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Greta Thunberg

New Year, new knowledge: Level up in 2020 with up to 95% off Udemy courses

TL;DR: Knowledge is power, and Udemy is offering thousands of courses on sale from $9.99 (up to 95% off) until Jan. 9. A new version of the Roaring Twenties has begun. While Prohibition, flappers, and Art Deco may be history, were in a golden age of informat…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Electric Scooter

Ather Energy Teases Its New Electric Scooter – 450X – Motoroids

Without revealing too many details, Ather Energy has teased a new electric scooter, to be called the 450X. The Bangalore-based manufacturer is calling it a “Super Scooter”, which will be built to have better performance, better connectivity and more intellige…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Brexit

Three reasons why Europe is unprepared for an Iran-related economic shock

Throughout the financial crises of the past ten years, European policy makers have been deft at devising new ways and procedures to deal with financial shocks - but reactively. Bracing for crises of the past in case they happen again is one thing. But the EU…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Self-driving Vehicles

Intel’s Mobileye demos autonomous car that navigates using cameras alone

(Reuters) Intel on Monday released a video of its Mobileye autonomous car navigating the streets of Jerusalem for about 20 minutes with the help of 12 on-board cameras and, unusually, no other sensors. The development comes as chipmakers and machine-vision s…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Hiroshima

52 Pick-Up: Trump’s Deranged Threats to Bomb the Past

On January 4th, President Trump tweeted that his military response to any Iranian military reactions to his assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani could include attacks on 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many y…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Iran Liberalism

Attacks on Iran, Past and Present

The assassination of General Qasem Soleimani On Friday, 3 January, 2020, progressives in the United States and all peace-loving people throughout the world were horrified to learn that Donald Tromp had added to his long list of crimes and imbicilities by ord…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

North Korea Nuclear Talks

Why North Korea’s state media has barely mentioned U.S. killing of Iran’s Soleimani

Between coverage of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Uns major policy speech last week, and his visit to a fertilizer factory this week, a small report by the Korean Central News Agency on Monday noted that China and Russia condemned a U.S. strike in Baghdad. The last…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Old-Age Poverty

Anatomy of a Trump rally: 67 percent of claims are false or lacking evidence

The president surpassed 15,400 false or misleading claims as of Dec. 10, according to our database tracking all of his suspect statements. But its worth drilling down on his rallies. Theyve gotten longer over time, and theyre a key part of Trumps reelection b…

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Super Komachi

Japan court finalizes man’s life sentence over shinkansen knife rampage

YOKOHAMA – An indefinite prison term sentence given to a 24-year-old man over a fatal random knife attack aboard a shinkansen in 2018 was finalized Tuesday after the ruling was not appealed. The Odawara branch of the Yokohama District Court ruled last month …

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

Electric Car

First look at Fisker Ocean, the electric SUV taking on Tesla for under $40,000

We finally got a close look at the Fisker Ocean, the electric SUV that could give Tesla some competition. The company let reporters see a prototype Monday at CES in Las Vegas. It features something called California mode, recycled materials, a solar roof, …

bubmagJanuary 7, 2020

New Year, new knowledge: Level up in 2020 with up to 95% off Udemy courses

Ather Energy Teases Its New Electric Scooter – 450X – Motoroids

Three reasons why Europe is unprepared for an Iran-related economic shock

Intel’s Mobileye demos autonomous car that navigates using cameras alone

52 Pick-Up: Trump’s Deranged Threats to Bomb the Past

Attacks on Iran, Past and Present

Why North Korea’s state media has barely mentioned U.S. killing of Iran’s Soleimani

Anatomy of a Trump rally: 67 percent of claims are false or lacking evidence

Japan court finalizes man’s life sentence over shinkansen knife rampage

First look at Fisker Ocean, the electric SUV taking on Tesla for under $40,000

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