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Jerusalem Controversy

Israel to name train stop in Jerusalem for Trump

Israel's transportation minister says that the country will name a train station in Jerusalem after President TrumpDonald John TrumpOnly one way with Huawei don't let it control 5GJapan's emperor is first to abdicate throne in two centuriesAir Force secretary…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Android

Anki, maker of Cozmo and other toy robots, is shutting down

Anki has been one of the leading companies in this new age of smartphone-connected toys, alongside Sphero. Sadly, Anki has run out of money and is shutting its doors. Anki has made a few different toys over the past few years, including 'Overdrive' race cars…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Feudalism

The Erosion of Everyday Life

by Charles Hugh-Smith Working hard and doing what youre told is no longer yielding the promised American Dream of security, agency and liberty. Volume One of Fernand Braudels oft-recommended (by me) trilogy Civilization & Capitalism, 15th to 18th Centur…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Most US eighth graders have taken apart a gadget to fix it or see how it works

Greta Thunberg is the Swedish teenager whose climate change school-strike spread around the world, leading to her addressing the COP24 conference, the World Economic Forum, and many other forums where she has distinguished herself with her brilliant oratory a…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Black Hole

LIGO may have just spotted a black hole devouring a neutron star

The merger of a black hole and neutron star would be pretty messy Classical and Quantum Gravity By Leah Crane Its a clash of the titans. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has spotted the signs of yet another enormous collision …

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

A Kiwi teacher died at an anti-racism rally 40 years ago. Who killed him?

Steve Braunias looks into the killing of New Zealand schoolteacher Blair Peach on the 40th anniversary of his death at an anti-racism protest in London. English rain, constant, sometimes heavy, always miserable, falling all day long on that grey, bleak Monda…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

Google Assistant can now read stories

Google Assistant on Android and iOS devices can now read out stories in English. This feature is available to people in India, US, UK, Canada and Australia. The available classic bedtime stories include Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood.

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Climate Change

World’s Oldest Rainforest Is Being Cooked to Death by Climate Change, Authorities Warn

Australia cant seem to catch a break. The Great Barrier reef is still limping along after being ravaged by heat waves two to three years ago, while the people of Australia just sweated through their hottest summer on record. Now, authorities are warning that …

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Privacy Concerns

The Trust Crisis In The Business World

Once upon a time, tech companies were freely given the benefit of the doubt. Millions of users eagerly handed over their personal information to tech behemoths like Facebook or Google in exchange for the privilege of using their platforms to share everything …

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Feudalism

The Problem is Capitalism

It is a weapon pointed at the living world. We urgently need to develop a new system. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th April 2019 For most of my adult life, Ive railed against corporate capitalism, consumer capitalism and crony capitali…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Israel to name train stop in Jerusalem for Trump

Anki, maker of Cozmo and other toy robots, is shutting down

The Erosion of Everyday Life

Most US eighth graders have taken apart a gadget to fix it or see how it works

LIGO may have just spotted a black hole devouring a neutron star

A Kiwi teacher died at an anti-racism rally 40 years ago. Who killed him?

Google Assistant can now read stories

World’s Oldest Rainforest Is Being Cooked to Death by Climate Change, Authorities Warn

The Trust Crisis In The Business World

The Problem is Capitalism

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