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Economic Bubble

The Real Reason Why The Fed Isn’t Cutting Interest Rates

This article was originally published by Brandon Smith at Alt-Market. Nothing is written in stone except the primary agenda, which is: Inflate financial bubble through stimulus, implode the financial bubble through tightening. Afterward, the Fed has options.…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Exoskeleton

I welcomed our new robot overlords at Amazon’s first AI conference

Theres a certain oversized quality to a Las Vegas conference center that makes you feel like a child monarch: simultaneously powerful and helpless. Presumably, the rooms and corridors are cavernous because space is cheap in the desert, but the overall effect …

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

UK keep faith on scrapping Irish backstop but supporters stumped on costs

The UK continues to entertain the prospect of replacing the Irish backstop with technological alternatives, but one of its leading proponents admitted to MPs on Wednesday (26 June) that he could not provide a precise estimate on the cost of these alternatives…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Virtual Reality

Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home VR is not so spectacular

Virtual Reality plus Spider-Man: a spectacular time or a motion sickness nightmare? Weirdly enough, Spider-Man: Far From Home VR is neither. Not only does this free PSVR/Steam VR experience fail to churn my guys in the way only web-slinging through the street…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Super Heroes

No More Mutants: How Those Three Words Changed the Marvel Universe

The Decimation was one of the most dangerous periods in Marvel history to be a mutant. The events of House of M reduced the population of the super-powered minority around the world. No felt the brunt of this event more than the X-Men, who tried to keep the l…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Electric Scooter

An Electric Scooter Company Makes The Case For Ownership In A Ride-Share Economy

While many continue to predict the decline of vehicle ownership and the sustained growth of the sharing economy, one transportation company begs to differ. Boosted, a leading manufacturer of high-performing electric vehicles including lightweight skateboards …

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Trade War

Need to Know: These stocks will be hit hardest in a long, multi-pronged trade war

Stocks were set for a mixed open as news broke that China intends to present the U.S. with a set of preconditions in order to resume trade talks, according to the Wall Street Journal. One of the terms, the report said, is that the U.S. remove its ban on selli…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Bubble

The Cult of Life Hacking and the End of the Dream of Ultimate Productivity

I Saw My Teen Self in Reviving Ophelia. A New Edition Asks: Do Teen Girls Still Need Saving? Forty Years Ago, Tales of the City Helped Me Embrace San Francisco. The New Netflix Series Brings It All Back. The First Excerpt F…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

Privacy Concerns

Recode Daily: The NSA collected the wrong data a second time

Plus: A sneaker store becomes a unicorn, Brandless struggles to turn a profit, and Google workers clash with their employer over hate speech on YouTube. The National Security Agency obtained info on US calls and text messages without authorization... twice. T…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

NSA

Edward Snowden used Bitcoin to buy servers for 2013 mass surveillance leak

Edward Snowden, the notorious American whistleblower, has confirmed he relied on the censorship resistance of Bitcoin BTC to help leak data to journalists in 2013. Snowden made headlines across the globe after leaking highly classified information from the N…

bubmagJune 27, 2019

The Real Reason Why The Fed Isn’t Cutting Interest Rates

I welcomed our new robot overlords at Amazon’s first AI conference

UK keep faith on scrapping Irish backstop but supporters stumped on costs

Review: Spider-Man: Far From Home VR is not so spectacular

No More Mutants: How Those Three Words Changed the Marvel Universe

An Electric Scooter Company Makes The Case For Ownership In A Ride-Share Economy

Need to Know: These stocks will be hit hardest in a long, multi-pronged trade war

The Cult of Life Hacking and the End of the Dream of Ultimate Productivity

Recode Daily: The NSA collected the wrong data a second time

Edward Snowden used Bitcoin to buy servers for 2013 mass surveillance leak

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