Fake US soldiers ‘verboten’ at Berlin’s Checkpoint Charlie amid reports they harassed tourists
Actors dressed as U.S. soldiers at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin have been banned from the iconic Cold War location because of their aggressive and abusive way with tourists, city officials said. Passersby were literally forced to pay for a picture with the a…
bubmagNovember 5, 2019
Russia jails Jehovah’s Witness follower for six years on extremism charge
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness adherent on Tuesday to six years in jail on a charge of organizing an extremist group, said the Investigative Committee, which handles major crimes. Russia has targeted followers of the Jehova…
bubmagNovember 5, 2019
Sidewalk Labs’ Smart Cities Will Create A For-Profit Social Credit System That Controls Judges And Police
By MassPrivateI Smart city surveillance is much worse than anyone could have imagined. Two years ago, I revealed how a CIA “signature school” was installing thousands of CCTV cameras and microphones in smart cities, but Sidewalk Labs wants to take public su…
bubmagNovember 5, 2019
How One North Korean Submarine Spy Mission Nearly Started a War
Key point: Seoul has had to learn how to counter Pyongyang's many crazy special operations missions. At 4:30 p.m. on June 22, 1998, Capt. Kim In-yong noticed a curious site from the helm of his fishing boat as it sailed eleven miles east of the South Korean …
bubmagNovember 5, 2019
When will the new Marvel shows be available on Disney+?
So you're a Marvel fan thinking about getting a Disney+ subscription. Or you're a Disney+ subscriber thinking about getting deeper into Marvel. Either way, you're probably wondering what, exactly, the new streaming service has for you. We're here to break it …
bubmagNovember 5, 2019
The Senate’s secret algorithms bill doesn’t actually fight secret algorithms
Photo By Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Politicians sometimes exaggerate the laws they’re proposing. But when they start making up new sections of a bill from whole cloth, something has gone wrong. In the case of the Filter Bubble Transpare…
bubmagNovember 5, 2019
UBC becomes first 5G smart campus in Canada and a hub for related research
As of today, UBC is the first campus in Canada to be fully outfitted with 5G wireless technology. “The purpose of the installation on our campus is to look into how 5G will be used in the future,” said Dr. Gail Murphy, UBC’s vice-president, research and inno…
bubmagNovember 5, 2019
China’s social credit system for business creates new and complex headaches for EU trade officials
Published: 10:00pm, 5 Nov, 2019 Updated: 10:00pm, 5 Nov, 2019
bubmagNovember 5, 2019
How Napa Winemakers Are Confronting Climate Change
Since I first wrote in 2003 about how climate change was affecting wine, Ive been keeping watch and talking about it to growers and producers around the world. In recent year…
bubmagNovember 5, 2019