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Brexit

EU leaders may meet on Friday if no Brexit extension consensus: Irish PM

European Union leaders may need to meet as soon as Friday if they cannot agree through contacts with chairman Donald Tusk on the terms of a potential Brexit extension, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday. If there is consensus, we can do this…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Paris

The World’s First Bee Influencer Uses Social Media to Raise Funds for Lifesaving Pollinator Research

We can only imagine the job description: Science Foundation seeks expert visual effects designer to create robust social media presence for imaginary insect influencer. B., billed as the world’s first bee influencer, reports from Instagram-friendly locations …

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Donald Trump

Joe Biden Returns to Scranton to Outline Economic Policy

As President Trump heads to Pittsburgh to deliver a speech on Wednesday, Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be on the other side of the state seeking to draw sharp contrasts with the president on economic policy and biography, and to make overtures to the longtime Demo…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Climate Change

Are Wildfires Caused by Utilities or Climate Change? Yes

The answer to all of these questions is yes. A fire needs a spark. If PG&Es wires provide that, then the company is responsible, just as I would be if I s…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Trump, claiming ‘big success’ in Syria, to make White House statement

President Donald Trump, facing harsh criticism from both Republicans and Democrats for his abrupt decisions on Syria, announced on Twitter Wednesday morning that he will make a statement at the White House at 11 a.m. Interested in Donald Trump? Add Donald T…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Artificial intelligence has the power to change the world – but it is double-edged sword

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already reconfiguring the world in conspicuous ways. Data drives our global digital ecosystem, and AI technologies reveal patterns in data. Smartphones, smart homes, and smart cities influence how we live and interact, and AI s…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Alibaba

Don’t Let Metrics Critics Undermine Your Business

Increasingly, the best strategies have the best metrics. advertisement The irresistible rise of data-driven, analytics-enriched digital instrumentation and decisions has provoked an intellectual backlash. Call it a counterrevolution. Those lucky employees w…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Trade War

3 Myths About China’s IP Regime

Is Chinas intellectual property (IP) regime really all that bad? It has become generally accepted that the ongoing U.S.-China trade war is at least partially in response to Communist Chinas practice of forcing technology transfers and its extremely poor prote…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Water Scarcity

The Energy 202: Trump administration was against funding Great Lakes program before it was for it

THE LIGHTBULB A couple stroll along Silver Beach in St. Joseph, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP) For years, the Trump administration wanted to slash its funding. Now its boasting about pouring millions of dollars into it. The Environmental…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

Refugees

39 Bodies Including One Teenager Found in Back of Semitrailer in Britain

Peter Nicholls/Reuters Police in South-East England have launched a murder investigation involving a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland after 39 dead bodies, including one that appears to be a teenager, were found in the trailer of a semi truck in an indu…

bubmagOctober 23, 2019

EU leaders may meet on Friday if no Brexit extension consensus: Irish PM

The World’s First Bee Influencer Uses Social Media to Raise Funds for Lifesaving Pollinator Research

Joe Biden Returns to Scranton to Outline Economic Policy

Are Wildfires Caused by Utilities or Climate Change? Yes

Trump, claiming ‘big success’ in Syria, to make White House statement

Artificial intelligence has the power to change the world – but it is double-edged sword

Don’t Let Metrics Critics Undermine Your Business

3 Myths About China’s IP Regime

The Energy 202: Trump administration was against funding Great Lakes program before it was for it

39 Bodies Including One Teenager Found in Back of Semitrailer in Britain

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