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Hrant Dink

Genocides begin in the wilderness, far from prying eyes – in Ottoman Turkey as well as Nazi Germany

Many believe the Jewish Holocaust was planned by the Nazis at a Berlin lakeside villa at Wannsee on 20 January 1942. Most historians still think the Armenian Holocaust was hatched up by the Ottoman Turks in Istanbul in 1915. Of course, weve long known that th…

bubmagJuly 25, 2019

Scotland

UK retail sales slide for third month in a row in July, CBI survey shows

Retail sales fell for the third consecutive month in July but at a slower pace than in previous two months, according to latest CBI monthly Distributive Trades Survey. Out of 46 retailers that responded, 26 per cent said their sales were up compared with a y…

bubmagJuly 25, 2019

Blockchain

Extensible Games

The promise of blockchain games and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is extensible games. Imagine if developers could build new worlds/games/experiences on top of Fortnite and you could take your character, your weapons, your vehicles, etc with you into those new w…

bubmagJuly 25, 2019

Recycling

Tesla Co-Founder and CTO JB Straubel Is Stepping Down

"I want to thank JB for his fundamental role in creating and building Tesla," Musk said during the call. "If we hadn't had lunch in 2003, Tesla wouldn't exist, basically," Musk added. Straubel described his time at Tesla as an adventurous 16 years. "I'm not d…

bubmagJuly 25, 2019

Scotland

Police handcuff black boy worshipping at church because he ‘looked suspicious’

A police force has become embroiled in a race row after officers handcuffed a teenage church volunteer because he looked suspicious. Vanylson Silva, 14, had cycled to St Pauls Church, in Worcester where he helps out on a weekly basis before and after Sunday …

bubmagJuly 25, 2019

NASDAQ

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

Here is what you need to know. 1. Tesla's earnings shocker is is set to wipe $5.6 billion off the stock. Tesla's shares crashed in premarket trading — falling as much as 12% in premarket trading after its Q2 earnings report. 2. Stock-investing app Robin…

bubmagJuly 25, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

‘Should I let daughter marry robot?’

I pride myself on being open-minded. I am a transhumanist, and our culture pushes us to use science and technology to always want to be more than we are. My friends do everything from injecting themselves with self-created genetic treatments to volunteer for…

bubmagJuly 25, 2019

Hrant Dink

Historian unearths evidence that Istanbul directed Armenian genocide

Between 1914 and 1923, during and after World War I, hundreds of thousands of Armenians living in Turkey were systematically rounded up and murdered. Thousands more were forced to flee their homes. Some estimates put the death toll at more than 1.5 million. …

bubmagJuly 25, 2019

NATO

Libya militia says arrests Al-Qaeda leaders

Tripoli (AFP) - A Libyan militia has arrested a number of Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist leaders in a raid near the capital Tripoli, the group said. The Misrata Joint Security Force carried out the raid against "wanted terrorists, classified as Al-Qaeda leaders", …

bubmagJuly 25, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Iceland’s Prime Minister Talks Climate Change and Gender Equality Over Ice Cream

Many cultures have native words for unique experiences. In Spain, families and friends sitting around after finishing a meal are having a sobremesa. Germans enjoying the solitude of being alone in the woods experience Waldeinsamkeit. In Iceland one such word …

bubmagJuly 25, 2019

Genocides begin in the wilderness, far from prying eyes – in Ottoman Turkey as well as Nazi Germany

UK retail sales slide for third month in a row in July, CBI survey shows

Extensible Games

Tesla Co-Founder and CTO JB Straubel Is Stepping Down

Police handcuff black boy worshipping at church because he ‘looked suspicious’

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

‘Should I let daughter marry robot?’

Historian unearths evidence that Istanbul directed Armenian genocide

Libya militia says arrests Al-Qaeda leaders

Iceland’s Prime Minister Talks Climate Change and Gender Equality Over Ice Cream

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