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Brexit

Reddit links UK-US trade talk leak to Russian influence campaign

Reddit has linked account activity involving the leak and amplification of sensitive UK-US trade talks on its platform during the ongoing UK election campaign to a suspected Russian political influence operation. Or, to put it more plainly, the social networ…

bubmagDecember 7, 2019

Virtual Reality

Facebook sells off Oculus Medium to Adobe

Facebook is selling Oculus Medium — a 3D virtual reality sculpting tool for creatives — to Adobe. The team was an expensive effort for Oculus and its sale signifies a broader rethinking within Facebook in what virtual reality projects they tackle in-house. I…

bubmagDecember 7, 2019

Hiroshima

Explained: What triggered the Pearl Harbour attack?

Written by Mehr Gill | New Delhi | Updated: December 7, 2019 4:03:00 pm At about 7:55 am on December 7, 1941, about 180 aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the US Naval base at Pearl Harbour on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. (Wikimedia Common…

bubmagDecember 7, 2019

Global Warming

Climate change: Oceans running out of oxygen as temperatures rise

Image copyrightIUCN Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish. That's the conclusion of the biggest study of its kind, undertaken by conservation group IUCN. While nutrient run-off ha…

bubmagDecember 7, 2019

Christianity

As Candidates Jostle for Position, a Long Race May Become a Marathon

Mr. Buttigieg emerged atop the field in the survey, but he is now under attack on multiple fronts. Ms. Warren is assailing him for not being more transparent about his donors, Mr. Sanders is targeting him for not offering a more expansive free college propos…

bubmagDecember 7, 2019

Times Square

Hundreds Will Spend the Night in Sleeping Bags on Times Square

Pete Hart, a rough sleeper who hawked The Big Issue, a magazine meant to give homeless people a way to make money without panhandling, was a fixture in front of the shop. He came into the cafe and he sort of plucked up the courage and he asked us if…

bubmagDecember 7, 2019

Scotland

Election explainer: What are ‘marginal seats’ and why the big fight to win them?

IF YOURE PLANNING on staying up next Thursday night and into Friday morning to follow the results of the UK election, expect to hear the word marginal used a lot. Youll hear several variations on it: marginal seat, marginal constituency and even the perennia…

bubmagDecember 7, 2019

Palestine

24 people have been killed by terrorists who went through government ‘deradicalization’ programs, showing why these efforts are crucially flawed

The London Bridge terror attack has raised fresh questions over the controversial practice of government agencies trying to deradicalize terrorists. Deradicalization programs are used by authorities the world over. In Germany there's Exit for neo-Nazis, or H…

bubmagDecember 7, 2019

Air Pollution

5 corrupt reasons why people deny the climate crisis

The fossil fuel industry, political lobbyists, media moguls, and individuals have spent the past 30 years sowing doubt about the reality of climate change where none exists. The latest estimate is that the worlds five largest publicly-owned oil and gas compan…

bubmagDecember 7, 2019

Recycling

We Must Understand Buildings as Intermediate Deposits of Raw Materials

Wattenmeerzentrum in Ribe (DK). Architektur: Dorte Mandrup, Kopenhagen | Vadehavscentret in Ribe (DK). Architecture: Dorte Mandrup, Copenhagen. Image © Jakob Schoof Increasing urbanization, excessive waste production, excessive consumption of material goods,…

bubmagDecember 7, 2019

Reddit links UK-US trade talk leak to Russian influence campaign

Facebook sells off Oculus Medium to Adobe

Explained: What triggered the Pearl Harbour attack?

Climate change: Oceans running out of oxygen as temperatures rise

As Candidates Jostle for Position, a Long Race May Become a Marathon

Hundreds Will Spend the Night in Sleeping Bags on Times Square

Election explainer: What are ‘marginal seats’ and why the big fight to win them?

24 people have been killed by terrorists who went through government ‘deradicalization’ programs, showing why these efforts are crucially flawed

5 corrupt reasons why people deny the climate crisis

We Must Understand Buildings as Intermediate Deposits of Raw Materials

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