News Headlines - 29 July 2019
▽Huawei and Google Were Working On New Smart Speaker Before Trump’s Ban - The Information
hina’s Huawei and Google were working together on a new Huawei-branded smart speaker right before President Donald Trump restricted Huawei’s access to U.S. tech suppliers, say people familiar with the situation. The collaboration, which was suspended in May, shows that the companies were even closer than previously understood.
Before the U.S. president’s action, which was in response to national security concerns, Huawei’s plan was to unveil the new speaker at the IFA tech trade show in Berlin this September, the people said. The speaker, powered by Google Assistant, was aimed at markets outside China, and Huawei was hoping to sell it online in the U.S.
▽Asteroid 2019 OK just missed Earth, surprising scientists - The Washington Post
Forecasts had already predicted that a couple of asteroids would be passing relatively close to Earth this week.
Then, he looked up the details of the hunk of space rock named Asteroid 2019 OK... This asteroid wasn’t one that scientists had long been tracking, and it had seemingly appeared from “out of nowhere,” Michael Brown, a Melbourne-based observational astronomer, told The Washington Post. According to data from NASA, the craggy rock was large, an estimated 57 to 130 meters wide (187 to 427 feet), and moving fast along a path that brought it within about 73,000 kilometers (45,000 miles) of Earth. That’s less than one-fifth of the distance to the moon and what Duffy considers “uncomfortably close.”
▽India tiger census shows rapid population growth - BBC News
India is now home to nearly 3,000 tigers, a third more than it had four years ago, according to the latest tiger census.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who presented the findings on Monday, said the tiger population had risen from 2,226 in 2014 to 2,967 in 2018... India is now estimated to be home to around 70% of the world's tigers.
▽'Pink Lady Bandit' Suspect Arrested : NPR
Over the last two weeks, a woman approached bank tellers at four banks across the East Coast with notes demanding money, according to the FBI. She often wore large sunglasses, yoga pants and a baseball cap. And she sometimes carried a hot pink purse, which led to her nickname - the "Pink Lady Bandit."
The suspected Pink Lady Bandit and an alleged accomplice have now been taken into custody.
But now a German health insurer has aroused attention by claiming masturbation is the cure for sleepless nights.
Barmer Krankenkasse said in a Facebook post that people who struggle to doze off should try the practice and suggested using a sex toy... The advert was published on Thursday and went viral as more than 5,000 people commented and liked it.
