"Increased activity and abundance of lianas can have profound impacts on the structure and function of tropical rainforests, which in turn affects the animals that depend on them," Professor Laurance says.

When the interviewer asked: ‘Can you learn a lot about a person by the books they keep?', Adele replied: ‘Well I would say that, but I don't know many people that have real books in their house any more.

That's a bit more conservative than Google's array of pastels, but again, many of these aesthetic distinctions feel like minor quibbles. The Echo comes in three colors: the standard charcoal (black) and glacier white, plus a muted twilight blue.

Nov 19 (Reuters) - As a Virginia lawmaker, Ibraheem Samirah has studied internet privacy issues and debated how to regulate tech firms_ collection of personal data.
Still, he was stunned to learn the full details of the information Amazon.com Inc has collected on him.

police and intelligence agencies surveilling Muslims for suspected terrorist links after the attacks of Sept. Finding information about his listening to the Quran disclosed in his Amazon file, he said, made Samirah think about the history of U.S.



The Echo, with its slightly better low range, sounds slightly better to my ear when playing Johnny Cash's gravelly baritone in Hurt, whereas the Nest Audio sounds slightly crisper in its treatment of Lianne La Havas's subtle vibrato in No Room for Doubt. Both speakers, though, really capture the texture of vocal-heavy music. 6:34




That said, if you prefer more acoustic music, the Nest Audio provides marginally better performance of complex, midrange-heavy songs.

What's less clear is how Amazon Sidewalk, which Amazon says will launch later this year, will affect Echo users. According to a recent Amazon blog post explaining it, Sidewalk will allow users to "contribute a small portion of their internet bandwidth, which is pooled together to create a shared network that benefits all Sidewalk-enabled devices in a community."

The office has used the rules to open parallel investigations into Google's terms and conditions for data processing and the Google News Showcase, as well as tech giants Facebook and Amazon. (Writing by Rachel More Editing by Madeline Chambers and David Goodman)

He says the study underlines the need for urgent climate action but also limiting rainforest disturbance, something lianas thrive on because its easier for them to reach the upper canopy where they reproduce.

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Update, Nov. 12, 2021: Thanks to the Amazon Echo (2020)'s reasonable price, solid sound, upgraded smarts and new design, it remains an Editors' Choice as a top smart speaker for 2021. Our review, published last year, follows.

BERLIN, June 21 (Reuters) - Germany's cartel office launched an investigation of Google Germany and parent Alphabet Inc on Tuesday over possible anti-competitive restrictions on the Google Maps platform.

And she wouldn't be the first person to buy books willy-nilly. High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale was criticised last week after admitting she bought 400 books to fill her shelves ahead of a photoshoot at her California home.

Such information can reveal a person_s height, weight and health; their ethnicity (via clues contained in voice data) and political leanings; their reading and buying habits; their whereabouts on any given day, and sometimes whom they have met.

This Echo has turned up the sound quality and added higher-end smarts than the competition, all for the same $100 price tag, leaving it one of the most forward-looking smart speakers released in years. That left the $100 Echo as a sort of undefined middle child in the growing family of Alexa-powered speakers. Amazon has faltered recently with its core smart speaker, as the more budget-friendly Dot has become a better entry point to the market and 2019's Echo Studio offers higher-end sound for audiophiles. It's also worth splurging for over Amazon's new, similarly ball-shaped . But 2020's Echo is genuinely different, and it's not just because of the new spheroidal profile.

The only way for customers to delete much of this personal data is to close their account, Amazon said.
The company said it retains some information, such as purchase history, Amazon after account closure to comply with legal obligations.

But the kinks still aren't worked out to the extent I want them to be, so I still wouldn't recommend picking up new Echoes for your entertainment center unless you have fantastic Wi-Fi and don't plan to use the speakers for music, too. Using Alexa to control your TV and dual Echoes for stereo sound as you stream is cool -- it's much better than you could do a few years ago.

The four-week average for claims, which evens out some of the weekly volatility, dipped by 500 from the previous week to 206,500. First-time applications generally track the number of layoffs. Applications for unemployment benefits fell by 11,000 to 200,000 for the week ending May 28, the Labor Department reported Thursday.