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Barack Obama

Barack Obama tweets a wholesome, tank-less Fourth of July message

Barack Obama has been quiet as the Democratic presidential primary starts to heat up but the former president sent the country some well-wishes on the Fourth of July. It also happens to be the birthday of the president's older daughter, Malia, who got a sho…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Big Data

Become an Expert in Cloud Computing with this $39 AWS Training Bundle

From tiny startups to Fortune 500 companies, businesses of all sizes now harness the power of cloud computing. Amazon Web Services is the most popular platform, providing cheap storage and hosting solutions. If you want to build a career in this niche, the Ul…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Libyan migrants ‘fired upon after fleeing air strikes’

Image copyrightReutersImage caption The UN says one air strike hit a hangar containing more than 100 migrants The UN says it has received reports that guards fired on migrants who tried to flee air strikes on a detention centre near Libya's capital Tripoli…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Orangutan

Malaysia struggles with its dubious reputation for palm oil

It resents the world for criticizing the industry, yet understands that some things need to change. Malaysia is not happy with how the rest of the world perceives its biggest export palm oil. Although protests against the rapid deforestation of rainforests t…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Feudalism

Henry A. Giroux: Education Should Not Be Neutral

Education always plays a central role — whether in a visible or a veiled way — in any ideological project. For anyone backing the transformation of the world into a fairer, more caring and democratic place, education is key, but people who believe that market…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Blame America Too for Our Ruptured Relations with the Chinese

BEIJING — Hanging out in China for a couple weeks is an experience. Beijing feels a lot like a Western city: tall buildings, horrid traffic, distinct neighborhoods, lots of money. You come across the full range of people—funny, friendly, officious, nervou…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

NSA

Claims Healthy Despite Weak ADP

In what is a busy week of labor data, results so far have been mixed. Ahead of Friday's Nonfarm Payroll Report for June, ADP payroll data released this morning missed forecasts of 140K, coming in at just 102K. While this set the stage for a potentially weaker…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Scotland

Traveller24.com | PICS: How 8 locations around the world look across four seasons

Experience every season in eight places around the world, all in one photograph. Everybody talks about the changing seasons with eager anticipation — but have you ever slowed down to contemplate the strangeness of this quarterly makeover of nature? WATCH: F…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Star Wars

‘The Walking Dead’ (Comic) Is Over

Happy Fourth of July, and welcome to another edition of The Monitor, WIRED's pop culture news roundup. This time around we have big news about The Walking Dead comics and a lot of updates on the lives of directors, from long-timers like Quentin Tarantino to n…

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

AR-15

Trump Rally

bubmagJuly 4, 2019

Barack Obama tweets a wholesome, tank-less Fourth of July message

Become an Expert in Cloud Computing with this $39 AWS Training Bundle

Libyan migrants ‘fired upon after fleeing air strikes’

Malaysia struggles with its dubious reputation for palm oil

Henry A. Giroux: Education Should Not Be Neutral

Claims Healthy Despite Weak ADP

Traveller24.com | PICS: How 8 locations around the world look across four seasons

‘The Walking Dead’ (Comic) Is Over

Trump Rally

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