Archive du mois : février 2018

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Verizon streamed Expansive Bowl LII in VR over 5G

It was all part of an ambitious 5G stress test that Verizon quietly ran during Super Bowl LII, and according to the company, it was a success. « This latest demonstration at Super Bowl LII and in New York City is another example of how we’re pushing 5G to exploit never-before-imagined use cases and applications, » said…

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„Es muss neue Erzählungen geben“

Herr Parzinger, hat Sie die scharfe Auseinandersetzung um das koloniale Erbe im Humboldt-Forum überrascht?Uns war klar, dass die Diskussion kommen würde, spätestens mit der Eröffnung. Ich sehe darin eine große Chance, mit den Herkunftsländern neue Formen der Zusammenarbeit zu entwickeln. Für sie geht es nicht primär um Rückgabe, sondern um Aufklärung. War es ein Versäumnis,…

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Market descend is a ‘welcome correction’ for the IMF, says Christine Lagarde

Last week’s roller-coaster ride for the markets is not a major source of concern for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — in fact, it sees it as a « welcome correction. » Speaking to CNBC at the World Government Summit in Dubai, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde acknowledged the last week’s frenzied market sell-off, which saw the…

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Russian airliner crashes method Moscow after takeoff; seventy one plain

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed Sunday near Moscow, killing everyone aboard shortly after the jet took off from one of the city’s airports. The Saratov Airlines regional jet disappeared from radar screens a few minutes after departing from Domodedovo Airport en route to Orsk, a city some 1,500 kilometers…

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A somber revolutionary anniversary in Iran

The 39th anniversary of the revolution in Iran promises to be a sombre occasion for the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, who was forced to acknowledge the mass discontent in the country as result of the recent protests and received letters from two dissident insiders accusing him of negligence and empire building. The letters came from…

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No moms, no Muslims: The contemporary US immigration system

Late last month, the Trump White House released its legislative framework for immigration reform. Its sticking points are familiar ones: the $25bn that President Trump wants to use to build the border wall he has promised his supporters; and a path to citizenship for beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA), whose fates…