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New York City

In pictures: Protests across US against abortion bans

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Large crowds gathered in New York City Thousands of people have taken part in co-ordinated rallies across the United States to protest against several states passing tough laws to restrict abortions. The anti-abortion …

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Bubble

How Bad Is NVIDIA’s Gaming Business Slowdown?

Graphics processing chip maker NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is back in growth mode -- at least when using a sequential quarter-over-quarter measurement. Revenues increased just shy of 1% in the first quarter of the 2020 fiscal year (the three months ended April 28, 2…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Chinese Economy

Inside Baidu’s Horrible Quarter

Online search giant Baidu(NASDAQ:BIDU) has long been considered one of the top three tech giants in China, along with Alibaba(NYSE:BABA), and Tencent(NASDAQOTH:TCEHY). However, in the recently reported quarter, Baidu's results diverged from the other two in a…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Scotland

Change UK candidate Rachel Johnson goes leafleting for EU poll in Gibraltar

Move over Jacob Rees-Mogg. Change UK candidate Rachel Johnson was out on the stump yesterday with a potent electoral weapon her childhood Norland nanny as the pair went leafleting in Gibraltar. My old nanny Mary Kidd is looking after me, Johnson, who is top …

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Xi Jinping

If Trudeau called about detainees, Chinese president wouldn’t pick up: ex-ambassador – CTV News

Former Canadian Ambassador to China Guy Saint-Jacques says he has limited expectations a Canadian delegation currently on the ground in China will successfully lead to the release of two detained Canadians. During an interview on CTVs Power Play on Tuesday, …

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Plastic Pollution

UK government to bring in new controls on plastic items

Image copyrightReuters In a bid to limit ocean pollution, the government will introduce new controls on single use plastic items next year. The measures cover plastic straws, plastic drinks stirrers and plastic cotton buds in England from April 2020. Only…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Scotland

UK govt launches £200m fibre scheme to dramatically boost connectivity in rural Britain

The UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a £200 million programme to deliver fibre to the home (FTTH) connectivity to some of the UK's hardest to reach rural communities. The Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) scheme is inte…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Star Wars

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Looks Great In HD

A team of fans have been working for over a year on an Unreal Engine 4 version of the original Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, and it is looking absolutely delicious. First released in 1998 on PC and N64, later games in the seriesdeveloped for the GameCubelooked …

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Drones

Europe’s controversial plans to expand defence research

Hovering in the sky like bees, robotic drones swarmed over an airfield in the United Kingdom in February 2018, while their wheeled siblings zoomed around on the tarmac below. Equipped with pressure sensors and cameras, the autonomous robots worked together to…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

Drones

Europe’s controversial plans to expand defence research

Hovering in the sky like bees, robotic drones swarmed over an airfield in the United Kingdom in February 2018, while their wheeled siblings zoomed around on the tarmac below. Equipped with pressure sensors and cameras, the autonomous robots worked together to…

bubmagMay 22, 2019

In pictures: Protests across US against abortion bans

How Bad Is NVIDIA’s Gaming Business Slowdown?

Inside Baidu’s Horrible Quarter

Change UK candidate Rachel Johnson goes leafleting for EU poll in Gibraltar

If Trudeau called about detainees, Chinese president wouldn’t pick up: ex-ambassador – CTV News

UK government to bring in new controls on plastic items

UK govt launches £200m fibre scheme to dramatically boost connectivity in rural Britain

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Looks Great In HD

Europe’s controversial plans to expand defence research

Europe’s controversial plans to expand defence research

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