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Unwelcome Refugees

As Europe Shuts Out Migrants, Activists Are Pushing Back

In July, a nondescript blue vessel drifting along the Italian coast became the latest flashpoint in Europe’s “migration crisis.” For the people on board, mostly from African countries, the Sea-Watch 3 was their last hope for escaping desperate circumstances i…

bubmagNovember 3, 2019

Refugees

Not a single refugee was resettled in the US last month

Last month, for the first time since records began, the number of refugees resettled in the US hit zero. The nosedive is the result of a State Department freeze on admissions, according to a World Relief press release, resulting in hundreds of canceled fligh…

bubmagNovember 3, 2019

Brexit

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage says he won’t run in next month’s U.K. election – Global News

Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s upstart Brexit Party, said on Sunday he would not stand in the next month’s election, choosing instead to campaign countywide against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s EU divorce deal. “I have thought very hard about this: …

bubmagNovember 3, 2019

Astroturfing

Is the clock ticking on Daylight Saving Time? Here’s what it would take to change it.

So why not make DST last year-round? Or get rid of it altogether? In new research, we show that local politics more so than party and ideology shape lawmakers positions on DST. And as historical opponents of DST decline in importance, pressure for year-round …

bubmagNovember 3, 2019

Android

Humanoids Modeled To Look Like You Are Joining The Workplace, Watch Out

Image via PromobotHumanlike androids are now ready to assimilate into homes and work environments. Depending on which camp you belong in, you’ll either meet this technological advancement with trepidation or use it as a chance to skip work. Russian robot man…

bubmagNovember 3, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

The surprisingly boring road to self-driving cars

At last, it is here! The truly self-driving car, no human behind the wheel! For the public! ...A few hundred of them, in a closed beta, in a small corner of sun-drenched (never snow-drenched, almost never water-drenched) suburban Phoenix, five years later tha…

bubmagNovember 3, 2019

Drones

This odor-beating trash can seals and refills its own bags

Unless you're Grizzly Adams, there are actually three constant hassles in life: Death, taxes and trash. Dealing with it is a constant grind, and if you're anything like us, it's rarely as easy as taking a bag out the door. Liquid seeps into the bin, odors per…

bubmagNovember 3, 2019

Drones

Every Ship a Carrier: This Project Wants to Make Aircraft Carriers out of Anything

Key point: Why risk expensive, high-tech carriers, when you could launch drones from any ship? The U.S. Navy is seeking to transform every ship into mini aircraft carriers. Last month the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced the start…

bubmagNovember 3, 2019

Paris

Mario Kart Tour’s next tour takes us to Paris, France

Mario Kart Tour is headed to Paris, France. According to developer DeNA, the upcoming time-limited events will unlock at 6am UK time (1pm PT) on 6th November, 2019 and take in the sights across Paris. There'll be the usual time-limited unlockable items up fo…

bubmagNovember 3, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Donald Trump ‘needs to tweet like we need to eat’, says Kellyanne Conway

Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump, talks to reporters on the driveway outside of the White House on 1 November 2019: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Donald Trumps White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has said the president needs to tweet like we need t…

bubmagNovember 3, 2019

As Europe Shuts Out Migrants, Activists Are Pushing Back

Not a single refugee was resettled in the US last month

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage says he won’t run in next month’s U.K. election – Global News

Is the clock ticking on Daylight Saving Time? Here’s what it would take to change it.

Humanoids Modeled To Look Like You Are Joining The Workplace, Watch Out

The surprisingly boring road to self-driving cars

This odor-beating trash can seals and refills its own bags

Every Ship a Carrier: This Project Wants to Make Aircraft Carriers out of Anything

Mario Kart Tour’s next tour takes us to Paris, France

Donald Trump ‘needs to tweet like we need to eat’, says Kellyanne Conway

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