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Christchurch

Muslims in Germany call for action against far-right groups

Hanau, Germany - Thursday's attack in the small western city of Hanau has deepened fears in Germany that minority communities are vulnerable to fascist and Islamophobic violence, and has raised questions about how much state authorities are doing to combat any threat. The killings of 10 people, mostly with immigrant…

bubmagFebruary 21, 2020

1619 Slavery

NY Times Goes All In on Flawed 1619 Project

Since the New York Times introduced its 1619 Project last summer, the paper has touched off a series of debates about the role of slavery in American history. Although the exchanges that followed haven’t revealed much about our nation’s past, they have told us a lot about state of modern…

bubmagFebruary 21, 2020

Feudalism

Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid, and Me

For decades, I have been talking about the importance of individual privacy. For almost as long, I have been using the metaphor of digital feudalism to describe how large companies have become central control points for our data. And for maybe half a decade, I have been talking about the…

bubmagFebruary 21, 2020

Feudalism

Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid, and Me

For decades, I have been talking about the importance of individual privacy. For almost as long, I have been using the metaphor of digital feudalism to describe how large companies have become central control points for our data. And for maybe half a decade, I have been talking about the…

bubmagFebruary 21, 2020

Auschwitz-Birkenau

Hungarian State Secretary Zoltán Kovács Responds to Tablet

Hungarys recent update of its National Basic Curriculum, a set of guidelines and standards about what should be taught in public schools, sparked a heated public discussion here at home. But the debate remained within professional, pedagogical boundaries. Wit… Read More

bubmagFebruary 21, 2020

Mexico Border Wall

‘One Nightmare and Another Here’: Teen Not Allowed to Join Her Dad in the U.S. After Fleeing Venezuela

One of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies has separated an 18-year-old from her father after they both fled from Venezuela last summer, hoping to come to the U.S, according to multiple reports. The young woman, Branyerly, has been left in a part of Mexico the State Department deems too dangerous…

bubmagFebruary 21, 2020

Chinese Economy

Dr. Doom warns coronavirus will shock Chinese economy

The economist nicknamed Dr. Doom for his dire, but accurate, predictions says the coronavirus outbreak will rock the Chinese economy and send shockwaves to the U.S. and rest of the world.The disease, which originated in Wuhan, China, has led to the lockdown of more than 60 million people and caused scores…

bubmagFebruary 21, 2020

Big Data

Navigating Your Career in Electrical Engineering in the Big Data Era

Many careers have been heavily impacted by changes in big data. The big data revolution has had a profound effect on healthcare, marketing and many other fields. One of the fields that has been most affected by big data is electrical engineering.Tom Dietterich, a professor of the Department of Electrical…

bubmagFebruary 21, 2020

Propaganda

White House Report Is ‘Pure Propaganda’ for AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast

In 2017, big telecom lobbyists convinced Congress to eliminate broadband privacy protections that could have reined in the wireless industry’s abuse of consumer location data. Later that same year, telecom lobbyists convinced the Trump administration to not only eliminate popular net neutrality rules—but much of the FCC’s consumer protection authority.…

bubmagFebruary 21, 2020

Kashmir

‘Regional peace not possible without resolving Kashmir conflict’

Kashmir Committee Chairman Syed Fakhr Imam affirms that Kashmir and Pakistan are intertwined together Chairman Kashmir Committee Syed Fakhr Imam affirms that Kashmir and Pakistan are intertwined together. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: Kashmir Committee Chairman Syed Fakhr Imam reaffirmed that peace is not possible in the region without resolving Kashmir dispute according…

bubmagFebruary 21, 2020

Muslims in Germany call for action against far-right groups

NY Times Goes All In on Flawed 1619 Project

Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid, and Me

Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid, and Me

Hungarian State Secretary Zoltán Kovács Responds to Tablet

‘One Nightmare and Another Here’: Teen Not Allowed to Join Her Dad in the U.S. After Fleeing Venezuela

Dr. Doom warns coronavirus will shock Chinese economy

Navigating Your Career in Electrical Engineering in the Big Data Era

White House Report Is ‘Pure Propaganda’ for AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast

‘Regional peace not possible without resolving Kashmir conflict’

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