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Food Industry

Cutting acrylamide in fried and baked snacks

In 2002, the discovery of acrylamide in certain snacks rattled consumers and the food industry. Acrylamide, a probable human carcinogen, forms by a chemical reaction during baking or frying. Although experts say it's impossible to completely eliminate acrylam…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

CCTV

Thieves swipe 79-year-old woman’s purse as she struggles with shopping

Two thieves stole from an elderly old woman as she struggled with her shopping in east London. The two women seized upon the moment the 79-year-old victim had to get out of her mobility scooter to reach something and grabbed her purse as she shopped in Ilfor…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Machine Learning

Did AI kill off spam and we just didn’t notice?

Spam has been around for nearly as long as computers have. Digital Equipment Corp marketing manager Gary Thuerk is widely seen as the father of spam. He earned that ignominious distinction in May 1978 when he emailed more than 600 clients over ARPANET about D…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

New York City

Workers Accuse Chipotle, the ‘Food With Integrity’ Company, of Abuses

Mr. Espinal, a college student who has worked part-time at Chipotle for more than a year, said he had not seen any changes to how workers were treated at the restaurant in that time. Even now, he said, managers still forced workers to agree to schedule chang…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Trump Gives Peace a Chance?

With the super-hawk John Bolton kicked out of the White House nest there is media speculation that President Donald Trump may at last be spreading dovish wings in foreign policy.It certainly seems an unmitigated good thing that Bolton is finally gone. The der…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

eSports

GameStop plans up to 200 store closures, expects many more on the way

13 with 12 posters participating Major gaming retailer GameStop says it will be closing "between 180 and 200 underperforming stores" in the next six months. That statement comes following 195 store closures in the last 12 months and what the company says it …

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Bees

Stuck in traffic? Try spotting a fox on the Mystic River Mural

The mural educates the public about urban nature in an urban center, and the people who live here, said David Fichter, mural artist and director of the Mystic River Mural Project. Commuters stuck at traffic lights have told me that they see different parts of…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

After Offering to Resume Peace Talks With U.S., North Korea Test Fires Two More Projectiles

“Super-large” rocket launcher tested.News has come out that North Korea launched at least two unidentified projectiles toward the sea on Tuesday. This action comes hours after the nation’s officials offered to resume nuclear diplomacy with the United States. …

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Little Italy

Enjoy a tropical island retreat in the heart of San Diego

San Diego's historic Little Italy community is just minutes away from Shelter Island and consistently ranks as one of the best Little Italy neighborhoods in the nation. The community is rooted in a rich heritage from the thousands of Italian immigrants who ca…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Biological Warfare

Standing Together: Whitney Biennial Artist Nicholas Galanin on His Decision in July to Pull Work from the Show

Nicholas Galanin’s White Noise, American Prayer Rug, 2018, is one of two works by the artist included in the 2019 Whitney Biennial. COURTESY THE ARTIST Nicholas Galanin is an artist and citizen of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska. He is of Tlingit and Unangax des…

bubmagSeptember 11, 2019

Cutting acrylamide in fried and baked snacks

Thieves swipe 79-year-old woman’s purse as she struggles with shopping

Did AI kill off spam and we just didn’t notice?

Workers Accuse Chipotle, the ‘Food With Integrity’ Company, of Abuses

Trump Gives Peace a Chance?

GameStop plans up to 200 store closures, expects many more on the way

Stuck in traffic? Try spotting a fox on the Mystic River Mural

After Offering to Resume Peace Talks With U.S., North Korea Test Fires Two More Projectiles

Enjoy a tropical island retreat in the heart of San Diego

Standing Together: Whitney Biennial Artist Nicholas Galanin on His Decision in July to Pull Work from the Show

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