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Blockchain

Coinbase Earn now lets users in 100+ countries earn crypto by solving quizzes

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase today launched its Earn product, which lets users earn cryptocurrency by solving tasks, trying out new decentralized protocols and answering quizzes, in more than 100 countries. The list of countries where Earn is now availa…

bubmagMay 17, 2019

Hiroshima

“The Bells” was Game of Thrones’ most polarizing episode. Can the series finale still pull out a win?

Vox staffers debate this controversial episode — and ask what’s ahead for Westeros. By any standard of judgment, “ The Bells,” the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones, was a complete clusterfuck. While there was a lot to praise in terms of the lush cinemat…

bubmagMay 17, 2019

Food Industry

New Robots Can Sense Taste Beyond Human Capability

The time has come for robots to take over the kitchen, but not in the way you might think. Robots aren’t ready to be your personal chef, but they are ready to taste your food. Move over, Alexa, the next smart gadget might be a tongue. Traditionally, taste tes…

bubmagMay 17, 2019

Neymar

Neymar, David Neres in Brazil squad for Copa America, Lucas Moura out

Neymar and David Neres are in for the Copa America, Lucas Moura and Vinicius Jr. are out. (Source: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports) Neymar and David Neres are in for the Copa America, Lucas Moura and Vinicius Jr. are out. Brazil coach Tite named his squad Frid…

bubmagMay 17, 2019

Scotland

Deliberate fire in historic Wicklow mountains forest sparks probe

AN INVESTIGATION HAS been launched into a deliberate fire that spread to a historic forest in the Wicklow Mountains National Park. The fire was apparently started in some vegetation before spreading to the Coronation Plantation on Tuesday evening. Firefight…

bubmagMay 17, 2019

Food Industry

Student Loses 115 Lbs. by Walking to High School Every Day: ‘You Work for It and You Get It’

Michael Watson wanted his junior year of high school to be his best yet. After struggling with his weight for much of his young life, he decided he was ready to commit to slimming down. So last year he started walking to and from school every day 40 minutes …

bubmagMay 17, 2019

Panda

Chinese researchers create a facial-recognition app for PANDAS because they are too hard to identify

You would be forgiven for thinking all pandas look the same. Apparently, panda experts in China can't tell one bear from another either. It has become such a headache for them that they decided to develop a facial-recognition app to identify the animals. Re…

bubmagMay 17, 2019

Cold War

UN chief warns nuclear waste could be leaking into the Pacific

According to Phys.org, the structure in question is on Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands -- where the US conducted 67 nuclear weapons tests between 1946 and 1958. The tests included the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb, which was reportedly about 1,000 times b…

bubmagMay 17, 2019

Alibaba

Jack Ma Warns European Lawmakers Against More Tech Rules

LONDON – Alibaba boss Jack Ma pushed back against European lawmakers who try and regulate the tech industry (via CNBC). He said that he worried “about the worries of Europe.” Speaking at the Viva Technology conference in Paris, Mr. Ma said that everything th…

bubmagMay 17, 2019

Slavery Abolition

A Trumpist Constitution?

Conservative judges are advancing a vision of a country divided by religion, culture, and race, where Christians, white men, and corporate interests get special constitutional protection. We need a strategy to respond. Jedediah Britton-Purdy &squarf; May…

bubmagMay 17, 2019

Coinbase Earn now lets users in 100+ countries earn crypto by solving quizzes

“The Bells” was Game of Thrones’ most polarizing episode. Can the series finale still pull out a win?

New Robots Can Sense Taste Beyond Human Capability

Neymar, David Neres in Brazil squad for Copa America, Lucas Moura out

Deliberate fire in historic Wicklow mountains forest sparks probe

Student Loses 115 Lbs. by Walking to High School Every Day: ‘You Work for It and You Get It’

Chinese researchers create a facial-recognition app for PANDAS because they are too hard to identify

UN chief warns nuclear waste could be leaking into the Pacific

Jack Ma Warns European Lawmakers Against More Tech Rules

A Trumpist Constitution?

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