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North Korea Nuclear Talks

North Korea: Nuclear talks with US won’t resume without new approach

North Korea on Friday said that talks with the Trump administration on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will not resume unless the U.S. changes its tact and moves away from demands for unilateral disarmament from the North. The Associated Press r…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Amazon patent would let Alexa listen to and record conversations without wake word

Forward-looking: While devices with integrated smart assistants are becoming increasing popular, privacy concerns over gadgets such as smart speakers continue to rise. These fears wont be helped by the discovery of a new Amazon patent that would see Alexa rec…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

China's Strategy

China Might Have Stealth Fighters, But How Good are the Pilots Who Fly Them?

China has the third largest air force in the world and may surpass the United States within the next 15 years. But in an aerial shooting war with the U.S. Air Force, Beijing will need more than aircraftalso fighter pilots with well-honed skills capable of fac…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Self-driving startup Aurora to buy lidar company Blackmore

Self-driving car startup Aurora Innovation said on Thursday it would buy Montana-based Blackmore, a company that develops lidar detection technology used in self-driving vehicles. Aurora is among dozens of automakers and large technology companies working on…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Singapore

ASIAN ROUND-UP: Scatec’s Vietnam push, Singapore’s solar nappies, Indian PV shines

The 3.5GWh rooftop installation built by Sunseap is being touted as one of Singapore's largest (Credit: Kimberly-Clark) Scatec Solar to roll out FiT-backed 485MW in Vietnam 24 May: Scatec Solar is to co-deploy a government-backed 485MW PV pipeline in Vietna…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Cold War

Short And Sharp: The Technology Cold War

With the U.S. intensifying its battle via restrictions on exports of technology to China, the trade war is increasingly showing signs of becoming a tech war. Broad market reaction to the latest developments has been surprisingly subdued. Maybe investors belie…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Bubble

How an Inflating Universe Could Create a Multiverse

Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University, host of "Ask a Spaceman"and "Space Radio," and author of "Your Place in the Universe ." Sutter contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights . It's a perennial …

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Boeing 737max

FAA reassures airlines that Boeing will pay the necessary campaign contributions in time to lift the 737MAX grounding [Obvious]

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bubmagMay 24, 2019

Brexit

Two weeks notice: U.K. PM May out on June 7 – CTV News

LONDON -- Theresa May announced Friday that she will step down as U.K. Conservative Party leader on June 7, admitting defeat in her attempt to take Britain out of the European Union and sparking a contest to become the country's next prime minister. She will…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

SpaceX

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches first ‘Starlink’ satellites | Science & Tech News – Sky News

Elon Musk's SpaceX launches first 'Starlink' satellites | Science & Tech News - Sky News

bubmagMay 24, 2019

North Korea: Nuclear talks with US won’t resume without new approach

Amazon patent would let Alexa listen to and record conversations without wake word

China Might Have Stealth Fighters, But How Good are the Pilots Who Fly Them?

Self-driving startup Aurora to buy lidar company Blackmore

ASIAN ROUND-UP: Scatec’s Vietnam push, Singapore’s solar nappies, Indian PV shines

Short And Sharp: The Technology Cold War

How an Inflating Universe Could Create a Multiverse

FAA reassures airlines that Boeing will pay the necessary campaign contributions in time to lift the 737MAX grounding [Obvious]

Two weeks notice: U.K. PM May out on June 7 – CTV News

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches first ‘Starlink’ satellites | Science & Tech News – Sky News

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