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Chinese Expansionism

US shouldn’t exit Afghanistan in haste

It now appears evident that President Donald Trump is determined to sign a virtual surrender document with the Afghan Taliban. This would permit him to ensure that there is no American combat military presence in Afghanistan, when Americans go to polls in Pre…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Purposely stalling 20% of cars in Manhattan could trigger total gridlock

If a hacker targeting connected cars in Manhattan could randomly stall 20% of them during rush hour, total gridlock would ensue. This isn't just bad traffic where you are an hour late. It becomes impossible to get from point A to point B, says Georgia Institu…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Black Hole

Chandra X-Ray Data May Have Detected Most Distant ‘Cloaked’ Black Hole

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered evidence for the most distant “cloaked” black hole found to date and at only roughly six percent of the universe’s current age, it is the first sign of a black hole concealed by gas at such an…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Times Square

Walmart pulls violent game displays; no change on gun sales

Walmart is removing from its stores nationwide signs, displays or videos that depict violence following a mass shooting at one of its stores in Texas, though it has not changed its policy on gun sales. Interested in Gun Control? Add Gun Control as an intere…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Virtual Reality

You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality

Meet Barryhis sole purpose in life is to listen patiently, then protest or sob a little as you fire in from an imaginary job in virtual reality. Disposable hero: was created by Talespin, a company that offers virtual reality workplace training. Barry and oth…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Food Industry

The Truth About Food Styling Hack Videos

Every now and then a video seems to explode over YouTube. More recently this has been the food styling hacks tutorials. Here are some myth busting facts. Having worked in the food photography industry for a number of years shooting everything from a local ca…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

eSports

ESPN pulls Apex Legends tournament from broadcast after mass shootings

Apex Legends EXP Invitational tournament highlights will no longer be shown on ESPN 2 as they had previously been scheduled. According to an email obtained by Rod Slasher Breslau, the network decided to pull the broadcast due to the tragic mass shootings that…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Monsanto

Bayer stocks soar amid disputed reports of Roundup ‘settlement’

German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer saw its shares soar on Friday after a report that the company offered to pay billions of dollars to settle legal disputes in the United States about the weedkiller Roundup. Bloomberg News earlier reported that…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Water Pollution

Chicago water pollution may be keeping invasive silver carp out of Great Lakes

Invasive silver carp have been moving north toward the Great Lakes since their accidental release in the 1970s. The large filter-feeding fish, which are known to jump from the water and wallop anglers, threaten aquatic food webs as well as the $7 billion Grea…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

Filter Bubble

Netizen Report: Journalists are under fire from Cambodia to Cuba — and beyond

A newsstand advertising The Citizen, an independent newspaper in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo by Adam Jones via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) The Advox Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in tech…

bubmagAugust 9, 2019

US shouldn’t exit Afghanistan in haste

Purposely stalling 20% of cars in Manhattan could trigger total gridlock

Chandra X-Ray Data May Have Detected Most Distant ‘Cloaked’ Black Hole

Walmart pulls violent game displays; no change on gun sales

You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality

The Truth About Food Styling Hack Videos

ESPN pulls Apex Legends tournament from broadcast after mass shootings

Bayer stocks soar amid disputed reports of Roundup ‘settlement’

Chicago water pollution may be keeping invasive silver carp out of Great Lakes

Netizen Report: Journalists are under fire from Cambodia to Cuba — and beyond

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