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Animal Protection

Gene-edited livestock carry huge promise but major pitfalls

Davis (United States) (AFP) - If American researchers have successfully employed new gene-editing techniques to develop hornless dairy cattle and piglets born castrated -- a seeming boon to farmers and ranchers -- they are still struggling to move these anima…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Blockchain

Vanguard is looking to break banks’ stronghold on the $6 trillion currency market with a new blockchain platform

Vanguard Group, the investment advisor with assets under management (AUM) in excess of $5 trillion and the largest provider of mutual funds in the world, is testing a new currency trading platform, reports Bloomberg citing a person familiar with the matter. B…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Climate Change

Climate change protesters shut down Burrard Street Bridge – CTV News

VANCOUVER - Protesters shut down the Burrard Street Bridge to traffic Monday for an "all day" protest calling for action on climate change. The protest was organized by a group called Extinction Rebellion, which co-ordinated similar events across the country…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Chinese citizens must pass a facial-recognition test to use the internet (social credit system)

Skip to comments. Chinese citizens must pass a facial-recognition test to use the internet (social credit system)Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 2 October 2019 | BILLIE THOMSON Posted on 10/07/2019 7:33:18 AM PDT by Mount Athos China has stepped up its internet ce…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Feudalism

Inheritance tax is fair but unpopular — is there a solution?

David Lloyd George once laconically observed that death is the most convenient time to tax rich people. But though inheritance tax is paid by just 5 per cent of UK estates, it remains the most reviled tax of all (a 2015 YouGov poll found that 59 per cent of p…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

eSports

AMD introduces Radeon RX 5500 series for ‘high-fidelity gaming at 1080p’

AMD announced the Radeon RX 5500 series today. The graphics products are designed to deliver smooth gameplay in 1080p. The graphics products feature 7NM RDNA gaming architecture, making them more efficient and powerful than many competing cards. The series in…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Electric Car

Volkswagen is willing to share its electric car tech with BMW and others

The Volkswagen Group is putting aside auto industry competitiveness to help get more electric cars on the road. The company is in talks to share technology from its Audi and Porsche electric cars with other automakers, Automotive News reports. VW is shopping…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Geely

There’s Still No End In Sight For The GM Strike

Union contract negotiations between the UAW and General Motors faces yet another setback, Nissan is eating itself alive with financial misconduct allegations, the trade war with China is hitting U.S. rail hard, much more in The Morning Shift for Monday, Octob…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Here Are the Favorites to Win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

This Friday, the Nobel committee in Oslo, Norway will announce the winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. The prize is awarded annually to the person or organization that has done the most to promote world peace. Last year, Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and …

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Electric Car

Audi, Porsche could license their PPE electric-car platform

Porsche and Audi are co-developing an architecture called Premium Platform Electric (PPE) that will underpin a wide range of models during the 2020s. That range could include models from other automakers, as automakers outside of the Volkswagen Group have alr…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Gene-edited livestock carry huge promise but major pitfalls

Vanguard is looking to break banks’ stronghold on the $6 trillion currency market with a new blockchain platform

Climate change protesters shut down Burrard Street Bridge – CTV News

Inheritance tax is fair but unpopular — is there a solution?

AMD introduces Radeon RX 5500 series for ‘high-fidelity gaming at 1080p’

Volkswagen is willing to share its electric car tech with BMW and others

There’s Still No End In Sight For The GM Strike

Here Are the Favorites to Win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

Audi, Porsche could license their PPE electric-car platform

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