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Unwelcome Refugees

Nigerian Christian community faces peril, White House is told

When Boko Haram beheaded a pastor in northern Nigeria this year over his Christian faith, the West African terrorist group made sure to post a grisly video of the execution to sow fear and to trumpet its war on Christianity.Westerners were shocked by similar execution videos – featuring the beheadings…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Black Swan

COVID-19 Will Fuel the Next Wave of Innovation

This global pandemic will shape businesses for decades to come. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy Image credit: ipopba | Getty Images March 16, 2020 7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Palantir

Which Tech Bro Is Fleeing Coronavirus On This ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Plane?

Two handy things to know, when you’re reporting on an ultraweathy individual, is whether that person owns a private jet, and where that jet has been. So last year, when an editor assigned me to report on tech billionaire and major right-wing donor Peter Thiel, I set out to find…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Mass Tourism

Venice’s famously-polluted canals clear as tourists stay away due to COVID-19

By Euronews & AP • last updated: 16/03/2020 Like all Italians, Venetians have spent recent days in lockdown, mostly confined to their homes as Italy reels from the coronavirus pandemic.But for residents of the world-famous city — built around a network of canals — there has been a slither of a silver lining: the…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Holocaust

Amazon stops selling of most editions of Hitler’s Mein Kampf, report says

Amazon will stop selling Hitler's and other Nazi books on its site, according to a report. Johannes Simon / Stringer/ Getty Images Amazon is banning the sale of most editions of Adolph Hitler's political manifesto and other Nazi-authored books on its site, according to a report from The Guardian on…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Fortnite

Star Wars: Battlefront II Gives Out Double XP Because Of Pandemic

Screenshot: EAThe developers behind Battlefront 2 are taking up a fan suggestion on Reddit by doubling XP for players for the game for the next two weeks. They’re doing it as more and more people stay indoors to try and slow the global outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus.“We’re turning on…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Sleeping Pods

With A Few Glitches, Cloud Computing Should Cope With COVID-19

MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 16: A woman wearing a protective mask and gloves checks her phone on the ... escalators at Atocha train station as the country works to stop the spread of the coronavirus on March 16, 2020 in Madrid, Spain. The cases in Madrid are at least 3,544…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Computers in School

The Best Educational Kids Shows to Stream During School Closures

Schools across the world are closing down right now in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which means for the next few weeks at least, families will have to help fill in the gaps for children to make sure those little ones don't get too unaccustomed to learning during this unexpected…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Liam Gallagher

This Week on Consequence of Sound Radio

Zola Jesus (photo by David Brendan Hall), Miles Davis, and The Cabin in the Woods (Lionsgate) Well, looks like we’ll all be spending a lot of time inside over the next couple of weeks. Thankfully, we here at Consequence of Sound Radio on TuneIn have plenty of new interviews, playlists,…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

VR

Oculus Quest update will make it easier to multitask

In a thoughtful quality of life tweak, the redesigned menu also makes it easier to access the Quest's brightness and volume controls. As you can see from the screenshots, how much battery life the headset has left is front and center.The company is also introducing immersive overlays that allow you…

bubmagMarch 16, 2020

Nigerian Christian community faces peril, White House is told

COVID-19 Will Fuel the Next Wave of Innovation

Which Tech Bro Is Fleeing Coronavirus On This ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Plane?

Venice’s famously-polluted canals clear as tourists stay away due to COVID-19

Amazon stops selling of most editions of Hitler’s Mein Kampf, report says

Star Wars: Battlefront II Gives Out Double XP Because Of Pandemic

With A Few Glitches, Cloud Computing Should Cope With COVID-19

The Best Educational Kids Shows to Stream During School Closures

This Week on Consequence of Sound Radio

Oculus Quest update will make it easier to multitask

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