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Google

Snap selfies with Pikachu in Google Pixel’s AR Playground

Google promises the four Pokémon look and sound just like their bigscreen counterparts. The company also said ARCore's motion tracking, light estimation and ability to understand the real world make the quartet appear a little more realistic. Playground works…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Refugees

Actor Ben Stiller Demands Help For Syrian Refugees

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Report Details Astounding Extent of China’s Illegal Mass Surveillance of Uighur Muslims

As HRW pointed out, many of these surveillance techniques are flagrantly illegal under Chinese law. HRW wrote its report after gaining possession of a smartphone app used by Chinese law enforcement officials in Xinjiang province. Investigators worked backwar…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Bees

Discovery of RNA transfer through royal jelly could aid development of honey bee vaccines

Researchers have discovered that honey bees are able to share immunity with other bees and to their offspring in a hive by transmitting RNA 'vaccines' through royal jelly and worker jelly. The jelly is the bee equivalent of mother's milk: a secretion used to …

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Venezuela

Dirty protest? Toilet roll with Maduro’s face for sale online

Toilet paper featuring an image of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduros face has sparked amusement on social media. The product, available to buy online, features Maduros face on each sheet. He is currently facing heavy international criticism over the viol…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Recycling

How to Sell or Recycle Your Old Electronics

I have several pairs of broken headphones, a non-functional PlayStation, and one cracked iPhone with trace amounts of blood on it. While rummaging through useless belongings in my apartment, I often wonder if my used electronicscracked or notcan ever serve a …

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Cold War

A Mainframe Tape Drive Emulator

Retro computer fans come in all shapes and sizes. Some like the big name machines from the dawn of the home computer era, others like collecting quirky pieces like early laptops and handheld devices. Even more obscure are those who choose to collect old mainf…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Senate fails to override President Trump’s veto of Yemen war measure to end U.S. role

Senators voted Thursday to recommend that the U.S. end its assistance to Saudi Arabia for the war in Yemen and put the blame for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi squarely on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Dec. 13) AP WASHINGTON The Senate…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Pete Seeger – The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (2019)

It is no coincidence that folk singer, songwriter and social activist Pete Seeger (1919-2014) turns up as one of the important voices on the recently released Smithsonian Folkways box set The Social Power of Music (2019). Seeger, one of the towering figures o…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Super Heroes

Game of Thrones could have taken a page from how Avengers: Endgame handles death

Significant spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones, season 8, episode 3, “The Long Night,” and for Avengers: Endgame. Heading into last weekend, we were expecting a lot of big, meaningful pop-culture deaths. Avengers: Endgame threatened to kill off some major Mar…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Snap selfies with Pikachu in Google Pixel’s AR Playground

Actor Ben Stiller Demands Help For Syrian Refugees

Discovery of RNA transfer through royal jelly could aid development of honey bee vaccines

Dirty protest? Toilet roll with Maduro’s face for sale online

How to Sell or Recycle Your Old Electronics

A Mainframe Tape Drive Emulator

Senate fails to override President Trump’s veto of Yemen war measure to end U.S. role

Pete Seeger – The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (2019)

Game of Thrones could have taken a page from how Avengers: Endgame handles death

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