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• Japan is known for technological innovation and hospitality, influencing new hotel trends.
• Michelle Gross spent 4 nights at Yotel Tokyo Ginza, a hotel that leverages robots and automation.
• She says some robot features were convenient, but others were unnecessary.

The first time I stayed in a robot hotel in Tokyo was

The US and Saudi Arabia have managed to derail negotiations regarding a landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions, according to a report by the BBC. The deal had already been approved and would have made shipping the world's first industry to adopt internationally mandated emissions guidelines.

Representatives from more than 100 countries had gathered in London to formally approve the so

The 10th TwitchCon is underway. The weekend's opening keynote covered new features for streamers and some enforcement changes. As for the latter, Twitch is, in most cases, moving away from blanket bans and toward targeted enforcement. So, a chat violation may not affect an account's ability to stream, or vice versa.

Dual-format streaming, which lets you go live in vertical and horizontal views at

Blizzard developers working on Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble have formed a new union, the latest in a series of labor wins at the Microsoft-owned studio. The over 100-person unit is represented by the Communication Workers of America (CWA), and counts "software engineers, designers, artists, quality assurance testers and producers" among its members.

Inspiration to form the new union came from

• US presidents travel in a variety of secure vehicles, including planes, helicopters, and cars.
• He flies on Air Force One, a militarized Boeing 747, and occasionally a