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Jamal Khashoggi

Uber chief walks back comment about murder of Saudi journalist Khashoggi

Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi apologized on Monday after he called the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in which Riyadh admitted responsibility, a “mistake.” “There’s no forgiving or forgetting what happened to Jamal Khashoggi & I was wr…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Uber chief apologizes for comment about murder of Saudi journalist Khashoggi

Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi apologized on Monday after he called the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in which Riyadh admitted responsibility, a "mistake." "There's no forgiving or forgetting what happened to Jamal Khashoggi & I was wr…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Google

Why Google Assistant Looks Smaller on Your Older Pixel Phone

Pixel 4 users have the least-intrusive version of Googles digital assistant, but a new redesign to the Google Assistant UI has started appearing on older Pixel devices. Dont be alarmed by the update, which gives your assistant a more streamlined look by allow…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi backpedals after calling Khashoggi assassination ‘a mistake’

Public outcry is intensifying after comments made by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi regarding slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, whose assassination by the Saudi government the tech executive called a mistake. Yahoo Finances Jennifer Rogers and Myles Udland discus…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Riots

What’s Black And White And Important All Over? This Graphic Novel About Weimar Berlin

With its rich sense of time and place, nuanced portrayal of individual destinies, precisely rendered imagery, and poetic expression of themes, Jason Lutess Berlin is truly a masterful narrative.Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow A watershed achievementBerlin…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Super Heroes

Disney Plus: Every show, movie and original available to stream — and when – CNET

Disney has laid out a vast catalog of new and classic movies and shows you'll be able to stream with the launch of its Netflix competitor, Disney Plus. At launch Tuesday in the US, Disney Plus will include new Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar as well as a trove of…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

INTERVIEW: Mats Grorud Takes Us Inside A Palestinian Refugee Camp In ‘The Tower’

The Tower is the first feature from director Mats Grorud, a Norwegian animator who previously spent a year volunteering in Bourj el Barajneh. It brims with the rich detail of lived experience Grorud even incorporates photos of people he met in the camp. He wo…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

SpaceX

That Tiny Black Dot on the Sun Today? It Was Mercury, in a Rare Celestial Crossing

(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — Mini Mercury skipped across the vast, glaring face of the sun Monday in a rare celestial transit. Stargazers used solar-filtered binoculars and telescopes to spot Mercury — a tiny black dot — as it passed directly between Earth and th…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Korean War

Douglas MacArthur Is One of America’s Most Famous Generals. He’s Also the Most Overrated

This Veterans Day, as we remember those men and women weve sent into battle, we should also take a moment to remember the fateful decisions, sometimes tragically bad ones, our commanders made that put our fighting forces directly and often needlessly in harms…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Monsanto

Kirkwood historical group recalls Nobel prize winner

The recent gathering of the Kirkwood Historical Society touched upon a notable life with which few STLers are familiar: That of William Standish Knowles, who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2001 while working for Monsanto Co. Knowles helped discover the c…

bubmagNovember 11, 2019

Uber chief walks back comment about murder of Saudi journalist Khashoggi

Uber chief apologizes for comment about murder of Saudi journalist Khashoggi

Why Google Assistant Looks Smaller on Your Older Pixel Phone

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi backpedals after calling Khashoggi assassination ‘a mistake’

What’s Black And White And Important All Over? This Graphic Novel About Weimar Berlin

Disney Plus: Every show, movie and original available to stream — and when – CNET

INTERVIEW: Mats Grorud Takes Us Inside A Palestinian Refugee Camp In ‘The Tower’

That Tiny Black Dot on the Sun Today? It Was Mercury, in a Rare Celestial Crossing

Douglas MacArthur Is One of America’s Most Famous Generals. He’s Also the Most Overrated

Kirkwood historical group recalls Nobel prize winner

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