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Ridesharing messes up taxis in uniquely Japanese way
The Register· 1 day agoTaxi drivers are gaming ride-sharing algorithms in Japan to find more and more lucrative fares, according to digital transformation minister Taro Kono.
Venezuela holds elections on Sunday. Could real change be coming?
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoNo one is going to get her out.” That was what prison guards told the family of Emirlendris Benítez....
Sewage and arson? No thanks, Paris
The i newspaper online iNews· 2 days agoRats are a commonplace sight and in the past few days – unsurprisingly – the grey-green waters of the Seine have been found to contain dangerous amounts...
Column: If a driverless taxi pulls up to a senior center, will anyone brave a ride?
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoDespite some trepidation -- and fear of mishaps -- these seniors rejected human drivers and climbed...
The Paris Olympics are The Strike Olympics — with an IOC hotel already disrupted
Yahoo Sports· 7 days agoInternational Olympic Committee honchos received a rude Parisian awakening Thursday at Hotel du...
Two Kentuckians among Olympians with awkward packing list: Toothbrush? Check. Rifle? Check.
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo Canada Sports· 7 days agoMary Tucker, 22, a silver medal-winning rifle shooter attending her second Olympics this summer,...
Unique Olympics opening ceremony keeps Paris on high alert over security
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 7 days agoThe Paris Olympics opening ceremony will feature roughly 90 boats floating down the Seine and...
'Hopping my way to a Futbology badge
K League United via Yahoo Canada Sports· 1 day agoTwo years after belatedly acquiring my coveted Futbology completed K1 badge, last weekend I added K League 2* to my list of honors, thereby doubling the...
Locked-down Paris nervously awaits Olympics opening ceremony
Digital Journal· 6 days ago“It’s going to be a beautiful success,” says Claudine Vacelet confidently of the Paris Olympics...
Attack on train system highlights broad array of security threats to Paris Olympics
AOL· 5 days agoThe coordinated arson attack on high-speed rail by suspected far-left anarchists hours before the opening of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris shows the broad array of sophisticated security threats ...