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Riots

Twitter in 2019: Chaos, K-Pop, and the egg that captured our hearts and minds

Twitter today released its data whats proved the most popular on the site in 2019. If youve been on Twitter regularly for the past year, most of these probably wont come as a shock. Still, its nice every once in a while to see what the social media site colle…

bubmagDecember 10, 2019

Recycling

California fines CVS pharmacy chain a record $3.6 million for failing to recycle – MarketWatch

CVS is committed to contributing to healthier, more sustainable communities and we are currently reviewing the state of Californias filing, spokesman Mike DeAngelis said. California is fining the nations largest pharmacy health care provider a record $3.6 mi…

bubmagDecember 10, 2019

Boeing 737max

Former Boeing manager says push to increase production of 737Max planes created a ‘factory in chaos’

A former Boeing manager says that he warned the company about issues at a manufacturing plant caused by a push to increase production that he believes contributed to the two deadly crashes involving the company's 737 Max line of commercial aircraft. In an in…

bubmagDecember 10, 2019

Virtual Reality

A Web Developer’s New Best Friend is the AI Waiting to be Utilized

With the emergence of disruptive technologies like AI, machine learning, virtual reality, things seem to have gone beyond a developer discussion. Jump to the mainstream where you and I hear them — they can make us numb. Here is a web developer’s new best frie…

bubmagDecember 10, 2019

Refugees

Refugees ‘at increased’ risk from extreme weather

Image copyrightIDMCImage caption Temporary camps have been hit by extreme weather in recent years Refugees and people displaced within countries because of conflict are increasingly vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather, experts say. Humanitarian a…

bubmagDecember 10, 2019

Fortnite

Google denies Epic’s request to be exempt from the Play Store’s 30% fee

There are some facts in life that are indisputable. The sky is blue. Water is wet. Epic Games can't seem to stay out of disputes over distributions of its games. This time the company has found itself in a gridlock with Google over Fortnite on the Play Store …

bubmagDecember 10, 2019

Geely

Autocar confidential: Volvo’s XC40 prophecy, Audi’s favourite E-tron and more

In this week's round-up of automotive gossip, we chat plug-ins with Nissan and hear from Audi's design boss on E-trons, Mercedes commits to Renault and friends and more. PHEV Juke nuked Despite the second-gen Renault Captur offering a plug-in hybrid, the s…

bubmagDecember 10, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Tesla On Autopilot Crashes Into Cop Car Because Driver Was Checking On Dog And It’s Not A Damn Self-Driving Car

Just in case you needed a little reminder as to whether or not you lived in a fictional 2019 where we have fully autonomous, self-driving vehicles or the actual 2019 where we have, at best, partially self-driving vehicles that require constant driver attentio…

bubmagDecember 10, 2019

Air Pollution

Air pollution — don’t dismiss proven protection

As researchers for the certifying body for personal protective equipment in the United States, we caution against misinterpretation of Wei Huangs and Lidia Morawskas contention that face masks could increase health risks from air pollution (Nature574, 2930; 2…

bubmagDecember 10, 2019

Putin

UPDATE 2-Putin says Georgian killed in Berlin was himself a killer

* Man was killed in Berlin in August * Germany expelled Russian embassy staff * Putin hints Moscow may respond in kind * He says dead man was a militant fighter (Updates with Putin quotes) By John Irish and Margaryta Chornokondratenko Dec 10 (Reuters) - …

bubmagDecember 10, 2019

Twitter in 2019: Chaos, K-Pop, and the egg that captured our hearts and minds

California fines CVS pharmacy chain a record $3.6 million for failing to recycle – MarketWatch

Former Boeing manager says push to increase production of 737Max planes created a ‘factory in chaos’

A Web Developer’s New Best Friend is the AI Waiting to be Utilized

Refugees ‘at increased’ risk from extreme weather

Google denies Epic’s request to be exempt from the Play Store’s 30% fee

Autocar confidential: Volvo’s XC40 prophecy, Audi’s favourite E-tron and more

Tesla On Autopilot Crashes Into Cop Car Because Driver Was Checking On Dog And It’s Not A Damn Self-Driving Car

Air pollution — don’t dismiss proven protection

UPDATE 2-Putin says Georgian killed in Berlin was himself a killer

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