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12 Unusual Marriages Involving Non-Human Partners

June 28 marks the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, when members of the LGBTQ community fought back when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village. Each June, Pride Month is celebrated to commemorate the watershed moment that kicked off the modern LGBTQ rights…

bubmagMay 18, 2020

Xi Jinping

China’s Xi says supports WHO probe when COVID-19 controlled

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask passes by a billboard depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Belgrade, Serbia, April 1, 2020. The text on the billboard reads "Thanks, brother Xi". Picture taken April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Djordje Kojadinovic/File PhotoBEIJING (Reuters)…

bubmagMay 18, 2020

Nuclear Disarmament

Read an Unpublished Conversation with the Radical Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Stockholm, 2013© Carl AbrahamssonRead an exclusive excerpt from a new book collating three decades of conversations with the provocateur, artist, gender revolutionary and leader of the bands Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TVMay 18, 2020Lead ImageGenesis Breyer P-Orridge, Stockholm, 2013© Carl Abrahamsson The British artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge first rose…

bubmagMay 18, 2020

Paris

France going ahead with ‘Apple tax’ whether or not other countries agree terms

France has announced that it will go ahead with a so-called ‘Apple tax’ this year, whether or not an agreement is reached on an international proposal to ensure tech giants receive the same tax treatment across 137 countries. France was the first European country to decide to impose a tax…

bubmagMay 18, 2020

Electric Car

Dyson electric car revealed, plus more tech news you need to know

Your tech news digest, by way of the DGiT Daily tech newsletter, for Monday, May 18.1. Dyson’s canceled electric car revealedSir James Dyson, Britain’s richest man, spent £500m developing an electric car to rival Tesla’s. Then he scrapped it before the first prototype took to the road. He tells John Arlidge…

bubmagMay 18, 2020

Star Wars

Where to buy reusable face masks for the whole family

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers.If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Etsy is still stocking thousands of handmade face masks. Image: pexels By Joseph GreenMashable Shopping2020-05-18 11:45:17 UTC TL;DR: Etsy is still stocking thousands of…

bubmagMay 18, 2020

Skateboard

New Balance’s 327 Appears in Trifecta of Revived Colorways

New Balance‘s archive-inspired 327 silhouette has appeared in a number of colorways, from Pride Month iterations to the well-received collaborative pairs by Casablanca, and now it appears in a trifecta of new offerings. Unlike previous pairs that have sported a split colorway design, these new looks completely encompass the sneaker’s…

bubmagMay 18, 2020

Xi Jinping

China says it will back probe into virus origin, but not yet

As the number of coronavirus infections reported worldwide nears the 5 million mark, China has eased its resistance to mounting calls for an investigation into the origin of the pathogen. But the Chinese leader made it clear Monday that Beijing believes the time for such questions hasn't come yet.China reported…

bubmagMay 18, 2020

Self-driving Vehicles

Nvidia’s A100 GPU coming to a cloud near you, DARPA details AI war games, Intel wants to help scan your brain

Roundup The world of artificial intelligence keeps on turning: here's a summary of what's been going down. Nvidia A100 in the cloud: Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference (GTC) was particularly eventful this year as CEO Jensen Huang unveiled Ampere, the architecture powering its next-gen hardware, while speaking from his kitchen at…

bubmagMay 18, 2020

Palantir

Privacy advocates demand clarity over Covid-19 datastore

Government and NHS face questions about the involvement of private technology companies with coronavirus datastore By Sebastian Klovig Skelton , Reporter Published: 18 May 2020 16:32 Privacy campaigners are demanding more information from health secretary Matt Hancock about how the NHS Covid-19 datastore will be used, citing the involvement of…

bubmagMay 18, 2020

12 Unusual Marriages Involving Non-Human Partners

China’s Xi says supports WHO probe when COVID-19 controlled

Read an Unpublished Conversation with the Radical Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

France going ahead with ‘Apple tax’ whether or not other countries agree terms

Dyson electric car revealed, plus more tech news you need to know

Where to buy reusable face masks for the whole family

New Balance’s 327 Appears in Trifecta of Revived Colorways

China says it will back probe into virus origin, but not yet

Nvidia’s A100 GPU coming to a cloud near you, DARPA details AI war games, Intel wants to help scan your brain

Privacy advocates demand clarity over Covid-19 datastore

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