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Cold War

‘The Making of Operator 41’

Looks like a very cool game for Apple Arcade — a sneak-around puzzle game with a Cold War era spy motif. Looks cool, great music. Amazingly, developer Spruce Campbell is 14 years old. ★

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Super Komachi

Can the Tokyo 2020 Olympics help rebrand Japan?

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 of 80,0…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Hiroshima

Stephen Lukasik, who pushed tech in national defense, 88

Dr. Lukasiks work at ARPA helped spur the growth of a worldwide network of seismographs to detect nuclear explosions, helping to plant the seeds for what became the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996. He was an ardent champion of using advanced te…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Protectionism

Apple’s China Risk: $43 Billion

Doing the right thing can be expensive.And not only for the NBA. Last quarter Apple sold $9 billion dollars worth of iPhones, accessories, and services in China, down from $10.2 billion in Q2, and $13.2 billion in Q1. For the whole year, assuming it sells ab…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Cold War

Berlin Wall anniversary: The ‘worst night of my life’

Image copyrightReutersImage caption The Berlin Wall was opened by accident on 9 November, when an East German Communist Party official announced that anyone could leave It's one of the most bizarre guided tours I've ever been on. I'm driving around Berlin …

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Virtual Reality

Literal Stretch-Sensing Glove Reconstructs your Hand Poses

Our hands are rich forms of gestural expression, but capturing these expressions without hindering the hand itself is no easy task–even in today’s world of virtual reality hardware. Fret not, though, as researchers at the Interactive Geometry Lab have recentl…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Electric Car

How Certain Tiny Explosions Keep Electric Cars Safer In An Accident

While it may sound a little counterintuitive, a few tiny controlled explosions can actually be a good thing if you accidentally crash your electric car. New technology from Bosch, though, could possibly make our EVs far safer in the event of a crash with a fe…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Big Data

Learn more about iCloud in China mainland

iCloud services in China mainland are now operated by Chinese internet services company Guizhou on the Cloud Big Data Industrial Development Co., Ltd., (GCBD). This allows us to continue to improve iCloud services in China mainland and comply with Chinese reg…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Riots

Ecuador’s capital in crisis as protests continue

Image copyrightReuters Thousands of protesters in Ecuador have clashed with security forces in the capital, Quito. The protests are led by indigenous groups demanding the end of austerity and the return of fuel subsidies. Demonstrators have been throwing …

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

Privacy Concerns

U.S. Army Is Treating Two Soldiers for Vaping-Related Lung Illness – The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. Army is treating two active-duty soldiers in its medical facilities for vaping-related lung illness, officials said days after most of the military banned e-cigarette sales at base exchanges.The Army is the first branch of the U.S. military to report…

bubmagOctober 10, 2019

‘The Making of Operator 41’

Can the Tokyo 2020 Olympics help rebrand Japan?

Stephen Lukasik, who pushed tech in national defense, 88

Apple’s China Risk: $43 Billion

Berlin Wall anniversary: The ‘worst night of my life’

Literal Stretch-Sensing Glove Reconstructs your Hand Poses

How Certain Tiny Explosions Keep Electric Cars Safer In An Accident

Learn more about iCloud in China mainland

Ecuador’s capital in crisis as protests continue

U.S. Army Is Treating Two Soldiers for Vaping-Related Lung Illness – The Wall Street Journal

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