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Virtual Reality

Traders set to don virtual reality headsets in their home offices

virtual trading floor — UBS looks at recreating busy trading floors with HoloLens experiment. Owen Walker, Financial Times - Sep 20, 2020 1:15 pm UTC Spare bedrooms and living rooms could soon become part of vibrant trading floors as one of the world’s biggest investment banks considers providing staff with…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2020

VR

The 3 Best VR Headsets and Some Games to Play (2020)

Virtual reality was supposed to be the next big thing back in 2016, when the original Oculus Rift and HTC Vive launched. It was the tech whose time had finally arrived. Or so we thought. As it turned out, VR was still a little too expensive and perhaps too alienating…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2020

Brasilia

Brazil’s Lula says he will back anyone who can take on Bolsonaro

BRASILIA — Brazil’s former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, barred from elected office due to corruption convictions, said he is open to backing any candidate who can beat far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 elections.“I am prepared to support any candidate who is committed to the working…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2020

Electric Scooter

How YouTube star Emily Hartridge became the first victim of electric scooters on UK roads

TV presenter and YouTube star Emily Hartridge is believed to have been the first e-scooter rider to die on a British road.The 35-year-old was killed in a collision with a lorry in July last year. A statement on her Instagram page the day after her death said: ‘We all loved…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2020

Narendra Modi

Virtual UNGA to see record participation of world leaders: Guterres

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will next week address the high-level meeting to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and the General Debate TopicsUnited Nations | United Nations General Assembly | UNGA Session The virtual edition of the United Nations General Assembly will see a record number of Heads of State and Government…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2020

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson faces Tory backlash over coronavirus emergency powers

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates Senior members of the Tory party are planning to stop Boris Johnson imposing new coronavirus lockdown restrictions without the say of Parliament. Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee, has said…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2020

Doping in Cycling

News24.com | Champagne on ice with Tour de France arriving in Paris

Tadej Pogacar. (Photo by Marcio Machado/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images) The world's greatest cycling race will culminate in a triumphant procession into Paris on Sunday after a 21-stage jaunt around France that provided thrills, spills, heroes and chokers while outsprinting the dark shadow of Covid-19.After 3 400km of intense racing, stage…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2020

Doping in Cycling

Tour de France 2020: Sunday’s Stage 21 Live Stream Schedule, TV Info and Route

Thibault Camus/Associated PressTadej Pogacar's first Tour de France stage in the yellow jersey will be the most memorable day of his young cycling career.The 21-year-old Slovenian used an incredible individual time trial in Stage 20 to claim first place heading into the final stage. Stage 21 is typically a day to…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2020

NATO

The positions of key GOP senators on replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

With President Trump planning to nominate his third Supreme Court justice nominee this week, key Republican senators are indicating their stance on replacing the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with less than 50 days until Election Day.The state of play: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has vowed that "Trump's…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2020

Tories and Labour

Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 20 Sep 2020

Trump says he will nominate woman to replace Ginsburg Donald Trump says he will nominate a woman to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Although Trump's Democratic rival, Joe Biden, says the decision on the replacement should wait until after the White House election, the president says…

bubmagSeptember 20, 2020

Traders set to don virtual reality headsets in their home offices

The 3 Best VR Headsets and Some Games to Play (2020)

Brazil’s Lula says he will back anyone who can take on Bolsonaro

How YouTube star Emily Hartridge became the first victim of electric scooters on UK roads

Virtual UNGA to see record participation of world leaders: Guterres

Boris Johnson faces Tory backlash over coronavirus emergency powers

News24.com | Champagne on ice with Tour de France arriving in Paris

Tour de France 2020: Sunday’s Stage 21 Live Stream Schedule, TV Info and Route

The positions of key GOP senators on replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 20 Sep 2020

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