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Watson’s next feat? Taking on cancerwashingtonpost.com
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Hawaii Wrestles With Vagaries of Solar Powerwsj.com
Hawaii, with 21% of its power coming from renewable sources like wind turbines and solar panels, has become a laboratory for those intent on reinventing the grid. -
Video: NASA, SpaceX, FAA Discuss Launch Failurenasa.gov
During a post-launch press conference on June 28, mangers from SpaceX, NASA, and the Federal Aviation Administration discussed the mishap following the liftoff of the SpaceX CRS-7 mission. -
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I am very sorry to report that Greg Chesson, of Ahteros, SGI, Bell Labs, and…plus.google.com
I am very sorry to report that Greg Chesson, of Ahteros, SGI, Bell Labs, and most recently Google, has died after an illness. Last year he received the… - Lauren Weinstein – Google+ -
Why Your Next Package Will Be Delivered By An Ubertechcrunch.com
Geographic saturation is the key to network effects and profitability in the ridesharing business. The more drivers Uber or Lyft have in a given region, the.. -
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What’s the best way to spend $20,000 to help the common good? - 80,000 Hours80000hours.org
I recently came across the following question posted by Paul Buchheit (the founder of Gmail): Assume that I'm going to get rid of $20,000 and my only concern is the "common good". Which of these is the best use of the money: give it to the Gates founda... -
Same as It Ever Wasforeignaffairs.com
From Frankenstein onward, the idea of intelligent machines has frightened us. Many today warn of great dangers coming from robots and automation, including rising unemployment and inequality. But for the next couple of decades, at least, dramatic chang... -
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The Frenzy About High-Tech Talent by Andrew Hackernybooks.com
By graduation, the number of students who start in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) falls by a third and in health by a half. In engineering, of every one hundred who start, only fifty-five make it to a degree. Why the at... - ams.org
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Russian defectors living the dead end of the American dream in distant Oregontheguardian.com
For Janosh and Victorya, who in Russia lived as a former bag man for a Moscow bank and an FSB agent, the dream of a life as defectors has been plagued by spats with the FBI, and an unexpected life in a city they’d never heard of -
A statistical analysis of Cramer's stock picking skills - Part 1cresusio.wordpress.com
If you've been following the stock market a little, Jim Cramer cannot be a total stranger. He's been holding his daily show, Mad Money, for more than 10 years. With an opinion on almost every stock... -
Behind Silicon Valley's Self-Critical Tone on Diversity, a Lack of Progressbits.blogs.nytimes.com
Tech giants like eBay, Facebook and Google acknowledge that they have work to do to increase diversity, but the repetition of that sentiment shows how little has changed. -
Reading Is Forgetting by Tim Parksnybooks.com
Is re-reading a gradual and always positive accumulation of greater and greater control and retention of a book, or is it rather a precarious process in which each new engagement with the text cancels and alters earlier ones?
