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Kim Kardashian criticized by leading Armenian-American advocacy group for making SKIMS in Turkey

She's half Armenian and has publicly called on the US government to recognize the Armenian Genocide that took place in what is now Turkey during and after the First World War. So it's no surprise that Kim Kardashian's decision to have some of her SKIMS produ…

bubmagSeptember 27, 2019

Big Data

Big Data Makes Custom Decals More Useful Marketing Tools

There are many ways that big data is being utilized in marketing. We have talked extensively about the use of big data in digital marketing, but it can very useful in traditional marketing strategies as well. One study from Forbes found that 55% of companies…

bubmagSeptember 27, 2019

New York City

11,168 Children Tested Positive for Lead. The City Didn’t Respond.

As many as 2,521 children who lived in private buildings that were not inspected tested positive for lead after other children in the same building tested positive, the report said. About 500 buildings housed three or more children with elevated blood level…

bubmagSeptember 27, 2019

Refugees

Trump Administration Drastically Cuts Number Of Refugees Allowed To Enter The U.S.

President Trump on Thursday ordered that the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the U.S. in the coming year be cut to 18,000, down from the administration's previous refugee ceiling of 30,000. Evan Vucci/AP Updated 8:38 p.m. ET President Trump has o…

bubmagSeptember 27, 2019

Virtual Reality

Ways of Seeing

Mika Johnson (above); a participant during Johnsons VR experiment Abhinav Saha In the late 19th century, when the film industry was in its nascent stages, the grammar of the medium was not much more than a replica of its precursor theatre. At the turn of the…

bubmagSeptember 27, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Q&A: One year on, Khashoggi’s fiancee still seeking answers

NEW YORK (AP) Nearly a year ago, a team of 15 Saudi government agents was sent to Istanbul, where it killed Saudi columnist and critic Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom’s consulate. Khashoggi’s body was never found. The Oct. 2 killing and attempts to cover …

bubmagSeptember 27, 2019

Plastic Pollution

CHINA is the world leader in plastic waste, carbon dioxide emissions, and heavy metals pollution, yet somehow emotionally wrecked Leftists blame America for everything

bubmagSeptember 27, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Amazon Alexa users can delete recordings automatically after privacy concerns

Users of Amazon's Alexa digital assistant can now request that recordings of their voice commands delete automatically. Amazon says it saves such commands to improve the service. But the practice has raised concerns with privacy experts who say the recordin…

bubmagSeptember 27, 2019

Water Pollution

Trump administration blames homeless for water woes in California

The Trump administration picked another fight with California Thursday, accusing the liberal state of being lax on water pollution and linking the problem in part to feces from homeless people. "Based on data and reports, the EPA is concerned that California…

bubmagSeptember 27, 2019

Elon Musk

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows off Starship’s 3 Raptor engines in best photos yet – Teslarati

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to publish yet more photos of the companys Starship Mk1 rocket prototype, this time posting what are by far the best official photos of Raptor engines yet taken. This marks the first time that a SpaceX prototype of a…

bubmagSeptember 27, 2019

Kim Kardashian criticized by leading Armenian-American advocacy group for making SKIMS in Turkey

Big Data Makes Custom Decals More Useful Marketing Tools

11,168 Children Tested Positive for Lead. The City Didn’t Respond.

Trump Administration Drastically Cuts Number Of Refugees Allowed To Enter The U.S.

Ways of Seeing

Q&A: One year on, Khashoggi’s fiancee still seeking answers

CHINA is the world leader in plastic waste, carbon dioxide emissions, and heavy metals pollution, yet somehow emotionally wrecked Leftists blame America for everything

Amazon Alexa users can delete recordings automatically after privacy concerns

Trump administration blames homeless for water woes in California

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows off Starship’s 3 Raptor engines in best photos yet – Teslarati

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