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Skateboard

Supreme x Lacoste Fall 2019 Collection

For three consecutive years now, Supreme, the skateboarding brand famous for its Box Logo, is back with a third collaborative collection for Fall 2019 with Lacoste, the tennis-inspired clothing brand famous for its Green Crocodile. While Supreme is known for …

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Android

Japan roboticists predict rise of the machines

Set in 2019, cult 80s movie “Blade Runner” envisaged a neon-stained landscape of bionic “replicants” genetically engineered to look just like humans. So far that has failed to materialize, but at a secretive research institute in western Japan, wild-haired r…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Venezuela

That time Hugo Chavez called Bush ‘the devil,’ and other viral United Nations moments

NEW YORK It's the Superbowl of diplomacy. And like any scripted, high-profile event, the annual United Nation's General Assembly is bound to have its share of hiccups, misunderstandings and bizarre moments. Sure, statecraft can be plodding and dry. But pack…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Google sorry about audio review scandal, details privacy changes for Assistant

Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Apple have all used humans (employees and contractors) to listen to and transcribe voice recordings from their virtual assistants or messaging apps. This is done, according to the companies, to improve the quality of sp…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Blockchain

NASA to hire data scientist with blockchain and cryptocurrency skills

According to a job advertisement posted three days ago, NASA is looking for a candidate with a wide range of skills, but notes that experience with cryptocurrency and blockchain is considered a plus. Responsibilities will include conceptualizing and developi…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Recycling

Climate Week in New York Is Just Getting Started

There are still several events you can attend in New York City, including a ballet, a rap show and several talks with professors and scientists. Here are a few of them: Midtown: Glacier: A Climate Change Ballet (and Other Works). The show, which debuted in 2…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Nukes

U.K. says Iran responsible for attack on Saudi oil facilities – CTV News

NEW YORK -- Britain has concluded that Iran was responsible for attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday. He said the U.K. would consider taking part in a U.S.-led military effort to bolster the Gulf kingdom's d…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

The Queen

Queen’s closest confidante given ‘extraordinary permission’ to publish tell-all book about their work and friendship

The Queen's personal dresser Angela Kelly has been given "extraordinary permission" to publish a book detailing their 25-year working relationship, with unseen pictures and "charming" anecdotes about their friendship. Mrs Kelly has worked at Buckingham Pala…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Belt and Road

U.N. Climate Summit Sets Stage For New National Emissions Promises

A coal-fired power plant in central Poland. Global greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2018, and the world is on track for potentially catastrophic climate change in the coming decades. Czarek Sokolowski/AP Leaders from nearly 200 countries are attending a spe…

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Bubble

Four Years in Startups

Depending on whom you ask, 2012 represented the apex, the inflection point, or the beginning of the end for Silicon Valleys startup scenewhat cynics called a bubble, optimists called the future, and my future co-workers, high on the fumes of world-historical …

bubmagSeptember 23, 2019

Supreme x Lacoste Fall 2019 Collection

Japan roboticists predict rise of the machines

That time Hugo Chavez called Bush ‘the devil,’ and other viral United Nations moments

Google sorry about audio review scandal, details privacy changes for Assistant

NASA to hire data scientist with blockchain and cryptocurrency skills

Climate Week in New York Is Just Getting Started

U.K. says Iran responsible for attack on Saudi oil facilities – CTV News

Queen’s closest confidante given ‘extraordinary permission’ to publish tell-all book about their work and friendship

U.N. Climate Summit Sets Stage For New National Emissions Promises

Four Years in Startups

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