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GoogleBlog - Tue, 11/19/2024 - 12:00
Use Gemini, Pixel, Google Lens and more to plan, prep and party this holiday season.Use Gemini, Pixel, Google Lens and more to plan, prep and party this holiday season.
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Bhutan, After Prioritizing Happiness, Now Faces an Existential Crisis

Slashdot.org - Tue, 11/19/2024 - 11:42
Bhutan, the tiny kingdom that introduced Gross National Happiness to the world, has a problem: young people are leaving the country in record numbers. CNN: The country boasts free health care, free education, a rising life expectancy and an economy that's grown over the last 30 years -- still, people are leaving. Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay believes it is ironically the success of Gross National Happiness that has made young Bhutanese so sought after abroad. "It is an existential crisis," he said. Bhutan, which is about the size of Maryland, was largely isolated from the rest of the world for centuries. The kingdom was so protective of its unique Buddhist culture that it only started allowing foreign tourists to visit in the 1970s and didn't introduce television until 1999. Buddhism is the country's national religion. Bhutanese, especially older men and women, spend hours spinning prayer wheels full of Buddhist scriptures. Prayer flags flutter on hillsides and in forests, turning nature itself into a shrine. Bhutan's capital city of Thimpu still has no traffic lights. The nation's roads are shared by cars and cows.

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Play’s Best Of awards showcase Asia-Pacific developersPlay’s Best Of awards showcase Asia-Pacific developersVice President

GoogleBlog - Tue, 11/19/2024 - 11:07
This year's Play’s Best of awards celebrated creativity and AI, with Asia-Pacific developers capturing over 60% of all app and game honors.
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Spirit Airlines Files For Bankruptcy

Slashdot.org - Tue, 11/19/2024 - 11:02
Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel, stiffer competition from bigger carriers, and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue. From a report: Spirit, the biggest U.S. budget airline, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition after working out terms with bondholders. The airline has lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020 and faces looming debt payments totaling more than $1 billion in 2025 and 2026. The airline said it expects to continue operating normally during the bankruptcy process. Spirit told customers Monday they can book flights and use frequent-flyer points as they ordinarily would, and said employees and vendors would continue getting paid.

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Season’s greetings from GoogleSeason’s greetings from Google

GoogleBlog - Tue, 11/19/2024 - 11:00
Learn more about using Google products like Pixel, Gemini, Lens and more over the holidays.

Learn more about using Google products like Pixel, Gemini, Lens and more over the holidays.

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