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Electric Car

Govt’s ambitious electric car move falls way short of target

MUMBAI: State-owned Energy Efficiency Services Limited’s (EESL) move to electrify government employees’ car fleet has fallen short of its ambitions with the company set to close its tender for 10,000 electric cars at the end of March 2020 with an expected pro…

bubmagNovember 12, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

I drove a $47,000 Jaguar XE to find out if this British sports sedan could take on BMW, Audi, Mercedes, and Alfa Romeo

bubmagNovember 12, 2019

Palestine

BDS: In the crosshairs of human rights colonialism

In his report on antisemitism, presented to the United Nations on October 17, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief Ahmed Shaheed, cited - without rejecting - claims "that the objectives, activities and effects of the Boycott, Divestment and…

bubmagNovember 12, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Google reportedly mining personal health data raises privacy concerns

bubmagNovember 12, 2019

Barack Obama

Poland’s prime minister accused Netflix of implying the country was responsible for death camps in a Nazi documentary

Poland's prime minister has criticized Netflix for making a "terrible mistake" by "rewriting history" in a new Nazi death camp documentary. Mateusz Morawiecki wrote to the multi-billion dollar streaming company insisting they make changes to the newly-relea…

bubmagNovember 12, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ could borrow TrueTone tech for even internal lighting

An Apple-produced car could include an lighting system that keeps the light inside the vehicle as even as possible throughout a journey, such as changes by cloud movements and traveling through a tunnel, by borrowing the core concept of the iPad Pro's TrueTon…

bubmagNovember 12, 2019

Food Industry

Apple Cider Donut Cake

No, this isnt a recipe. As I think about it, I suppose theres some apple cider, some flour, probably some sort of lard Not a recipe, just some thoughts. Apple cider donut cake was the most recent treat to grace our kitchen counter. Susan, on her maternal s…

bubmagNovember 12, 2019

Barack Obama

Inspired Capital, founded by Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker, just closed its debut fund with $200 million

Exactly 10 years ago, on stage at a TechCrunch event, Alexa von Tobel launched her startup, LearnVest, an online financial planning company that aimed to give people access to more affordable financial planning services. Much has happened in subsequent years…

bubmagNovember 12, 2019

Privacy Concerns

How does Logitech’s Circle 2 compare to Amazon’s Cloud Cam?

If there's one thing Logitech knows how to do, it's make a great camera. Though its subscription model is a bit rough on the wallet, especially compared to the Cloud Cam, the Circle 2 outshines its competitor in just about every other way — except for night v…

bubmagNovember 12, 2019

Water Scarcity

The Green New Deal and a New Colonialism

Climate change policy is vital but the US Green New Deal doesn't respond to global capitalism, the cause of much ecological disaster. Rather, it proposes to continue to extract value from the Global South. On 7 February, United States Representative Alexandr…

bubmagNovember 12, 2019

Govt’s ambitious electric car move falls way short of target

I drove a $47,000 Jaguar XE to find out if this British sports sedan could take on BMW, Audi, Mercedes, and Alfa Romeo

BDS: In the crosshairs of human rights colonialism

Google reportedly mining personal health data raises privacy concerns

Poland’s prime minister accused Netflix of implying the country was responsible for death camps in a Nazi documentary

Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ could borrow TrueTone tech for even internal lighting

Apple Cider Donut Cake

Inspired Capital, founded by Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker, just closed its debut fund with $200 million

How does Logitech’s Circle 2 compare to Amazon’s Cloud Cam?

The Green New Deal and a New Colonialism

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