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Trade War

China says firms have started inquiring about U.S. agri buys

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Commerce Ministry said on Thursday that Chinese companies have started to inquire about prices for U.S. agricultural goods purchases, in a further sign of a thaw emerging in a bitter trade war between the two countries. Speaking …

bubmagSeptember 12, 2019

Electric Car

The Rise of the Electric Scooter

In an electric car, the (enormous) battery is a major part of the price. If electric car prices are decreasing, battery costs must be decreasing, because it's not like the cost of fabricating rubber, aluminum, and steel into car shapes can decline that much, …

bubmagSeptember 12, 2019

Yellow Vests

Frankfurt car show faces protests over SUVs and climate woes

Climate protection protesters plan a rally outside the show Saturday, saying the sector is failing to reduce carbon emissions despite a massive push for new electric vehicles. Meanwhile media and politicians have debated the safety of SUVs this week, after f…

bubmagSeptember 12, 2019

Feudalism

Labor won big with bill to rewrite California employment law — but it’s flawed

Independent trucker Robert Schott was driving his big rig down the I-10 near Pomona when I reached him on his cell to talk about the gig bill. He hated the measure. We chatted shortly before the state Senate passed the bill Tuesday night after an emotional d…

bubmagSeptember 12, 2019

VR

The HTC Vive Cosmos VR is a polished overdue upgrade – CNET

The HTC Vive Cosmos is the follow-up to the original Vive and offers significant improvements and changes. Angela Lang/CNET HTC did something radical when it designed its newest VR headset for consumers: It listened to its customers. The result is a brand-n…

bubmagSeptember 12, 2019

Protectionism

Indonesia’s Economy Needs Protection From Trump Tweets, Minister Says

(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia needs a better immune system to ward off external risks -- including from President Donald Trumps tweets that are rattling the outlook for Southeast Asias biggest economy, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said. Indonesia faces …

bubmagSeptember 12, 2019

Super Heroes

Marvel Just Low-Key Powered Up a Fantastic Four Member | CBR

The Invisible Woman solo series gives its titular star a chance to shine like she seldom does in team books. While the Fantastic Four may have been her original home, the new miniseries explores Susan Richards' secret life away from the FF serving as a spy fo…

bubmagSeptember 12, 2019

Machine Learning

How to Make Custom AI-Generated Text with GPT-2

In February 2019, OpenAI released a paper describing GPT-2, a AI-based text-generation model based on the Transformer architecture and trained on massive amounts of text all around the internet. From a text-generation perspective, the included demos were very…

bubmagSeptember 12, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi princess faces verdict in French ‘beaten workman’ case

A French court will rule on Thursday whether a sister of the Saudi crown prince had a hand in the alleged beating of a workman who carried out repairs in her luxury Paris apartment. Hassa bint Salman, daughter of King Salman, is a sister of the kingdom's pow…

bubmagSeptember 12, 2019

NASDAQ

The United States is delaying some tariffs on China. Markets are moving higher – CNN Philippines

(CNN) Global stocks are mostly on the rise after the United States and China took small steps toward cooling trade tensions between each other. China announced Wednesday that it would waive tariffs on some US goods. US President Donald Trump followed with p…

bubmagSeptember 12, 2019

China says firms have started inquiring about U.S. agri buys

The Rise of the Electric Scooter

Frankfurt car show faces protests over SUVs and climate woes

Labor won big with bill to rewrite California employment law — but it’s flawed

The HTC Vive Cosmos VR is a polished overdue upgrade – CNET

Indonesia’s Economy Needs Protection From Trump Tweets, Minister Says

Marvel Just Low-Key Powered Up a Fantastic Four Member | CBR

How to Make Custom AI-Generated Text with GPT-2

Saudi princess faces verdict in French ‘beaten workman’ case

The United States is delaying some tariffs on China. Markets are moving higher – CNN Philippines

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