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Electric Scooter

Berlin’s Tier Mobility scoops up $60M as its scooter-based transportation service passes 10M rides

On the heels of Bird closing a $275 million round to help put itself in pole position in the electric scooter market, a smaller European rival has also raised some money to grow its own business. Tier Mobility, a Berlin-based startup that operates a fleet of …

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Belt and Road

Pakistan to engage China on big CPEC projects during PM Imran Khan’s visit: minister

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (The New York Times) Pakistan will engage China at the highest level for talks on several big projects in the fields of hydropower, oil refinery and steel mills as part of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corrido…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Donald Trump

‘I Gave the Other Guy a Shot’

Even fans of Mr. Trump often say they wish he would lay off Twitter. Not Ms. Daniels, who called it a brilliant diversionary tactic. He plays you, the press, like a fiddle, and you fall for it every time, she said. He gets everybody talking and it sucks up ai…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Little Italy

Gang sex assault trial to start today for 2016 incident in Little Italy bar

The former owner and the manager of a bar in Little Italy are set to go to trial Monday on multiple charges in a high-profile case involving an alleged gang sexual assault on a woman almost three years ago. The two men are accused of drugging, confining and …

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Computers in School

Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker?

At the end of every section in this article, you can read the text that an artificial intelligence predicted would come next. I glanced down at my left thumb, still resting on the Tab key. What have I done? Had my computer become my co-writer? That’s one sma…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Little Italy

Gang sexual assault caught on video at Little Italy bar, court hears as 2 men go on trial

The trial of two men accused of gang sexually assaulting a woman in a Little Italy bar began Monday with the Crown telling the jury the attack was caught on security video and also that the two accused plied the victim with alcohol and forced her to snort coc…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

CCTV

Frustrated Tottenham players feel untrusted, overworked and underpaid

Tottenham's miserable start to the season continued with a 3-0 turnover at Brighton and players are reportedly starting to tire of Mauricio Pochettino's mood swings. A shell of the side that reached the Champions League final back in June, Tottenham have fa…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Elon Musk

Tesla cars to get fart and goat horn sounds soon

Good news, maybe: Tesla cars are about to get new, customized horn and movement sounds, the company's CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday. Musk mentioned coconuts, fart and goat sounds for starters before adding that those are just "the tip of the iceberg." T…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Kanye West defends support for Trump, says political decisions based on race is ‘mental slavery’

Kanye West defended his support for President Trump during his Sunday Service event on Saturday in Utah, arguing that it’s “mental slavery” to make political decisions based on race. West stood before thousands of fans after performing his hit song “Jesus Wa…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Geely

Volvo, Geely to merge combustion engine operations

FRANKFURT: Volvo Cars will merge its engine development and manufacturing assets with those of parent Geely, creating a division to supply in-house brands Lotus, LEVC, Lynk and Proton, and also potential rivals with next-generation combustion and hybrid engin…

bubmagOctober 7, 2019

Berlin’s Tier Mobility scoops up $60M as its scooter-based transportation service passes 10M rides

Pakistan to engage China on big CPEC projects during PM Imran Khan’s visit: minister

‘I Gave the Other Guy a Shot’

Gang sex assault trial to start today for 2016 incident in Little Italy bar

Can a Machine Learn to Write for The New Yorker?

Gang sexual assault caught on video at Little Italy bar, court hears as 2 men go on trial

Frustrated Tottenham players feel untrusted, overworked and underpaid

Tesla cars to get fart and goat horn sounds soon

Kanye West defends support for Trump, says political decisions based on race is ‘mental slavery’

Volvo, Geely to merge combustion engine operations

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