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Electric Scooter

Why Hyundai’s car-mounted e-scooter makes lots of sense

Hyundai's recently-revealed foldable, car-mounted e-scooter isn't anything new, and the Korean company isn't the first major car company to hawk an electric scooter - earlier this year, luxury German car-maker BMW unveiled its own electric scooter, according …

bubmagSeptember 6, 2019

Machine Learning

Untangling Stellar Strings in the Milky Way

Long-lived, string-shaped groups of stars align with the Milky Ways spiral arms and they may provide clues to what those arms looked like long ago. Astronomers have identified thousands of stellar groups within 3,000 light-years of the Sun. But the 3D map th…

bubmagSeptember 6, 2019

Little Italy

San Diego’s InterContinental hotel opens its 4th floor roof deck to the public – pacificsandiego.com

Not everyone can necessarily afford an overnight stay at the now year-old InterContinental downtown, but the luxury hotel is about to make it a little easier for the public to enjoy a bayfront getaway when it opens this month a new rooftop lounge and bar its …

bubmagSeptember 6, 2019

AR-15

O’Rourke calls for mandatory buyback of AK-47, AR-15 rifles

MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke says a mandatory government buyback program for AK-47 and AR-15 rifles is needed because other gun control measures don't do enough to remove weapons already on the streets. O'Rourke spoke Thu…

bubmagSeptember 6, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

5 Industries Destined for Technological Disruption

Weve heard tales of technological transformation for a while, and those stories are (finally) moving into their next chapters. The International Data Corporation suggests that 60% of global GDP will come from digital organizations by 2022. These players are t…

bubmagSeptember 6, 2019

Confusion clouds China’s social credit system

From penalising irresponsible dog owners to blacklisting dissenters, critics warn China's social credit system enables authorities to define "desirable and undesirable behaviour" and could allow unprecedented control of citizen's lives. The fledgling initiat…

bubmagSeptember 6, 2019

Star Wars

Star Wars News: Those Bad ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Rumors Are False

Star Wars News: Those Bad 'Rise of Skywalker' Rumors Are False

bubmagSeptember 6, 2019

Android

Lenovo Expands Mirage AR Headset Beyond Star Wars with Marvel’s Dimension of Heroes

Move over, Star Wars. You're not the only Disney property that can play in the Lenovo Mirage AR headset anymore. On Thursday, superhero powerhouse Marvel unveiled Dimension of Heroes, a new mobile app for iOS and Android that, when holstered in a Lenovo Mira…

bubmagSeptember 6, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Pentagon chief suggests European allies replace funds diverted to border wall

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that European nations should consider funding projects in their countries after the Pentagon diverted money to pay for a border wall with Mexico. The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would pull funding …

bubmagSeptember 6, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Shakhtar Donetsk: The Ukrainian serial winners forced to flee from war

Shakhtar last played at their home ground in May 2014 A little after 10pm, there's not one set of footsteps to be heard on the pavements of Donetsk. It's an hour before the nightly military curfew starts but no-one's taking any chances and the city is alrea…

bubmagSeptember 6, 2019

Why Hyundai’s car-mounted e-scooter makes lots of sense

Untangling Stellar Strings in the Milky Way

San Diego’s InterContinental hotel opens its 4th floor roof deck to the public – pacificsandiego.com

O’Rourke calls for mandatory buyback of AK-47, AR-15 rifles

5 Industries Destined for Technological Disruption

Star Wars News: Those Bad ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Rumors Are False

Lenovo Expands Mirage AR Headset Beyond Star Wars with Marvel’s Dimension of Heroes

Pentagon chief suggests European allies replace funds diverted to border wall

Shakhtar Donetsk: The Ukrainian serial winners forced to flee from war

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