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Electric Car

The Electric Volvo XC40 Gets A Frunk

Volvos first fully-electric car, the XC40, has been setting the rumor mill alight this year, with most of its details shrouded in speculation. But now we have some of the emerging info, and I am very pleased to announce that, yes, the electric XC40 will have …

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Putin

UPDATE 1-Putin: I don’t share excitement about Greta Thunberg’s U.N. speech

(Adds detail, quotes) By Vladimir Soldatkin and Dmitry Zhdannikov MOSCOW, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday took aim at teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, telling an energy forum he did not share the excitement about her …

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Brexit

British PM Johnson unveils border plans in final Brexit deal – The Globe and Mail

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, on Oct. 2, 2019. Frank Augstein/The Associated Press British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presented his final offer for a Brexit deal …

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Star Wars

A Hidden Yankees Yearbook Got Plenty of New Signatures This Year

The Yankees leaned so heavily on their Class AAA affiliate, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, that the minor league team shattered a franchise record, with 84 players appearing in a game in 2019, including the playoffs. Of the teams in the 2019 major leag…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Google Assistant will be able to delete voice data with a single command

Quite a lot of people have privacy concerns over using voice assistants such as Google Assistant, especially given some recent stories. Now, Google wants to give users more control over their voice data from Assistant with the ability to delete that data anyt…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Plastic Pollution

The Ocean Cleanup device is finally catching plastic

The newest prototype, which sailed to the middle of the Pacific Ocean in June, is now capturing large pieces of plastic trash—and huge “ghost nets” littered by fishing boats, a major hazard for marine life—along with microplastics as small as 1 millimeter, th…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Putin

Ukraine’s Former President Says He Discussed Investments With Trump’s Lawyer Rudy Giuliani

(KYIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s former president said Wednesday he discussed investments with President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in 2017, but that he never discussed Ukrainian companies with any U.S. official. Like many Ukrainians, former Presiden…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Big Data

3 Ways Big Data Is Changing Education Forever

October 2, 2019 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The education sector has always been critical for both society and individuals. On the one hand, a prosperous economy needs a competent workforce with the skills to …

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Nationalism Is an Environmental Disaster

Blind nationalism is the enemy of the environment. Consider President Donald Trump's infamous expanding border wall, a physical manifestation of the current administration's xenophobic, blatantly racist nationalism. The wall's intended purposeto exclude…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

Brexit

UK Prime Minister proposes one last Brexit deal to Europe

Parliament repetedly shot down former Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan, fatally compromised by its complicated arrangements for keeping Ireland free of border controls. Parliament also has passed a law forcing current Prime Minister Boris Johnson to d…

bubmagOctober 2, 2019

The Electric Volvo XC40 Gets A Frunk

UPDATE 1-Putin: I don’t share excitement about Greta Thunberg’s U.N. speech

British PM Johnson unveils border plans in final Brexit deal – The Globe and Mail

A Hidden Yankees Yearbook Got Plenty of New Signatures This Year

Google Assistant will be able to delete voice data with a single command

The Ocean Cleanup device is finally catching plastic

Ukraine’s Former President Says He Discussed Investments With Trump’s Lawyer Rudy Giuliani

3 Ways Big Data Is Changing Education Forever

Nationalism Is an Environmental Disaster

UK Prime Minister proposes one last Brexit deal to Europe

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