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Brexit

New PM Johnson says Britain must prepare for no-deal Brexit

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain must prepare for the possibility that it has to leave the European Union without a deal if the bloc refuses to renegotiate its exit accord, new Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. Johnson said he plans to get a new exi…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Blockchain

Daimler and Riddle&Code have partnered to produce a blockchain hardware wallet for cars (DMLRY)

Daimler and blockchain firm Riddle&Code have partnered to produce a blockchain hardware wallet for automobiles, which was presented at Startup Autobahn in Stuttgart, Germany. The wallet is a tamper-resistant box, powered by Riddle&Code hardware and…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Donald Trump

Mueller questioning: Lawmaker goes on angry tirade

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bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Silk Road

Pro-China Boris? Britain’s new PM ‘enthusiastic’ about Beijing’s new Silk Road

Shortly before he was chosen to be the next occupant of 10 Downing Street, Boris Johnson spoke to Hong Kong-based Chinese-language broadcaster Phoenix TV. In the interview he said that he is very interested in what Chinese President Xi Jinping is doing as wel…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Refugees

Judge won’t block US asylum restrictions at southern border

WASHINGTON (AP) A federal judge said Wednesday that the Trump administration can enforce its new restrictions on asylum for people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border while lawsuits challenging the policy play out. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly denied a requ…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Google

Google Photos hit a billion users in just over four years

The company spun out Photos from Google+ at I/O 2015. It's the ninth Google product to hit the billion-user mark, following Search, Gmail, Chrome, Drive, Maps, YouTube, Play Store and Android, but it got there a lot faster than many of those. Gmail, for insta…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Star Wars

The Acer Predator Helios 300 gaming laptop is on sale for under $1,000

TL;DR: The specs-packed Acer Predator Helios 300 gaming laptop (16GB DDR4, 256GB SSD) is on sale for $999.99 at Amazon, saving you $300. Get your RGB keyboards and gaming gloves ready, boys and girls a crop of new PC games are about to take over your life. …

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

Climate Change

House Dems Try to Squash Green New Deal With Bogus Alternative

A federal Green New Deal has remained a dream-like idea since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Massachusetts Democratic Senator Ed Markey introduced a proposal to do just that in February (and since the Senate shot it down in March). Other Green …

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

How US video game companies are building tools for China’s surveillance state

(Tribune News Service) Last October, software developers at Riot Games in Santa Monica fielded an unusual request. Like other video game makers, Riots success depends on its ability to make games that are compulsively playable, like its global hit League of L…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

The Queen

Boris Johnson’s car is forced to swerve around climate protesters on the Mall

Climate change protesters have halted Boris Johnson's car on its way to Buckingham Palace. The new Prime Minister was en route to meet the Queen to start of his term of office when a group from Greenpeace fanned out across The Mall. Police motorcycle riders…

bubmagJuly 24, 2019

New PM Johnson says Britain must prepare for no-deal Brexit

Daimler and Riddle&Code have partnered to produce a blockchain hardware wallet for cars (DMLRY)

Mueller questioning: Lawmaker goes on angry tirade

Pro-China Boris? Britain’s new PM ‘enthusiastic’ about Beijing’s new Silk Road

Judge won’t block US asylum restrictions at southern border

Google Photos hit a billion users in just over four years

The Acer Predator Helios 300 gaming laptop is on sale for under $1,000

House Dems Try to Squash Green New Deal With Bogus Alternative

Boris Johnson’s car is forced to swerve around climate protesters on the Mall

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