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Machine Learning

Facebook’s latest takedown has a twist — AI-generated profile pictures

Facebookhas been regularly removing fake accounts in its fight against disinformation, but the company's latest announcement presented a twist -- artificially generated profile pictures. Facebook recently announced that it had taken down a network of account…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Electric Car

Bentley’s first electric car will arrive in 2025 at the earliest

Now that it's back in the black, Bentley is busily planning its move into the electric car segment. The company's chief executive shed light on how his team will link the past and the future. When it comes to new products, company boss Adrian Hallmark told A…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Virtual Reality

Sexual Fantasies and Virtual Reality

I recently saw a new episode on Netflix's Sci-Fi TV anthology Black Mirror, which chronicles the impact technology has on society. In one episode, users of a computer game are transported into the game where they become the players. Without spoiling the episo…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Times Square

Stock markets end final session lower but up sharply on year…

Stock markets mostly retreated Tuesday in shortened end-of-year sessions, but rose sharply overall in 2019 thanks to late surges on receding recession fears and easing China-US trade war tensions. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed down 0.6 percent fro…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

NSA

Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 3.3% year-over-year in October

S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for October ("October" is a 3 month average of August, September and October prices). This release includes prices for 20 individual cities, two composite indices (for 10 cities and 20 cities) and …

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Paris

French chef loses court case over lost Michelin star

PARIS (Reuters) - A French chef who said he contemplated suicide after the prestigious Michelin guide removed one of his restaurant’s stars on Tuesday lost a legal attempt to force the guide’s inspectors to justify their decision, a lawyer for Michelin said. …

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Chinese Economy

China’s word of the year for 2019

BEIJING, Dec. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn on China's word of the year: The result of China's annual selection of the word of the year was announced recently. "Wen," literally meaning "stable," was selected to reflect 2019. The lef…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

2020 Could See Renewed Refugee Crisis In Europe

A desperate scramble from Syrias Idlib province has begun. Pouring from the last rebel stronghold as state troops advance, the regions weary populace face a perilous journey. The road north is their only real hopebut strafed daily by machine gun fire and airc…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Scotland

Simon Starling at Franco Noero and Modern Institute

Artist: Simon Starling Venues: Franco Noero, Torino and Modern Institute, Glasgow Exhibition Title: A-A, B-B Date: October 5, 2019 January 11, 2020 Click here to view slideshow Full gallery of images, press release and link available after the jump. Im…

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Riots

Meet the Bill Gates-backed startup that pulled in $33 million in fundraising to help turn your trash into fuel

Carving through California's Noyo River Canyon under the canopy of ancient redwood forests is a heritage railway that looks like it was plucked out of the 1800s. It's one of the many trains owned by Mike Hart, who might be the only man on Earth who owns both …

bubmagDecember 31, 2019

Facebook’s latest takedown has a twist — AI-generated profile pictures

Bentley’s first electric car will arrive in 2025 at the earliest

Sexual Fantasies and Virtual Reality

Stock markets end final session lower but up sharply on year…

Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 3.3% year-over-year in October

French chef loses court case over lost Michelin star

China’s word of the year for 2019

2020 Could See Renewed Refugee Crisis In Europe

Simon Starling at Franco Noero and Modern Institute

Meet the Bill Gates-backed startup that pulled in $33 million in fundraising to help turn your trash into fuel

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