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Self-driving Vehicles

VW’s ID Space Vizzion electric concept car doesn’t have door handles

The Volkswagen ID Space Vizzion electric concept car can go up to 300 miles on a single charge, boasts an impressive aerodynamic build, and is made with recycled materials but don't look for something as basic as a door handle on the compact SUV-sized vehicle…

bubmagNovember 20, 2019

Super Komachi

When it comes to railway-propulsion development, these are exciting times!

From wood and coal and oil (for steam generation) to electricity, gasoline, diesel, liquefied natural gas, linear induction, magnetic levitation, vacuum tube and hydrogen propulsion (did I miss any?) the world of train-power generation has experienced it all.…

bubmagNovember 20, 2019

Climate Change

Building All the Fossil Fuel Projects Already in the Pipeline Would Wreck the Climate

Fossil fuels are the root cause of climate change. So it would stand to reason that we should rapidly wind down production of them to avert a catastrophe. Governments have promised to start doing that as part of their commitments to the Paris Agreement. Ther…

bubmagNovember 20, 2019

Super Heroes

Elizabeth Banks Sparks Controversy For Reasoning Behind ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Flop

Though people are happy to agree that Elizabeth Bankss reboot of Charlies Angels was, as she described it, a bit of a flop, some disapprove of the reason she suggested for the movies flat debut. On Monday, after the films opening weekend, Banks acknowledged …

bubmagNovember 20, 2019

NSA

Redmi K30 could have a 120Hz display, side-mounted fingerprint scanner, and Sony’s new 60MP IMX686

Facing increasing competition from brands like Realme, Xiaomi is building mid-range smartphones with flagship-tier hardware. The 48MP quad-camera Redmi K20 and the 108MP penta-camera Mi Note 10 are perfect examples of Xiaomi’s premium mid-range strategy, so w…

bubmagNovember 20, 2019

Protectionism

30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, China’s digital barriers are stronger and protectionism is making a global comeback

Published: 12:00pm, 20 Nov, 2019 Updated: 12:00pm, 20 Nov, 2019

bubmagNovember 20, 2019

Biological Warfare

Foreign-Born Researchers At US Agencies Were Secretly Working For China And Recruiting Others, Senate Report Finds

Foreign-born researchers working for U.S. agencies were secretly on China’s payroll, signing side agreements to send sensitive research to that country as part of a recruitment operation called the Thousand Talents Plan, a Senate report found.

bubmagNovember 20, 2019

NSA

So much for the #Resistance! While all eyes were on impeachment hearing, House re-authorized PATRIOT Act

A three-month reauthorization of the notorious PATRIOT Act was shoehorned into a last-minute continuing resolution (CR) funding the US government, bundling measures needed to avert yet another government shutdown with a continuation of the wildly-intrusive su…

bubmagNovember 20, 2019

Feudalism

BORDER CLOSURE: We may suffer repercussions for 10 years — Anya

…Ruga is 18th century practice, cant work now By Clifford Ndujihe & Chiebuka Ndujihe Last Monday, we ran the first part of an engaging interview with Elder Statesman and Pioneer Chairman of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG, Professor Anya O Anya…

bubmagNovember 20, 2019

Donald Trump

CNN panelist to Rick Santorum: That argument is insane

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bubmagNovember 20, 2019

VW’s ID Space Vizzion electric concept car doesn’t have door handles

When it comes to railway-propulsion development, these are exciting times!

Building All the Fossil Fuel Projects Already in the Pipeline Would Wreck the Climate

Elizabeth Banks Sparks Controversy For Reasoning Behind ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Flop

Redmi K30 could have a 120Hz display, side-mounted fingerprint scanner, and Sony’s new 60MP IMX686

30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, China’s digital barriers are stronger and protectionism is making a global comeback

Foreign-Born Researchers At US Agencies Were Secretly Working For China And Recruiting Others, Senate Report Finds

So much for the #Resistance! While all eyes were on impeachment hearing, House re-authorized PATRIOT Act

BORDER CLOSURE: We may suffer repercussions for 10 years — Anya

CNN panelist to Rick Santorum: That argument is insane

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