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New York City

Secret Service Agent Fatally Shoots ‘Aggressive’ Dog in NYC

(NEW YORK) — Police are investigating after a dog was shot and killed by an off-duty Secret Service agent in New York City, authorities said Tuesday. The shooting happened shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn. A New…

bubmagJanuary 14, 2020

Palestine

‘Jeopardy!’ issues apology for ruling that the Church of the Nativity is located in Israel — and not Palestine

"Jeopardy!" has issued an apology for initially ruling that the historic Church of the Nativity is in Israel and not Palestine. During last week's broadcast, "Jeopardy!" posed a question of where is the Church of the Nativity located. One of the contestants…

bubmagJanuary 14, 2020

Climate Change

Jane Fonda explains why she’s willing to get arrested in the fight against climate change

For the past four months, the fight against climate change has gotten a boost from an unexpected source: Jane Fonda. Since October, the 82-year-old actress and political activist has organized weekly protests outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, to prot…

bubmagJanuary 14, 2020

Blockchain

6 Tech Trends that Will Dominate the New Decade

Peak venture capital funding for tech startups may be slowing down, but that doesnt mean the end is nigh. Technological innovation will continue to drive the global economy into the next decade. While big data moved to the forefront of tech in the past ten y…

bubmagJanuary 14, 2020

Google

Google to ‘phase out’ third-party cookies in Chrome, but not for two years

The browser battles are about privacy more than marketshare Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google will join Safari and Firefox in blocking third-party cookies in its Chrome web browser. However, unlike those browsers (which have already started blo…

bubmagJanuary 14, 2020

Belt and Road

The Chinese Conquest of the World

China has spent more than 25 billion dollars on its Belt and Road Initiative. This initiative is designed to create the infrastructure to secure China’s trade routes and energy supplies. It is also being used to increase China's influence in the rest of the world. Many western governments see China's…

bubmagJanuary 14, 2020

NSA

Microsoft is patching a major Windows 10 flaw discovered by the NSA

The IT world is waiting on pins and needles today for a high-profile Microsoft Windows 10 security patch, and now we know why. The US National Security Agency (NSA) discovered a serious flaw in Windows 10 that could expose users to surveillance or serious dat…

bubmagJanuary 14, 2020

NSA

Microsoft is patching a major Windows 10 flaw discovered by the NSA

In the past, the NSA might have kept the security hole to itself, using it to spy on adversaries. The best examples of that are WannaCry and EternalBlue, Windows 10 vulnerabilities discovered and exploited by the NSA for years. The agency developed hacking to…

bubmagJanuary 14, 2020

Hiroshima

Rarely-seen photos show how 200,000 Allied troops crossing the Rhine

Waged across every inhabited continent, the Second World War was the most costly conflict in history, claiming the lives of around 57 million people. It brought the previously unimaginable horrors of the Holocaust, nuclear weapons and the mass bombing of civ…

bubmagJanuary 14, 2020

Plastic Pollution

Baltimore to say bye to plastic bags at checkout, starting early next year

Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young signed a bill Monday that bans retailers' use of plastic bags, saying he was proud Baltimore is "leading the way in creating cleaner neighborhoods and waterways." The law will prohibit grocers and other retailers from giving out…

bubmagJanuary 14, 2020

Secret Service Agent Fatally Shoots ‘Aggressive’ Dog in NYC

‘Jeopardy!’ issues apology for ruling that the Church of the Nativity is located in Israel — and not Palestine

Jane Fonda explains why she’s willing to get arrested in the fight against climate change

6 Tech Trends that Will Dominate the New Decade

Google to ‘phase out’ third-party cookies in Chrome, but not for two years

The Chinese Conquest of the World

Microsoft is patching a major Windows 10 flaw discovered by the NSA

Microsoft is patching a major Windows 10 flaw discovered by the NSA

Rarely-seen photos show how 200,000 Allied troops crossing the Rhine

Baltimore to say bye to plastic bags at checkout, starting early next year

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