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Hrant Dink

Waiting for justice

WASHINGTONCongress officially acknowledged last week that the Ottoman Empires 1915 slaughter of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians, and the forced deportation of nearly half a million others, constituted genocide. Turkey protested, with a spokesman for Presi…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

VR

HaptX grabs $12 million to build a glove crammed with sensors

A company building a very high-tech glove has just gotten its hands on some new money. HaptX is building a sensor-packed glove for VR and robotics applications that simulates haptic and resistance feedback for enterprise users. The Seattle startup has raise…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Star Wars

Don’t pirate the newest Star Wars film, unless you like malware

Patience is a virtue. And when it comes to watching Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, it also just might save your computer from some nasty malware. As excited fans champed at the bit ahead of the Dec. 19 release of the latest Star Wars film, some overeager…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Climate Change

Shark skin may get corroded by the acidifying oceans

When shark scientists handle sharks, they often come away with "shark burn." "It will give you an abrasion," said Brendan Talwar, a research associate at the Cape Eleuthera Institute who studies sharks. "It's like sandpaper." That's because shark skin is c…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Obamacare

3 Legal Experts on What the Obamacare Ruling Really Means

Adding the time it will take for Judge OConnor to draft a fresh decision, his ruling might not emerge for nearly a year, several legal observers say. Then the appeal process would begin anew. Mr. Adler considers the ruling a punt, saying it has no practica…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Brexit

Exclusive: The Brits who won’t Brexit

(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a thumping election victory last week on a campaign to “get Brexit done,” but not before some wealthy donors to his Conservative Party quietly took steps to stay inside the European Union. Cyprus governme…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Virtual Reality

Daily Crunch: Facebook acquires a cloud gaming startup

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Facebook acquires Madrid-based cloud gaming startup PlayGiga Fa…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Obamacare

Trump Is Hiding Behind Judges to Destroy Obamacare

The case turns on the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. There, after Congress decided it could not repeal the A.C.A., it did get rid of the penalty that had been associated with the failure to comply with the laws insurance-purchase requirement. A group of Republic…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Belt and Road

Surveillance in China: Implications for Americans

To the Editor: Re Chinas Blueprint for a Digital Totalitarian State (front page, Dec. 18): Your reporting on the acceleration of the Chinese surveillance model should set off alarm bells in Washington. The implications are far-reaching, not simply for the i…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Jerusalem Controversy

UK’s Prince Charles to visit the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel

Prince Charles is scheduled to visit the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel for the first time in January, Clarence House announced in a statement yesterday. On behalf of the British government, the Prince of Wales will meet Palestinian President Ma…

bubmagDecember 19, 2019

Waiting for justice

HaptX grabs $12 million to build a glove crammed with sensors

Don’t pirate the newest Star Wars film, unless you like malware

Shark skin may get corroded by the acidifying oceans

3 Legal Experts on What the Obamacare Ruling Really Means

Exclusive: The Brits who won’t Brexit

Daily Crunch: Facebook acquires a cloud gaming startup

Trump Is Hiding Behind Judges to Destroy Obamacare

Surveillance in China: Implications for Americans

UK’s Prince Charles to visit the occupied Palestinian territories, Israel

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