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Chernobyl

Westworld creators tapped to develop Fallout show for Amazon

Editor's take: Joy and Nolan, the younger brother of filmmaker Christopher Nolan, are perhaps best known as the creators of HBO’s Westworld, a series based on a 1973 movie by the same name. The critically acclaimed first season was absolutely brilliant although some (myself included) felt things went a bit…

bubmagJuly 2, 2020

Virtual Reality

Ubisoft reveals Hyper Space, new free-to-play battle royale shooter

Source: UbisoftLast week, Ubisoft invited us to preview a new free-to-play battle royale first-person shooter called Hyper Scape. The game features fast-paced gameplay, lots of verticality, an expansive map, and loads of interesting abilities that can dramatically impact your playstyle. Hyper Scape is coming to Xbox One, PC, and PlayStation…

bubmagJuly 2, 2020

North Korea Nuclear Talks

Bolton slams Trump’s approach to world leaders as “naive and foolish”

Washington — Former national security adviser John Bolton slammed President Trump's style of negotiating with other world leaders as "naive and foolish," saying that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin can "see right through" the president. Bolton told CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett that Mr.…

bubmagJuly 2, 2020

Propaganda

In the ‘Spirit of Reciprocity,’ China and the US Trade Jabs Over Media Organizations

China and the United States appear locked in a tit-for-tat test of wills over media organizations, and it’s unclear just when it’s going to end. Back in February, the United States designated five state-run Chinese media outlets—including Xinhua and China Global Television Network—as “foreign missions,” and as such, demanded they…

bubmagJuly 2, 2020

World War 2

French Open 2020: ‘Up to 60%’ capacity for September Grand Slam

Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem in last year's men's finalFrench Open organisers estimate up to 60% of the usual capacity will be allowed inside Roland Garros when the rescheduled event is held in September. A maximum of four people will be able to sit together on the main courts with…

bubmagJuly 2, 2020

Jackie Chan

Vanilla Ice to Perform July 4 Weekend Concert in Texas Despite Surging Coronavirus Caseload

Despite record-setting increases in Covid-19 cases in Texas, its capital city, Austin, will play host to a concert by ’90s music superstar Vanilla Ice on Friday, July 3. The rapper, who endeared himself to metalheads with a hilariously bad nu-metal version of his biggest hit, “Ice Ice Baby” (re-dubbed “Too…

bubmagJuly 2, 2020

Nuclear Disarmament

Nuclear Bombed, Twice: This Poor Fellow Lived Through Both Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Key Point: There were a few folks who went through this bad experience. Mr. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was one of those people and here is his story. Nearly seventy-five years ago in August 1945, at least 150,000 people may have been killed in Hiroshima when the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city.…

bubmagJuly 2, 2020

Ukraine

Investor worries led to Ukraine’s Eurobond delay -sources

LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine postponed its planned Eurobond sale after fund managers asked to cancel orders or for the deal to be re-priced following the resignation of the central bank governor, investor sources told Reuters. One investor said his firm asked if it could pull its order for…

bubmagJuly 2, 2020

Electric Car

Tesla to make ‘molecule printers’ for COVID-19 vaccine developer CureVac

Tesla is building mobile "molecule printers" to help make the potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by CureVac in Germany, the electric-car maker's chief executive, Elon Musk, tweeted on Wednesday. CureVac, an unlisted German company, has said it is developing portable, automated mRNA production units that it calls printers and which…

bubmagJuly 2, 2020

Android

Orboot’s Augmented Reality Smart Globe for kids now $35 at Amazon (Reg. $55)

Today only, as part of its Gold Box Deals of the Day, PlayShifuUS (90% positive feedback) via Amazon is offering its Orboot Augmented Reality Interactive Globe For Kids at $34.99 shipped. Regularly $55 at Amazon, today’s deal is matching the all-time low and the best price we have tracked in…

bubmagJuly 2, 2020

Westworld creators tapped to develop Fallout show for Amazon

Ubisoft reveals Hyper Space, new free-to-play battle royale shooter

Bolton slams Trump’s approach to world leaders as “naive and foolish”

In the ‘Spirit of Reciprocity,’ China and the US Trade Jabs Over Media Organizations

French Open 2020: ‘Up to 60%’ capacity for September Grand Slam

Vanilla Ice to Perform July 4 Weekend Concert in Texas Despite Surging Coronavirus Caseload

Nuclear Bombed, Twice: This Poor Fellow Lived Through Both Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Investor worries led to Ukraine’s Eurobond delay -sources

Tesla to make ‘molecule printers’ for COVID-19 vaccine developer CureVac

Orboot’s Augmented Reality Smart Globe for kids now $35 at Amazon (Reg. $55)

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