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Microsoft’s PIVOT haptics research might improve how we throw balls in VR

Even if you were separated from family and friends by time or distance, what would it mean if virtual reality could believably offer you a game of catch with them anyway? The latest VR haptics research from Microsoft — called “PIVOT” — might see this dream realized more believably. The…

bubmagOctober 25, 2020

Pandemic

‘Toxic’: CDC staffers say morale inside the agency has plummeted during the pandemic

Months of mixed messages, political pressure and public gaffes about COVID-19 have caused morale at the Centers for Disease Control to turn "toxic," say four current and two former CDC staffers, with one saying the election could be a "tipping point" for a mass exodus if President Donald Trump wins."The…

bubmagOctober 25, 2020

Nuclear Weapons

UN: Nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force

The United Nations has confirmed that 50 countries have ratified a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons, triggering its entry into force in 90 daysBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated PressOctober 25, 2020, 9:30 AM• 6 min readUNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations announced Saturday that 50 countries have ratified a…

bubmagOctober 25, 2020

Trade War

China Trade War Didn’t Boost U.S. Manufacturing Might

WASHINGTON—President Trump’s trade war against China didn’t achieve the central objective of reversing a U.S. decline in manufacturing, economic data show, despite tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese goods to discourage imports. The tariffs did succeed in reducing the trade deficit with China in 2019, but the…

bubmagOctober 25, 2020

Virtual Reality

How VR is used by psychologists to profile your personality

Virtual reality (VR) has the power to take us out of our surroundings and transport us to far-off lands. From a quick round of golf, to fighting monsters or going for a skydive, all of this can be achieved from the comfort of your home. But it’s not just gamers…

bubmagOctober 25, 2020

Pandemic

Lithuania holds parliamentary vote as pandemic hits jobs

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Polling stations opened Sunday across Lithuania for a parliamentary runoff election in which the winner will have to tackle a growing health crisis and high unemployment due to the coronavirus pandemic. The election is widely expected to bring about a change of leadership in the southernmost…

bubmagOctober 25, 2020

NSA

Hansal Mehta opens up about working on Kangana Ranaut starrer Simran; calls it a ‘painful experience’

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta recently opened up about working in the 2017 film Simran starring Kangana Ranaut in the lead. In a recent interview he recalled the film as a 'painful experience' and even called it an ‘unnecessary aberration’ in his career.Hansal Mehta said that he sometimes wished that he never…

bubmagOctober 25, 2020

Censored Internet

‘Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East’ Full Show (10/25/2020)

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bubmagOctober 25, 2020

NSA

‘That was insane’: Rays stun Dodgers in Game 4 with epic World Series finish

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Tampa Bay Rays were yelling and screaming, laughing and crying, watching the replay again and again late Saturday night on the TVs in their clubhouse.They can’t believe what they just witnessed.Nobody possibly could.How can you possibly describe the wildest and zaniest finish to a World Series game anyone may…

bubmagOctober 25, 2020

Nukes

Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 25 Oct 2020

Elderly were denied intensive care during Covid peak Over-80s were denied intensive care treatment at the peak of the Covid-19 crisis, according to The Sunday Times. The paper says new guidelines were also used to prevent many elderly coronavirus patients from receiving ventilation. Hospitals in Manchester, Liverpool, London, the Midlands…

bubmagOctober 25, 2020

Microsoft’s PIVOT haptics research might improve how we throw balls in VR

‘Toxic’: CDC staffers say morale inside the agency has plummeted during the pandemic

UN: Nuclear weapons ban treaty to enter into force

China Trade War Didn’t Boost U.S. Manufacturing Might

How VR is used by psychologists to profile your personality

Lithuania holds parliamentary vote as pandemic hits jobs

Hansal Mehta opens up about working on Kangana Ranaut starrer Simran; calls it a ‘painful experience’

‘Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East’ Full Show (10/25/2020)

‘That was insane’: Rays stun Dodgers in Game 4 with epic World Series finish

Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 25 Oct 2020

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