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Paris

France’s top court upholds $56 million fine for Google over privacy breach

PARIS — France's highest administrative court has upheld a fine of 50 million euros ($56 million) Google was ordered to pay for not being “sufficiently clear and transparent” with Android users about their data protection options.Google was first slapped with the fine in January 2019, the first penalty for a…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Workers Must Use Paid-Time-Off Day for Juneteenth

Need help? Contact us We've detected unusual activity from your computer network To continue, please click the box below to let us know you're not a robot. Why did this happen? Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Exoskeleton

Sky Lagoon

Sky Lagoon Just minutes from the capital city in Kársnes Harbor, Iceland is welcoming the Sky Lagoon. The oceanside geothermal retreat will offer guests an exceptional spa experience below the allure of the Northern Lights. Taking cues from the pristine scenery and traditional turf houses, it seamlessly blends into the coastal…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Volodymyr Zelensky

Trump’s familiar false claims from May 4 to June 7

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump made 192 false claims between May 4 and June 7. Many of them were repeated from earlier periods of his presidency and May 3. For a list of new false claims from this period, click here. The coronavirus pandemicResponsibility for the initial testing problemsTrump blamed the…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Black Hole

New Origin of Supermassive Black Holes Revealed by Supercomputer Simulation

Artist’s impression of the formation of supermassive stars which evolve into a supermassive black hole. Credit: NAOJ Computer simulations conducted by astrophysicists at Tohoku University in Japan, have revealed a new theory for the origin of supermassive black holes. In this theory, the precursors of supermassive black holes grow by…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

1619 Slavery

Antifa torches and topples George Washington statue in Portland

U.S. Vandals spray-painted '1619' on torso, a reference to NYT's '1619 Project'(POST-MILLENNIAL) A statue of George Washington, the first president of the United States, was toppled and burned Thursday night by Antifa in Portland, Oregon. The statue is located on the front lawn of Portland's German American Society and is…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Slavery Abolition

What is Juneteenth & why is everyone talking about it?

President Donald Trump’s plan to hold a campaign rally today in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was roundly condemned earlier this week. Not only would it be held at the site of a racist massacre of Black people, but it was also being held on Juneteenth. Trump backed off of the plan after…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Water Pollution

What Is THAT?! (21 pics)

Noticed this strange drain in middle of Dutch bus lane. Is it to stop cars using lane?A: It’s a bussluis. These are combinations of bus traps (stops narrower vehicles) and sump busters. This was found with a glass pipe and lighterA: Those are glass ‘screens’ they sit in the pipes…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

NSA

NSA Updates Telework Tech Guide for Agencies – MeriTalk

The National Security Agency (NSA) updated its telework tech security guidance June 4 with new details for government agencies to consider when selecting which collaboration and video chat services to use to connect employees working remotely. The new guide adds two more commercial products to its ranking of collaboration services…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

Blockchain

Bitcoin Is More Stable Than You Think

Despite the constant headlines which label Bitcoin as excessively volatile and unpredictable, it largely remains unweathered by the greater political, economic, and technological fluctuations of our times. The cryptocurrency space as a whole is still viewed as the “wild west” of finance from the outside (quite legitimately I might add).…

bubmagJune 19, 2020

France’s top court upholds $56 million fine for Google over privacy breach

Elon Musk Says Workers Must Use Paid-Time-Off Day for Juneteenth

Sky Lagoon

Trump’s familiar false claims from May 4 to June 7

New Origin of Supermassive Black Holes Revealed by Supercomputer Simulation

Antifa torches and topples George Washington statue in Portland

What is Juneteenth & why is everyone talking about it?

What Is THAT?! (21 pics)

NSA Updates Telework Tech Guide for Agencies – MeriTalk

Bitcoin Is More Stable Than You Think

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