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New York City

Samsung Pay will work on some NYC trains and buses starting today

A momentous thing is happening in New York City today: They're finally fixing the subway! Just kidding, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) is rolling out contactless payments for select stations and bus lines. (Because that will address overcrowding, br…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Skateboard

Quiksilver’s Role in the Creation of Streetwear and the Future of Sustainable Fashion

When we think of streetwear, we tend to think of gritty, urban centers and expensive sneakers more than West Coast surfers with sun-bleached hair. Which is strange, really, because theres an argument to be made that if it werent for surfing, we might not even…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Paris

Watch a rusted flea-market lamp get lovingly restored

You know what's better than a smartwatch? Literally everything else. But especially: the centuries' worth of wrist-mounted paint palettes worn by some artists. The Universal Serial Bus first showed up in 1996, replacing SCSI and other interfacesand the hapha…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Trade War

Trump’s threat of Mexico trade war sends markets lower – BBC News

Image copyrightReuters US President Donald Trump's threat to open a trade war with Mexico sent Wall Street sliding, with shares in carmakers among the worst hit. Markets in Europe were already spooked by news the US would hit Mexico with tariffs in an anti-…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

US STOCKS-Trump’s tariff threat on Mexico rattles Wall Street

(For a live blog on the U.S. stock market, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Trump threatens tariffs on Mexico in surprise tweet * Trade-sensitive industrials drop; U.S. automakers tumble * U.S. Treasury yield curve inversion deepens * All 11 major…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Black Hole

Patagonia’s Best Bag Is 30% Off Right Now

If you’ve never heard of Patagonia’s Black Hole duffel bags, you’ve likely spotted one in an airport, foreign train station or strapped to the roof of an overlander. Patagonia built the weather-resistant and sturdy bags to last decades with a rugged TPU-lamin…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Singapore

Our skin tones might have changed over the years, John Cleese – but we are no less English than we used to be

The trouble with Twitter is that you are not rewarded for having balanced, compassionate discussions. Extreme reactions to an opinion grab the attention and the retweets, so that even among sensible people, any debate always seems to come down to whose pithy …

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Silk Road

Forbidden fruit: The curious early history of apples

Within the first few days of Economics 101, one can expect to learn about the global supply chain. This is the first time many begin to understand that, for example, the apples in their fruit bowl didn't magically materialize on the shelves of their local gro…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Daimler Trucks has formed a global autonomous tech group (DMLRY)

Daimler Trucks has formed a global autonomous driving group, dubbed the Autonomous Technology Group (ATG), to help reach its goal of having autonomous trucks on US roads by 2020. Daimler According to head of strategy Peter Vaughan Schmidt, who will lead t…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Trust in Putin more than doubles overnight as Kremlin pollsters change ‘methodology’

A quote assigned to Stalin famously rejected the importance of voters: its who counts them that matters. In contemporary Russia, how they are counted is, it would seem, just as important. Last week, a new poll by state pollsters VTsIOM revealed a worrying s…

bubmagMay 31, 2019

Samsung Pay will work on some NYC trains and buses starting today

Quiksilver’s Role in the Creation of Streetwear and the Future of Sustainable Fashion

Watch a rusted flea-market lamp get lovingly restored

Trump’s threat of Mexico trade war sends markets lower – BBC News

US STOCKS-Trump’s tariff threat on Mexico rattles Wall Street

Patagonia’s Best Bag Is 30% Off Right Now

Our skin tones might have changed over the years, John Cleese – but we are no less English than we used to be

Forbidden fruit: The curious early history of apples

Daimler Trucks has formed a global autonomous tech group (DMLRY)

Trust in Putin more than doubles overnight as Kremlin pollsters change ‘methodology’

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