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Bloomberg Google workers will listen to audio snippets of people speaking to its digital voice assistant to help improve the product’s quality — if users give the company permission to do so. Alphabet Inc’s Google paused all human review of assistant audio in July after a Dutch contractor leaked some clips to a journalist, who was then able to identify ...

Bloomberg The UK government deployed the “largest repatriation in peacetime history” to bring home more than 150,000 tourists stranded on overseas beaches and in vacation hotspots by the collapse of tour operator Thomas Cook Group. The massive airlift, using chartered jetliners, follows the collapse of the 178-year-old company after eleventh-hour fundraising talks with investors failed. The move saw all bookings, ...

Bloomberg Ukraine’s novice leader may have thought Vladimir Putin would pose his biggest diplomatic challenge. Five months after being elected, it’s Donald Trump who’s giving him a crash course in the perils of international politics. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is being pulled into the storm surrounding the 2020 US election over a July phone call during which media allege Trump repeatedly ...

Bloomberg It took Tesla Inc about 15 years to rack up $5 billion in losses. The company known as China’s Tesla did it in four. The bleeding continues. Shanghai-based NIO Inc is poised to report that it lost another 2.6 billion yuan ($369 million) — around $4 million a day — during the second quarter, according to the average of ...

Bloomberg Hyundai Motor Group will spend $1.6 billion to develop autonomous vehicles with Aptiv Plc, marking one of the biggest investments yet by a traditional carmaker into the burgeoning robocar industry. Aptiv will take a 50 percent stake in the venture, while Hyundai Motor, Hyundai Mobis Co and Kia Motors Corp will contribute a combined $1.6 billion in cash and ...

GENEVA / WAM UAE citizens in Geneva, Berlin, and London on Sunday started voting for the elections of the fourth session of the Federal National Council (FNC). Ambassador Obaid Salem Al Zaabi, UAE Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Geneva, said that all arrangements were made for the UAE citizens abroad to participate in the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Community Development (DCD) in Abu Dhabi organised a ceremony on Sunday to award licences for the existing 18 non-Muslim places of worship in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Licences for five other places of worship were also announced in the ceremony. The event aimed to highlight the DCD’s vital role in regulating places ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports on Sunday revealed robust operational performance with significant volume growth in the first half of 2019. The company, which operates ports and terminals across the UAE, as well as Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), said its success was driven in part by concession agreements signed with leading maritime firms, such as Mediterranean Shipping ...

Dubai / WAM In celebration of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s 89th National Day on September 23, Dubai will light up its skies with spectacular fireworks displays across many of the city’s vibrant destinations to mark the joyous occasion. Located at the tip of Palm Jumeirah across from hotel resort Atlantis, The Palm lies The Pointe, a scenic, retail and ...

Bloomberg Hundreds of protesters gathered at malls in Hong Kong’s Kowloon and New Territories districts and vandalized a train station before clashing with riot police in Shatin. The rallies were relatively muted coming after Saturday’s clashes that continued late into the night with protesters throwing petrol bombs and police firing tear gas, and some officers coming under direct attack. Hong ...