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Times Square

When Filming in New York, the City is Always the Star

Oneof the durable clichés of film criticism is the observation that the city is like another character in the movie. While I dont have the data to prove it, my strong suspicion is that this has been said more about New York than any other city. But its not q…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Yellow Vests

France’s 2020 budget cuts taxes in bid to placate ‘yellow vests’

Paris (AFP) - France's government unveiled a draft 2020 budget on Thursday with more than nine billion euros in tax cuts for households as it hopes to move on from on from roiling "yellow vest" protests while still cutting the deficit to within EU limits. Th…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Fortnite

Fortnite Firing Range Target Locations (Week 9 Challenge Guide)

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers.We're now in Week 9 of Fortnite Season 10, which means we're quickly nearing the end of the season. This week's set of challenges is called Bullseye, and as the name suggests, most of the tasks revolve around h…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Refugees

Trump administration slashes the U.S. refugee program for 2020: statement

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Thursday in a statement it would dramatically cut the number of refugees to be resettled in the United States in the 2020 fiscal year to 18,000, the lowest level in the history of the modern refugee progra…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Times Square

Watch Maria Usbeck’s Stereogum Session

Last month, Ecuador-born, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Maria Usbeck released her sophomore album Envejeciendo, a collection of eight lovely, aqueous synth-pop meditations on the process of aging. And today, she came by our New York office in Times Square …

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Palestine

Israel Has Canceled the FIFA Palestine Cup

The Palestinian soccer team celebrates during a FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Malaysia in June of 2015. (AP Photo / Vincent Thian) Thank you for signing up. For more from The Nation, check out our latest issue. Thank you for signing up. For more f…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Tesla V10.0 update adds Smart Summon, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and Spotify

Tesla adds streaming entertainment options (Photo: Tesla) Tesla drivers got a Thursday gift from the company a software update that lets drivers watch Netflix, YouTube or Hulu while parked and Spotify while driving. The update, version 10.0, will be rolli…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Air Pollution

Punjab sees increase in farm fires this month

There has been a spike in agricultural fires a phenomenon thats known to worsen air pollution in Punjab in September, significantly more than in the same month last year. Krunesh Garg, member-secretary, Punjab Pollution Control Board, said there were 107 fir…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Fortnite

Here’s where to find firing ranges in Fortnite

With a brand new season of Fortnite comes brand new challenges, and Season X has changed up the way players will be taking them on. For the recent Bullseye set of missions, one of the missions for this week will have you hitting targets at a variety of firing…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Tesla update lets drivers stream Spotify, Netflix, and YouTube

Everyone sing along. "Caraoke" is now an option in Tesla vehicles. On Thursday, the latest over-the-air software update, known as Version 10, started rolling out to Tesla owners. The update packs in a lot of fun features, mostly for when the car is parked or…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

When Filming in New York, the City is Always the Star

France’s 2020 budget cuts taxes in bid to placate ‘yellow vests’

Fortnite Firing Range Target Locations (Week 9 Challenge Guide)

Trump administration slashes the U.S. refugee program for 2020: statement

Watch Maria Usbeck’s Stereogum Session

Israel Has Canceled the FIFA Palestine Cup

Tesla V10.0 update adds Smart Summon, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and Spotify

Punjab sees increase in farm fires this month

Here’s where to find firing ranges in Fortnite

Tesla update lets drivers stream Spotify, Netflix, and YouTube

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