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Plastic Pollution

Sunlight degrades polystyrene faster than expected

A study published by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) shows that polystyrene, one of the world's most ubiquitous plastics, may degrade in decades or centuries when exposed to sunlight, rather than thousands of years as previously tho…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Giving Machines The Power Of Language While Keeping Humanity At The Heart Of AI

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin In the field of artificial intelligence, interrogation-and-response interactions between humans and machines are routinely referred to as conversations, though intuitively…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Star Wars

Read an exclusive excerpt of the new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker prelude novel

Kevin Shinick is an Emmy award-winning writer, comic book creator, actor, director and multiple Annie award-winning produce best known for his work on Adult Swims Robot Chicken and for turning MAD Magazine into the Emmy nominated animated series MAD. Kevin ha…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

The Queen

Prince Harry teamed up with Ed Sheeran for a comedic charity video that appears to show the inside of Princess Eugenie’s home

Prince Harry and Ed Sheeran teamed up to champion World Mental Health Day on Thursday. The pair starred in a comedic video posted on Instagram that encourages fans not to "suffer in silence" — all while showing a glimpse inside a previously unseen royal res…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Blockchain

French tobacconists to start selling shady Bitcoin coupons — again

French tobacconists are getting another chance to sell Bitcoin BTC coupons after the scheme had to be suspended earlier this year. Local media has reported that the scheme will restart today, allowing 5,200 tobacconists to sell coupons that can be redeemed f…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Electric Car

Lexus will plug in its electric car offensive with an innovative concept

Lexus was a pioneer in the hybrid car segment, it identified the technology’s potential well before its rivals, but it has been hesitant to leap into the electric car segment. It will finally show its vision of a battery-powered luxury car when it unveils a f…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Gundam

OPPO Reno Ace with 90Hz display, 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 launched in China alongside special Gundam Edition

Last month, Oppo made the headlines when it unveiled its new fast charging technology which can fully charge a smartphone just under 30 minutes. At the time the Chinese smartphone maker hinted the new charging protocol would be making its debut in the next Op…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

NASDAQ

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

Reuters Here is what you need to know. 1. China is reportedly weighing a currency pact in return for tariff suspensions as US trade talks kick off. US officials Robert Lighthizer and Steve Mnuchin will meet with Vice Premier Liu He later today. 2. Trump r…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Bubble

How Being Privately Fostered To White Families Impacted These People’s Lives

A quick Google search for the term farming is likely to produce dozens of articles related to British agriculture, what challenges await the farming industry in the instance of a no-deal Brexit, or a viral TikTok account, depending on how deeply you dive. Wh…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

The migrant caravans: A common road toward different fates

(Reuters) - The images were dramatic: Central American migrants moving northward en masse through Mexico - men, women and children walking up to 30 miles a day, some hitching rides or catching freight trains. The caravans of 2018 and early 2019 were not the…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Sunlight degrades polystyrene faster than expected

Giving Machines The Power Of Language While Keeping Humanity At The Heart Of AI

Read an exclusive excerpt of the new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker prelude novel

Prince Harry teamed up with Ed Sheeran for a comedic charity video that appears to show the inside of Princess Eugenie’s home

French tobacconists to start selling shady Bitcoin coupons — again

Lexus will plug in its electric car offensive with an innovative concept

OPPO Reno Ace with 90Hz display, 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 launched in China alongside special Gundam Edition

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

How Being Privately Fostered To White Families Impacted These People’s Lives

The migrant caravans: A common road toward different fates

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