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Alphabet's Google has something of an infamy in the global internet community for killing products and services out of the blue. Last year, it infamously killed Google Play Music, choosing instead to focus on YouTube music, and the year before, it killed Google+. 2021 was not very different for the company, as it killed 24 products and services, the age of which ranged from as
Early warning of disasters: Facts and figures , and what accounts for the gap between warning and action. Through history disasters have destroyed lives and livelihoods, killing people and damaging homes and businesses. Disasters in the past 35 years have taken an estimated 2.5 million lives and cost more than US$1.5 billion, mainly in developing countries. [1] Disasters result from natural and biological hazards (floods or infectious diseases, for example) as well as complex sociopolitical emergencies and industrial hazards (droughts or radioactive leaks). The extent of the damage cause...
From the rubble. just like this young man. countless others still trying to find their loved ones. laurie siegel is with me from "cnn money." a lot of tech companies here in the united states have been instrumental in terms of the people being able to know whether their loved one is alive. >> at a time like this everyone wants to know are you okay, not okay? everyone needs nsks.information. there are a couple tools the tech company launched. facebook launched safety check, a really interesting one. if you're in the area, in nepal, you'll get a facebook alert. it will say, are you okay? check i...