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Biological Warfare

Lone Echo II hands-on — Dodging electric fuzzballs in zero gravity isn’t simple

These fuzz ball electric creatures took a liking to me in my demo of Lone Echo II, the new virtual reality game coming from Ready At Dawn Studios and Oculus Studios in the first quarter of 2020. They kept trying to connect with me and my partner, and when the…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

VR

Asgard’s Wrath is an ambitious, sometimes overwhelming action game for VR

I have to admire Asgard’s Warth. This VR Oculus exclusive has a lot of ambition. I played a demo during a pre-E3 showcase of Oculus games last week in Santa Monica on an Oculus Rift S. It’s beautiful and has some of the graphical fidelity you’d expect from a…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

VR

Phantom Covert Ops — How nDreams is making a covert stealth game in a kayak

Who makes a covert operations stealth game where you’re in a kayak? It sounds like a dumb idea, but I played a preview of Phantom Covert Ops recently on the Oculus Quest virtual reality headset. And it was fun. nDreams is making the title for Oculus Studios.…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Water Pollution

EPA Changes Math to Allow Burning of More Coal

By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. The Trump administration continues to erode US regulation in many areas – especially of the environment, with the …

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Animal Protection

Japan ‘pet cafe’ boom raises concern about animal welfare

The latest addition to the already crowded pet cafe scene in Tokyo is Mipig, a ground-floor space in the city's Meguro district where patrons can kick back with a coffee and pet a pot-bellied pig for half an hour. Mipig opened on March 1 after a farm in Yama…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Animal Protection

Japan ‘pet cafe’ boom raises concerns about animal welfare

The latest addition to the already crowded pet cafe scene in Tokyo is Mipig, a ground-floor space in the city's Meguro district, where patrons can kick back with a coffee and pet a pot-bellied pig for half an hour. Mipig opened on March 1 after a farm in Yam…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Donald Tusk sparks fury after he backs Change UK

Donald Tusk today took the extraordinary step of urging people to vote for Change UK on Thursday if they 'want to stay in the EU'. The EU Council President, who said there is a 'special place in hell' reserved for people who promoted Brexit without a plan, h…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Machine Learning

Is Space Launch Overheating? I Ask Five Rocket Startups

Is Space Launch Overheating? I Ask Five Rocket StartupsRocket Lab Electron Launch Rocket Lab The space business is hot. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly hot it is. I mean, you may think that apps and blockchain are a big d…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Cold War

China, Leverage, and Values

Tim Culpan declared at Bloomberg that The Tech Cold War Has Begun after the Trump administration barred companies viewed as national security threats from selling to the U.S., and blocked U.S. companies from selling to Huawei specifically without explicit per…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

USPS is experimenting with self-driving mail trucks

Dr. Xiaodi Hou, president of TuSimple, said in a statement: "It is exciting to think that before many people will ride in a robo-taxi, their mail and packages may be carried in a self-driving truck. Performing for the USPS on this pilot in this particular co…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Lone Echo II hands-on — Dodging electric fuzzballs in zero gravity isn’t simple

Asgard’s Wrath is an ambitious, sometimes overwhelming action game for VR

Phantom Covert Ops — How nDreams is making a covert stealth game in a kayak

EPA Changes Math to Allow Burning of More Coal

Japan ‘pet cafe’ boom raises concern about animal welfare

Japan ‘pet cafe’ boom raises concerns about animal welfare

Donald Tusk sparks fury after he backs Change UK

Is Space Launch Overheating? I Ask Five Rocket Startups

China, Leverage, and Values

USPS is experimenting with self-driving mail trucks

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