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Astroturfing

Keep off the Grassroots?

Housing is a serious issue across the country, and here in Minneapolis there has been a big discussion about new zoning policies that could be a model for cities everywhere. In true midwestern fashion, the favored way to fight this out on the ground is the …

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Donald Trump

Trump says Shanahan out of confirmation process to be defense secretary

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said Tuesday that acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has "decided not to go forward with his confirmation process." "Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to …

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Google

How to Block Annoying Spam Calls and Texts In Android Nougat

Android wants to keep you and spammy callers as far away from each other as possible. When you block a number in Androids settings, its blocked for all apps on your phone forever and without having to go through your network provider. While Google introduced …

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Electric Scooter

Scooter Breakdowns Weigh on Lime

At the CES trade show in Las Vegas in January, Lime showed off a new model of its electric scooter with thicker tires, color display screens between the handlebars and stronger aluminum to help the vehicles last longer. But months later, the custom-designed s…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Google

Google reveals plans to build 20,000 Bay Area homes

Additionally, Google is setting up a $250 million investment fund for developers to build more than 5,000 affordable housing units in the area. It also plans to give $50 million to nonprofits focused on homelessness and displacement. "Across the region, one …

bubmagJune 18, 2019

VR

Make charging your Oculus Quest easy with these magnetic chargers

Best Magnetic Charger for Oculus Quest Android Central2019 The Oculus Quest provides a completely untethered VR experience, but if you want to play for more than a few hours, you'll need to plug in your device. The Oculus Quest uses a USB-C charging port t…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Gundam

Mobile Fighter G Gundam Blu-Ray

Yasuhiro Imagawa never wanted to reinvent Gundam. But that was exactly the task Sunrise had given him along with the directorship of Mobile Fighter G-Gundam. For 15 years, every previous Gundam show took place in the same timelinethe Universal Centuryand sha…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Paris

Ex-French Soccer Great Michel Platini Arrested as Part of 2022 World Cup Corruption Probe

(PARIS) — Former UEFA president Michel Platini denied wrongdoing during police questioning Tuesday following his arrest as part of a corruption probe into the vote that gave the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. Platini, a former France national team great who became…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Brexit

Rolls-Royce boss laments Brexit distraction at Paris Airshow

PARIS (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce chief executive Warren East said on Tuesday that uncertainties over Brexit remain an unwelcome distraction for the aerospace industry three years after Britain voted to leave the European Union. A delay to Britain’s EU departur…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Protectionism

Foreign investment limits cost Canadian economy almost $10 billion a year says new study

Canada is stunting its own economy and blocking businesses from reaping the benefits of innovation by clinging to protectionist policies that curb foreign investment, a new study from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management says. Relaxing res…

bubmagJune 18, 2019

Keep off the Grassroots?

Trump says Shanahan out of confirmation process to be defense secretary

How to Block Annoying Spam Calls and Texts In Android Nougat

Scooter Breakdowns Weigh on Lime

Google reveals plans to build 20,000 Bay Area homes

Make charging your Oculus Quest easy with these magnetic chargers

Mobile Fighter G Gundam Blu-Ray

Ex-French Soccer Great Michel Platini Arrested as Part of 2022 World Cup Corruption Probe

Rolls-Royce boss laments Brexit distraction at Paris Airshow

Foreign investment limits cost Canadian economy almost $10 billion a year says new study

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