The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) reported on Thursday that the nation’s gold and foreign exchange reserves reached $528.4 billion, rising by $1.3 billion in one week. Read Full Article at RT.com
London and Seoul have inked a “continuity” trade agreement to replace a similar deal between South Korea and the EU after the UK leaves the bloc. The document is aimed at retaining trade benefits the countries currently enjoy. Read Full Article at RT.com
In an attempt to secure their assets amid global economic slowdown and recession signals from the US, investors are turning to gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), accumulating the highest amounts of it since 2013. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Google made a subtle announcement today on Twitter: it’s in the process of rolling out new AI features for its Lens platform that will let you search your Google Photos library for text that appears within photos and screenshots. Then, you’ll then be able to easily copy and paste that text into a note, document, or form.
Both of the new features make use of a technique known as optical character recognition (OCR), with the copy/paste option building on Lens’ existing ability to understand and pull out the text found within photos, be it a screenshot or a photo of a physical sign or document. According to 9to5Google, that feature is available now on some Android devices, although it does not appear to be active quite yet on iOS. You may...
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DoorDash today announced more concrete details about its updated tipping policy, which the company says it’s been testing this month and plans to roll out to all of its delivery contractors starting next month. Under a newly revamped pay model, all drivers will receive 100 percent of the tip amount a customer adds through the DoorDash app either at checkout or after delivery. Drivers will be informed of this total and the breakdown before they decide to accept an order. DoorDash is also pledging to increase base pay earnings across the board for all drivers.
The company initially promised to review its approach to tipping late last month in response to immense pressure both from the public and DoorDash drivers over its policy of p...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
DoorDash today announced more concrete details about its updated tipping policy, which the company says it’s been testing this month and plans to roll out to all of its delivery contractors starting next month. Under a newly revamped pay model, all drivers will receive 100 percent of the tip amount a customer adds through the DoorDash app either at checkout or after delivery. Drivers will be informed of this total and the breakdown before they decide to accept an order. DoorDash is also pledging to increase base pay earnings across the board for all drivers.
The company initially promised to review its approach to tipping late last month in response to immense pressure both from the public and DoorDash drivers over its policy of p...
