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Biological Warfare

The biggest animal disease outbreak of all time is going out-of-control right now

A deadly pig virus, the pig Ebola, is spreading uncontrollably across huge swathes of the world in whats become the biggest animal disease outbreak the planet has ever faced. Outbreaks of African swine fever have recently taken hold in pig farms across m…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

VR

Open Source Headset With Inside-Out Tracking, Video Passthrough

The folks behind the Atmos Extended Reality (XR) headset want to provide improved accessibility with an open ecosystem, and they aim to do it with a WebVR-capable headset design that is self-contained, 3D-printable, and open-sourced. Their immediate goal is t…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Times Square

Protesters strip, get painted in Times Square

NEW YORK (AP) Several dozen people stripped naked and got their bodies painted in New York’s Times Square as part of what was billed as a protest against “divisiveness.” The event Saturday was organized by body artist Andy Golub. He has staged similar nude T…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Super Heroes

Marvel Hero Tales

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Italy lets 10 migrants off rescue boat as row drags on

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Star Wars

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga uses the Force to pull me back in

I used to enjoy the Lego video games, but I checked out of the series years ago. After seeing a live gameplay demo of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga earlier this week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, I’m ready to come back to the …

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Feudalism

A failed opposition

(Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal) Something very important happened in this general election. Sadly for our opposition leaders, they have not noticed. So their analysis of why they have nearly all ended up on the wrong side of history ranges from the petulant…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Fortnite

Former Epic Production Director Would Have Cancelled Fortnite

In an interview with Game Informer, former Epic Games production director Rod Fergusson says that if he had stayed at Epic, he would have cancelled Fortnite. Fortnite: Save the World, a sort of horde mode defense game that featured the same building mechanic…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Venezuela

Turkish Airlines passengers subdue man who screamed and rushed towards plane cockpit

Passengers on a Turkish Airlines plane flying from Turkey to Sudan had to subdue a man who started screaming, tried to smash an oxygen mask box and then a cabin window, before pushing flight attendants aside and rushing towards the cockpit. Several passenger…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

Exoskeleton

Go behind the scenes as Adam Savage tests an Iron Man suit that really flies – CNET

Lots of people dream of suiting up like Iron Man and shooting to the skies. Count former MythBusters co-host Adam Savage among them. Adam Savage and the Iron Man suit. "I hope this thing will fly." CNET For Savage Builds, his new eight-part series focused…

bubmagJune 15, 2019

The biggest animal disease outbreak of all time is going out-of-control right now

Open Source Headset With Inside-Out Tracking, Video Passthrough

Protesters strip, get painted in Times Square

Marvel Hero Tales

Italy lets 10 migrants off rescue boat as row drags on

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga uses the Force to pull me back in

A failed opposition

Former Epic Production Director Would Have Cancelled Fortnite

Turkish Airlines passengers subdue man who screamed and rushed towards plane cockpit

Go behind the scenes as Adam Savage tests an Iron Man suit that really flies – CNET

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