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Tories and Labour

Indian child workers on the rise as coronavirus forces them out of school

A child worker pushes a cart with bricks in Meerut city, India. File photo: EPAIndia has more than 56 million children out of school, according to a 2018 study Activists fear children may be used as a stopgap measure to fill jobs left vacant by migrant labourers who returned to…

bubmagAugust 10, 2020

Cold War

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War announcement could be coming today

When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.Invalid Email Call of Duty 2020…

bubmagAugust 10, 2020

Barack Obama

Paul McCartney overcome with emotion before Barack Obama performance

Sir Paul McCartney cried before performing for then-President Barack Obama.Singer Rumer was gripped with nerves ahead of her rendition of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's 'A House Is Not a Home' in the East Room of the White House in 2012 and was thankful when even bigger stars than her…

bubmagAugust 10, 2020

Singapore

The Unequal Future of Consumption

In early May, after eight weeks in quarantine, Italy embarked on fase 2 of its coronavirus response and, step by step, relaxed its restrictions. From that day, families were once again allowed to meet one another, and restaurants could reopen, if only for takeout. Most shops, bars, and museums reopened…

bubmagAugust 10, 2020

Big Data

AI and machine learning: Powering the next-gen enterprise

IT leaders are already starting to reap the rewards promised by AI and machine learning -- and a recent survey reveals half are considering greater investment as we hit economic headwinds. monsitj / Getty Images By now most of us understand that, in our current era, artificial intelligence (AI) and…

bubmagAugust 10, 2020

1619 Slavery

The Christian Devotion to a White America

For a number of reasons, the history of American slavery has been in the news over the past year. The New York Times’s 1619 Project–commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slaves, the Black Lives Matter movement, renewed interest in the idea of reparations, the ongoing controversy…

bubmagAugust 10, 2020

Self-driving Vehicles

Tom DeLonge’s Warped UFO Tour

Luis Elizondo wanted me to believe. I’d spent the past few hours pounding Diet Cokes at the Chart House bar north of San Diego while Elizondo, a retired Army counterintelligence special agent and former head of the Pentagon’s UFO program, drank beers and told me war stories. It had been…

bubmagAugust 10, 2020

Android

Xbox Series S name pops up on Microsoft’s next-gen controller packaging

Microsoft's under-wraps Xbox Series S has been officially named for the first time - on the box for the company's new controller.A white version of Microsoft's Xbox Series X pad was obtained by Twitter user Zak_exe, and was subsequently verified by The Verge. This controller - a "Robot White" version…

bubmagAugust 10, 2020

NATO

China says it will sanction US Republican senators and NGO chiefs for ‘behaving badly over Hong Kong’

Florida Republican senator Marco Rubio is among those targeted. Photo: AFPMove follows Washington’s decision to target Hong Kong and mainland officials over city’s national security law Beijing says the sanctions will take place immediately but has not provided details of how they will work Topic | US-China decouplingPublished: 5:50pm, 10 Aug,…

bubmagAugust 10, 2020

Elon Musk

Joe Biden’s push for clean-energy union jobs could force showdown with Elon Musk

Joe Biden wants to go big on climate change and big on unions. Elon Musk leads on the former but lags on the latter.Why it matters: Musk isn’t uniquely averse to unions, but Tesla is considered a leader on the type of new technologies needed to tackle climate change. Musk’s…

bubmagAugust 10, 2020

Indian child workers on the rise as coronavirus forces them out of school

Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War announcement could be coming today

Paul McCartney overcome with emotion before Barack Obama performance

The Unequal Future of Consumption

AI and machine learning: Powering the next-gen enterprise

The Christian Devotion to a White America

Tom DeLonge’s Warped UFO Tour

Xbox Series S name pops up on Microsoft’s next-gen controller packaging

China says it will sanction US Republican senators and NGO chiefs for ‘behaving badly over Hong Kong’

Joe Biden’s push for clean-energy union jobs could force showdown with Elon Musk

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