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The Reckoning Is Coming: Regulating Big Tech

We review products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. (Image: Shutterstock.com) Cambridge Analytica. Russian hackers and election meddling. The Equifax data breach. Fake news. Twitter and Instagram harassment. Facebook mining our personal data and—best-case scenario—unabashedly using it to sell us stuff.What’s…

bubmagJune 11, 2020

SpaceX

Boeing’s new VR simulator immerses astronauts in space training

By Sasha Lekach2020-06-11 12:00:00 UTC Boeing’s Starliner craft is headed to space, but first its astronauts are training in virtual reality. The American aerospace company is part of the NASA commercial crew program — the same one that sent SpaceX's Crew Dragon to the International Space Station with two NASA…

bubmagJune 11, 2020

Tories and Labour

Which UK cities most benefited from the slave trade

That Britain’s relative prosperity today is built on the profits from slavery is an uncomfortable but undeniable truth.Many of the UK’s major modern cities owe much of their wealth and development to commerce that depended on the inhumane practice for centuries, before slavery was finally abolished throughout the British Colonies in 1833. Which…

bubmagJune 11, 2020

Korean War

Resurgence of coronavirus threatens South Korea’s success story

A resurgence of coronavirus infections in the Seoul region, where half of South Korea's 51 million people live, is threatening the country's success story and prompting health authorities to warn that action must be taken now to stop a second wave.A health official wearing protective gear takes samples from a…

bubmagJune 11, 2020

Liam Gallagher

Liam Gallagher reveals his Italian summer wedding with Debbie Gwthyer has been pushed back a year

'I am not getting married with a mask on': Liam Gallagher reveals his Italian summer wedding with Debbie Gwthyer has been pushed back a yearBy Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 12:34 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 13:15 BST, 11 June 2020 Liam Gallagher has postponed his wedding because he…

bubmagJune 11, 2020

Venezuela

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette finally addressed its controversy, but the explanation doesn’t make it go away

Your Thursday Poynter Report The Poynter Report is our daily media newsletter. To have it delivered to your inbox Monday-Friday, click here. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is finally out with a response over a controversy that has been hounding the paper for days. P-G executive editor Keith Burris wrote a lengthy story…

bubmagJune 11, 2020

Palestine

EU’s rights court faults France over Israel boycott convictions

Europe's top rights court has ruled that French judges were wrong to convict activists who staged a "boycott Israel" demonstration at a supermarket, saying the protest could not be considered an incitement to discrimination. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ordered French authorities to pay each of…

bubmagJune 11, 2020

NASDAQ

Futures fall after Fed’s sobering outlook, fears of second virus wave

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street plummeted on Thursday as investors reacted to renewed fears of a pandemic resurgence and digested dour economic forecasts from the U.S. Federal Reserve. All three major U.S. stock indexes lost well over 5%, posting their worst one-day percentage drops since March 16, when markets…

bubmagJune 11, 2020

Body Shaming

Lizzo Hits Back At Her Body-Shamers With Workout Video On TikTok

By Thanussha Priyah, 11 Jun 2020 Image via Ben Houdijk / Shutterstock.comMusician Lizzo has been subjected to body-shaming throughout her career. Now, she has released a workout video of herself to shun those who have criticized her figure. The 32-year-old revealed that she has been exercising consistently for the past…

bubmagJune 11, 2020

Dalai Lama

European companies are walking a political tightrope to do business in China

In 2016, French cosmetics brand Lancôme organized a free promotional concert in Hong Kong. A few days later, confronted with mass online criticism, they canceled it: The artist meant to perform, pop singer Denise Ho, had met with the Dalai Lama and campaigned for democracy in Hong Kong, two causes…

bubmagJune 11, 2020

The Reckoning Is Coming: Regulating Big Tech

Boeing’s new VR simulator immerses astronauts in space training

Which UK cities most benefited from the slave trade

Resurgence of coronavirus threatens South Korea’s success story

Liam Gallagher reveals his Italian summer wedding with Debbie Gwthyer has been pushed back a year

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette finally addressed its controversy, but the explanation doesn’t make it go away

EU’s rights court faults France over Israel boycott convictions

Futures fall after Fed’s sobering outlook, fears of second virus wave

Lizzo Hits Back At Her Body-Shamers With Workout Video On TikTok

European companies are walking a political tightrope to do business in China

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