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Google

‘Sign in with Apple’ protects your email and info from apps

Apple has long touted its approach to privacy as a selling point, and at WWDC, it revealed more privacy-oriented features. It's offering a Sign in with Apple option for apps and services it says provides "fast, easy sign in without the tracking" that other lo…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Google

Apple Maps gets a much-needed revamp

Back when Apple Maps debuted, it was often derided for lacking a lot of detail, especially when compared to Google Maps. Now, with iOS13, that appears to be changing. At WWDC, iOS lead Craig Federighi showed off a new Apple Maps that is much more detailed, mo…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Elon Musk

Terminator 2, but with Sylvester Stallone instead of Arnie

“Might delete later,” adds The Fakening, creator of the abomination. Previously: Elon Musk but with Elizabeth Holmes’ eyes. As Theresa May continues to pilot the United Kingdom toward a catastrophic, epochal collision with the Brexit iceberg -- even as her m…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Black Hole

What We Know About the Disaster That Made Picard Quit Starfleet

Star Trek: Picard is set decades after the unthinkable: a disillusioned Jean-Luc Picard, former captain of the Enterprise, has left Starfleet, the fabled organization that represents his highest ideals. But in order to figure out why, we need to turn to what …

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Julian Assange

YouTube jackass sentenced to prison for giving homeless man an Oreo filled with toothpast

Spanish YouTube sensation Kanghua Ren (aka ReSet) thought it would be funny to give a homeless man an Oreo cookie with a toothpaste filling. The video showed the man eating the cookie and vomiting afterwards. Many people who watched the video were disgusted …

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Water Scarcity

Combination of water scarcity and inflexible demand puts world’s river basins at risk

Nearly one-fifth of the world's population lives in a stressed water basin where the next climate change-driven incident could threaten access to an essential resource for agriculture, industry and life itself, according to a paper by University of California…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

The Queen

Trump’s U.K. Trip in Pictures

President Trump arrived in Britain on Monday for a three-day state visit that will combine royal pomp and circumstance, and high-level talks with Prime Minister Theresa May. Mr. Trump began the day in his typically unpredictable manner, taking shots at Mayor…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

SpaceX

Astronomy group calls for urgent action on SpaceX Starlink satellites

Astronomers are concerned that SpaceX’s satellites will streak across the sky Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory By Leah Crane We are entering the age of satellite constellations, and astronomers are worried. On 23 May, SpaceX launched 60 communications sa…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Hiroshima

North Korea’s 2017 nuke test was 16 times bigger than Hiroshima bomb: Report

Skip to comments. North Korea's 2017 nuke test was 16 times bigger than Hiroshima bomb: ReportThe Washington Times ^ | June 3, 2019 | Ben Wolfgang Posted on 06/03/2019 10:11:19 AM PDT by be-baw ... “From 2006 to 2016 North Korea steadily increased th…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

Biological Warfare

Racial Politics in Latin America

Darkness fell over the São Paulo skyline. Like most cities, dusk brings the evening commute, but this one is a little different. One by one, all across the business district, helicopters lifted off buildings and roared into the humid night sky. São Paulo has…

bubmagJune 3, 2019

‘Sign in with Apple’ protects your email and info from apps

Apple Maps gets a much-needed revamp

Terminator 2, but with Sylvester Stallone instead of Arnie

What We Know About the Disaster That Made Picard Quit Starfleet

YouTube jackass sentenced to prison for giving homeless man an Oreo filled with toothpast

Combination of water scarcity and inflexible demand puts world’s river basins at risk

Trump’s U.K. Trip in Pictures

Astronomy group calls for urgent action on SpaceX Starlink satellites

North Korea’s 2017 nuke test was 16 times bigger than Hiroshima bomb: Report

Racial Politics in Latin America

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