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Blockchain

Facebook’s planned new currency may be based on a blockchain

THE EXCITEMENT among crypto-buffs is palpable. Facebook, the worlds largest social network, appears to be planning to launch a digital coin early next year. But they should not get their hopes up too high. If the firm does indeed launch what is being dubbed F…

bubmagMay 29, 2019

Riots

Arun Jaitley: Modi’s ‘original Chanakya’

bubmagMay 29, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Robots taking on more warehouse jobs…

ATLANTA Tephnee Usher stands in a McDonough, Georgia, warehouse, separated from the stored goods by a black chain-link fence, and waits for robots to deliver the goods to her. Human workers are confined to opposite edges of this 17-acre roofed space: deliv…

bubmagMay 29, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Michael Wolff’s New Trump Tell-All ‘Siege,’ Stars Steve Bannon And Cast Of No-Names

Michael Wolff's new book about President Trump, Siege: Trump Under Fire, offers many surprising stories but its power to shock may be limited. Most Americans have long since decided what they think of Trump. And most people who pay attention to such books ha…

bubmagMay 29, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

New Mexico mayor issues cease and desist order to group building private border wall

Sunland Park Mayor Javier Perea claims border wall violates city ordinances; Mark Meredith reports from Washington, D.C

bubmagMay 29, 2019

Panda

Albino Panda Spotted in the Wild for the First Time

Pandas are known for their furry black-and-white markings, so wildlife experts were stunned to see an all-white panda with red eyes tramping through a bamboo forest in China last month. This wild giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is the first known albino…

bubmagMay 29, 2019

Matteo Salvini

The Triumph of Matteo Salvini

Since becoming leader six years ago Matteo Salvini — Il Capitano as they call him — has transformed the radical-right... Read Full Article »

bubmagMay 29, 2019

Hrant Dink

New snake species in Europe named after a long-forgotten Iron Age kingdom

An international team of scientists identified the snake and its range, which includes Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, and Russia including a small region extending into the corner of Europe. Based on the genetic and morphological data, the …

bubmagMay 29, 2019

Exoskeleton

Playlist: Movement 2019

Fri, 24 May 2019 Permalink Post a comment Thom Yorke, Suzanne Ciani, Holly Herndon, Peter Van Hoesen and more will debut their 360° installations in the US, along with a premiere of the "participatory robotic exoskeleton performance" Inferno, in July.

bubmagMay 29, 2019

Bees

McDonald’s Opens a Tiny Restaurant — and It’s Only for Bees

How are the world's honey bees doing? Just a few years ago, word spread that they were on the verge of a mysterious extinction. Look for updates on their situation now and you get contradictory results, all of them fairly recent, from "Bees Are Still Dying" t…

bubmagMay 29, 2019

Facebook’s planned new currency may be based on a blockchain

Arun Jaitley: Modi’s ‘original Chanakya’

Robots taking on more warehouse jobs…

Michael Wolff’s New Trump Tell-All ‘Siege,’ Stars Steve Bannon And Cast Of No-Names

New Mexico mayor issues cease and desist order to group building private border wall

Albino Panda Spotted in the Wild for the First Time

The Triumph of Matteo Salvini

New snake species in Europe named after a long-forgotten Iron Age kingdom

Playlist: Movement 2019

McDonald’s Opens a Tiny Restaurant — and It’s Only for Bees

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