Here are today’s Top 5 News & Events from Around the World. Take a look!
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Can Google’s $1 Billion Housing Fund Ease the Housing Market in Silicon Valley?
Google has set up a $1 billion fund for affordable housing units in Mountian View, California. The fund will build houses for the low income and middle-income group. It will have over 15,000 homes. A similar plan has been drawn out by Microsoft and Facebook for $500 million in Seattle. Link.
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What Would You Call a Tesla Pickup Truck – A ‘Truckla’
A YouTuber by the name of Simone Giertz has made a pickup truck out of the Tesla Model 3 electric car. Her simple reason is the delay in the official launch of a Tesla pickup truck, so she buildup one for herself. Link.
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Robotic Dish Scrubber Is Here, Another Job Out the Window?
Here is the latest edition of a robotic helper that can clean dishes on a commercial scale. Targeted at restaurants, it can wipe out half of the cleaning staff at these places. Link.
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Mexican President Wants Universal Internet with the Help of Facebook
Mexican President, Lopez Obrador released a short video conference with Mark Zuckerberg on his Twitter and Facebook profiles discussing universal internet in Mexico. The President wants to have it implemented without the profit being a criterion. Interestingly, the video doesn’t show Zuckerberg’s statement on this topic. Facebook is yet to comment on these developments.
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