@23:30, 7/26/17

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Technology

Packing Google Maps, but Not an Internet Connection

By J. D. BIERSDORFER | Jul 26th 2017

Thanks to the app’s ability to download interactive maps, you can still see where you’re going without having to be online.

Bookmarked.

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Fashion & Style

‘Is It Wrong to Get Separate Checks?’ Readers Debate Apps Like Venmo

By MARIE TAE McDERMOTT | Jul 26th 2017

An article about the bill-splitting app Venmo provoked a lively discussion among readers about generosity, pettiness and courteousness.

Get things figured out first.
Keep it fair.
It is all education.

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Technology

The Surprising New PC Innovator? Microsoft

By PUI-WING TAM | Jul 26th 2017

A company known for its software and its failure to make good gadgets is making advances in personal computers. Consider the ingenuity of the Surface Studio big-screen desktop.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/technology/microsoft-pcs-apple.html

Microsoft has caught the walled garden from Apple.
A Microsoft architecture will require a Microsoft operating system running Microsoft drivers and applications.
New software will require new hardware.

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Opinion

Donald Trump’s Assault on Jeff Sessions

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jul 27th 2017

The president’s attacks on his attorney general are too much even for some of his staunchest defenders.

I do not want to be a witness to president Pence.

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U.S.

White House Aides Think Trump Will Let Sessions Stay, for Now

By PETER BAKER and JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Jul 27th 2017

Among those urging Mr. Trump to spare the attorney general have been Reince Priebus, the chief of staff, and Stephen K. Bannon, the president’s chief strategist.

Jeff Sessions departure would not hurt my feelings.
It would be destructive to Trump.

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U.S.

Right and Left React to Kushner, Sessions and More

By ANNA DUBENKO | Jul 25th 2017

Read about how the other side thinks: Writers from across the political spectrum react to the news on the Russian meddling investigation and more.

To be continued.

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U.S.

Trump Attacks Sessions Again, This Time Over the Acting F.B.I. Director

By EILEEN SULLIVAN | Jul 26th 2017

The president’s third straight day of publicly complaining about Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, came during speculation that Mr. Trump could fire Mr. Sessions.

Trump must stop digging.

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Opinion

Sessions, Kushner and the Russia Investigation

Jul 26th 2017

Readers discuss President Trump’s attacks on his attorney general and Jared Kushner’s defense before Senate investigators.

Winter is coming.

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Opinion

John McCain Gets Best Care, Then Votes to Deprive Others

Jul 26th 2017

A reader condemns the senator’s dramatic vote; another praises two G.O.P. senators for voting “no” and suggests that they leave the party.

The Republican party has fallen.

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U.S.

Republican Gamble on Fast-Track Rules for Health Care Hits Wall

By ROBERT PEAR | Jul 27th 2017

Congressional Republicans tried to use strict rules set for budget matters to push through legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It isn’t working.

The project is not yet abandoned.

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