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Climate Change

Climate change solutions come to CES not a moment too soon – CNET

Rocean hopes its product will encourage people to drink tap water rather than buy water in plastic bottles shipped from around the world. Angela Lang/CNET This story is part of CES 2020, our complete coverage of the showroom floor and the hottest new tech g…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg responds to Meat Loaf’s claim she’s ‘brainwashed’ on climate change

Greta Thunberg cited the "scientific facts" in response to Meat Loaf's comments that she's been "brainwashed" about climate change. On Jan. 1, the singer told the U.K.'s Daily Mail that he doesn't believe in the environmental dangers decried by the 17-year-o…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Palestine

US and Iran must protect cultural sites, says UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has said that both the United States and Iran must observe conventions obliging states to protect cultural sites after US President Donald Trump threatened to target Iran's cultural…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Virtual Reality

Hitching a ride in Audi’s AI:Me, the autonomous city car of the future

“We can design everything inside the car differently if the driver becomes a passenger,” explained Immo Redeker, one of Audi’s interior designers, as the autonomous AI:Me concept carefully parked itself under an awning on the sidelines of CES 2020. The techn…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Hooliganism

Violence has no space in democracy, says Naveen Patnaik

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and several Left parties and civil society organisations in Odisha on Monday condemned the Sunday attack on JNU students and teachers. . Shocked to know about the violent #JNUattack. Violence has no space in democracy and…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Fortnite

Watch SpaceX Launch Its Next Huge Batch of Starlink Satellites

The upshot is reduced latency, because signals between a customers terminal and a satellite only have to travel a few hundred miles rather than several thousand. Coupled with improvements in download speedsboth OneWeb and SpaceX are expected to provide around…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

VR

Audi concept car is an autonomous escape complete with VR headsets

Audi's newest concept car looks like your average, well, Audi sedan. But after an inside look, you'll realize it's not your average luxury vehicle. First, you'll see there's no steering wheel or foot pedals in the fully autonomous Audi AI:ME. Then you'll not…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

AR-15

Donald Trump Jr. Trolls Hillary With AR-15 Photo and ‘Lock Her Up’ Magazine on Instagram

Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest, but Donald Trump Jr. was busy trolling Hillary Clinton. In the process, he triggered plenty of gun haters. He posted a photo on Instagram of himself holding one of America’s favorite rifles, the much-hated AR-15. Howev…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Self-driving Vehicles

Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon Drive Pilot and Car-to-Cloud platforms

Following Qualcomms promise last December of a major and unexpected automotive announcement at CES, the company today revealed several major vehicular initiatives: the new Snapdragon Drive Pilot autonomous driving platform, a Car-to-Cloud services platform, a…

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Blockchain

Square Enix eyes potential of XR, blockchain, and cloud gaming in 2020

A New Year’s letter from Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda outlines the trends the company expects to play a part in 2020, noting some particular developments it is keeping a watchful eye in the new year. In that letter, he notes that 2020 is particularly …

bubmagJanuary 6, 2020

Climate change solutions come to CES not a moment too soon – CNET

Greta Thunberg responds to Meat Loaf’s claim she’s ‘brainwashed’ on climate change

US and Iran must protect cultural sites, says UNESCO

Hitching a ride in Audi’s AI:Me, the autonomous city car of the future

Violence has no space in democracy, says Naveen Patnaik

Watch SpaceX Launch Its Next Huge Batch of Starlink Satellites

Audi concept car is an autonomous escape complete with VR headsets

Donald Trump Jr. Trolls Hillary With AR-15 Photo and ‘Lock Her Up’ Magazine on Instagram

Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon Drive Pilot and Car-to-Cloud platforms

Square Enix eyes potential of XR, blockchain, and cloud gaming in 2020

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