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Black Hole

Physicists may have detected first-ever collision of black hole and neutron star

Aerial view of LIGO Hanford Observatory. LIGO Laboratory Just weeks after it resumed operations, the National Science Foundations Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) may have detected the first ever observed merger between a black hole…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

US still sees ‘path forward’ in N.Korea talks: Pompeo

Washington (AFP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the US still sees "a path forward" in its nuclear talks with North Korea, even after Pyongyang's latest round of test launches. "It's a serious situation for sure and we've known that the pat…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Boeing 737max

‘Kamikaze stuff’: Pilots and aviation experts slam Boeing 737 over crashes that killed 346

Pilots and aviation experts have made alarming claims about the safety of Boeing's 737 MAX airplanes that were involved in two devastating crashes in the last six months. A 737 MAX airplane being flown by Indonesia's Lion Air crashed minutes after taking of…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Barack Obama

Trump says Morgan, backer of border wall, to head U.S. immigration agency

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he plans to appoint Mark Morgan, a border patrol chief under former President Barack Obama who supports Trump’s border wall, to head the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. …

bubmagMay 5, 2019

A closer look at China’s strategy — and why the US keeps losing to it | TheHill – The Hill

From 900 AD to 1905, China used a form of execution known as lingchi. Referred to as the lingering death or slow slicing, it became commonly known as death by a thousand cuts. Banned in 1905, Lingchi now has become a parallel for how the United States is losi…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Star Wars

New Star Wars books coming to lead up to The Rise of Skywalker – CNET

New books celebrating Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker are on the way. Lucasfilm While waiting for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to hit the big screen in December, fans can check out a brand new slate of books dedicated to a galaxy far, far away. On May …

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Free Internet

China’s internet governance won’t change for Google

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, said on April 30 in its Notice of 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement: "While Google has made progress in its understanding of the market and user needs currently there are no plans to launch Se…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Salvini under fire for address from notorious balcony used by Mussolini to watch executions

Matteo Salvini, Italys deputy prime minister, has come under fire for addressing his political supporters in the town of Forli from the same balcony where former dictator Benito Mussolini witnessed the execution of his opponents during the fascist era. Mr Sa…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Blockchain

IBM’s Hyperledger isn’t a real blockchain — here’s why

Back in 2016, enterprise private blockchain was a new, unfamiliar idea. There were not many major players in the private permissioned blockchain space; a big name was IBM, whose contributions to Hyperledger Fabric has since brought its tech in front of the li…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

AR-15

Proposed Missouri Law Would Require Residents 18 to 35 to Own an AR-15 (There’s a Catch)

Introducing legislation to make a point makes total sense, but given that Daniels opposes his own bill, there seems like zero change these measures would ever become law. Of course, Daniels' introduction of the legislation coincided with the mass shootings at…

bubmagMay 5, 2019

Physicists may have detected first-ever collision of black hole and neutron star

US still sees ‘path forward’ in N.Korea talks: Pompeo

‘Kamikaze stuff’: Pilots and aviation experts slam Boeing 737 over crashes that killed 346

Trump says Morgan, backer of border wall, to head U.S. immigration agency

New Star Wars books coming to lead up to The Rise of Skywalker – CNET

China’s internet governance won’t change for Google

Salvini under fire for address from notorious balcony used by Mussolini to watch executions

IBM’s Hyperledger isn’t a real blockchain — here’s why

Proposed Missouri Law Would Require Residents 18 to 35 to Own an AR-15 (There’s a Catch)

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