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League Of Legends Introduces A New Way To Show Advertising In Esports Games

In a new update for League of Legends esports, Riot has added the equivalent of stadium signage to Summoner's Rift. A feature called SR Arena Banners will allow LoL esports leagues to customize how their viewers see the Rift, with the potential to display major sponsors and league details.The new…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Turkish Refugee Camp

This Day in History

Today is the 153rd day of 2020. There are 213 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2002: Queen Elizabeth II opens Buckingham Palace to 12,000 guests for a four-day national party in celebration of her 50 years on the throne.OTHER EVENTS1479: The University of Copenhagen, Denmark, is founded.1524: The yearlong…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Genocide

Moving Backward: Hypocrisy and Human Rights

Maren Hennemuth/picture alliance via Getty ImagesGuantánamo Bay detention camp, Cuba, October 2018The following text is adapted from “The Death of Human Rights,” the 2019 Robert B. Silvers Lecture, delivered at the New York Public Library in honor of the founding co-editor of the New York Review, who died in 2017.…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Jackie Chan

Movies For Your Monday

Aotearoa - A journey through New Zealand: Aotearoa is a short film about a road trip through New Zealand. Starring: Peter Kaiser. Editing: Peter Kaiser. Filming: Jonny Kielhorn, Peter Kaiser, and Heath Patterson. Aerials: Nick Hyne. Photography: Peter Kaiser and Jonny Kielhorn.Max Langille x Kamloops: Max Langille ripping up Kamloops…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Doping in Cycling

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

Now the Giro d’Italia is worried about no ‘Tiffosi’ on the route – Top Story. News from the other Grand Tours: Vuelta a España and Tour de France, plus the Vuelta a Burgos and the Tour de l’Avenir. Rider news from Mark Cavendish, Primož Roglič, Peter Sagan, Nairo Quintana, Elia…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Black Hole

‘I’m worried I’m not going to get a job’: meet the corona class of 2020

Maisie Marston, 20, will graduate this year into the worst recession in centuries. Ive been job hunting and its difficult to find things, she says. Theres a lot of uncertainty. As a result of the pan… Read More

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Geely

Inside the industry: Scale beats profit for car makers in a recession

Mass-market car-making relies on scale rather than big margins to be seriously profitable. It’s an industry that regards a 4% return as a success and needs to gamble billions on sprawling back-offices, research and development, marketing and more before it can achieve even that, all for the dream of selling…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Geely

Inside the industry: Why scale is critical to mainstream car makers

Mass-market car-making relies on scale rather than big margins to be seriously profitable. It’s an industry that regards a 4% return as a success and needs to gamble billions on sprawling back-offices, research and development, marketing and more before it can achieve even that, all for the dream of selling…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Astroturfing

On George Floyd: There is NOTHING to Protest

With the mayhem following the last Monday death of arrestee George Floyd, many have pointed out that protesting is fine, but rioting is not. While obviously true, something equally so is left unsaid: There is nothing to protest. It's not as with the murder of Justine Damond, where it took eight months…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

Moravec‘s Paradox

Armed with disinfectant and admonishments, South Korean robot fights coronavirus spread

SEOUL (Reuters) - A self-driving robot equipped with cameras and an LED screen greets visitors at the lobby in the headquarters of South Korea’s largest mobile operator, checking their temperature, dispensing hand sanitiser and disinfecting the floor. “Please take part in social distancing,” the white robot firmly but politely reminds…

bubmagJune 1, 2020

League Of Legends Introduces A New Way To Show Advertising In Esports Games

This Day in History

Moving Backward: Hypocrisy and Human Rights

Movies For Your Monday

EUROTRASH News Round Up Monday!

‘I’m worried I’m not going to get a job’: meet the corona class of 2020

Inside the industry: Scale beats profit for car makers in a recession

Inside the industry: Why scale is critical to mainstream car makers

On George Floyd: There is NOTHING to Protest

Armed with disinfectant and admonishments, South Korean robot fights coronavirus spread

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