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Alibaba

Alibaba beats revenue expectations on cloud boost

SHANGHAI: Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd beat fourth-quarter revenue forecasts on Wednesday, thanks to growth in its core business and its diversification into cloud computing and other services. Alibaba is diversifying to include new bus…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Alibaba

Opinion | Decoding Jack Ma’s sex advice

Jack Ma, one of worlds wealthiest men and founder of Chinese company Alibaba, has created another stir, this time with his 669" advice to employees. He has advised them to have more sex for a better work-life balance: six times in six days, with an emphasis o…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

AR-15

Harris to promise ban on imports of some high-powered guns if elected: report

Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisHarris to promise ban on imports of some high-powered guns if electedThe Memo: 2020 Dems line up for Maddow primaryOvernight Health Care Presented by Campaign for Accountability House lawmakers offer measure on surprise med…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Geely

Volvo signs billion-dollar EV battery deals with Asia’s LG Chem, CATL

SEOUL/BEIJING — Swedish carmaker Volvo said on Wednesday it had signed long-term battery supply deals with Asian firms LG Chem and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), as it pushes its EV target of 50 percent of sales by 2025. The companies said th…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

SpaceX

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is launching the first of 12,000 Starlink satellites to cover Earth in high-speed internet. Here’s how the ambitious project might work.

SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk, is starting to launch an internet revolution. On Wednesday between 10:30 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. EDT, weather permitting, SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Crammed inside the…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Greek court acquits nine Turkish citizens accused of terrorism

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek court on Wednesday acquitted nine Turkish citizens of terrorism-related offences, citing a lack of evidence, a judicial source said. Greek police had arrested the eight men and one woman in dawn raids in central Athens, days before …

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Topics covered : Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting Indias interests. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty What to study? For Prelims: CTBT- key facts. For Mains: Significance of the treaty and why I…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Elon Musk

SpaceX explains how its internet satellites will survive in orbit

First 60 @SpaceX Starlink satellites loaded into Falcon fairing. Tight fit. pic.twitter.com/gZq8gHg9uK — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 12, 2019 Each flat-panel features multiple high-throughput antennas and a single solar array. Each satellite weighs just 227kg…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Recycling

Decay by design: These 3D-printed organic plastics naturally decompose

Stepping into most any store and scanning the shelves of products, all packaged for consumption and destined for recycling or the dumps, makes you feel like a truly sustainable world is a daunting, if not impossible, prospect. But the Mediated Matter Group at…

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Venezuela

Headlines for May 15, 2019

bubmagMay 15, 2019

Alibaba beats revenue expectations on cloud boost

Opinion | Decoding Jack Ma’s sex advice

Harris to promise ban on imports of some high-powered guns if elected: report

Volvo signs billion-dollar EV battery deals with Asia’s LG Chem, CATL

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is launching the first of 12,000 Starlink satellites to cover Earth in high-speed internet. Here’s how the ambitious project might work.

Greek court acquits nine Turkish citizens accused of terrorism

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

SpaceX explains how its internet satellites will survive in orbit

Decay by design: These 3D-printed organic plastics naturally decompose

Headlines for May 15, 2019

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