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FILE - In this May 18, 2016 file photo, Google vice president Mario Queiroz gestures while introducing the new Google Home device during the keynote address of the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif. On Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, the search giant will ramp up its consumer electronics strategy with expected announcements of new gadgets including new smartphones and an internet-connected personal-assistant for the home similar to Amazon’s Echo speaker. All are intended to showcase Google’s software and online services. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

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Illustration on the Chinese/Mexican wave of heroin into the U.S. by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Brian Ogle of Sylacauga, Alabama, was assaulted Sept. 30, 2016, in a parking lot for a pro-cop message he posted on his Facebook page. (WBRC Fox 6 Alabama screenshot)

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Manufacturing Supervisor Rich Novak talks Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 about the variety of precision CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machining that takes place at Talon Innovations in Sauk Rapids, Minn. The company takes employees with two-year degrees and works to further educate them to do precise work, much of it for the semiconductor industry. Talon's clean environment isn't what many expect when visiting a machine shop. (Kimm Anderson/St. Cloud Times via AP)

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Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi smiles as he answers a reporter's question after learning that he won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine at the Tokyo Institute of Technology campus in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday, Oct. 3, for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components. The Karolinska Institute honored Ohsumi for "brilliant experiments" in the 1990s on autophagy, the machinery with which cells recycle their content. Disrupted autophagy has been linked to various diseases including Parkinson's, diabetes and cancer, the institute said. (Junko Ozaki/Kyodo News via AP)

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A photo of Nobel Prize winner Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan, is displayed on a screen at the Nobel Forum in Stockholm, Sweden, during the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, Monday Oct. 3, 2016. (Stina Stjernkvist / TT via AP)

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Learning Curve (Illustration by Gary Varvel for Creators Syndicate)

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George W. Bush, depicted in this screen capture from a YouTube video on his presidential foundation's website. Accessed Oct. 1, 2016.

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In this Sept. 23, 2016 photo three small bundles of fiber optics, each containing 12 fiber strands, are unraveled for testing after the cable was brought to shore in Haines, Alaska, for the Alaska Power and Telephone Company. The fibers are protected within a copper tube surrounded by multiple layers of steel. The cable is the first fiber-optic link between Juneau and the northern end of Lynn Canal and the first significant undersea fiber link constructed by AP&T. When it begins operating in mid-October, it will bring faster, more reliable internet service to Haines and Skagway, and possibly to Juneau and the Yukon. (Michael Penn /The Juneau Empire via AP)

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West York Mayor Charles Wasko says he's the victim of a "witch hunt" amid calls for his resignation after he posted numerous racist messages on Facebook, including a photo comparing the Obama family to monkeys. (Facebook/@Charles Wasko)

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Carnegie Deli photo via the eatery's official Facebook page. Accessed Sept. 30, 2016. [https://www.facebook.com/carnegiedelinyc/photos/a.560715333966742.1073741826.111504365554510/766392900065650/?type=1&theater]

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Screen capture from a YouTube trailer for Pure Flix's "I'm Not Ashamed."

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In this April 19, 2016, photo, provided by Stacy Dean Stephens, Knightscope K5 security robots, at right, and background left, patrol alongside a pier, in San Diego. The robots can identify a vehicle parked in a certain location for too long or sense intruders at odd hours. The company expects to have several large mall developers in California start using the robots in late 2016. (Stacy Dean Stephens via AP)

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Google.com's doodle for Sept. 29, 2016, the 117th anniversary of the birth of ballpoint pen inventor László Bíró.

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FILE - This file frame grab from a cellphone shows an emergency alert along with a news alert on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, about a man wanted in connection with explosions in the New York City metropolitan area. The federal government is beefing up emergency cellphone alerts like the one used in New York to advertise the search for the bombing suspect. The Federal Communications Commission approved a measure Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, that will let messages be up to four times longer than the current 90-character limit, and cellphone companies will have to support Spanish messages under the new rules. The changes will also let officials target messages more narrowly and include links in messages. (AP Photo/File)

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The University of Michigan will implement a new policy that allows students to decide the personal pronoun faculty and staff use to address them. (Facebook, University of Michigan)

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FILE - This Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, file photo shows the dashboard of the Tesla Model X car, at the company's headquarters in Fremont, Calif. Newer cars that connect to the internet are capable of collecting vast amounts of data about their drivers. Tesla Motors has used data to reveal, sometimes within hours of a crash, how fast the driver was going and whether or not the company’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system was engaged. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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FILE - In this Thursday, March 3, 2016, file photo, people work on a job search on a computer at an office in Atlanta. On Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, the U.S. government plans to cede control of some of the internet’s core systems, namely, the directories that help web browsers and apps know where to find the latest weather, maps and Facebook musings. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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This image released by Amazon Prime Video shows Woody Allen, left, and Miley Cyrus in a scene from, "Crisis in Six Scenes." (Jessica Miglio/Amazon Prime Video via AP)

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This image provided by Medtronic shows its MiniMed 670G system. Federal regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind "artificial pancreas," a device that can help some diabetes patients manage their disease by constantly monitoring their blood sugar and delivering insulin as needed. The device from Medtronic was approved Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, for patients with Type 1 diabetes, the kind usually diagnosed during childhood. (Medtronic via AP)