The Daily Populous

Monday June 25th, 2018 day edition

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Hawaii News Now spoke with several AT&T employees, including some who were fired for engaging in the very behavior that they claim management encouraged.

The employees called the tactics used unethical and said they were encouraged to “manipulate sales.”.

It’s against AT&T’s policy to cancel the trial for subscribers, but the sales team was allegedly told to do it anyway by management.

Of course, sales representatives didn’t always cancel the trials, leading to customers suddenly incurring a $35 fee without warning.

In some cases, salespeople would sign up a customer for three DirecTV Now subscriptions on a single account.

The account provided by former employees matches that of a Reddit post made earlier this week claiming AT&T was defrauding customers.

In the post, a Redditor who verified their identity with the moderators of r/technology recounted similar tactics sales representatives were encouraged to use in order to sign customers up for multiple DirecTV Now trial subscriptions. »

Nikki Haley: 'Ridiculous' for UN to analyze poverty in America

Authored by thehill.com

The report said American democracy "is being steadily undermined" and provided several suggestions for how to alleviate poverty in the U.S.

Sanders quickly responded to Haley, saying he believes “it is totally appropriate” for the United Nations to publish a report on poverty in America.

The senator told Haley he’d “love the opportunity” to talk to her about poverty when he is in New York. »

KHNL : Saudi women are now driving as longstanding ban ends

Authored by m.hawaiinewsnow.com

Saudi women are now driving as longstanding ban ends.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi women are in the driver's seat for the first time in their country and steering their way through busy city streets just minutes after the world's last remaining ban on women driving was lifted on Sunday.

But after midnight Sunday, Saudi women finally joined women around the world in being able to get behind the wheel of a car and simply drive. »

Your family dog may be smarter than your toddler

Authored by cnn.com

He said the average dog can understand about 165 words, including signs, signals and gestures.

The smartest dogs, he calls them the "super breeds," are on par with a 2½-year-old, recognizing up to 250 words.

For his book "The Intelligence of Dogs," Coren asked more than 200 dog-obedience judges to rank 110 breeds based on their intelligence. »

Smart guns exist. Why aren’t they on the market?

Authored by pbs.org
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There’s a problem though: even if the gun is developed, gun shops aren’t likely to sell it.

Stephen Teret, public health researcher and co-author on the study, sees in smart guns a possibility for reducing gun deaths. »