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Feudalism

GOOD QUESTION: Will Tocqueville’s Dilemma Crash America? Tocqueville insisted that old regime a…

Tocqueville insisted that old regime aristocrats felt compelled by laws and customs to take some care of their servants, that they were bound, however distantly, to their peasants by the land they shared and their regular interactions. The new industrial olig…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Recycling

How Apple’s Daisy iPhone recycling robot works – CNET

Daisy is designed to pull apart iPhones that would cost too much to refurbish and are deemed end-of-life. It's staffed by three to four people. James Martin/CNET Daisy is many things. It's a 33-foot long robot that pulls apart iPhones with its five arms. It…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Paris

LVMH’s billionaire boss Arnault defends Notre-Dame donations

PARIS (Reuters) - France’s richest man Bernard Arnault hit out on Thursday at critics of his rush to donate tens of millions of euros to the restoration of Notre-Dame cathedral, saying he would not benefit from tax breaks and branding the sniping as petty. …

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Alibaba

JD.com Faces an Executive Shakeup and Possible Layoffs

JD.com(NASDAQ:JD), the second largest e-commerce player in China, struggled over the past 12 months with concerns about its slowing sales growth, lack of profits, and rape allegations against CEO Richard Liu. JD's outlook improved in December after the charge…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Bees

Wild bee species critical to pollination on decline…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) More than a dozen wild bee species critical to pollinizing everything from blueberries to apples in New England are on the decline, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of New Hampshire wanted to understand if the docu…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

NSA

China Finds Phone-Wielding Tourists and Telescopes Don’t Mesh

If a giant telescope observes the universe, and no one around can take a picture of it, does it really exist? The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescopelocated in Guizhou, Chinawill have to find out. New regulations, put into effect in early A…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Animal Protection

Inside India’s first hospital for sick and neglected elephants

Wildlife SOS is a conservation nonprofit organisation in India working for animal welfare, elephant conservation and care, and has with the help of Indian state forest departments rescued elephants living in heartbreaking conditions: from circuses and temples…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Anti-Putin Protests

Could this petition for a new UN court be the answer to fighting money laundering and global corruption?

The challenges posed by webs of corruption spreading across borders fuelled by fraud, money laundering and illicit offshore funding schemes has raised the urgent need for an international court, and a restitution fund which can fairly redistribute the money a…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

Recycling

Jason Momoa posts video of himself shaving off his beard and RIP Khal Drogo

It's hard to picture Jason Momoa without his signature beard. That's because it's been such a major part of the aesthetics of some of his most notable roles, like Khal Drogo and Aquaman. But those days are gone. Momoa has kissed goodbye to his facial fuzz (f…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

China reportedly monitors what civil servants do outside work as the country rolls out its ambitious social credit system

Local authorities around China have started monitoring civil servants' behavior outside of work hours, Bloomberg reported, as it sets up its ambitious surveillance state over citizens, bureaucrats, and Communist Party members. At least three cities in Chin…

bubmagApril 18, 2019

GOOD QUESTION: Will Tocqueville’s Dilemma Crash America? Tocqueville insisted that old regime a…

How Apple’s Daisy iPhone recycling robot works – CNET

LVMH’s billionaire boss Arnault defends Notre-Dame donations

JD.com Faces an Executive Shakeup and Possible Layoffs

Wild bee species critical to pollination on decline…

China Finds Phone-Wielding Tourists and Telescopes Don’t Mesh

Inside India’s first hospital for sick and neglected elephants

Could this petition for a new UN court be the answer to fighting money laundering and global corruption?

Jason Momoa posts video of himself shaving off his beard and RIP Khal Drogo

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