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How to design a smart city that’s built on empowerment—not corporate surveillance

By Dan Wu and Greg Lindsaylong ReadWelcome to the city of the future, designed by Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet subsidiary.It’s a city where data and algorithms will merge imperceptibly with the physical world. Cameras lining the streets will track and collate objects and people. Heated sidewalks will recognize foot traffic…

bubmagMarch 2, 2020

Kashgar

How to design a smart city that’s built on empowerment—not corporate surveillance

By Dan Wu and Greg Lindsaylong ReadWelcome to the city of the future, designed by Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet subsidiary.It’s a city where data and algorithms will merge imperceptibly with the physical world. Cameras lining the streets will track and collate objects and people. Heated sidewalks will recognize foot traffic…

bubmagMarch 2, 2020

Kashgar

How to design a smart city that’s built on empowerment—not corporate surveillance

By Dan Wu and Greg Lindsaylong ReadWelcome to the city of the future, designed by Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet subsidiary.It’s a city where data and algorithms will merge imperceptibly with the physical world. In various plans—though some have later been rescinded—Sidewalk has described its vision for the project: Cameras lining…

bubmagMarch 2, 2020

Kashmir

Abrogation of Article 370: SC refuses to refer pleas to 7-member bench

Supreme Court said that there is no reasons to refer batch of petitions challenging validity of abrogation of provisions of Article 370 to a larger seven-judge bench. The Supreme Court of India (SC) on March 2 turned down petitions for a larger seven-judge bench to hear pleas challenging the constitutional…

bubmagMarch 2, 2020

Brexit

Brexit Trade Talks Begin as Officials Warn of Risk of Breakdown

British and European Union officials will start hashing out a future trade deal on Monday amid fears that talks could break down within weeks. As negotiations on the future U.K.-EU partnership formally open in Brussels, three people familiar with the matter privately raised concerns that red lines on both sides…

bubmagMarch 2, 2020

Brexit Negotiator

In trade talks, Britain moves away from European Union

On Monday (March 2), Britain and the European Union (EU) start negotiations on a trade deal, with the two sides having very different visions of the future. Britain left the EU on January 31 but without a detailed agreement on their future trade relationship. The two sides must conclude a…

bubmagMarch 2, 2020

Jerusalem Controversy

Searching for Amos Oz in Jerusalem

Marc Tirl/ DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy) “Jerusalem seemed quiet and thoughtful that winter,” Amos Oz writes in his final novel, Judas (2016). “From time to time, church bells rang out. A westerly breeze stirred the tops of the cypresses.” It’s a lovely image, but Jerusalem wasn’t at all quiet and thoughtful…

bubmagMarch 2, 2020

Kashmir

No need to refer petitions on abrogation of Article 370 to larger bench: SC

The five-Judge Bench had on January 23 reserved its order on this issue The Supreme Court Monday declined to refer to a larger 7-judge bench a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 on August 5 last year. A 5-judge…

bubmagMarch 2, 2020

Syria

When Its Soldiers Were Killed In Syria, Turkey’s Air Force Went to War

Key point: Just after midnight on December 3, a Turkish military convoy was rolling into a military outpost west of Saraqeb in Idlib province when at 1:13 AM deadly artillery fire came raining down from the sky.The barrage, which originated from Syrian Arab Army forces, killed eight Turkish soldiers and supporting…

bubmagMarch 2, 2020

Food Industry

Natural pesticides — The next breakthrough in the global food industry?

Opinion Chemical pesticides have been an accepted part of the global food industry for decades. Since being introduced in the 1970s by Monsanto, products containing glyphosate have helped increase and secure the global food supply through widespread use. The chemical has become so indispensable to the industry that removing it…

bubmagMarch 2, 2020

How to design a smart city that’s built on empowerment—not corporate surveillance

How to design a smart city that’s built on empowerment—not corporate surveillance

Abrogation of Article 370: SC refuses to refer pleas to 7-member bench

Brexit Trade Talks Begin as Officials Warn of Risk of Breakdown

In trade talks, Britain moves away from European Union

Searching for Amos Oz in Jerusalem

No need to refer petitions on abrogation of Article 370 to larger bench: SC

When Its Soldiers Were Killed In Syria, Turkey’s Air Force Went to War

Natural pesticides — The next breakthrough in the global food industry?

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