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The jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been laboring for years to help citizens in specific jurisdictions unite their protest votes in favor of the candidate most likely to snag a seat from President Vladimir Putin’s party. The “Smart Voting” tool, supported by a smartphone app called “Navalny,” released its recommendations last week — but the government banned the project in June and labeled its organizers “extremists.” This label has been the justification for… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, June 15, 2021 A transitory surge cools off.  Two months ago it took only one thing to be rich.  And that was a piece of lumber.  Through the spring, the surge in lumber prices became the market narrative as it covered every pandemic-related trend: Labor shortages, shipping constraints and housing demand — all in one place.  But now it… Source link

Inflation may be rising, but for now, at least, investors don’t seem to mind. Both the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 are holding just below their all-time high levels, reflecting a wide-spread feeling that, with interest rates low, stocks will provide the strongest returns for the near future. And stocks have been delivering. The S&P is up 13% year-to-date, and the NASDAQ, despite greater volatility and some weakness in the big tech companies, is up 7%. These gains come even as inflation is… Source link

Google has been playing it safe with the Pixel line for the past couple of generations or so, but it looks like this year it’s finally ready to shake things up in the mobile world again. A new leak purports to show us renders depicting the upcoming Pixel models. Yes, models plural, and that’s the first change compared to last year when the ‘flagship’ line consisted of only one phone, the Pixel 5. Not so this time around: we’re getting both a Pixel 6 and a Pixel 6 Pro. And… just look at… Source link

Google Maps to Start Showing Routes With the Lowest Carbon Footprint App update provides CO2 emission data on chosen routes. Photo: Pixabay ShareShare Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whatsapp Mail Or https://www.archdaily.com/960036/google-maps-to-start-showing-routes-with-the-lowest-carbon-footprint The Google Maps application will direct drivers to more eco-friendly routes that generate the lowest carbon footprint using mainly traffic data, road slopes and inclines, and other factors. The eco-friendly… Source link

The incident took place at a McDonald’s in East Grinstead, Surrey. (Google) An angry McDonald’s customer called the police after arriving too late for a drive-thru breakfast at a branch in West Sussex. An officer from Sussex Police said the woman had been stuck in a queue at the drive-in section of the fast food chain’s East Grinstead restaurant. When she got to the window after the 11am cut-off for the McDonald’s breakfast menu she was told by staff it was no longer being served. The… Source link

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Google and big tech censorship. Google had a technical issue Tuesday morning that temporarily removed the homepages of several news sites, both conservative and liberal, from its search results. For instance, when you Googled the Daily Caller, a conservative news site, stories about the Daily Caller would show up but not links to the Daily Caller’s home page. Google said the problem, which has been fixed, was a technical issue that was not based on the ideology of… Source link