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Global Warming

Stochastic disaster

As I write this, massive fires are erupting all over California, and massive protests are erupting all over the world. Is the former a facet of the climate crisis? Is the latter a symptom of hyperpolarization caused by hyperconnectivity? Yes, I mean no, I mea…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Free Internet

EXPLOSIVE: Why Boris is reaping the whirlwind of backing wrong-man Murdoch

by John Ward Now that global media combine Comcast has aced Newscorp out of any clout in Sky television, our Prime Minister Boris Johnson has lost the unqualified support he has come to expect from Rupert Murdoch. Comcasts CEO is a confirmed enemy of British…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Geely

Insights into China’s dynamic auto market from Daimler’s Hubertus Troska

Open interactive popupArticle (PDF-3MB) Under its “Made in China, for China” ethos, Daimler has embraced the notion that success in China requires long-term commitment to the local market and its customers. For example, its Beijing Benz Au…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Food Industry

Small plant, big protein

Open interactive popupArticle (PDF-96KB) What if all food—even processed food—could be made protein rich and more nutritious just by adding one ingredient? Better yet, what if that ingredient could be grown year round using very little land…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Singapore

Far-right AfD surge to second place in German state election, beating Merkel’s party

The German far-right won a higher share of the vote than Angela Merkels party in a regional election on Sunday, according to exit polls. Alternative for Germany (AfD) was forecast to come second in the poll in the state of Thuringia with 23.5 per cent, more …

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Iran Liberalism

The New Faces of Iranian Protest

In the summer of 2009, tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran and other major cities in what became months of sustained demonstrations against the Iranian regime. The catalyst was the reelection of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had secured a s…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Barack Obama

John Conyers: Longest-serving black congressman dies aged 90

Image copyrightReutersImage caption John Conyers greets Barack Obama in Detroit in January 2016 The longest-serving black member of the US Congress, John Conyers, has died at home at the age of 90, police in Detroit say. The Democrat resigned under a clou…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Fortnite

Epic Suing Former Tester For Revealing Fortnite Spoilers

Epic Games is in the process suing a former tester for spoiling some of Fortnites big Chapter Two reveal secrets. As Polygon reports, Epic filed the suit last week in North Carolina, alleging that former tester Ronald Sykes, who had played loads of the Chapt…

bubmagOctober 28, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

A Robot Tax Will Help No One And Hurt Many

A robot: less frightening than it looks. (Photo by Mikhail JaparidzeTASS via Getty Images) Mikhail Japaridze/TASS A robot tax? Now I have heard it all. The idea came out of Bill de Blasio just before he gave up his bid to gain the Democratic presidential n…

bubmagOctober 27, 2019

Super Komachi

Commentary: Can the Tokyo Olympics rebuild Japan’s image?

TOKYO: Tokyoites have started the one-year countdown to hosting the Summer 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games. Enthusiasm has conquered initial scepticism. By January 2019, 205,000 people had registered as volunteers, exceeding the organising committees goal…

bubmagOctober 27, 2019

Stochastic disaster

EXPLOSIVE: Why Boris is reaping the whirlwind of backing wrong-man Murdoch

Insights into China’s dynamic auto market from Daimler’s Hubertus Troska

Small plant, big protein

Far-right AfD surge to second place in German state election, beating Merkel’s party

The New Faces of Iranian Protest

John Conyers: Longest-serving black congressman dies aged 90

Epic Suing Former Tester For Revealing Fortnite Spoilers

A Robot Tax Will Help No One And Hurt Many

Commentary: Can the Tokyo Olympics rebuild Japan’s image?

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