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Doping in Cycling

Rapha Roadmap, chapter 7: Generating revenue outside of sponsorship

CommentaryPro cycling needs to break free from its sponsorship-revenue model, and develop new ways to bring money into the sport "> Unlike most other sports, which are contested in large stadiums, pro cycling is played out on the open road. While this a…

bubmagMay 7, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

GM’s Cruise self-driving unit gets $1.15 billion from T. Rowe Price, SoftBank

General Motors' majority-owned Cruise self-driving division on Tuesday said T. Rowe Price and a group of existing investors put down $1.15 billion in new equity, valuing the unit at $19 billion. Shares of the No.1 U.S. automaker rose as much as 2.1 percent t…

bubmagMay 7, 2019

Fortnite

Some highlights from the Fortnite World Cup qualifiers

‘League of Legends’ developers and others at Riot Games walked out of work en masse on Monday, protesting the company’s use of forced arbitration to settle sexual harassment lawsuits. My 16-year-old insists on buying cartridge versions for her Switch games, …

bubmagMay 7, 2019

NATO

Karadzic investigated for taking part in Montenegro event via prison cell

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Karadzic is said to have used his limited phone calls to take part in the event The UN has ordered an investigation after Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic used his limited telephone access to take part in a public…

bubmagMay 7, 2019

Orangutan

Selfridges becomes first major UK retailer to remove palm oil from all own-brand products

Selfridges has become the first major retailer to remove palm oil from all of its own-brand food products, completing the phase-out nine months ahead of schedule. The upmarket department store said 300 products in its Selfridges Selection range are now free …

bubmagMay 7, 2019

Seleção

Bruno Xavier: Brazil’s biggest rival is Brazil

Bruno Xavier describes his unusual transition into a beach soccer player He reveals who he considers the worlds best players Bruno explains why Brazil will be unbeatable at Paraguay 2019 The bracket of those extolling Ederson as the best ball-playing goalk…

bubmagMay 7, 2019

Global Warming

U.S. Refuses to Recognize Threat of Arctic Climate Change as Trump Official Cheers Melting Sea Ice

A rational person looking at the collapse of the Arctic as weve known it for at least 115,000 years would see an ecological and humanitarian crisis. For the Trump administration, its just another business opportunity and chance to peddle climate denial. Acc…

bubmagMay 7, 2019

Christianity

How progressive Christian blogger Rachel Held Evans changed everything

She broke ground for women in the church — even ones who didn’t agree with her. Rachel Held Evans ruled a corner of the Christian internet for the past decade, where she challenged the evangelical faith of her childhood, advocating for women and LGBTQ rights …

bubmagMay 7, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Google’s smart-home strategy: Doubling down on the Nest brand

Fifteen months ago, Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh took charge of Nest, the smart-home pioneer that was formerly an independent arm of Google’s parent company, Alphabet. But while Nest is part of Google, that doesn’t mean that the brand is less important…

bubmagMay 7, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Google’s smart-home strategy: Doubling down on the Nest brand

Fifteen months ago, Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh took charge of Nest, the smart-home pioneer that was formerly an independent arm of Google’s parent company, Alphabet. But while Nest is part of Google, that doesn’t mean that the brand is less important…

bubmagMay 7, 2019

Rapha Roadmap, chapter 7: Generating revenue outside of sponsorship

GM’s Cruise self-driving unit gets $1.15 billion from T. Rowe Price, SoftBank

Some highlights from the Fortnite World Cup qualifiers

Karadzic investigated for taking part in Montenegro event via prison cell

Selfridges becomes first major UK retailer to remove palm oil from all own-brand products

Bruno Xavier: Brazil’s biggest rival is Brazil

U.S. Refuses to Recognize Threat of Arctic Climate Change as Trump Official Cheers Melting Sea Ice

How progressive Christian blogger Rachel Held Evans changed everything

Google’s smart-home strategy: Doubling down on the Nest brand

Google’s smart-home strategy: Doubling down on the Nest brand

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