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Control and The Outer Worlds 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

Chinese Expansionism

Washington Committed to Mutual Treaty with Manila, US Defense Chief Says

The United States reiterated its commitment Tuesday to a nearly 70-year-old military pact with the Philippines, as the defense chiefs of both countries met in Manila and pledged to boost the treaty amid Beijings expansionism in the South China Sea. After mee…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

ISIS Fighters Are Gaining Strength After Trump’s Syria Pullout, U.S. Spies Say

The Defense Intelligence Agency says ISIS is resurgent inside Syria and has a greater ability to mount terrorist attacks against the West as a result of President Donald Trump’s decision to hastily withdraw American troops from the war-torn country last month…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Panda

The panda being flown on a special 777

A specially equipped Boeing 777 jet has taken off from Dulles International Airport in the US carrying a true Washington celebrity: Bei Bei, a 4-year-old giant panda. Visitors to Washington's National Zoo have watched him grow up since Day One. But now he's…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Air Pollution

MPs take pro-farmer stand during pollution debate in Lok Sabha

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Panda

Washington says goodbye to beloved giant panda Bei Bei

Washington bid one of its favorite furry friends adieu Tuesday as giant panda Bei Bei officially left the country on his journey to China. All panda cubs born at the Smithsonian National Zoo must go to China when they are 4 years old, and Bei Bei marked his …

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Water Scarcity

New ‘teflon’ toilet spray prevents poop from sticking to seats

It’s the “teflon” john! University of Pennsylvania researchers have come up with an innovative new toilet coating that prevents poop from sticking to the bowl. They hope their “teflon” turd deterrent will curb water waste in a world where billions of liters …

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Android

Now you can buy a Black Mirror-style robot that looks like you, or a loved one

In another instance of Black Mirror perilously predicting reality, you can now buy a robot that looks a whole lot like you, or your loved one, or anyone else for that matter. And for your convenience, you can have your robot delivered right to your door. What…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Google just got access to millions of medical records. Here are the pros and cons.

The program, code-named “Nightingale,” is already creating major privacy concerns. | Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images What Google plans to do with the records is unclear. This episode of Reset explores the p…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Exoskeleton

KEVIN CONROY Suits Up as KINGDOM COME BATMAN in CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS First Look

CW has released a new set of Batwoman photos that seem to confirm that Kevin Conroy will play a version of Kingdom Come's Batman in the upcoming "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover, with the image showing him clad in an exoskeleton like the one an aging Bru…

bubmagNovember 19, 2019

Control and The Outer Worlds headline The Game Awards 2019 nominees

Washington Committed to Mutual Treaty with Manila, US Defense Chief Says

ISIS Fighters Are Gaining Strength After Trump’s Syria Pullout, U.S. Spies Say

The panda being flown on a special 777

MPs take pro-farmer stand during pollution debate in Lok Sabha

Washington says goodbye to beloved giant panda Bei Bei

New ‘teflon’ toilet spray prevents poop from sticking to seats

Now you can buy a Black Mirror-style robot that looks like you, or a loved one

Google just got access to millions of medical records. Here are the pros and cons.

KEVIN CONROY Suits Up as KINGDOM COME BATMAN in CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS First Look

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