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Chinese Expansionism

How US Allies Can Keep An Electronic Eye On China

Chinese weapons ranges (CSBA graphic) As it seeks to contain a rising China, America’s great advantage is its larger network of Asian friends and allies. Not all of these nations have the combat power to deter Chinese aggression, let alone fight alongside th…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Filter Bubble

Spotify’s Your Daily Drive playlist could crush terrestrial and satellite radio

Terrestrial and satellite radio, be warned: Spotify sees your morning zoo shows and wants a piece of that action. The streaming music service has just launched a new playlist, expressly for U.S. listeners, called Your Daily Drive — a mix of music and news aim…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Plastic Pollution

Plastic hunting robot crab takes its first dive

Plastic can be a very useful medium, but our throw away culture has also made it a huge pollution problem especially when it ends up in the sea. While efforts like the Ocean Cleanup attempt to deal with plastic waste near or on the surface, researchers in Ita…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Orangutan

More baby pandas, tiger cubs planned as KL’s Zoo Negara seeks to revive fortunes

KUALA LUMPUR: The giant panda enclosure at Kuala Lumpurs Zoo Negara provided visitors a cooling respite from the hot and humid weather. On Tuesday morning (Jun 11), the zoos biggest attraction, a one-year-old giant panda cub, was enjoying the air-conditioned…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

AR-15

Dems push backdoor gun control bill that could destroy the firearm industry

Democrats in Congress introduced legislation Tuesday that seeks to repeal legal protections for firearm manufacturers, opening the door for shooting victims to sue companies that create firearms. What are the details? The bill, titled, "The Equal Access to …

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Google

Changing how Google Drive and Google Photos work together

Many of you store your photos and videos on both Google Drive and Google Photos, which keeps them safe and easy to access. Weve heard feedback that the connection between these services is confusing, so next month, were making some changes to simplify the exp…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

SpaceX

Used SpaceX Rocket Launches 3 Radarsat Satellites, Aces Foggy Landing

SpaceX successfully launched its seventh space mission of the year Wednesday (June 12), delivering a trio of Earth-observing satellites into orbit for Canada and nailing a foggy landing in California. Despite a thick layer of morning fog, the SpaceX Falcon …

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Electric Scooter

Electric scooters are treated as ‘toys’ despite reaching speeds of up to 30mph

Electric scooters are being treated as 'toys' despite them reaching speeds of up to 30mph (48km/h), scientists have warned. Around 32,000 people are thought to have been hospitalised in the US over the last nine years because they hurt themselves using the g…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Star Wars

LEGO Voltron can still arrive in time for Father’s Day

Making a Turing machine is a kind of nerd rite of passage, like manually editing your X11 settings or building a two-second time-machine. As far back as 2005, we were chronicling the adventures of Lego Turing-machine builders (the state of the art advanced ra…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

Electric Scooter

LIME France encourages riders to behave better

From June, Lime, the leading French electric scooter brand, is speaking out for the first time about its riders behaviour. France, like many other places, has seen rising tension over electric scooter users bad behaviour, which has led to negative media cov…

bubmagJune 12, 2019

How US Allies Can Keep An Electronic Eye On China

Spotify’s Your Daily Drive playlist could crush terrestrial and satellite radio

Plastic hunting robot crab takes its first dive

More baby pandas, tiger cubs planned as KL’s Zoo Negara seeks to revive fortunes

Dems push backdoor gun control bill that could destroy the firearm industry

Changing how Google Drive and Google Photos work together

Used SpaceX Rocket Launches 3 Radarsat Satellites, Aces Foggy Landing

Electric scooters are treated as ‘toys’ despite reaching speeds of up to 30mph

LEGO Voltron can still arrive in time for Father’s Day

LIME France encourages riders to behave better

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