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Boneworks review: An absolute VR mess—yet somehow momentous

Half-Life, they keep saying. But maybe Boneworks shouldn't have leaned so freaking heavily into the obvious visual similarities, considering how this week's new VR game doesn't quite hold up compared to its Valve inspirations. Still, it's a remarkable VR achi…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Exoskeleton

Ripley’s power loader from ‘Aliens’ is now real

The Guardian XO is a fully working powered exosuit that enables the wearer to lift and move heavy loads. Developed by Sarcos Robotics, the impressive device, which has been designed primarily with military and industrial applications in mind, takes all the s…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Alibaba

Jeff Bezos Named Businessperson Of The Decade: Global CFOs Survey

A majority of financial executives worldwide said that they consider Amazon.com, Inc.s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos as the top businessperson of the decade, according to CNBC. CNBCs latest Global CFO Council survey named Amazons founder, CEO, and president, Jef…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

CCTV

Authorities stop short of dubbing US kosher deli attack anti-Semitic

US authorities held back Wednesday from characterizing a firefight that left six people including two suspects dead in a New York suburb as motivated by anti-Semitism, as the local mayor confirmed the assailants targeted a kosher grocery store. On Tuesday tw…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Water Pollution

ASI starts work on cleaning insect faeces deposited on Taj Mahal

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has started work on cleaning the insect faeces deposited on some sections of the iconic Taj Mahal, officials have said. The problem was first detected on the northern arch and marble pedestal wall of the monuments mai…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Water Pollution

ASI starts work on cleaning insect faeces deposited on Taj Mahal

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has started work on cleaning the insect faeces deposited on some sections of the iconic Taj Mahal, officials have said. The problem was first detected on the northern arch and marble pedestal wall of the monument's mai…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Panda

Two-month-old panda cub appears to smile while napping next to her mother after being fed

Sometimes, all you want to do after a hearty meal is to have a nap - just like this baby panda. Cheng Feng, a cub born at a Chinese breeding centre, was perfectly happy about falling into a 'food coma'. The two-month-old bear looked so comfortable while sle…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

The Countries Imprisoning The Most Journalists In 2019 [Infographic]

For the fourth consecutive year, at least 250 journalists are being held in prisons around the world with authoritarian governments continuing to clamp down on critical media coverage. The Committee to Protect Journalists, an advocacy group, has released its …

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Slavery Abolition

The Tragedy of the Yale Commons

When 18-year-old Stephen A. Schwarzman, the son of a Philadelphia dry-goods store owner, entered Yale in 1965, he took his meals, like all freshmen, in the Commons, a vast, baronial dining hall in a cluster of beaux-arts colossi that the university had constr…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Slavery Abolition

The Tragedy of the Yale Commons

When 18-year-old Stephen A. Schwarzman, the son of a Philadelphia dry-goods store owner, entered Yale in 1965, he took his meals, like all freshmen, in the Commons, a vast, baronial dining hall in a cluster of beaux-arts colossi that the university had constr…

bubmagDecember 12, 2019

Boneworks review: An absolute VR mess—yet somehow momentous

Ripley’s power loader from ‘Aliens’ is now real

Jeff Bezos Named Businessperson Of The Decade: Global CFOs Survey

Authorities stop short of dubbing US kosher deli attack anti-Semitic

ASI starts work on cleaning insect faeces deposited on Taj Mahal

ASI starts work on cleaning insect faeces deposited on Taj Mahal

Two-month-old panda cub appears to smile while napping next to her mother after being fed

The Countries Imprisoning The Most Journalists In 2019 [Infographic]

The Tragedy of the Yale Commons

The Tragedy of the Yale Commons

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