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Virtual Reality

Oculus Quest’s secret trick: It can double as a wired PC VR headset

Enlarge/ Not pictured here: the USB Type-C cable needed to connect the Quest to a gaming PC to take advantage of today's announced news. 6 with 6 posters participating SAN JOSE, CalifAt Wednesday's Oculus Connect conference, the virtual reality company too…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Senate votes again to end Trump’s border emergency declaration

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday for a second time to end the national emergency on the southern border the president declared in February, a move Donald Trump would almost certainly veto if it reached his desk. Trump, with his very …

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Riots

Main accused in Bulandshahr violence granted bail

The charred remains of SHO Subodh Kumar Singhs vehicle set on fire by a mob in Bulandshahr on Monday. (Express file photo) The Allahabad High Court Wednesday granted bail to the main accused in last year’s Bulandshahr violence that had led to the death of a …

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Air Pollution

Air pollution: M4 speed cameras for new 50mph limits installed

Image caption The 50mph limits were introduced as a trial in December 2018 on the M4 near Port Talbot Speed cameras to enforce 50mph limits designed at improving air quality on the M4 and other roads have been activated. The limits were put in place as a…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

NATO

Switch things up with a new band for your Fossil Gen 5

The Fossil Gen 5 smartwatches are now available and they sure are nice to look at. Whether you prefer the classic appeal of the Carlyle or the more feminine look of the Julianna, they're both fabulous wearables. However, it's important to find a band that's g…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Holocaust

Bestselling Author R.J. Palacio’s First Graphic Novel Grapples With All-Too-Relevant History

White Bird, an original graphic novel by best-selling author R.J. Palacio, released October 1, 2019. Courtesy Alfred K. Knopf Theres never a bad time to inspire young people with stories about the power of kindness in the face of cruelty, but some historica…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

The Queen

What the U.K. Supreme Court Has Just Done

Queen Elizabeth II speaks to Boris Johnson during an audience in Buckingham Palace, in London, England, July 24, 2019. (Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters) Britains legislature, tired of gnawing on the executive branch, has swallowed it instead. Where the count…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

VR

You can now buy PlayStation games and consoles directly from PlayStation

If you've been wishing that you could order consoles and other items directly from PlayStation, you're in luck. PlayStation announced a new online store today, where anyone interested can purchase physical games, PlayStation consoles, PlayStation VR, accessor…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Electric Scooter

Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden to talk scooters, unit economics and multibillion-dollar valuation

Travis VanderZanden is perhaps one of the best known electric scooter startup founders in the business. Although his business, Bird, competes with the likes of Uber and Lyft these days, VanderZanden has been all-in on micromobility since 2017, when Bird deplo…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

NATO

6 Key Moments in the Trump-Ukraine Phone Call

Mr. Giuliani said in a previously unpublished portion of an interview with The New York Times in April that he was in touch with people who said that the Ukrainians were the ones who did the hacking, then participated in an effort to blame the Russian governm…

bubmagSeptember 25, 2019

Oculus Quest’s secret trick: It can double as a wired PC VR headset

Senate votes again to end Trump’s border emergency declaration

Main accused in Bulandshahr violence granted bail

Air pollution: M4 speed cameras for new 50mph limits installed

Switch things up with a new band for your Fossil Gen 5

Bestselling Author R.J. Palacio’s First Graphic Novel Grapples With All-Too-Relevant History

What the U.K. Supreme Court Has Just Done

You can now buy PlayStation games and consoles directly from PlayStation

Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden to talk scooters, unit economics and multibillion-dollar valuation

6 Key Moments in the Trump-Ukraine Phone Call

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