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There was a time when the Amazon Echo was the only smart speaker on the block, but times are changing as Google Home and Apple's Homepod give Amazon Echo a good bit of healthy competition. As far as price points go Amazon may still be winning in the minds of frugal consumers. Apples Homepod which will be available later this year comes with a price tag of $349 a pop which Apple says is justified based on the extra bells and whistles that will make this speaker stand out above the rest. Features of all the Smart Speaker options include, streaming music directly from your phone or tablet, and popular online music services as well as having a smart assistant built-in to the products.
Several thousand activists and supporters of Alt-Info, a Georgian ultra-conservative pro-Russian movement, rally outside the headquarters of the ruling Georgian Dream party and burn European Union flags to protest the recent refusal of their registration as a political party. Activists from the group, which started as a TV channel espousing anti-liberal viewpoints, have previously been accused of assaulting participants at gay pride parades in the capital Tbilisi. IMAGES
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Minister of Racial Equality Anielle Franco hold an event to announce her political affiliation with the Workers Party (PT) in the Lapa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. IMAGES
The EU hits Apple, Google parent firm Alphabet and Meta with the first ever probes under a mammoth digital law, which could lead to big fines against the US tech giants. Announcing the move, EU Commission executive vice-president Margrethe Vestager says that "DMA (Digital Markets Act) compliance is something that we take really seriously". Since March 7, the world's biggest tech firms have had to comply with the DMA, which aims to curb their behaviour and ensure that they give users more choice. SOUNDBITE
Chega supporters and party members react to first exit polls which shows a surge in support for the far-right party and predicts victory for the centre-right party, PSD. IMAGES
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