Google’s made a number of tweaks since announcing Android Go back at I/O in May. The lightweight version is finally ready to launch, albeit with a slightly altered name. The OS is launching with the release of Android 8.1, now carrying the decidedly less catchy Android Oreo (Go edition) title.

With Facebook snapping at his heels, the Snap Inc founder needs to offer something more than selfies with a dog’s ears. He explains why his relaunched app could have the answer to fake news and filter bubbles by Alex Hern If you spend enough time in the tech industry, certain cultural touchstones become familiar. The sprawling virtual metaverse of Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, for instance,  which was required reading  for new product managers at Facebook, or the voice-activated computers of Star Trek, now referenced in a hidden “Easter egg” feature in Amazon’s Echo smart speakers. But Evan Spiegel is talking about art. As the 27-year-old founder and chief executive of Snap Inc – née Snapchat, after the company’s main product – references Damien Hirst’s latest exhibition in Venice,  Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable , it becomes clear that Spiegel isn’t like other founders. The exhibition saw Hirst filling the Palazzo Grassi with treasures recovered ...

While it is of course illegal to sell counterfeit and otherwise trademark infringing merchandise in the U.S., Amazon has so far been able to skirt liability for this crime by claiming they are merely a venue for the sale of such products, as opposed to being the actual seller. 

Amazon Australia to take orders for "millions" of products Analysts note "patchy" range, some uncompetitive prices Retail stocks rise after months of Amazon worries

OVERVIEW USD gains after the Senate approved the tax bill. The Euro is softer after investor sentiment fell more than expected.  US stock markets jumped more than 1% on tax progress to fresh record highs. Swiss Franc weakens 1% as investors seek higher risk, higher return assets.

LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar steadied on Tuesday after posting its biggest daily rise in a week in the previous session as caution set in before the U.S. tax bill becomes reality, with sterling leading early losers

By Thomas N. Seyfried  Wiley The first question cancer victims may ask is, “Why did I get cancer?” The answer is usually sympathetic silence. There is still no concrete answer. In the U.S., cancer is becoming the number-one cause of death. Researchers are far from finding a cure, despite the War on Cancer and billions of dollars of research money poured into labs around the country since 1971. The majority of cancer deaths (90 percent) are the result of metastasis, or spread of cancer, yet most research does not involve metastasis and much of what is known comes from cells that have more in common with non-cancerous tumors than with metastatic ones. In his groundbreaking book