Venezuelan lawmaker Freddy Superlano, a member of the opposition party, is in serious but stable condition after being poisoned in Colombia, his party says. His cousin has passed away.

Voluntad Popular, the party of opposition leader Juan Guaidó, said late on Saturday that Superlano was poisoned at a restaurant in Cúcuta, a city near the border with Venezuela. His assistant and cousin, Carlos Salinas, died.

Superlano and Salinas were said to have been poisoned with Burundanga, which is also known as hyoscine or scopolamine. The drug is used to treat motion sickness and other conditions, but it has also been used in robberies and sexual assaults, leading to the nickname “Devil’s Breath.”

It was not immediately known who may have been responsible for the poisoning. “We wait for the results of the investigation by the Colombian authorities to establish the facts,” the party said in a brief statement.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, a supporter of Guaido, said Superlano was poisoned while having breakfast on Saturday morning and called it a “grave situation.” A spokesperson for Superlano said the lawmaker is in serious but stable condition.

Photo of Carlos Salinas:</s>Venezuelan National Assembly oversight committee chairman Freddy Superlano, who was in the Colombian border city of Cucuta to help oversee humanitarian aid shipments into Venezuela, was poisoned along with his cousin, Carlos Salinas, who died, the lawmaker's press office said Sunday.

"In the city of #cucuta Cong. @freddysuperlano and his cousin Carlos Salinas were poisoned and Carlos died, the Cong. is stable, let us pray for his quick recovery," the lawmaker's press aides said in a Twitter post.</s>Freddy Superlano has reportedly been poisoned in Colombia

According to BNO news, Freddy Superlano was poisoned at a restaurant in Cucuta, a city near the country’s border with Venezuela. His party, which is led by Juan Guaido, has confirmed that Mr Superlano’s cousin and assistant Carlos Salinas has died as a result of the same poisoning incident. Reports state Mr Superlano and Mr Salinas were spiked with a substance known as hyoscine or scopolamine.

The drug is said to be used to treat motion sickness and other conditions.

However, it has also reportedly been used in robberies and sexual assaults which has led to it gaining the nickname ‘Devil’s Breath’.

US Senator Marco Rubio condemned the attack calling it a “grave situation”.

In a statement, the party said: “We wait for the results of the investigation by the Colombian authorities to establish the facts."

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• Why does Google Assistant come up by mistake?
• How to deactivate the Assistant button

Why is it activated by mistake?

For me personally, I’m particularly annoyed that Google Assistant is activated without me having asked for it. The assistant appears multiple times whenever I unlock my smartphone. If I don’t need it (99% of the time), I have to close it before I can perform the actions I want. This happens because I might have accidentally pressed the Start button on my smartphone, which is set up to open Google Assistant.

Once it’s opened, the assistant captures your voice, analyzes it and performs the action you’ve indicated. You might even have your smartphone in your pocket and activate Google Assistant by accident. If you’re in the middle of a conversation, your device might pick up a fragment of what you've said and think you’re asking a question… and then answer you! This happened to me recently when I was talking to a friend. Suddenly, a voice from my pocket began to speak about the tomb of some Egyptian pharaoh. And believe me, at the time we weren’t in an exciting debate about Egypt.
• Make the most of Google Assistant with these voice commands

How to turn off Google Assistant

If something like this has happened to you too and you’re sick of Google Assistant (even though you'll laugh at the more surreal searches), it’s time to turn it off. There are 3 different options that we’ll explain below.

If you choose to disable Google Assistant completely, follow these steps:
• Open the Google app and select Menu (the three bars)

In most cases, deactivating the Assistant button will be enough. This way, you’ll no longer be able to access Google Assistant via the start button, which will prevent you from accidentally activating it.
• In the Settings menu, select Applications, then Default applications, and then tap Device assistant app.
• Here you can specify which assistant app you want to open when you press the start button. In my case, I could choose between Google and having no supporting app.

This is the least radical option, as you can continue using Assistant whenever you want, but without having to worry about it being activated unintentionally. Note that the exact wording of the path can vary, for example: Settings > Apps and notifications > Default apps > Assist and voice input

Google Assistant is a relatively new development, as it didn’t exist in previous versions of Google. If we could go back to those versions, we wouldn’t have the Assistant.

So it can be as easy as that: uninstall the updates and you’re free of Google Assistant. Of course, all the other novelties that you might like will also disappear...
• Under Settings > Applications, go to Application manager and search for Google.
• When you open the Menu (the three little dots), you’ll see the Uninstall updates option pop up.

What do you think? Does Google Assistant bother you or is just the opposite? Have you had any strange experiences with Google’s trusty sidekick? Let us know in the comments!</s>The Jaguars made their second newest addition to their defensive staff this week when they announced on Thursday the hiring of Dwayne Stukes as an assistant.

Earlier this week, the Jaguars hired Dom Capers as a senior defensive assistant.

He previously had been with the New York Giants the past two seasons as assistant special teams coach. He also previously held assistant jobs with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears.</s>Google wants you to be able to use its Assistant software at the press of a button. So the search giant is bringing that dedicated button to a slew of new phones, the company said Sunday at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona.

The Assistant is Google's digital helper, akin to Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri. It can read you the morning's headlines, help you check into a flight or turn off the lights in your hallway.

The new phones with dedicated Assistant buttons include:

The button is also coming to new phones by TCL and Vivo, including the V15 Pro, Google said.

Because of those partnerships, Google said it expects 100 million devices to launch with a dedicated Assistant button.

"We're trying to make the Assistant feel like it's really a part of the phone, instead of just some app you go to," Scott Huffman, head of engineering for the Assistant, said in an interview.

If you tap the button once, it summons the Assistant, which you can control with your voice. If you double-tap the button, it brings up a "visual snapshot" of your day that shows you the weather, your schedule and other information based on recent things you might have looked up with the Assistant. If you press and hold down the button, it activates a "walkie talkie" feature for longer queries, like if you're dictating an email.

For Google, spreading the Assistant far and wide is crucial as people search for things more with their phones and less from Google's iconic home page. Last month, the search giant announced the Assistant was on 1 billion devices -- with the vast majority on Android phones.

Google first brought a dedicated Assistant button to phones last year with the LG G7 ThinQ. On the search giant's own latest flagship phone, the Pixel 3, you can summon the Assistant by squeezing the sides of the handset. Samsung's Galaxy phones also have buttons for its own digital assistant, Bixby.
Venezuelan opposition deputy Freddy Superlano and his assistant are poisoned at a restaurant in Cúcuta, Colombia. His assistant and cousin, Carlos Salinas, has died while Superlano is in a serious but stable condition in hospital.