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Enable Seasonal Doorbell Chimes on Your Google Nest Hello

Googles Nest Hello doorbells can now ring with a little seasonal cheer, thanks to new holiday-themed doorbell chimes. There are currently four doorbell themes to pick from in the Nest app: Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years Eve, and Winter. Each of the four theme…

bubmagNovember 27, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Poll Says Majority of Americans Are Willing to Pay More to Avoid Plastic Products

A new poll shows that nearly two-thirds of Americans would be willing to pay more for products made out of environmentally sustainable materials to avoid single-use plastic products and help save the planet. The survey was conducted by PBS NewsHour and Maris…

bubmagNovember 27, 2019

Julian Assange

Julian Assange will ‘disappear for the rest of his life’ inside ‘inhumane’ US prison, UN envoy warns… if he makes it that far

Speaking at a demonstration in Berlin on Wednesday, rapporteur Nils Melzer told RT that if the judicial institutions prosecuting Assange were “doing their job according to the law,” then they would take the WikiLeaks head’s declining health into account in th…

bubmagNovember 27, 2019

Riots

Violence in Chile resurges, peso plunges to historic low

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera warned on Wednesday of the potential “irreparable harm” of a resurgence in violence that saw arson and looting attacks spike nationwide and the peso plunge to a new historic low. Pinera urged Congress …

bubmagNovember 27, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

The European Union Needs to Prepare for the Next Wave of Migrants

In 2015, at the start of the wave of migrants who hit European shores over the next few years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that migration and asylum would preoccupy Europe much, much more than the issue of Greece and the stability of the eurothe majo…

bubmagNovember 27, 2019

Bees

European blister beetle named ‘Insect of the Year 2020’

Meloe proscarabaeus, a European blister beetle, has been named "Insect of the Year 2020" for Austria, Germany and Switzerland by the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, which began proclaiming the award in 1999. The award was initiated by Holger Dathe…

bubmagNovember 27, 2019

VR

Daily Crunch: Twitter will delete dormant accounts

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Twitter will free up handles by deleting inactive accounts “As …

bubmagNovember 27, 2019

Doping in Cycling

The Outer Line: Love him or hate him, Valverde is the best male rider of the post-Armstrong era

"], "filter": { "nextExceptions": "img, blockquote, div", "nextContainsExceptions": "img, blockquote"} }'> Alejandro Valverde's involvement with the Operacion Puerto doping ring makes him a controversial figure. On paper, Valverde is pro cycling's best ma…

bubmagNovember 27, 2019

Donald Trump

The EPA Sends Half-Assed Thanksgiving Message About Food Waste

Its no secret that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Donald Trump giveszerofucks about the planet. So imagine the irony of EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging Americans to fill bellies, not landfills this Thanksgiving. Yet that is exactly …

bubmagNovember 27, 2019

Super Komachi

Evangelion Returns to Shinkalion in December

Last year, the popular kids' anime mecha anime Shinkalion dedicated an episode to a giant Neon Genesis Evangelioncrossover. The episode included appearances by voice actresses Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura, Megumi Ogata, and Junko Iwao as Rei, Asuka, Shin…

bubmagNovember 27, 2019

Enable Seasonal Doorbell Chimes on Your Google Nest Hello

Poll Says Majority of Americans Are Willing to Pay More to Avoid Plastic Products

Julian Assange will ‘disappear for the rest of his life’ inside ‘inhumane’ US prison, UN envoy warns… if he makes it that far

Violence in Chile resurges, peso plunges to historic low

The European Union Needs to Prepare for the Next Wave of Migrants

European blister beetle named ‘Insect of the Year 2020’

Daily Crunch: Twitter will delete dormant accounts

The Outer Line: Love him or hate him, Valverde is the best male rider of the post-Armstrong era

The EPA Sends Half-Assed Thanksgiving Message About Food Waste

Evangelion Returns to Shinkalion in December

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