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VR

Oculus Quest and Rift S ship May 21, pre-orders go live today

Facebook’s new VR headsets, the Oculus Rift S and Quest, are both now live for pre-orders today at $399 and will ship May 21. Oculus released the original Rift just over three years ago. Fast forward to the present and the Facebook VR product line has gotten…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Russia, Turkey call for ceasefire in Libya: Kremlin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, in a phone call on Tuesday, called for a ceasefire in Libya and renewal of a political process under the aegis of the United Nations, the Kremlin said in a stateme…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Exoskeleton

Wasps create zombie spiders by laying their eggs inside them

Certain species of parasitoid wasps lay their eggs on spiders' backs and their larvae can control their brains after hatching, according to a new study. Soon after the larvae emerge they effectively take control over the spider's mind and force it to build a…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Hiroshima

An Asteroid Will Hit Earth Again at Some Point and We Have to Be Ready, NASA Administrator Says – The Weather Channel

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addresses the sixth International Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defense Conference on Monday, April 29, 2019, at the University of Maryland in College Park. (Joel Kowsky/NASA) At a Glance NASA chief Jim Bridenstine s…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Panda

Alas, there is no birthright citizenship for the San Diego Zoo’s giant pandas

Its hard to imagine Southern California without giant pandas. Yet, sadly, the pandas that have become synonymous with the San Diego Zoo made their last public appearance on exhibit Monday and will leave for China sometime in the near future. Id say they were…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Virtual Reality

Valve’s Index is the next generation of high-end virtual reality

Valves next-generation virtual reality unit, known as Index, is an impressive plaything with a fistful of design advances beyond the old Vive. Its also expensive, and lacking for now any particular reason for purchase in the way of compelling new games. Las…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Korean War

How to Avoid Another Korean War

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently traveled on April 25 to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin. According to their statements, Kim has not changed his position of keeping his nuclear arsenal unless he gets certain unclear security guarantees from…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Obamacare

How Obamacare Lives On: Bloomberg QuickTake (Audio)

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Exoskeleton

May brings new additions to Xbox Game Pass

Eight more games are headed to Xbox Game Pass this May, meaning that the service’s already hefty lineup is getting a boost. The first of the new additions is Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, heading to Game Pass on May 2nd. Wolfenstein II is set in an alte…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Refugees

Ottawa! I’ll be at the Writers Festival this Saturday night (then Berlin for Re:publica and Houston for Comicpalooza!)

This Saturday, May 4, at 7:30PM, I'll be presenting at the Ottawa Writers Festival, talking about my novel Radicalized and how it ties into surveillance, monopoly, refugees, climate change, racism and oligarchy -- all the good stuff! From there, I'm heading …

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Oculus Quest and Rift S ship May 21, pre-orders go live today

Russia, Turkey call for ceasefire in Libya: Kremlin

Wasps create zombie spiders by laying their eggs inside them

An Asteroid Will Hit Earth Again at Some Point and We Have to Be Ready, NASA Administrator Says – The Weather Channel

Alas, there is no birthright citizenship for the San Diego Zoo’s giant pandas

Valve’s Index is the next generation of high-end virtual reality

How to Avoid Another Korean War

How Obamacare Lives On: Bloomberg QuickTake (Audio)

May brings new additions to Xbox Game Pass

Ottawa! I’ll be at the Writers Festival this Saturday night (then Berlin for Re:publica and Houston for Comicpalooza!)

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