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Hrant Dink

Dark money and backlash: Covering the European Parliamentary elections 2019

We knew that networks rooted in the US and Russia were fuelling ultra-conservative, far-right and anti-democratic forces in Europe, and were seeking to influence the outcome of last months European parliamentary elections. And we had the right journalists, n…

bubmagJuly 8, 2019

Elon Musk

Got an ‘old’ Tesla? Musk promises ‘self-driving’ upgrade chip ship by end of 2019

Elon Musk has promised owners of older Tesla cars will get access to an upgraded custom chip which he claims will provide the hardware required for eventual full-self-driving functions. Any Tesla fitted with Autopilot Hardware 2+, cars sold after October 201…

bubmagJuly 8, 2019

Silk Road

Bitcoin Is Not Unnecessary, ‘Bitcoin Ban’ Is

Peter Switzer of the Switzer Financial Group says Bitcoin is unnecessary and should be banned. Again With the Pre-Enlightenment FUD Every so often, anti-Bitcoin rhetoric rears its head. Most times, the sentiments expressed appear to be no more educated than…

bubmagJuly 8, 2019

Air Pollution

Cleaning up China’s dirty air would give solar energy a huge boost

China’s solar panels would work better with less air pollution Kevin Frayer/Getty Images By Adam Vaughan Cleaning up Chinas hazy skies would increase electricity generation from the countrys vast array of solar panels by 13 per cent and provide billions of…

bubmagJuly 8, 2019

Electric Car

Volkswagen and Ford may team up on electric cars, report says

Volkswagen and Ford previously established an alliance focused on commercial vehicles, but the two automakers may also work together on electric cars, according to a new report. Reuters reports that VW and Ford have reached an “outline agreement” to share ele…

bubmagJuly 8, 2019

Neymar

Brazil new star Everton thinks about future with Neymar back

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — All that 23-year-old striker Everton expected when he joined Brazil’s Copa América squad one month ago was to pick up some international experience. But Everton will return to his club Grêmio as a key member of the winning team, the top…

bubmagJuly 8, 2019

AR-15

Texas police arrest suspect who fired into a family’s car, igniting the fireworks inside and injuring 2 children – ABC15 Arizona

Houston officers have arrested a man they say fired a gun at the car of a family of four after an apparent "road rage incident," igniting the newly-purchased fireworks inside. Bayron J. Rivera, 18, is in custody and will be charged with four counts of aggrav…

bubmagJuly 8, 2019

Android

Thousands of Android apps steal your data even if you deny permission, study reveals

More than 1,000 apps are gathering personal data from people's smartphones despite not having permission, a new study has revealed. Researchers at the International Computer Science Institute in California discovered up to 1,325 Android apps within the Googl…

bubmagJuly 8, 2019

Holocaust

Florida principal refused to call the Holocaust a ‘factual, historical event’

A Massachusetts man who was pen pals with Anne Frank's father has donated a trove of letters and mementos he received from Otto Frank to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for the 90th anniversary of the young Holocaust victim's birth. (June 11) AP, AP A F…

bubmagJuly 8, 2019

Self-driving Vehicles

Lyft, Aptiv and the National Federation of the Blind partner on self-driving for low vision riders

Lyft and Aptiv are already running autonomous driving trials in Las Vegas, and now they’re expanding that limited pilot to include low vision and blind riders in a new partnership with the National Federation of the Blind. In a blog post dealing the news, Lyf…

bubmagJuly 8, 2019

Dark money and backlash: Covering the European Parliamentary elections 2019

Got an ‘old’ Tesla? Musk promises ‘self-driving’ upgrade chip ship by end of 2019

Bitcoin Is Not Unnecessary, ‘Bitcoin Ban’ Is

Cleaning up China’s dirty air would give solar energy a huge boost

Volkswagen and Ford may team up on electric cars, report says

Brazil new star Everton thinks about future with Neymar back

Texas police arrest suspect who fired into a family’s car, igniting the fireworks inside and injuring 2 children – ABC15 Arizona

Thousands of Android apps steal your data even if you deny permission, study reveals

Florida principal refused to call the Holocaust a ‘factual, historical event’

Lyft, Aptiv and the National Federation of the Blind partner on self-driving for low vision riders

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