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Moravec‘s Paradox

AI 50 Founders Say This Is What People Get Wrong About Artificial Intelligence

Affectiva cofounders Rana el Kaliousby and Rosalind Picard Courtesy of Affectiva Forbes new list of promising artificial intelligence companies highlights how the technology is creating real value across industries like transportation, healthcare, HR, insu…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Cold War

An Explosion Rocked a Russian Pathogen Lab That Stores Ebola, Smallpox – VICE

An explosion at a Russian research lab housing lethal viruses such as Ebola and smallpox was reportedly so severe that it blew out windows on Monday. A gas canister was to blame for the blaze at the Vektor center in Koltsovo, Siberia, according to a statem…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Monsanto

Kevin Smith Pays Homage to Avengers: Endgame With New Jay & Silent Bob Reboot Poster

Now under one month from release, Kevin Smith is promoting his highly-anticipated Jay & Silent Bob followup by paying homage to the biggest movie to ever hit theatersAvengers: Endgame. In a new poster the filmmaker released Monday, his character and Jay (…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Little Italy

ArtWalk Carlsbad returns for a second year

CARLSBAD, Calif. ArtWalk Carlsbad is a two-day outdoor fine art festival and the sister festival to Mission Federal ArtWalk in Little Italy and ArtWalk at Liberty Station. ArtWalk Carlsbad will run from Saturday, September 21, 2019 to Sunday, September 22, …

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Barack Obama

Obama meets with teen climate activist Greta Thunberg

Washington (CNN)Former President Barack Obama on Monday met with Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg as part of her visit to Washington, DC, to promote environmental issues. "Just 16, @GretaThunberg is already one of our planet's greatest advoca…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Electric Car

Modified Tesla Model S Reportedly Outguns Porsche Taycan at Nurburgring

Road & Track reported Tuesday that the stripped-down Model S clocked a lap time of 7:23. Do note, that is not an official time and comes from well-placed sources hand-timing the electric car with a clear view of the track. It also happens to be 20 seconds…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Shut Up and Listen

In 2019, the author was chosen as Faculty speaker of the year at Iona College and asked to speak to the graduating class at Spring Honors Convocation. Below is an excerpt from her remarks. As honors students you have demonstrated that you have the ability to…

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

eSports

VENN, a Cheddar-like TV network that wants to mix esports with Twitch-like game streaming, raises $17M seed round, plans to launch in 2020 (Janko Roettgers/Variety)

bubmagSeptember 18, 2019

Google

Which Music Streaming Service Should You Use?

There are tons of music streaming services you can pick from right now (including a brand-new HD service from Amazon). They work on whatever smartphone you own, usually support streaming to speakers through Airplay or Google Cast, and typically come with prem…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

Orangutan

Big changes considered for Bali; ‘Send them to jail’

Indonesia has a lovehate relation with Bali. They love the power it has to draw in tourists from around the world, but are less keen on what said tourists do when they get there. The Island of the Gods is just one in 17,000 islands but it accounts for 60…

bubmagSeptember 17, 2019

AI 50 Founders Say This Is What People Get Wrong About Artificial Intelligence

An Explosion Rocked a Russian Pathogen Lab That Stores Ebola, Smallpox – VICE

Kevin Smith Pays Homage to Avengers: Endgame With New Jay & Silent Bob Reboot Poster

ArtWalk Carlsbad returns for a second year

Obama meets with teen climate activist Greta Thunberg

Modified Tesla Model S Reportedly Outguns Porsche Taycan at Nurburgring

Shut Up and Listen

VENN, a Cheddar-like TV network that wants to mix esports with Twitch-like game streaming, raises $17M seed round, plans to launch in 2020 (Janko Roettgers/Variety)

Which Music Streaming Service Should You Use?

Big changes considered for Bali; ‘Send them to jail’

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