The Daily Populous

Tuesday February 27th, 2018 morning edition

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A file that Apple updated on its website last month provides the first acknowledgment that it's relying on Google's public cloud for data storage for its iCloud services.

The disclosure is fresh evidence that Google's cloud has been picking up usage as it looks to catch up with Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud infrastructure business.

Some media outlets reported on Google's iCloud win in 2016, but Apple never provided confirmation.

But in the latest version, the Microsoft Azure reference is gone, and in its place is Google Cloud Platform.

The latest update doesn't indicate whether Apple is using any Google cloud services other than core storage of "objects" like photos and videos.

The document also doesn't make it clear when Apple started storing data in Google's cloud.

In addition to Apple, other Google public cloud customers include Kroger, PayPal, Snap and Spotify. »

Trump FCC Boss Under Fire For Ethics Violations

Authored by dslreports.com

Trump FCC Boss Under Fire For Ethics Violations.

But the gift may have been more than just tone deaf quest for attention, it may have put Ajit Pai on the wrong side of FCC ethics rules.

According to FCC Standards of Conduct rules, an FCC Commissioner can't accept gifts valued over $200 from companies impacted by their policy decisions. »

Trump: I would have run into school during shooting even without a gun

Authored by thehill.com
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"You don't know until you test it, but I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon,” Trump told a gathering of governors at the White House.

"And I think most of the people in this room would have done that, too.".

Trump also told the governors he ate lunch last weekend with leaders of the National Rifle Association (NRA). »

Bali hopes to regain paradise island status with mass cleanup

Authored by theguardian.com

Overwhelmed by tides of waste and decades of mass tourism, to some, the Indonesian island of Bali is a paradise long lost.

This weekend, however, thousands of people will join in an effort to rid its coastline, rivers and jungles of rubbish and restore its natural beauty.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Melati and Isabel Wijsen started Bye Bye Plastic Bags after being inspired by a lesson at school. »

Court rules you can’t fire someone for being gay, after Trump administration claims it’s legal

Authored by pinknews.co.uk
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A US federal court has ruled that civil rights laws protect gay workers from discrimination, after the Trump administration argued it was legal to fire people for being gay.

But the court has today gone against the Justice Department’s argument – in a landmark decision for LGBT equality.

“We now conclude that sexual orientation discrimination is motivated, at least in part, by sex and is thus a subset of sex discrimination. »