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Unwelcome Refugees

Libya: Detained refugees shot as clashes near Tripoli continue

Refugees and migrants trapped in a detention centre on the front line of conflict in Tripoli for weeks say they were shot at indiscriminately on Tuesday by fighters aligned with eastern forces advancing on Libya's capital. At least 10 people were seriously …

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Refugees

Adiff Makes Impactful Garments from Remnants of Crisis

We speak with Angela Luna about creating opportunities from disaster Minutes away from Eftalou Beach on the Greek island of Lesvos, hundreds of thousands of life vests and tents lie in the crook of an ancient hill. A dumping-ground for the survival gear that …

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Android

iFixit has some educated guesses as to why the Galaxy Fold is so fragile

After news broke that early review units of the Samsung Galaxy Fold were easily breaking — and Samsung’s subsequent delay of the device’s worldwide release — many of us were left to wonder why the foldable phone wasn’t holding up. Even taking into account th…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

The New York Times Built a Functioning Private Facial Recognition System

China's Skynet and Sharp Eyes projects aim to comprehensively surveil China's 1.4 billion people by 2020 through a network of 626 million video cameras stationed in public spaces monitored using facial recognition technologies optimized via artificial intelli…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Boeing 737max

United Technologies Corp (UTX) Q1 2019 Earnings Call Transcript

Image source: The Motley Fool. United Technologies Corp (NYSE:UTX)Q1 2019 Earnings CallApril 23, 2019, 8:30 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good morning and welcome to United Techn…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Boeing 737max

United Technologies Corp (UTX) Q1 2019 Earnings Call Transcript

Image source: The Motley Fool.United Technologies Corp (NYSE: UTX)Q1 2019 Earnings CallApril 23, 2019, 8:30 a.m. ETGood morning and welcome to United Technologies First Quarter 2019 Earnings Conference Call. On the call today are, Greg Hayes, Chairman and Ch…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Greta Thunberg

‘Our future was sold’: Greta Thunberg tells MPs – Guardian News

Greta Thunberg took her climate message to MPs at the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday. The 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist told a packed room in the Palace of Westminster her future and those of her fellow children had been 'sold'. She said: 'We p…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

NSA

Japanese Taxicab uses face recognition software to decide what kind of garbage to play on its seatback display

“Your Face is Your Boarding Pass” is the headline from a jetBlue press release from November 15, 2018. “JetBlue continues to lead the industry as the first domestic airline to launch a fully-integrated biometric self-boarding gate for international flights…” …

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Jared Kushner Dismisses Russian Election Interference as ‘Couple of Facebook Ads’

Mr. Kushner is a recurring character in Mr. Muellers report: He took part in a much-scrutinized June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower, and in meetings during the transition with a Russian banker and Russias ambassador to Washington. On Tuesda…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

CCTV

Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry to launch R40m first phase of industrial park

Contract workers Mogale Neo and Donation Monyela putting the touches to the vehicular access gate of Nkowankowa Industrial Park ahead of the launch next week. Photo: Supplied DURBAN - The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Bulelani Magwanishe will offic…

bubmagApril 23, 2019

Libya: Detained refugees shot as clashes near Tripoli continue

Adiff Makes Impactful Garments from Remnants of Crisis

iFixit has some educated guesses as to why the Galaxy Fold is so fragile

United Technologies Corp (UTX) Q1 2019 Earnings Call Transcript

United Technologies Corp (UTX) Q1 2019 Earnings Call Transcript

‘Our future was sold’: Greta Thunberg tells MPs – Guardian News

Japanese Taxicab uses face recognition software to decide what kind of garbage to play on its seatback display

Jared Kushner Dismisses Russian Election Interference as ‘Couple of Facebook Ads’

Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry to launch R40m first phase of industrial park

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