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New York City

The Best Words: Trump, Zelensky and a Very Explosive Phone Call

This is the style of conversation that President Trump uses, said Joseph Borelli, a Republican New York City councilman and vocal supporter of Mr. Trump. Occasionally informal, buddy-buddy. I think its worked for him. In past episodes of self-inflicted peril…

bubmagSeptember 26, 2019

VR

Hand tracking on Oculus Quest is absolutely brilliant

I'm standing in the middle of a magical laboratory, complete with glowing rocks and bubbling coundrons, and all I have to do is stand still and not poke the eyeball. The disembodied voice was very clear about not touching the eyeball, but it's right there you…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Donald Trump

Donald Trump, Israel, John Coltrane: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

10. And finally, if dogs are mans best friend, what are cats? Aloof? Mysterious? Dare we say, transactional? Maybe not. In a series of tests in which kittens and their owners were separated and then reunited, researchers found that cats are just as strongly …

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Cold War

Sol Stein, Publisher, Author and Champion of James Baldwin, Dies at 92

In addition to Dr. Shapiro, his survivors include four sons, Kevin, Jeff, Leland and Andrew, from his marriage to Ms. Klein; two sons, Robin and David Day Stein, and a daughter, Elizabeth Day Stein, from his marriage to Ms. Day; his sister, Toby Stein; Dr. Sh…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Does Amazonia belong to the world?

The fires that kill: blaze in Nova Santa Helena municipality in northern Mato Grosso state this August French president Emmanuel Macron thinks of himself as leading the resistance to his illiberal counterparts in other countries. He started with Hungarian p…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Plastic Pollution

UN report says climate change is wreaking havoc on Earth’s oceans

For the past century, Earth's oceans have helped humans largely ignore the effects of climate change. About a quarter of the carbon dioxide that factories, vehicles and other polluters emit is trapped by oceans. They also absorb about 90 percent of the excess…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

What’s New In Gartner’s Hype Cycle For AI, 2019

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin Between 2018 and 2019, organizations that have deployed artificial intelligence (AI) grew from 4% to 14%, according to Gartners 2019 CIO Agenda survey.Con…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Skateboard

∞ 21 levels of skateboarding with Tony Hawk

I’ve been on a skateboard exactly two times in my life and both times I eventually fell off and almost busted my head open so I’m never going to try these tricks but it is interesting to watch them in slow motion with Hawk’s expert commentary.

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Android

OnePlus 5 and 5T will get Android 10 next year

It is surprising that 2017 mobile phones such as the OnePlus 5 and 5T are also confirmed to receive the tenth version of Google OS. Few manufacturers have been able to perform the feat of providing support of such magnitude, although this is very common for t…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Electric Scooter

JUMP, Lime, Scoot and Spin receive permits to operate scooters in SF

Electric scooter providers JUMP, Lime, Scoot and Spin have just been granted permits to operate their respective services in San Francisco beginning Oct. 15, 2020. This is part of the city’s longer-term permitting program for electric scooters. Each scooter …

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

The Best Words: Trump, Zelensky and a Very Explosive Phone Call

Hand tracking on Oculus Quest is absolutely brilliant

Donald Trump, Israel, John Coltrane: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

Sol Stein, Publisher, Author and Champion of James Baldwin, Dies at 92

Does Amazonia belong to the world?

UN report says climate change is wreaking havoc on Earth’s oceans

What’s New In Gartner’s Hype Cycle For AI, 2019

∞ 21 levels of skateboarding with Tony Hawk

OnePlus 5 and 5T will get Android 10 next year

JUMP, Lime, Scoot and Spin receive permits to operate scooters in SF

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