they can let Denmark learn all the consequences and then see what they should decide.”
Low interest rates have seen householders borrow more money, but they have also been saving a lot as well. Low interest rates are often accompanied by inflation, however this has not been seen in Europe. Thus allowing householders to gain from the low rates; without the usual pain.
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It has been reported the Iran will soon hold a joint naval drill in international waters with China and Russia. The exercise will be held in the north Indian Ocean.
The announcement came after the US announced they will be sending a moderate number of troops to the Gulf region. This is in response to attacks by Iran on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities.
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California has the largest cannabis market in the world. However a recent audit of the industry found users are three times more likely to buy illegally than from licensed sellers.
The United Cannabis Business Association (UCBA) which commissioned the audit has rebuked government officials for failing to shut down illegal pot houses. They blame online sites where users post the locations of places to buy cannabis of high potency for driving the illegal sales.
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Many millennials and young white liberals are moving away from hard left states, like New York and California, to more Republican cities in states like Texas and Arizona.
The result is traditional red states as seeing their margins narrow. This coupled with high national foreign-birth rate and immigration is driving these margins down. For example in Texas the Democrat voting margin has widened to almost 800,000 in 2018 — far outpacing the Democrats’ 2012 margin of a little more than 130,000.
Although immigration is playing apart it is the domestic immigration of democrats escaping high-tax , high cost of living and growing income inequality that is driving the change in voting margins in these red states. However these young democrats may be leaving the high taxes , but they are not leaving their politics behind.
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Trump’s policy on dealing with Xi Jinping ’s China has seen Chinese tech firms placed on an “entry list”. This has stopped US firms doing business with these Chinese firms, and thus hampering their ability to advance Chinese development of AI and machine learning.
However, Trump is keen to strike a trade deal before the next election. This could see him remove Huawei from the entry list, as part of a future deal. This could prove disastrous to the US economy long term.
The next fight is over who controls 5G technology. If Trump holds his nerve US companies have the technology to control the market. However is Huawei accesses US technology they could control the market.
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Many women use various period tracking apps to help them monster their monthly cycles. These apps record highly intimate information about these women, not merely when their period is due, but information about their sex lives, whether or not they want to have a baby, their moods, if they have unprotected sex, and about their general health.
Many of these apps integrate Facebook’s Software Developer Kit (SDK) which allows Facebook to harvest this data and then pass it on to their extensive advertising network and third party analytics network.
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Kelly Swift grew tired of the Los Angeles area a few years ago so she decided to leave—and take her job with her.
Ms. Swift kept her role in health-care information-technology consulting, and her California salary, when she and her family settled in a suburb of Boise, Idaho. Her employer didn’t mind that she started working from home.
Facbook is reportedly offering news companies millions for them to publish content of the social media company’s site.
It has been suggested Facebook are considering launching a news tab which will allow news agencies to publish stories. This comes as Facebook have been criticised for monopolising online advertising whilst using news companies content for free.
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