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NASDAQ

The odd reality of today’s stock market

As the COVID-19 death toll in the United States continues to climb, American stocks are, in a grim divergence, recovering lost ground. It isn’t clear precisely why locally-listed equities have risen in recent weeks, let alone today, but let’s go over the day’s results so that we’re all on the…

bubmagApril 14, 2020

Pikachu

Please enjoy these adorable Pikachu-themed wireless earbuds from Razer

Hnnnnnng. Image: Razer By Alex Perry2020-04-14 20:51:14 UTC Listen, things are pretty bleak right now. We have to hold onto anything that's warm and cuddly as hard as we can. Behold: Pikachu-skinned wireless earbuds with a Pokéball charging case. Razer announced the Pikachu Special Edition of its Hammerhead True Wireless…

bubmagApril 14, 2020

Joe Biden

Former aide accuses Biden of sexual assault, campaign denies it

(Reuters) - A former aide to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has in several media interviews accused him of sexually assaulting her nearly 30 years ago when he was a U.S. senator, an assertion that Biden’s campaign has strongly denied. FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice…

bubmagApril 14, 2020

Virtual Reality

Ridiculously Detailed Apollo 15 Simulator Could Help Us Return to the Moon

A SPICE simulation of Apollo 15's Command and Service Module in orbit around the Moon in 1971. Image: ESAScientists at the European Space Agency are using a powerful new simulator to relive the Apollo 15 mission in excruciating detail. By revisiting this and other missions, the researchers are seeing old…

bubmagApril 14, 2020

Feudalism

Could the Pandemic Wind Up Fixing What’s Broken About Work in America?

Crises like pandemics, economic collapses and world wars have, at times throughout history, ended up reordering societies — shrinking the gap between the rich and the poor, or empowering the working class. The Black Death helped end feudalism. The Great Depression helped lead to the New Deal. Never has extreme…

bubmagApril 14, 2020

Propaganda

Washington state sues Facebook a second time over political ads

Image: Shutterstock “FACEBOOK already paid $238,000 in 2018 to resolve a previous dispute over political advertising in Washington state.” The attorney general for Washington state filed a second lawsuit against Facebook on Tuesday, over political ads in the 2020 presidential election season. The lawsuit says Facebook once again has failed…

bubmagApril 14, 2020

Neymar

Barcelona legend Xavi backs pursuit of Inter star Martinez and tips Neymar for Nou Camp return

Barcelona legend Xavi backs pursuit of Inter Milan star Lautaro Martinez and tips 'top five in the world' Neymar for Nou Camp returnThe Barcelona legend has backed his former club's pursuit of the two strikers He said they were right to be interested in the £97million rated Lautaro Martinez The Al Sadd…

bubmagApril 14, 2020

Mass Tourism

Tekapo: The New Zealand treasure without tourists

While we're all isolating, we want to keep showing you our great country. Stuff Travel's Back Your Backyard project offers Kiwis a chance to see their country from the safety of home, and hopes to give you some ideas once we're allowed to travel again. Join us as we showcase the best…

bubmagApril 14, 2020

Moravec‘s Paradox

Biotechnology — Benefits and Risks at a Glance

Biotechnology is a branch of science that merges biological concepts with technology for better use and advancements in the field of science, technology, and humanity. Here is biotechnology — the benefits and the risks at a glance. Biotechnology deploys a range of technologies that use living organisms or a part…

bubmagApril 14, 2020

Spanish Flu

Predicting the peak: We may have summited but we face a long and arduous hike down

The second and most lethal wave of the 1918 Spanish flu swept through towns and cities in weeks. It peaked fast and uncontrolled and was devastating. The American historian John M Barry, whose 2004 account of the 1918 pandemic is one of the best and most detailed, was asked last…

bubmagApril 14, 2020

The odd reality of today’s stock market

Please enjoy these adorable Pikachu-themed wireless earbuds from Razer

Former aide accuses Biden of sexual assault, campaign denies it

Ridiculously Detailed Apollo 15 Simulator Could Help Us Return to the Moon

Could the Pandemic Wind Up Fixing What’s Broken About Work in America?

Washington state sues Facebook a second time over political ads

Barcelona legend Xavi backs pursuit of Inter star Martinez and tips Neymar for Nou Camp return

Tekapo: The New Zealand treasure without tourists

Biotechnology — Benefits and Risks at a Glance

Predicting the peak: We may have summited but we face a long and arduous hike down

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