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Electric Scooter

1 dead, 1 injured in e-scooter, car crash in downtown Boise

BOISE, Idaho (AP) Idaho authorities have reported one person died and another was injured in a crash involving a vehicle and an electric scooter. Boise Police Department says the crash occurred in downtown Boise after 8 p.m. Sunday. An Ada County emergency …

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Astroturfing

How to rig an election: Twitter’s problem with political saboteurs

A new study from researchers at The University of Manchester investigates the sophisticated network of agents on Twitter who work to distribute fake news during election campaigns. The paper"Political Astroturng on Twitter: How to Coordinate a Disinformation…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Climate Change

85% of cities are feeling climate change—but nearly half aren’t dealing with it.

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Exoskeleton

Death Stranding: PC version out in 2020, Conan O’Brien cameo and everything else we know – CNET

Hideo Kojima's upcoming game is going to be nuts. Kojima Productions Hideo Kojima's new project, Death Stranding, has raised our eyebrows so much they're basically flying off our collective skulls. Kojima has set a high bar for weirdness with the twists a…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Exoskeleton

Not all genes are necessary for survival: These species dropped extra genetic baggage

Humans, the latest tally suggests, have approximately 21,000 genes in our genome, the set of genetic information in an organism. But do we really need every gene we have? What if we lost three or four? What if we lost 3,000 or 4,000? Could we still function? …

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Filter Bubble

The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 29: Partisan Posts, Social Media, and Misinformation – Taylor Owen on What Actually Happened Online in the 2019 Election

LawBytes Podcast – Episode 29 was automatically transcribed by Sonix with the latest audio-to-text algorithms. This transcript may contain errors. Sonix is the best way to convert your audio to text in 2019. Michael Geist: This is Law Bytes, a podcast with …

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Water Pollution

Important Points To Ponder About Greta Thunberg’s Protestations

The Facts:Greta Thunberg has become the face of the Climate Change movement, being given every opportunity to make speeches of growing intensity rebuking world leaders about their inaction on adopting CO2 reduction schemes. Reflect On:Why ar…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Blockchain

China’s tech race with the US heats up as it readies to launch its digital currency

China, notorious for its lack of privacy, approved a new law to regulate cryptography over the weekend as it readies to launch its own digital currency. The law will come into effect on January 1, 2020, and although officials havent gone into too much detail…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Why are Iranians claiming asylum in Afghanistan?

Music teacher and self-described political dissident Homayoun Zaran fled Iran for Afghanistan six years ago in search of a quieter life. But after crossing the border and arriving in the Afghan city of Herat, he was arrested and jailed as an Iranian spy. Zar…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

The Queen

Angela Kelly Opens Her Majesty’s Closets And Reveals Truth About That Touchy-Feely Meeting With Michelle Obama

Dont expect to find any bombshells in the new tome by the queens dresser, Angela Kelly, who for more than 20 years has designed and chosen Her Majestys outfits. The book, to be published tomorrow, has been the subject of much fascination in royal circles as …

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

1 dead, 1 injured in e-scooter, car crash in downtown Boise

How to rig an election: Twitter’s problem with political saboteurs

85% of cities are feeling climate change—but nearly half aren’t dealing with it.

Death Stranding: PC version out in 2020, Conan O’Brien cameo and everything else we know – CNET

Not all genes are necessary for survival: These species dropped extra genetic baggage

The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 29: Partisan Posts, Social Media, and Misinformation – Taylor Owen on What Actually Happened Online in the 2019 Election

Important Points To Ponder About Greta Thunberg’s Protestations

China’s tech race with the US heats up as it readies to launch its digital currency

Why are Iranians claiming asylum in Afghanistan?

Angela Kelly Opens Her Majesty’s Closets And Reveals Truth About That Touchy-Feely Meeting With Michelle Obama

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