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Julian Assange

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters to Perform ‘Wish You Were’ Outiside London’s Home Office in Support of Julian Assange

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Elon Musk

NASA photos reveal SpaceX is scouting these 9 places on Mars to land its first Starship rocket missions

SpaceX is scouting for prime real estate to populate Mars, according to a database of NASA spacecraft photography. The entries suggest the rocket company, founded by tech mogul Elon Musk, is looking for relatively flat, warm, and hazard-free landing sites …

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Dozens more child refugees could make dangerous Channel crossing in event of no-deal Brexit, charities warn

Dozens more refugee children could risk their lives making the dangerous crossing from France to Britain if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, charities have warned. The current system of transferring asylum-seeking children in the EU to join family member…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Brexit

No-Deal Brexit May Cost the British Fashion Industry $1 Billion

LONDON, United Kingdom — A no-deal Brexit would cost the UK fashion industry as much as £900 million ($1.1 billion) because of tariffs, and other expenses could raise the figure even higher, a trade group said. A switch to World Trade Organisation rules alon…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Water Pollution

Environmental Monitoring Market – Global Forecast to 2025: Use of IoT Technology and Nanotechnology for Environmental Monitoring Products – ResearchAndMarkets.com – Business Wire

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Environmental Monitoring Market by Product {, Sensors }, Sampling Method (Continuous monitoring, Active), Applicatio…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Alibaba

Elon Musk: Humanity Is a Kind of ‘Biological Boot Loader’ for AI

On Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma took the stage at the World AI Conference in Shanghai to debate artificial intelligence and its implications for humanity. As expected, Ma took a far more optimistic stance than Musk. Ma encourag…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Panda

Twin giant panda cubs born in Berlin Zoo

Editor's Note The cubs are the first giant pandas born in Germany. (Credit: Zoo Berlin) (CNN) Berlin Zoo welcomed twin giant panda cubs to the world on Saturday, the first time a panda has given birth in Germany. Mother Meng Meng gave birth for the first ti…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

China’s Social Credit System Raises Data Security Fears

A new system of social and corporate control in China raises serious new data security risks for multi-national foreign firms operating in the country, according to a new report from the EU Chamber of Commerce in China. The new study, The Digital Hand: How C…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Water Scarcity

Africa: How to Solve the Water Crisis? the Real Answer Is Local

Most funding for water is controlled by governments, banks and large businesses, but it is sustainable, community-owned services that can address the water crisis Historically, civilizations have flourished where water sources are available. Similarly, they …

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Julian Assange

Links 9/2/19

What is a king tide? TreeHugger Thousands celebrate East Timor’s 20th anniversary but the scars remain Reuters WWIIs start marked in Poland with German remorse, warning AP Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy MIT Technol…

bubmagSeptember 2, 2019

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters to Perform ‘Wish You Were’ Outiside London’s Home Office in Support of Julian Assange

NASA photos reveal SpaceX is scouting these 9 places on Mars to land its first Starship rocket missions

Dozens more child refugees could make dangerous Channel crossing in event of no-deal Brexit, charities warn

No-Deal Brexit May Cost the British Fashion Industry $1 Billion

Environmental Monitoring Market – Global Forecast to 2025: Use of IoT Technology and Nanotechnology for Environmental Monitoring Products – ResearchAndMarkets.com – Business Wire

Elon Musk: Humanity Is a Kind of ‘Biological Boot Loader’ for AI

Twin giant panda cubs born in Berlin Zoo

Africa: How to Solve the Water Crisis? the Real Answer Is Local

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