Republicans’ new smear of Rep. Rashida Tlaib can be easily fact-checked
Republicans have focused their bad faith criticism on a different woman of color in Congress this week. In the newest round of outrage, Republican lawmakers are arguing that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, said s…
bubmagMay 13, 2019
Uber’s CEO sent an email to employees addressing its disastrous IPO, drawing on Amazon and Facebook’s rough starts (UBER)
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi addressed his company's abysmal initial public offering in an email to employees on Monday. The chief executive sought to reassure employees that while Uber's IPO did not yield the first-day results the company had hoped for, the…
bubmagMay 13, 2019
Theresa May’s new Brexit anguish – Washington Examiner
British Prime Minister Theresa May is in crisis mode. For all her efforts, she can't get Brexit through Parliament, and her party is losing faith in her leadership. Because May's Brexit agreement has been unable to win parliamentary passage, she has been neg…
bubmagMay 13, 2019
Elon Musk to receive Stephen Hawking award for promoting science
Elon Musk's constant chatter and tweets about everything from "the simulation" to renewable energy have earned him high praise. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, praised for his "astounding accomplishments in space travel," won this year's Stephen Hawking Science Me…
bubmagMay 13, 2019
Did Israel Destroy the Palestine National Library, the Azhar Library, and the ‘National Cultural Center’?
In May 2019, a set of images supposedly showing the Palestine National Cultural Center before and after it was destroyed by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) went viral on social media, along with the claim that the IDF had also destroyed the National Palestine Lib…
bubmagMay 13, 2019
Henning Larsen wins bid to design a sustainable business district for Shenzhen
Danish architectural firm Henning Larsen Architects has won an international competition for the design of the Shenzhen Bay Headquarters City, a new district in the southern Chinese city spanning 5.5 million square meters. Working alongside two other local fi…
bubmagMay 13, 2019
Here are the latest executive power moves that help explain everything that’s going on in tech and finance
Over the last week, Airbnb took more steps towards diversity, inclusion and equity by announcing Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt as Head of Global Diversity and Belonging. Read more about this and other notable executive changes. Airbnb appoints Melissa C. Thomas-H…
bubmagMay 13, 2019
Critics deride Trump’s decision to meet with ‘authoritarian’ prime minister of Hungary
Last SlideNext Slide WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is facing criticism for his scheduled White House meeting Monday with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose anti-democratic and pro-Russian tendencies have generated concern among foreign policy …
bubmagMay 13, 2019
Trump Praises Orban, Disregarding Hungary’s ‘Illiberal’ Moves
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Oval Office on Monday, disregarding bipartisan objections from Congress that the nationalist leader has taken steps to limit freedoms in his central European nation. P…
bubmagMay 13, 2019