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Hiroshima

Japanese anime remembers the atom bomb, decades after Hiroshima

TechnologyThe trauma resurfaces in movies, shows, and comics over and over, showing its deep impression on Japanese families and culture.By Frank Fuller/The ConversationAugust 5, 2020Read More

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

eSports

Video game TV network VENN launches 24/7 coverage of esports, pop culture and technology

Mike Snider USA TODAYPublished 1:56 PM EDT Aug 6, 2020Video game lovers now have their own fully fledged network again with the arrival of the Video Game Entertainment & News Network (VENN).The VENN began broadcasting live Wednesday at about 2:30 p.m. ET on its on website VENN.tv, as well as…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Putin

Tom Brokaw’s groundbreaking interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, 20 years later – Part 2

A look back at Tom Brokaw’s exclusive one-on-one interview with Russian President, Vladimir Putin shortly after he became President of Russia in 2000.Aug. 5, 2020Read More

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Palantir

Go public now while software valuations make no sense

BigCommerce and the big WTF of today's market prices Software valuations are bonkers, which means it’s a great time to go public. Asana, Monday.com, Wrike and every other gosh darn software company that is putting it off, pay attention. Heck, even service-y Palantir could excel in this market. Let me…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Cursor

Kwaidan: Azuma Manor Story Launches August 20 for Switch

by William D'Angelo , posted 1 day ago / 374 ViewsPublisher Rainy Frog and developer Gudouan announced the 3D point-and-click action adventure game, Kwaidan: Azuma Manor Story, will launch for the Nintendo Switch via the eShop on August 20. It supports English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese languages. The game…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Tories and Labour

Rebuilding child care in Canada must include a national strategy

It's been almost five months since provincial and territorial governments closed child-care services. Now they are allowing them to reopen. Reopening -- like shuttering -- has been chaotic, anxiety-producing and inequitable for families, service providers and the child-care workforce alike. Child-care programs and parents (particularly mothers, who have been picking up a…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

WEF

Call of Duty: Warzone Tops 75 Million Players

by William D'Angelo , posted 2 days ago / 421 ViewsPublisher Activision and developer Infinity Ward via Twitter announced the free-to-play battle royale game, Call of Duty: Warzone, has surpassed 75 million players across all platforms. This figure is up from 50 million players on April 10. Activision has revealed…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Antarctica

Poop scoop: Satellite images reveal Antarctic penguin haunts

Frank Jordans, Associated Press Updated 11:33 am CDT, Wednesday, August 5, 2020 BERLIN (AP) — British scientists say there are more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought based on evidence of bird droppings spotted from space. A study published Wednesday by scientists at the British Antarctic Survey counted 61…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Paris

Testing centre queues fuel criticism over France’s COVID-19 strategy

PARIS: The French government was under fire on Wednesday (Aug 5) over its free-for-all COVID-19 testing policy as queues snaked out of some testing centres in Paris and at sites across the country amid a flare-up in infections.One leading federation of laboratories said an abrupt Jul 25 decree to make…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Nuclear Disarmament

Nuclear disarmament remains an imperative 75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is imperative not to historicize the suffering of those who died, but to situate the memory of them in the present struggle against the threat of nuclear militarism. More than 210,000 people killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years…

bubmagAugust 5, 2020

Japanese anime remembers the atom bomb, decades after Hiroshima

Video game TV network VENN launches 24/7 coverage of esports, pop culture and technology

Tom Brokaw’s groundbreaking interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, 20 years later – Part 2

Go public now while software valuations make no sense

Kwaidan: Azuma Manor Story Launches August 20 for Switch

Rebuilding child care in Canada must include a national strategy

Call of Duty: Warzone Tops 75 Million Players

Poop scoop: Satellite images reveal Antarctic penguin haunts

Testing centre queues fuel criticism over France’s COVID-19 strategy

Nuclear disarmament remains an imperative 75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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