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Holocaust

Grave of top Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich dug up in Berlin

The grave of a top Nazi who helped plan the Holocaust and was assassinated by British-trained agents during World War II has been dug up in Berlin, German police said on Monday. More: The grave of Reinhard Heydrich was "dug up in the night between Wednesday…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Border Wall Wouldn’t Stop Illegal Immigration. So What Is It For?

This editorial appears in The Washington Post. - - - Before President Donald Trump took office, fencing and other barriers stood along 654 miles of the 1,900-mile border with Mexico. The administration has replaced or upgraded a tenth of that existing network…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Geely

China’s BAIC buying up Daimler stock to unseat Geely as top shareholder

BEIJING/HONG KONG/FRANKFURT Daimler's main China joint venture partner BAIC Group has set in motion a plan to double its stake to around 10% and win a board seat in the German luxury car maker, as it aims to upstage rival Geely, two sources told Reuters. Sta…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

NASDAQ

Dow Jones Today Sees UnitedHealth Up, Boeing Down; Splunk Set to Retake Buy Point – Investor’s Business Daily

Stock futures ran higher Monday as global stock markets continued to react to a preliminary U.S.-China trade deal that avoided a new round of tariffs. Goldman Sachs and UnitedHealth stock led the Dow Jones today. Software developer Splunk (SPLK) and biotech A…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Animal Protection

[Ticker] Commission asked to update animal protection laws

EU member states have asked the European Commission to develop a new strategy for the protection and welfare of animals, calling it "an issue of high importance to European citizens". The ministers recognised on Monday the need to update the current legislati…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Congressional letter asks Apple and Google about apps’ disclosure of foreign ties

In brief: Rep. Stephen Lynch, chair of a US congressional panel on national security, has written to Apple and Google asking whether apps are required to disclose overseas ties, as concerns loom around their ability to send sensitive information of US citizen…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

SpaceX

SpaceX to cap transitional year with launch, poised for big things in 2020

Enlarge/ The Falcon 9 rocket launching Monday has flown twice previously, including this July launch to the International Space Station. 0 with 0 posters participating By some measures, SpaceX has had a relatively sedate 2019. After all, the company has lau…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Exoskeleton

Honda Xcelerator to Debut Industrial Innovation Collaborations at CES 2020 Along with New Technologies Coming Soon to Market

Honda Xcelerator is collaborating with startups to develop technologies that augment human capabilities and enhance ergonomics for a manufacturing environment Demonstrations of wearable exoskeleton devices and soon-to-be commercialized technologies at Honda'…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Global Warming

Indoor carbon dioxide can make us dumber, and that will get worse with climate change

In recent years, several studies have found a link between high carbon dioxide levels indoors and cognitive decline. When were indoors, the carbon dioxide we breathe out becomes concentrated, particularly if theres a lot of people breathing and ventilation is…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Amazon’s bizarre and troubled 2019: From HQ2 to Bezos blackmail – CNET

At an anti-Amazon protest in Manhattan during Prime Day. Sarah Tew/CNET Signs this was going to be a difficult and strange year for Amazon surfaced just nine days into 2019. CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted out news that he and MacKenzie, his wife of 25 years, plan…

bubmagDecember 16, 2019

Grave of top Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich dug up in Berlin

Border Wall Wouldn’t Stop Illegal Immigration. So What Is It For?

China’s BAIC buying up Daimler stock to unseat Geely as top shareholder

Dow Jones Today Sees UnitedHealth Up, Boeing Down; Splunk Set to Retake Buy Point – Investor’s Business Daily

[Ticker] Commission asked to update animal protection laws

Congressional letter asks Apple and Google about apps’ disclosure of foreign ties

SpaceX to cap transitional year with launch, poised for big things in 2020

Honda Xcelerator to Debut Industrial Innovation Collaborations at CES 2020 Along with New Technologies Coming Soon to Market

Indoor carbon dioxide can make us dumber, and that will get worse with climate change

Amazon’s bizarre and troubled 2019: From HQ2 to Bezos blackmail – CNET

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