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Moravec‘s Paradox

IBM’s planned NewCo spinoff signals a ‘maniacal focus’ on hybrid cloud, AI

IBM announced Thursday that it will split into two separate companies – with one firm maintaining the three letters that date back nearly a century, and a newer publicly-traded operation that as of today is known simply as NewCo. IBM will be focused even more intently on innovating its cloud…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

eSports

Can Smash Ultimate Recover from 2020?

Smash Bros Ultimate has now been out for nearly two years. It has definitely lived up to its name as the ultimate form of Smash Bros. The roster is huge, and the new additions provide both excitement and genuinely fresh movesets to the game. It is hard to think of…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

eSports

Dota 2 gains three powerhouses after the great Chinese Roster Shuffle

In the Dota 2 world, September marks the annual post-TI Chinese Roster Shuffle. Every year as soon as TI finishes, Chinese Dota 2 powerhouses shuffle their roster for the upcoming season. The lack of TI this year did not stop the organizations from completely overhauling their rosters, and preparing for…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Soundcloud

The Week Unwrapped podcast: Banksy, intervention and refugee art

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––To get six free issues of The Week magazine and a moleskine notebook visit theweek.co.uk/offer and enter promo code: POD25–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––In this week’s episode, we discuss:Heroic bystandersA growing number of American police forces are signing…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

World War 2

US election: what exactly are Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s policies?

The 2020 election cycle has been characterised by personal attacks, record spending and a disorderly opening presidential debate that at times descended into farce. Donald Trump has dubbed Joe Biden “the destroyer of American greatness”, while the Democratic contender has dismissed the president as a “fool” and a “clown”. But what political…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Huawei

U.K. parliamentary committee says it has evidence Huawei colludes with Beijing

An ad for smartphones manufactured by Huawei on a building in London, on May, 5, 2019. SUZIE HOWELL/The New York Times News Service British MPs said on Thursday they found “clear evidence of collusion” between Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and Beijing, and suggested the U.K. government may need to remove…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

eSports

LVL Berlin and Hertha BSC get into FIFA 21

German gaming brand LVL partnered up with Hertha BSC football club to grow the FIFA 21 scene in Berlin. The new tournament series will be called La LVL Liga. Starting on October 10th, a lengthy tournament event will commence and go on until the end of the 2020/21 Bundesliga in…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Slavery Abolition

The Anti-Social Novelist

A man writes a book. It is, he feels, “a kind of outpouring,” written from the same impulse “that makes him sing or try to go to bed with all beautiful ladies.” But then the critics blame the book for not being great.You didn’t want to be great. You just…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Peace

‘The best vaccine against chaos.’ Why this year’s Nobel Peace Prize went to the U.N.’s World Food Programme

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bubmagOctober 9, 2020

Peace

U.N.’s World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oslo, Norway — The United Nations' World Food Program on Friday won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe. The announcement was made in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee.The committee said the coronavirus pandemic has added…

bubmagOctober 9, 2020

IBM’s planned NewCo spinoff signals a ‘maniacal focus’ on hybrid cloud, AI

Can Smash Ultimate Recover from 2020?

Dota 2 gains three powerhouses after the great Chinese Roster Shuffle

The Week Unwrapped podcast: Banksy, intervention and refugee art

US election: what exactly are Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s policies?

U.K. parliamentary committee says it has evidence Huawei colludes with Beijing

LVL Berlin and Hertha BSC get into FIFA 21

The Anti-Social Novelist

‘The best vaccine against chaos.’ Why this year’s Nobel Peace Prize went to the U.N.’s World Food Programme

U.N.’s World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

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