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Star Wars

Sith Troopers from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker unveiled for San Diego Comic-Con

The newest member of the First Order is called the Sith Trooper. The new baddies outfit was revealed Wednesday as part of the lead-up to this years San Diego Comic-Con. The red-armored soldier will appear in the upcoming film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Obamacare

Obamacare’s Precarious Fate

The case, Texas v. United States, is the third Republican attempt to destroy Obamacare by judicial fiat. Lawmakers havent been able to entirely undo the law, and the Supreme Court has so far upheld it twice. After Mr. Trump signed in late 2017 the Tax Cuts …

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

The Queen

Man arrested after climbing Buckingham Palace gates

The 22-year-old was held on suspicion of trespass at around 2am on Wednesday morning by specialist royal police officers, the Metropolitan Police said. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was in residence at the time, a palace spokeswoman said. She declined to say…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Korean Peace Talks

Could a ‘Big Freeze’ Be Trump’s Path to a Nobel Prize?

By turning established diplomatic practice on its head and making an unscheduled stop to shake hands with Kim Jong Un in the DMZ, President Trump demonstrated his readiness to go the extra mile and beyond to meet the challenge his predecessor, Barack Obama, t…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Greta Thunberg

AOC and Greta Thunberg talk tactics and hope

Congresswoman and force of nature Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and student activist and force of nature Greta "Extinction Rebellion" Thunberg conducted a videoconference to meet one another and talk tactics for saving the world from dying in its own waste-gases; …

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Biological Warfare

The mosquito has killed billions and changed our DNA—and it’s going to get worse

There are many useful ways to consider humanitys history with mosquitoes, arguably our most far-reaching interspecies relationship, but the most compelling metaphor is war. Thats an awkward notion to entertain at a time when humans are striving to think of al…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Italy’s Salvini denies his League party took money from Russians

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday denied a media report that his far-right League party had sought millions of euros from Russian investors via a secret oil deal. The U.S. website Buzzfeed said it had received an aud…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Fortnite

New Item highlights Fortnite Content Patch Update

The latest content patch for Fortnite is out, and while there aren't any serious gameplay tweaks to be made, the third 9.30 content patch does include the addition of a brand new item, and it's a controversial one. The newest item - the Air Strike - is a thro…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Zoox’s self-driving car will provide a smooth ride via independent active suspension

Zoox CTO and co-founder Jesse Levinson revealed a few more details about the company’s autonomous vehicle hardware today, which it’s designing along with its software stack from the ground up. Levinson told us on stage that Zoox’s vehicle will have fully inde…

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Obamacare

Bloomberg Best: Powell, Fed, and Obamacare (Audio)

bubmagJuly 10, 2019

Sith Troopers from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker unveiled for San Diego Comic-Con

Obamacare’s Precarious Fate

Man arrested after climbing Buckingham Palace gates

Could a ‘Big Freeze’ Be Trump’s Path to a Nobel Prize?

AOC and Greta Thunberg talk tactics and hope

The mosquito has killed billions and changed our DNA—and it’s going to get worse

Italy’s Salvini denies his League party took money from Russians

New Item highlights Fortnite Content Patch Update

Zoox’s self-driving car will provide a smooth ride via independent active suspension

Bloomberg Best: Powell, Fed, and Obamacare (Audio)

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