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Brexit

Next-gen Mini is on hold over Brexit and cost-cutting

BMW has delayed the development of its next-generation Mini as it seeks to cut costs and as uncertainty over Britain's trade relations with the European Union make long-term investment decisions harder. The German carmaker has developed three generations of …

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Colin Kaepernick

PETA claims patriotic Super Bowl ad was banned by NFL

Animals, including a bee, snake, eagle, and fish, all take a knee in PETA's animated Colin Kapernick-inspired ad created for the Super Bowl airwaves. The controversial commercial, which has voices gently humming the "Star Spangled Banner," calls for an end to "speciesism." But, the animal rights organization is reporting that…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Brexit

Brexit Complications Reportedly Delay Next Mini

By Matt Posky on January 31, 2020 BMW Group has delayed the development of a next-generation Mini Cooper, citing a need to reduce cost and comfortably navigateÂ Britainâs trade relations with the European Union after Brexit. Considering Europe has had since June of 2016 (when the referendum took place) to figure…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Venezuela

Donald Trump expands his travel ban to hit six new countries including Nigeria

Donald Trump expands his travel ban to hit six new countries with watered-down version - including Nigeria, Africa's most populous nationU.S. will suspend the issuance of visas that can lead to permanent residency for nationals of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar and Nigeria Government will also stop issuing 'diversity visas' to nationals of…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Drones

Fine-tune your spelling and grammar with this Chrome extension

Nothing is worse than firing off an important email only to realize later on that it was riddled with typos and plagued with poor sentences. This WhiteSmoke Chrome Extension ensures that you’ll never have to endure such post-send woes ever again, and a 5-year subscription is available for over 90%…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Cold War

America’s First Satellite, Explorer 1, Joined The Space Race On This Day In 1968

Explorer 1 was less than 2 meters long and weighed about 13.4 kg. The model William Hayward ... Pickering, James Van Allen, and Wernher von Braun are brandishing triumphantly in this photo is the spacecraft's full size. NASA On January 31, 1958, the first American satellite blasted into orbit. In…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Kargu

Andrew Yang Warns Against ‘Slaughterbots’ and Urges Global Ban on Autonomous Weaponry

Right. We should make policy based on a fictional movie. Right. Because our society hasn't turned George Orwell into a fucking prophet. I feel quite often storytellers are writing this kind of dystopian shit in order to desensitize the masses for when the i…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Hrant Dink

Minnesota Catholic Priest Apologizes for Saying Islam “Greatest Threat in the World”

The world is so crazy these days that if you enunciate unpopular truths, people who are supposed to be moral authorities will pressure you to retract and apologize. A Roman Catholic priest in Ilhan Omars Minnesota, the Rev. Nick VanDenBroeke, has been compell…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Brexit

These are some of the European institutions that the UK will leave behind on Brexit Day

From our ObsessionGlobal Economic DisruptionsGlobalization, automation, and inequality—oh my!After three dramatic years of will-it-or-won’t-it, the United Kingdom will officially exit the European Union today (Jan. 31).The actual day may feel a bit anticlimactic. That’s because, for most people, very little will change immediately. On Feb. 1, the UK will enter…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Drones

There’s a Reason the Super Bowl Is Being Broadcast in Fake 4K

Photo: Adam Clark Estes (Gizmodo), Kevin C. Cox (Getty Images)The Super Bowl is this Sunday, and while I will be busy calling loved ones during the game to deeply irritate them, you may actually be watching and perhaps you might be excited that the game will be streaming in 4K…

bubmagJanuary 31, 2020

Next-gen Mini is on hold over Brexit and cost-cutting

PETA claims patriotic Super Bowl ad was banned by NFL

Brexit Complications Reportedly Delay Next Mini

Donald Trump expands his travel ban to hit six new countries including Nigeria

Fine-tune your spelling and grammar with this Chrome extension

America’s First Satellite, Explorer 1, Joined The Space Race On This Day In 1968

Andrew Yang Warns Against ‘Slaughterbots’ and Urges Global Ban on Autonomous Weaponry

Minnesota Catholic Priest Apologizes for Saying Islam “Greatest Threat in the World”

These are some of the European institutions that the UK will leave behind on Brexit Day

There’s a Reason the Super Bowl Is Being Broadcast in Fake 4K

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