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Recycling

Tim Cook discusses Steve Jobs, environmental efforts and privacy at Dreamforce 2019 – CNET

Apple CEO Tim Cook (left) chats with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff James Martin/CNET People want to understand what makes Apple tick. Which is part of why whenever CEO Tim Cook talks, we all tend to listen. During a fireside chat at business software company …

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Bees

I Have To Tell You Something Very Important About Honeybees

I simply must inform you of this crucial bee fact: When bees get trapped in water, they use their wings as hydrofoils to surf back to the safety of land. While bees can float, they cannot fly with wet wings, and worse, they arent strong enough to free their …

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Julian Assange

Sweden Drops Investigation Into Rape Allegation Against Julian Assange

Julian Assange has evaded more charges by running out the clock. Sweden has announced it has dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against the Wikileaks founder, arguing that too much time has elapsed since the accusation was made in 2010. In…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Refugees

Hitler house in Austria to become police station

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBethany Bell's recent visit to the house where Adolf Hitler was born The building where Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was born in Austria will be turned into a police station, officials have announced. …

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

China's Strategy

Chinese Recruitment Operation Targets U.S. Universities: Senate Report

A Chinese strategy called the Thousand Talents Plan (TPP) has recruited 7,000 researchers, including Nobel laureates, a bipartisan Senate report found. Thousand Talents Plan (TPP) has recruited thousands of academics to bring research from abroad to …

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Gundam

Ferrari Creator Produces Special Gunpla for Gundam 40th Anniversary

There have been a lot of news items that have dropped in relation to the 40th anniversary of the long running mech suit franchise that is Mobile Suit Gundam. While over the years, both the stories associated with the series as well as the mechs themselves hav…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Uber is at fault for fatal self-driving crash, but it’s not alone

The National Traffic Safety Board has made its determination into the probable cause of the fatal 2018 crash Image: ABC 15 Federal investigators split the blame for the fatal Uber self-driving crash between the ride-hailing company, the safety driver in the…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Uber’s distracted safety driver at fault for fatal self-driving car crash, investigators say – CNET

National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine Uber's self-driving vehicle involved in a fatal accident in Tempe, Arizona, in March 2018. National Transportation Safety Board Government officials said the main cause of a fatal crash involving on…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

eSports

The Game Awards reveals all nominees for 2019

We’re coming up on the annual Game Awards, and ahead of the show’s December 12th premiere, Geoff Keighley has revealed all of the nominees for 2019. As there have been in recent years, 2019’s Game Awards are packed with different categories, ranging from best…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Fortnite

Control and Death Stranding headline The Game Awards 2019 nominees

The Game Awards 2019 kick off next month on December 12th, and show creator and host Geoff Keighley has revealed this year's full list of nominees. It looks like Control and The Outer Worlds have been quite popular with a lot of people, as has Death Stranding…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Tim Cook discusses Steve Jobs, environmental efforts and privacy at Dreamforce 2019 – CNET

I Have To Tell You Something Very Important About Honeybees

Sweden Drops Investigation Into Rape Allegation Against Julian Assange

Hitler house in Austria to become police station

Chinese Recruitment Operation Targets U.S. Universities: Senate Report

Ferrari Creator Produces Special Gunpla for Gundam 40th Anniversary

Uber is at fault for fatal self-driving crash, but it’s not alone

Uber’s distracted safety driver at fault for fatal self-driving car crash, investigators say – CNET

The Game Awards reveals all nominees for 2019

Control and Death Stranding headline The Game Awards 2019 nominees

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