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Self-driving Vehicles

Ford cuts 7,000 white-collar jobs as it prepares for industry shakeup – Global News

Ford revealed details of its long-awaited restructuring plan Monday as it prepared for a future of electric and autonomous vehicles by parting ways with 7,000 white-collar workers worldwide, about 10 per cent of its global salaried workforce. READ MORE: Pr…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Yemen Civil War

France threatens journalists with jail time for exposing use of French arms in Yemen

France has threatened three French journalists with potential jail time for using secret documents to reveal the country's involvement in the Yemen civil war. In a series of reports published in April, investigative journalists from Disclose and Radio Franc…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Cold War

The New New World: As Huawei Loses Google, the U.S.-China Tech Cold War Gets Its Iron Curtain

With the Huawei limits, the Trump administration cited safety. The Commerce Department announced last week that it had placed Huawei and its dozens of affiliates on a list of firms deemed a risk to national security. The listing will prevent Huawei from buyin…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Fortnite

Pro gamers can get paid up to $50,000 an hour to play newly released games

The most popular professional gamers on platforms like Twitch and YouTube earn up to $50,000 an hour to play newly released video games for their live audience, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Successful video game streamers engage w…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Electric Car

Why Tesla Stock Fell Monday

What happened Shares of electric-car company Tesla(NASDAQ:TSLA) fell on Monday, declining as much as 7.5%. As of 12:17 p.m. EDT, the stock was down 3.6%. The stock's decline follows an analyst's decision to lower his price target for Tesla shares. So what …

bubmagMay 20, 2019

SpaceX

Everything We Know About SpaceX’s Starlink Network

When it comes to SpaceX, or perhaps more accurately its somewhat eccentric founder and CEO Elon Musk, it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction. For as many incredible successes SpaceX has had, there’s an equal number of projects or ideas which get qu…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Blockchain

Apply for a free Startup Alley Exhibitor spot at Disrupt SF 2019

Do you love the word free? Of course, you do what early-stage startup founder doesnt? Consider this your personal invitation for a chance to exhibit your pre-Series A startup for free in Startup Alley at Disrupt San Francisco 2019 on October 2-4. Were search…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Hiroshima

The U.S.’s “Nuclear Coffin” Is Likely Leaking Radioactive Sludge Into The Ocean

The United States’ “nuclear coffin” could be leaking radioactive sludge into the Pacific Ocean. The coffin holds the radioactive waste from testing nuclear weapons during the Cold War and could be causing untold damage to the ecology and marine life in the s…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

These Facebook robots are training more cunning AI

Facebook has revealed the fruits of its robotics division, driving artificial intelligence research and coming up with some creepy bug-like ‘bots in the process. Though robots capable of walking, using tactile sensors to better manipulate new objects, and eve…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Google Releases New ‘Glass’ Headset For Factory Floors

Google Glass lives on on factory floors despite its consumer flame out. Courtesy of Google Google Glass is back. Years after the wearable gadgets infamous consumer flame out, it continues to live on in warehouses and on factory floors, and Google announc…

bubmagMay 20, 2019

Ford cuts 7,000 white-collar jobs as it prepares for industry shakeup – Global News

France threatens journalists with jail time for exposing use of French arms in Yemen

The New New World: As Huawei Loses Google, the U.S.-China Tech Cold War Gets Its Iron Curtain

Pro gamers can get paid up to $50,000 an hour to play newly released games

Why Tesla Stock Fell Monday

Everything We Know About SpaceX’s Starlink Network

Apply for a free Startup Alley Exhibitor spot at Disrupt SF 2019

The U.S.’s “Nuclear Coffin” Is Likely Leaking Radioactive Sludge Into The Ocean

These Facebook robots are training more cunning AI

Google Releases New ‘Glass’ Headset For Factory Floors

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