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Google places a virtual assistant at the heart of its latest smartphones and first voice-activated speaker. The technology giant's suite of new gadgets and software aims to create homes where everything we use is interconnected, but can the software be trusted?

Some businesses have a plan to flood the illegal rhino horn market with an identical synthetic equivalent, in order to lower the price and remove the incentive for poaching.

The International Monetary Fund is worried about a backlash against globalisation, which it sees as a threat to economic growth. The issue has recently been used as a political football, as we've seen in the US election campaign and the UK's Brexit referendum. We ask if globalisation is under threat.

Plus, why the little things - like cup holders - can make all the difference when buying a new car.

Rob Young is joined throughout the programme by Andrew Peaple, the Deputy Asia Finance Editor for the Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, and by Andy Uhler, a reporter for the US radio programme Marketplace in Los Angeles.

(Photo: Google unveils new products. Credit: Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)