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Gundam

Olafur Eliasson returns to Tate Modern with this unmissable exhibition

The weather project artist Olafur Eliasson returns to Tate Modern, Via Tate.org In Eliasson’s captivating installations you become aware of your senses, people around you and the world beyond. Some artworks introduce natural phenomena such as rainbows to th…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

NASDAQ

US stocks rebound after worst day of 2019 – Aljazeera.com

It will be better tomorrow. Wall Street embraced that mantra, with United States stock markets moving higher on Tuesday following the worst trading day of the year on Monday. At closing, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had risen 311.78 points or 1.21 percen…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Bees

A swarm of 25,000 bees took over a Staten Island Ferry terminal, until police removed them

New York Police Department's beekeeping unit removed 25,000 bees that took up residence on an awning in a Staten Island Ferry subway terminal, officials tweeted Sunday. The bees were safely removed from the scene, and no injuries were suffered in the "sting"…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Protectionism

Now it’s getting serious: U.S. import tariffs on Chinese goods heading up to levels last seen in 1930s

Now its getting serious. Monday saw the worst day for U.S. stocks so far this year after President Trump announced new tariffs on Chinese imports last week and China responded by allowing its currency to fall to its lowest level in a decade. The benchmark…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

eSports

Rocket League removing randomized loot boxes, will feature direct purchases

Psynonix, the developers of the popular Rocket League, announced today that the game's microtransaction systems will be changing radically. Right now, Rocket League uses what is essentially a loot box system, where players get random rewards. In their stateme…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

eSports

Rocket League Is Ditching Loot Boxes

Psyonix announced in a blog today that its car soccer game Rocket League will be leaving loot boxes behind in a move aimed at creating the best possible experience for our players all over the world. The change will happen sometime before the end of the year…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Little Italy

Brinker International, Inc. To Host Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2019 Earnings Call

DALLAS, Aug. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT) has scheduled its earnings conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 to review fourth quarter fiscal 2019 earnings, which will be announced before the mark…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Blockchain

BlockFi, which lends money to cryptocurrency holders, just raised $18.3 million led by Valar Ventures

Last year, we told you about a New York-based startup that had begun lending cold hard cash to cryptocurrency holders who dont want to offload their holdings but also dont necessarily want so much of their assets tied up in cryptocurrencies. Today, that two-…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

The Ongoing Call for Nuclear Abolition at Los Alamos

This week, we drove back up the remote New Mexico mountains to the "atomic city" for our annual peace vigil, sit in and rally. This was our 16th year in a row. Every time I go to Los Alamos, Im shocked all over again by its beauty, its normalcyand its…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Gundam

Plant-Machine-Hybrids as a Speculative Communication Apparatus #ArtTuesday

Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode program…

bubmagAugust 6, 2019

Olafur Eliasson returns to Tate Modern with this unmissable exhibition

US stocks rebound after worst day of 2019 – Aljazeera.com

A swarm of 25,000 bees took over a Staten Island Ferry terminal, until police removed them

Now it’s getting serious: U.S. import tariffs on Chinese goods heading up to levels last seen in 1930s

Rocket League removing randomized loot boxes, will feature direct purchases

Rocket League Is Ditching Loot Boxes

Brinker International, Inc. To Host Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2019 Earnings Call

BlockFi, which lends money to cryptocurrency holders, just raised $18.3 million led by Valar Ventures

The Ongoing Call for Nuclear Abolition at Los Alamos

Plant-Machine-Hybrids as a Speculative Communication Apparatus #ArtTuesday

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