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Korean War

BTS won’t be exempt from South Korean military service, says government official

Celebrities rock out at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards. USA TODAY The members of the boy band BTS will not receive any special treatment when it comes to fulfilling their military duties, service nearly every South Korean man must perform. Government off…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Panda

Bei Bei arrives at giant panda base in China’s Sichuan

The giant panda Bei Bei has arrived in southwest Sichuan province from his birthplace of Washington, where he spent the first four years of his life. State broadcaster CCTV says Bei Bei reached the Yaan Bifengxia Base of Chinas Giant Panda Conversation and R…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Biological Warfare

Each Year, There’s a 1 in 14,000 Chance of Human Extinction

Humans are incredibly resilient, but we are not impervious to total annihilation. In fact, researchers from the University of Oxford recently determined that the probability of our entire species going extinct due to natural risks (not man-created ones!) in a…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

NASA takes a cue from Silicon Valley to hatch artificial intelligence technologies

Could the same computer algorithms that teach autonomous cars to drive safely help identify nearby asteroids or discover life in the universe? NASA scientists are trying to figure that out by partnering with pioneers in artificial intelligence (AI) - companie…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Targeted Killings

The MQM target killer who lost count of his victims

A Reuters representational image. KARACHI: An administrative judge of the anti-terrorism court (ATC) approved the physical remand on Wednesday of Yousuf alias Thelaywala associated with Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) till November 23. Yousuf is ac…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

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Arunesh Sinha

Solving Online Threat Screening Games using Constrained Action Space Reinforcement Learning Authors:Sanket Shah, Arunesh Sinha, Pradeep Varakantham, Andrew Perrault, Milind Tambe Abstract: Large-scale screening for potential threats with limi…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Protectionism

Mike Bloomberg Has “Made A Decision To Serve His Country,” A Former Bush Treasury Secretary Said In China

Mike Bloomberg, who has been moving toward a presidential run but not yet announced his formal plans, has "made a decision to serve his country," former treasury secretary Hank Paulson said at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Beijing on Thursday. "My good …

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Targeted Killings

‘MQM-L man’ held for killing 96 persons, weapons seized

KARACHI: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a suspected hitman for his alleged involvement in killings of 96 persons. The anti-street crime squad and Soldier Bazaar police arrested Yusuf alias Thelewala and seized a TT pistol, grenade and a motorbi…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

NSA

PacStar launches enterprise gateway solutions for classified networks

PacStar, a leading developer and supplier of advanced communications solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), introduced PacStar Enterprise CSfC Solutions (ECS), a suite of enterprise gateway services designed for classified networks using commerci…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

Fortnite

Fortnite ‘Save the World’ gets dungeons and more

While Fortnite's battle royale mode may be the most popular way to play Epic Games' sensation, its Save the World mode is still getting updated regularly, and has just received a new way to play.According to Epic, players can now experience dungeons in Fortni…

bubmagNovember 21, 2019

BTS won’t be exempt from South Korean military service, says government official

Bei Bei arrives at giant panda base in China’s Sichuan

Each Year, There’s a 1 in 14,000 Chance of Human Extinction

NASA takes a cue from Silicon Valley to hatch artificial intelligence technologies

The MQM target killer who lost count of his victims

Arunesh Sinha

Mike Bloomberg Has “Made A Decision To Serve His Country,” A Former Bush Treasury Secretary Said In China

‘MQM-L man’ held for killing 96 persons, weapons seized

PacStar launches enterprise gateway solutions for classified networks

Fortnite ‘Save the World’ gets dungeons and more

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