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Christianity

The Evolving Role of the Modern Godparent

Kaeley Van Zoren recently faced a line of questioning about her religious beliefs over dinner. Her brother, Chris, and his wife, Tara, just welcomed their first child in May and wanted to name Kaeley godmother. But first, they needed to get a few things strai…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

New wave of violence in Syria war as 200,000 flee Idlib offensive: ‘There were bombs every minute’

A Syrian government offensive to capture the northern province of Idlib has killed dozens of civilians and forced more than 200,000 people to flee over the past month, leading to fears of a major humanitarian crisis in the last rebel-held bastion. The Syrian…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Virtual Reality

Sixense hires HTC Vive’s Joel Breton to run VR and AR content studio

Sixense Enterprises has hired former HTC Vive executive Joel Breton to run a virtual reality and augmented reality content studio, dubbed Sixense Studios, as the company expands its software reach. Sixense pioneered hand controllers for virtual reality appli…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Biological Warfare

Lone Echo II hands-on — Dodging electric fuzzballs in zero gravity isn’t simple

These fuzz ball electric creatures took a liking to me in my demo of Lone Echo II, the new virtual reality game coming from Ready At Dawn Studios and Oculus Studios in the first quarter of 2020. They kept trying to connect with me and my partner, and when the…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

VR

Asgard’s Wrath is an ambitious, sometimes overwhelming action game for VR

I have to admire Asgard’s Warth. This VR Oculus exclusive has a lot of ambition. I played a demo during a pre-E3 showcase of Oculus games last week in Santa Monica on an Oculus Rift S. It’s beautiful and has some of the graphical fidelity you’d expect from a…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

VR

Phantom Covert Ops — How nDreams is making a covert stealth game in a kayak

Who makes a covert operations stealth game where you’re in a kayak? It sounds like a dumb idea, but I played a preview of Phantom Covert Ops recently on the Oculus Quest virtual reality headset. And it was fun. nDreams is making the title for Oculus Studios.…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Water Pollution

EPA Changes Math to Allow Burning of More Coal

By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. The Trump administration continues to erode US regulation in many areas – especially of the environment, with the …

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Animal Protection

Japan ‘pet cafe’ boom raises concern about animal welfare

The latest addition to the already crowded pet cafe scene in Tokyo is Mipig, a ground-floor space in the city's Meguro district where patrons can kick back with a coffee and pet a pot-bellied pig for half an hour. Mipig opened on March 1 after a farm in Yama…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Animal Protection

Japan ‘pet cafe’ boom raises concerns about animal welfare

The latest addition to the already crowded pet cafe scene in Tokyo is Mipig, a ground-floor space in the city's Meguro district, where patrons can kick back with a coffee and pet a pot-bellied pig for half an hour. Mipig opened on March 1 after a farm in Yam…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Donald Tusk sparks fury after he backs Change UK

Donald Tusk today took the extraordinary step of urging people to vote for Change UK on Thursday if they 'want to stay in the EU'. The EU Council President, who said there is a 'special place in hell' reserved for people who promoted Brexit without a plan, h…

bubmagMay 21, 2019

The Evolving Role of the Modern Godparent

New wave of violence in Syria war as 200,000 flee Idlib offensive: ‘There were bombs every minute’

Sixense hires HTC Vive’s Joel Breton to run VR and AR content studio

Lone Echo II hands-on — Dodging electric fuzzballs in zero gravity isn’t simple

Asgard’s Wrath is an ambitious, sometimes overwhelming action game for VR

Phantom Covert Ops — How nDreams is making a covert stealth game in a kayak

EPA Changes Math to Allow Burning of More Coal

Japan ‘pet cafe’ boom raises concern about animal welfare

Japan ‘pet cafe’ boom raises concerns about animal welfare

Donald Tusk sparks fury after he backs Change UK

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