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Three Books Where AI Doesn’t Take Over the World, and Two Where They Kind of Do

Who doesn’t love a good robot? From classic science fiction films of the 1950s to the synthetic life in Star Trek: Picard, the latest reboot in the Star Trek franchise (which is really, really good, by the way), writers and fans alike have been fascinated by sentient machines for decades.…

bubmagMarch 12, 2020

Electric Scooter

Ride Report raises $10 million to help cities and operators manage shared bikes and scooters

Portland-based micromobility startup Ride Report just closed a $10 million round led by Unusual Ventures to better facilitate relationships between cities and operators.Ride Report works by monitoring micromobility vehicles across cities -- currently 60 worldwide -- to enable legislators to better understand the impact micromobility has on their respective cities.…

bubmagMarch 12, 2020

eSports

YC-backed Legionfarm lets competitive gamers pay to play with pro coaches

Legionfarm, a YC-backed company, is looking to bring coaches to the competitive gaming world. Esports teams at the very top often have coaches, but the rest of the massive competitive gaming scene has to find a way to improve on their own, either via sheer time played or with creative…

bubmagMarch 12, 2020

Paul Newman

14 Showstopping Facts About Liza Minnelli

When a young Liza Minnelli performed with her mother, Judy Garland, at the London Palladium in 1964, it was immediately clear that the musical theater industry had another explosive star on its hands. Before long, she was winning Tony Awards, topping music charts, and working with some of Hollywood’s greatest…

bubmagMarch 12, 2020

Bees

Social Housing for Bees Brings Buzz Back to the City

With the urban concrete jungle pushing insects out and forcing bees to travel farther and farther between green areas, we are facing decreasing insect- and, most alarmingly, bee-populations. But these projects have made a home for insects in urban areas to help get the city buzzing with insect life. Refugio…

bubmagMarch 12, 2020

Silk Road

How Being the Busiest Man in Music Made Diplo a Pop Star

With a tireless team at his side, the insatiably curious multihyphenate seems to have the key to success in the post-EDM era: diversify or die. Given the 8,700 miles and 20-hour flight between Los Angeles and Mumbai, India, it stands to reason that most folks making the trek might stay…

bubmagMarch 12, 2020

Holocaust

German intelligence agency puts part of far-right AfD under surveillance

The chief of Germanys domestic intelligence agency (BfV) has described far-right terrorism and extremism as the biggest danger facing democracy in Germany, as his agency put part of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) under formal surveillance. T… Read More

bubmagMarch 12, 2020

Super Komachi

Passengers share photos of near-empty planes amid coronavirus fears

Passengers share photos of near-empty planes as travellers around the world ditch air travel amid coronavirus fearsSocial media users have shared images of their near-empty journeys around the world, as the coronavirus continues to steer passengers away from air travelTrips to Florida, Vietnam and New York appear to have all…

bubmagMarch 12, 2020

Mexico Border Wall

New mobile surveillance towers are CBP’s most desired in high-tech border equipment

CBP budget has $28M set aside for towers in FY 2021 by: Sandra Sanchez Posted: Mar 11, 2020 / 04:04 PM GMT-0600 / Updated: Mar 11, 2020 / 04:04 PM GMT-0600 SAN ANTONIO (Border Report) — Relocatable mobile surveillance towers that can be mounted on the backs of pickups are…

bubmagMarch 12, 2020

Greenland

Polar Ice Caps Melting Six Times Faster Than in the 1990s

An iceberg melts off of Greenland. Danita Delimont / Getty Images The polar ice caps are melting six times faster than they were in the 1990s, the most comprehensive look at the data to date has found. That data, compiled and analyzed by the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Intercomparison Exercise…

bubmagMarch 12, 2020

Three Books Where AI Doesn’t Take Over the World, and Two Where They Kind of Do

Ride Report raises $10 million to help cities and operators manage shared bikes and scooters

YC-backed Legionfarm lets competitive gamers pay to play with pro coaches

14 Showstopping Facts About Liza Minnelli

Social Housing for Bees Brings Buzz Back to the City

How Being the Busiest Man in Music Made Diplo a Pop Star

German intelligence agency puts part of far-right AfD under surveillance

Passengers share photos of near-empty planes amid coronavirus fears

New mobile surveillance towers are CBP’s most desired in high-tech border equipment

Polar Ice Caps Melting Six Times Faster Than in the 1990s

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