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Old-Age Poverty

We Do Not Need to Expand Social Security

Few issues better illustrate the leftward shift of American economic policy than Social Security. In the late 1990s, moderate Democrats such as Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan and John Breaux proposed fixing Social Securitys finances through a combination of…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

The battle to recognise machines as ‘inventors’ alongside humans just hit the Middle East and Asia

Artificially intelligent machines could soon join the ranks of the world's greatest inventors. There is a legal battle brewing over whether robot inventors should be granted the same recognition as human creators. That's being led by an international squad …

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Water Scarcity

Africa: Africa’s Water Sector Grapples With Funding Shortage

Water utilities and users across Africa are being forced into the innovation lane at a time when water quality infrastructure are deteriorating. Five years ago, a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) revealed that the an…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Hermit crabs are confusing plastic for shells and it’s killing them

Hermit crabs are confusing plastic for shells and it's killing them

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Little Italy

The hottest NYC neighborhoods for buyers and renters in 2020

Here are the 10 New York City neighborhoods to watch in 2020 per a StreetEasy report out Thursday. The listings site uses increases in sales prices, rents and user searches — as well as the number of new buildings — to determine which areas are poised to take…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Bubble

Buttigieg’s Version of America Is Basically a Caste System

The 1993 film Rudy offers the saccharine story of underdog Daniel Rudy Ruettiger, a mild-mannered kid from a blue collar family. Hes portrayed by a rambunctious Sean Astin, whose mop of hair you just want to tussle, and he has one dream in life: to play footb…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

NSA

Blame America, Not Russia, for the ‘Ukraine Did It’ Conspiracy Theory

In her eloquent impeachment testimony last month, Fiona Hill, a recently departed official at the National Security Council, criticized President Donald Trump and his supporters for parroting that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 elections. “This i…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Virtual Reality

How To Build A Real-Time Multiplayer Virtual Reality Game (Part 2)

In this tutorial series, we will build a web-based multiplayer virtual reality game, where players will need to collaborate to solve a puzzle. In the first part of this series, we designed the orbs featured in the game. In this part of the series, we will add…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Donald Trump

Your Thursday Briefing

Its almost something out of a Stephen King story, he said. You have this small town and a dark force that clandestinely creeps in. Its not vampires, its not supernatural, but its just as horrific. For many of the former students, he said, There was a feeling…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

Cold War

South Korean president hears reassurances from senior Chinese diplomat

SEOUL (Reuters) - A senior China diplomat offered conciliatory remarks to South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday amid efforts to repair ties strained by a U.S. anti-missile system, while leveling sharp criticism at the United States for “Cold War” thi…

bubmagDecember 5, 2019

We Do Not Need to Expand Social Security

The battle to recognise machines as ‘inventors’ alongside humans just hit the Middle East and Asia

Africa: Africa’s Water Sector Grapples With Funding Shortage

Hermit crabs are confusing plastic for shells and it’s killing them

The hottest NYC neighborhoods for buyers and renters in 2020

Buttigieg’s Version of America Is Basically a Caste System

Blame America, Not Russia, for the ‘Ukraine Did It’ Conspiracy Theory

How To Build A Real-Time Multiplayer Virtual Reality Game (Part 2)

Your Thursday Briefing

South Korean president hears reassurances from senior Chinese diplomat

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