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Christianity

Botswana Decriminalized Homosexuality. Here’s How Other African Countries Compare.

Some African governments have found these laws useful, Mr. Akwei said, to suppress parts of civil society and preserve their power. These were all laws that were designed to benefit the colonial powers and make sure that their subjects knew their place, he sa…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Greta Thunberg

The Beam #9 – Voices From The Global South: Help Us Spread The Word!

June 11th, 2019 by The Beam Can you hear the rumble of individuals who are raising their voice in anger to demand that their government realize the scale of the climate crisis? A profound immediate systemic change is what they demand, and this upsurge of ac…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Elon Musk

Astronomers Think They’ve Finally Found the Lost Lunar Module From Apollo 10

A discarded Apollo 10 lunar module known as Snoopy has been drifting in space for the past 50 years, its location a complete mystery. Now, after a meticulous eight-year search, a team of astronomers suspect theyve finally found it. On May 22, 1969, just two …

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Elon Musk

Tesla Stock Continues June Rebound as Shares Rise Again

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Stocks opened higher but fell through most of the day. The indexes ended the session with declines of less than 0.1 percent. The Entrepreneur Index™ fared slightly better, closing the day with a …

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Android

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Brings Back Dragon Ball Favorite

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot was officially revealed to be the title of the mysterious new Dragon Ball video game project coming from Bandai Namco announced earlier this year, and fans got their best look at the game yet with a trailer teasing Goku's journey from t…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Facebook Dangles Cash For Data About Your Smartphone Use

Billions of users give Facebook tons of personal data for free every day. Now the company wants to gather even more data about select individuals and it's willing to pay to get that data.The Facebook Study app (Image: Facebook). Image: Facebook Facebook has…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

VR

The Walking Dead Onslaught: Everything you need to know

VR and zombies seem to walk hand in dismembered wrist stump these days, and we talk about zombies, we can't help but reference The Walking Dead. With two different shows and multiple comic book runs, The Walking Dead is something of a cultural icon at this po…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Mainstream TV in Russia is heavily controlled by the government, but dissenting voices are regularly heard on YouTube, especially by youths (Neil MacFarquhar/New York Times)

Mediagazer presents the day's must-read media news on a single page. The media business is in tumult: from the production side to the distribution side, new technologies are upending the industry. Keeping up with these changes is time-consuming, as essenti…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Trade War

Foxconn can make all iPhones outside of China (if necessary)

As the U.S.-Chine trade war continues, so does the threat of further tariffs being imposed by President Trump. They could potentially cut deeply into the profit margins of the iPhone, but according to Foxconn, Apple has nothing to worry about. As Bloomberg r…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Brexit

Irish PM concerned Britain set for ‘terrible’ Brexit miscalculation

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland’s prime minister warned British lawmakers on Tuesday against making “a terrible political miscalculation” of thinking their rejection of the Brexit divorce deal negotiated with the European Union means they will get a better one. …

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Botswana Decriminalized Homosexuality. Here’s How Other African Countries Compare.

The Beam #9 – Voices From The Global South: Help Us Spread The Word!

Astronomers Think They’ve Finally Found the Lost Lunar Module From Apollo 10

Tesla Stock Continues June Rebound as Shares Rise Again

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Brings Back Dragon Ball Favorite

Facebook Dangles Cash For Data About Your Smartphone Use

The Walking Dead Onslaught: Everything you need to know

Mainstream TV in Russia is heavily controlled by the government, but dissenting voices are regularly heard on YouTube, especially by youths (Neil MacFarquhar/New York Times)

Foxconn can make all iPhones outside of China (if necessary)

Irish PM concerned Britain set for ‘terrible’ Brexit miscalculation

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