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Old-Age Poverty

More people are retiring with high mortgage debts. The implications are huge

Half a million Australians aged 50 and over lost their homes in the first decade of this century. Shutterstock The number of mature age Australians carrying mortgage debt into retirement is soaring. And on average each mature age Australian with a mortgage de…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Holocaust

Prominent white supremacists are still on YouTube in wake of ban

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Obamacare

Expert Panel Backs PrEP for People at High HIV Risk

"Besides near-perfect protection against HIV, PrEP is a good gateway for young adults to access preventive and primary care services," Urbina added. With the task force's "bold" recommendation, "the elusive goal of ending the HIV epidemic in the U.S. now see…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Privacy Concerns

What can cities learn from Amazon HQ?

With the backlash from Amazon HQ fresh in our minds, it’s time to strategically think about how lessons from corporate innovations and digital technology services can improve and inform urban life in a way that puts people front and center. Doing so properly,…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Electric Scooter

Electric scooter recharges in 5 minutes with StoreDot’s new battery, coming to cars next

Range and recharge times are perhaps the two biggest issues currently facing electric vehicles. But StoreDot is ready to solve at least one of those. The company just showed off its fast charging batteries by topping up an empty electric scooter battery in ju…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Pantano announces retirement in wake of EPO positive

NewsColombian Pantano offers no explanation of how EPO entered his system in out-of-competition controls "> Colombian rider Jarlinson Pantano claimed his innocence but confirmed his retirement Tuesday in the wake of an EPO case earlier this spring. The …

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

GM’s Cruise Self-Driving Prototypes Are Riddled With Technical Glitches, Safety Concerns: Report

Last time we checked in on General Motors Cruise autonomous-vehicle arm, it was worth a surprising $19 billion, because the dream of a self-driving world is one people are willing to dump loads of cash into, growing skepticism or not. That $19 billion, though…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Exoskeleton

Inside Amazon’s wild robot conference that started as a Jeff Bezos private party (AMZN)

From June 3-7, a couple thousand people landed in Las Vegas to get a peek at how Amazon uses robots and AI tech in its business and to mingle with some of the world's leading robotics and AI experts. This was Amazon's first Machine learning, AI, Robotics, …

bubmagJune 11, 2019

Scotland

The Shifting Sands of Financial Fraud

Holland, an experienced security analyst, has spent the last decade focusing on the intersection of digital banking, payments and security technologies. He has spoken at a variety of conferences and events, including Mobile World Congress, Money2020, Next Ban…

bubmagJune 11, 2019

SpaceX

Rocket firm Relativity signs lease with NASA for new robotic 3D printing factory

(Reuters) - Relativity Space, a venture-backed rocket maker, said on Tuesday it will lease space from NASA in Mississippi, where its gigantic 3D printers will produce low-cost rockets to be used to launch small-payload satellites into orbit. The lease, for …

bubmagJune 11, 2019

More people are retiring with high mortgage debts. The implications are huge

Prominent white supremacists are still on YouTube in wake of ban

Expert Panel Backs PrEP for People at High HIV Risk

What can cities learn from Amazon HQ?

Electric scooter recharges in 5 minutes with StoreDot’s new battery, coming to cars next

Pantano announces retirement in wake of EPO positive

GM’s Cruise Self-Driving Prototypes Are Riddled With Technical Glitches, Safety Concerns: Report

Inside Amazon’s wild robot conference that started as a Jeff Bezos private party (AMZN)

The Shifting Sands of Financial Fraud

Rocket firm Relativity signs lease with NASA for new robotic 3D printing factory

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