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Self-driving Vehicles

Waymo shares some of its self-driving car data to help researchers

The Waymo team explained this as an opportunity to improve the industry as a whole. It hoped he data would improve not just other self-driving vehicles, but also general concepts like perception, behavior prediction and scene understanding. Those could help w…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Economic Bubble

Trump is ramping up his economic double-talk to tamp down recession fears

President Trump made some key concessions on his tariffs in the past week: He admitted companies pay the cost of the tariffs and those costs can be passed on to consumers. On Tuesday, Trump made a third concession. I am doing this whether its good or bad for…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Neymar

Have Barca left it too late to sign Neymar?

With the European transfer window closing on September 2, have Barcelona left it too late to sign Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain? Neymar's days at PSG appear to be numbered and despite being linked with a return to the Nou Camp throughout the summer, Sky Sp…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

NSA

Russia backs India on territorial integrity

NEW DELHI: NSA Ajit Doval on Wednesday held talks with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev in Moscow on the prevailing regional situation including threats and rhetoric from Pakistan following India's decision to abrogate Article 370. ET has learnt th…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

China will have ‘one CCTV camera for every TWO PEOPLE by next year’

Beijing is on track to have one CCTV camera for nearly every two people as the Communist Party pushes for Big-Brother-style state surveillance. The country's 1.4 billion population are set to be carefully watched by 626 million street monitors - many having …

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Android

Best Robot Lawn Mower [2019]

Best Overall:WORX Landroid WR150This brand new robotic lawn mower by WORX offers a lot for a very competitive price. You can control it easily with an app on your phone, it recharges automatically, detects rain (goes back to its garage), comes with a GPS trac…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Black Hole

Where Does the Oxygen in the Universe Come From, Exactly?

From Popular Mechanics The sun doesn't just give off the heat needed for life on Earth to exist. The sun, and stars like it, also create most of the oxygen in the Universe. They create oxygen through a series of thermonuclear reactions, but there's a lot sci…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Animal Protection

‘Otterly adorable’?: Demand for cute selfies puts animals at risk

Social media users are fuelling a burgeoning appetite for acquiring wild otters and other endangered animals as pets, conservationists say, warning the trend could push species towards extinction. Popular Instagrammers posting selfies with their pet otter ma…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

SpaceX

Spacewalking astronauts add parking spot to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) Spacewalking astronauts added another parking spot to the International Space Station on Wednesday. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Andrew Morgan had to deal with multiple cables to install a docking port delivered by SpaceX last mon…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Slavery Abolition

What the grievance brigade misunderstands about America

The ongoing crusade against Americas civic rituals and founding values picked up pace this summer. The city council of St. Louis Park, Minn., stopped reciting the Pledge of Allegiance before its meetings, lest immigrants feel uncomfortable. Nike junked a com…

bubmagAugust 21, 2019

Waymo shares some of its self-driving car data to help researchers

Trump is ramping up his economic double-talk to tamp down recession fears

Have Barca left it too late to sign Neymar?

Russia backs India on territorial integrity

Best Robot Lawn Mower [2019]

Where Does the Oxygen in the Universe Come From, Exactly?

‘Otterly adorable’?: Demand for cute selfies puts animals at risk

Spacewalking astronauts add parking spot to space station

What the grievance brigade misunderstands about America

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