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Drones

In the age of drones, these architects say it’s time to ditch scaffolding

bubmagDecember 13, 2019

Julian Assange

‘Bleak’ Times for Assange: I Don’t Think There’s Secret Liberal Hiding in Johnson – Craig Murray

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in court on Friday via video link, as part of the ongoing extradition case. But with the UK general election result, comes a shift in the tide. There's a new power to the government, as the UK votes overwhelmingly in …

bubmagDecember 13, 2019

Google

Google Podcasts gets a much-needed personalized recommendations tab

The app is a year-and-a-half old, and as we've said before, it's pretty but basic. It is slowly improving -- it added Cast support and made it possible to search for individual episodes. But progress has been very slow. Android Police spotted the recommendat…

bubmagDecember 13, 2019

China's Strategy

China’s Grindr Strategy

Grindr isnt the sort of company most people associate with national security. The dating app, which caters mainly to gay men, cheerfully tweets messages like happy thanksgiving! lets hope the turkey isnt the only thing getting stuffed today . But earlier this…

bubmagDecember 13, 2019

Palestine

In face of U.S. opposition, U.N. renews agency helping Palestinian refugees

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly renewed the mandate for a U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees for another three years amid misconduct allegations and a cash shortfall triggered by a halt in U.S. …

bubmagDecember 13, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Cancel Sophia and Her Humanoid Robot Brethren

Heres why robots should be canceled. Follow Jezebels Cancel Tournament to see what ultimately gets canceled. Words like artificial intelligence and robots tend to get everyone very upset. They conjure images of villainous robot overlords, a full-on Matrix si…

bubmagDecember 13, 2019

Hrant Dink

Senate passes Armenian genocide resolution

WASHINGTONCongress formally acknowledged for the first time that Turkeys 1915 slaughter of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians, many of them Christians, constituted genocide. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the nonbinding resolution on Thursday shortly afte…

bubmagDecember 13, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Conte buys Italy’s government more time over eurozone bailout fund

Italy’s prime minister Giuseppe Conte claimed victory on Friday (13 December), after changing the wording of the Euro summit’s conclusion postponing a final agreement on the reform of the eurozone bailout fund. During the euro summit discussion, Italys Prime…

bubmagDecember 13, 2019

Chinese Economy

Nio rallies after trade deal struck

Nio (NIO+4.6%) breaks higher after China and the U.S. announce a trade deal has been struck (although details were limited). The optimism could be tied closer to what the trade war cooling will mean for the Chinese economy. Earlier this week, Nio received g…

bubmagDecember 13, 2019

Xi Jinping

Trump Today: Trump announces phase-one China trade deal and scraps Dec. 15 tariffs

President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials meet with China's President Xi Jinping and Chinese officials at the end of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on December 01, 2018. President Donald Trump announced a phase-one trade deal with China on Fr…

bubmagDecember 13, 2019

In the age of drones, these architects say it’s time to ditch scaffolding

‘Bleak’ Times for Assange: I Don’t Think There’s Secret Liberal Hiding in Johnson – Craig Murray

Google Podcasts gets a much-needed personalized recommendations tab

China’s Grindr Strategy

In face of U.S. opposition, U.N. renews agency helping Palestinian refugees

Cancel Sophia and Her Humanoid Robot Brethren

Senate passes Armenian genocide resolution

Conte buys Italy’s government more time over eurozone bailout fund

Nio rallies after trade deal struck

Trump Today: Trump announces phase-one China trade deal and scraps Dec. 15 tariffs

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