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Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg accuses rich countries of “creative carbon accounting”

IT IS 5AM, and New Covent Garden Market is in full swing. On its swarming 57-acre site in Battersea wholesalers are flogging fruit, vegetables and flowers to Londons greengrocers and restaurateurs. Costa Rican pineapples are stacked next to Kenyan passion fru…

bubmagOctober 16, 2019

Feudalism

Capitalism, Alone: the future of the system that rules the world

We are all capitalists now. For the first time in human history, the globe is dominated by one economic system. In his book Capitalism, Alone, which he will discuss in this lecture, economist Branko Milanovic explains the reasons for this decisive historical …

bubmagOctober 16, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite tracked users’ locations even when they weren’t using the app – CNET

The company behind Harry Potter: Wizards Unite previously collected user location data when the game was not being played, according to a Kotaku investigation. Érika García / CNET Niantic, creator of the Pokemon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite mobile AR…

bubmagOctober 16, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

Why Peggy hates to hear about the ‘big bad wolf’

Image copyrightAdele BarclayImage caption Peggy Jehly has been working with wolves and wolf dogs for a number of years In Colorado, there is a heavy debate going on about whether wolves should be reintroduced into the wild. As that rumbles on, there are th…

bubmagOctober 16, 2019

Google

Get a $100 Gift Card if You Pre-Order a Pixel 4 From Amazon

If youve got your eyes on a brand new Google Pixel 4, you might want to consider pre-ordering it through Amazon. Amazon is offering anyone who pre-orders the device from its site a $100 gift card that you can use to buy anything else on Amazon youd like. T…

bubmagOctober 16, 2019

Times Square

From John Singer Sargent to Amy Sherald, Portraiture Alive And Well In New York City

John Singer Sargent (18561925), 'Daisy Fellowes,' ca. 1920, charcoal. Private collection, Columbus, Georgia. Morgan Library and Museum A great portrait is more than a straight likeness, it captures the character and personality of a sitter, according to Lau…

bubmagOctober 16, 2019

Elon Musk

NASA paid $5 million for SpaceX employee training after Elon Musk smoked weed with Joe Rogan

When Elon Musk appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast in 2018 and burned down a spliff, he probably didn't realize it would cost taxpayers money. Politico reports that's exactly what happened, thanks to SpaceX's role as a contractor with NASA. The federal space ag…

bubmagOctober 16, 2019

Paris

This is why the most successful fighter pilots in history are all Nazis

When Erich "Bubi" Hartmann died in 1993, he was still the most successful fighter pilot in the history of aerial warfare. With an astonishing 352 kills, his record is all but assured until World War III comes around. He's not the only former Nazi Luftwaffe p…

bubmagOctober 16, 2019

Obamacare

Representative Neal’s Proposal to End Surprise Medical Bills is a Trojan Horse for Government-Run Healthcare

Last week, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman, Massachusetts Democrat Richard Neal proposed a new way for dealing with the problem of hospitals overcharging out-of-network patients. As part of his proposal, the Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treas…

bubmagOctober 16, 2019

VR

Smartphone VR Might Be Dead. Good.

Alongside all of Googles new hardware and software announcements yesterday, there was another development that a lot of people might have missed: Googles Daydream VR headset appears to be going away. The death of Daydream VR has been a long time coming. Aft…

bubmagOctober 16, 2019

Greta Thunberg accuses rich countries of “creative carbon accounting”

Capitalism, Alone: the future of the system that rules the world

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite tracked users’ locations even when they weren’t using the app – CNET

Why Peggy hates to hear about the ‘big bad wolf’

Get a $100 Gift Card if You Pre-Order a Pixel 4 From Amazon

From John Singer Sargent to Amy Sherald, Portraiture Alive And Well In New York City

NASA paid $5 million for SpaceX employee training after Elon Musk smoked weed with Joe Rogan

This is why the most successful fighter pilots in history are all Nazis

Representative Neal’s Proposal to End Surprise Medical Bills is a Trojan Horse for Government-Run Healthcare

Smartphone VR Might Be Dead. Good.

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