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Elon Musk

Microsoft’s $1 Billion Investment in AI Startup Is Good News for Nvidia – TheStreet.com

Even for a tech giant that has been making big AI-related investments for years, Microsoft's (MSFT) deal to pour $1 billion into an AI startup is a little stunning. On Monday morning, Microsoft announced it's investing that large sum in OpenAI, an AI/deep le…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Obamacare

Trump Wins Ruling in Effort to Undo Obamacare (Podcast)

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

How U.S. video game companies are building tools for China’s surveillance state

Last October, software developers at Riot Games in Santa Monica fielded an unusual request. Like other video game makers, Riot’s success depends on its ability to make games that are compulsively playable, like its global hit “League of Legends.” But Tencent,…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Climate Change

Europe Faces Another Record-Setting Heat Wave This Week

Fresh off the heels of a record-setting heat wave last month, Europe is about to heat up in a major way again. Paris and London could set new high-temperature records this week while the forests of Spain and Portugal are once again at risk of exploding in f…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Brexit

European Commission Rules That UK Dwelling EU Citizens Can Still Hold.Eu Domains After Brexit

EU citizens living in the UK (but not UK citizen without citizenship from a country staying in the EU) will be able to continue to own .eu domains. Now that this important matter is solved, what about the Irish border? Brexiters will need to understand that…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Black Hole

The next ‘Overwatch’ hero is yet another evil scientist

A somewhat disturbing origin video describes him as an "eccentric astrophysicist" who is "unaware he's been turning into a living weapon." In the clip, he describes how his goal was to unlock the secrets of the universe and that "if the unifying theories are …

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

‘Tell Me A Story’: Phillip Rhys To Recur On Season 2 Of CBS All Access Series

EXCLUSIVE:Phillip Rhys (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists) is set for a recurring role on the upcoming second season of CBS All Access’ anthology series Tell Me A Story. Based on a Spanish format, Tell Me A Story takes the world’s most beloved fairy ta…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Christianity

The Conversation

To Save the Church, Dismantle the Priesthood Catholics must detach themselves from the clerical hierarchy, James Carroll argued in June—and take the faith back into their own hands. Thank you, James Carroll, for your article. I, too, am fasting from Mass and …

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Geely

How the Hell Are We Supposed to Pronounce the Lotus Evija?

So far, 2019 has been a great year for cars. At least, a great year for expensive aspirational machines like the Lotus Evija that cost about a bajillion dollars. But whos counting! On the other hand, it has decidedly not been a great year for poor Rich Energy…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Black Hole

Overwatch’s New Hero Is Sigma, An Astrophysicist Who Doesn’t Know He’s A ‘Living Weapon’

After a series of teases that culminated in the apparent demise of Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan, Blizzard has revealed the games latest hero. His name is Sigma, and he has the power to see math. Also, perhaps related to that, he can control gravity. Today,…

bubmagJuly 22, 2019

Microsoft’s $1 Billion Investment in AI Startup Is Good News for Nvidia – TheStreet.com

Trump Wins Ruling in Effort to Undo Obamacare (Podcast)

Europe Faces Another Record-Setting Heat Wave This Week

European Commission Rules That UK Dwelling EU Citizens Can Still Hold.Eu Domains After Brexit

The next ‘Overwatch’ hero is yet another evil scientist

‘Tell Me A Story’: Phillip Rhys To Recur On Season 2 Of CBS All Access Series

The Conversation

How the Hell Are We Supposed to Pronounce the Lotus Evija?

Overwatch’s New Hero Is Sigma, An Astrophysicist Who Doesn’t Know He’s A ‘Living Weapon’

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