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Food Industry

McDonald’s, called out as a MeToo laggard, fired its CEO for an improper relationship

McDonalds CEO Steve Easterbrook has been kicked to the curb, following revelations that he had a consensual affair with an employee. The company chief had demonstrated poor judgment, McDonalds said in a statement explaining the news, which the Wall Street Jou…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Blockchain

Miami Art Week 2019: Previewing The Contemporary and Digital Art Fair

For 2019’s upcoming Miami Art Week, The Contemporary and Digital Art Fair (CADAF) is partnering with the Wynwood Business Improvement District to bring a dazzling digital display to Mana Wynwood from 5 to 8 December. Celebrating new media art, the event will …

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

AR-15

Archaeologists Discover AR-15 Cain Used To Kill Abel

IRAQ—Archaeologists working near the ancient Fertile Crescent made a stunning discovery Friday morning: the AR-15 Cain used to kill Abel as recorded in the Bible. Scholars have long suspected Cain could not have committed history's first murder without acces…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Seeking nominations for the hottest adtech companies of 2019

Business Insider is assembling its annual list of hottest adtech companies and seeking nominations this year. From new laws like the upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act and big moves from Apple and Google to clamp down on third-party cookies, privacy co…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Cold War

Cannibal ants survived for years in nuclear bunker, unable to escape – CTV News

TORONTO Hundreds of thousands of wood ants that were trapped in an underground bunker survived by eating the corpses of their nestmates, researchers say. The researchers detail their findings in a paper that was published last week in the Journal of Hymenopt…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Economic Bubble

Scott Morrison wants to outlaw boycott campaigns. But the mining industry doesn’t need protection

On Friday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed to craft new laws targeting social and political protest. Speaking to the Queensland Resources Council, he labelled some activist groups as environmental “anarchists”, and lamented how businesses like banks might…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Here’s How to Check Your Totalitarian “Social Credit Score”

Permanent Record In China, a formalized social credit score can determine whether youre allowed to take out loans or even use public transit. The system is often held up as a particularly dystopian application of big data analytics and now it seems as though…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Hiroshima

Battleship Suicide: Japan Planned to Beach the Biggest Battleship Ever During Okinawa

Key point: It did nothing to save Okinawa from the Allies. In early 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy made a difficult decision: it would sacrifice the largest, most powerful battleships ever built to protect Okinawa, the gateway to Japans Home Islands. The d…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

NASDAQ

Key Words: Tearful billionaire has some advice for President Trump: Change your approach or get out of the race

We need a unifier at that position because the country is getting torn apart. Thats Omega Advisors founder Leon Cooperman sharing some thoughts with CNBCs Scott Wapner on Monday, perhaps reluctantly, about whether he supports a second term for President Dona…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

Bubble

Voyager 2’s messages home illuminate the mysteries of interstellar space

In 1977, NASA launched two spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, on a grand tour of the solar system and into the mysteries of interstellar space. Famously attached to each of these probes is the Voyager Golden Record containing a message for any extraterrestrial inte…

bubmagNovember 4, 2019

McDonald’s, called out as a MeToo laggard, fired its CEO for an improper relationship

Miami Art Week 2019: Previewing The Contemporary and Digital Art Fair

Archaeologists Discover AR-15 Cain Used To Kill Abel

Seeking nominations for the hottest adtech companies of 2019

Cannibal ants survived for years in nuclear bunker, unable to escape – CTV News

Scott Morrison wants to outlaw boycott campaigns. But the mining industry doesn’t need protection

Battleship Suicide: Japan Planned to Beach the Biggest Battleship Ever During Okinawa

Key Words: Tearful billionaire has some advice for President Trump: Change your approach or get out of the race

Voyager 2’s messages home illuminate the mysteries of interstellar space

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