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Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell: The Man Who Sold America
Rolling Stone - Bob Moser
Fittingly enough, it was hot as blazes in Kentucky when Mitch McConnell slunk back home for Congress’ annual summer recess. One week earlier, Robert …
Now
Mobile Technology
New surveillance tech means you'll never be anonymous again
Wired UK - Elise Thomas
The fight over the future of facial recognition is heating up. But it is just the beginning, as even more intrusive methods of surveillance are being …
12 hours ago
Bitcoin
China Plans to Kill Most of the World's Bitcoin Mining Operations
VICE
The Chinese government will end bitcoin mining operations in the coming months, Bloomberg reported over this January, a move that could have a massive impact on the price of the world’s biggest digital
15 hours ago
Quantum Mechanics
The parallel worlds of quantum mechanics
sciencefocus.com - Sara Rigby
There are many ways to interpret quantum mechanics, each weirder than the last. Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll says that the most plausible is …
15 hours ago
Augmented Reality
Cambridge Engineers Have Developed A Futuristic Augmented Reality Rig
Mashable - Aakarsh Dube
Engineers from the University of Cambridge have come up with a head-mounted display for augmented reality (AR) that overcomes nausea or eye strain side effects that are generally experienced by users.
19 hours ago
GE Healthcare
FDA Clears GE Healthcare’s AI Algorithms Embedded on Mobile X-Ray Device
hitconsultant.net
– GE Healthcare awarded Food and Drug Administration’s 510(k) clearance of Critical Care Suite, an industry-first collection of artificial …
23 hours ago
Deep Learning A-Z™: Hands-On Artificial Neural Networks
freecourseslive.com - Goodvibes
Artificial intelligence is growing exponentially. There is no doubt about that. Self-driving cars are clocking up millions of miles, IBM Watson is …
23 hours ago
Aging
Why you shouldn’t fear the gray tsunami
MIT Technology Review - David Rotman
Many worry that aging populations will doom the world economy and make life miserable for everyone. Here’s why that’s wrong. The aging of the world is …
23 hours ago
Mobile Technology
Why You Should Completely Wipe Your Phone Every Few Months
Popular Mechanics - By Alexander George
Once every few months, I take my iPhone and go to Settings -> General -> Reset -> Erase All Content and Settings. I skip the offer to use a backup, or transfer data, and build from the factory settings.
1 day ago
trump news update
Trump is seriously, frighteningly unstable - the world is in danger
The Guardian - Robert Reich
No president has ever been sent packing. Nixon resigned because he saw it coming. Trump would sooner start a civil war With rumors flying that Trump might exchange him for another lapdog, who knows? Maybe
1 day ago
iPad
The Best Drawing Apps for Every Kind of iPad Artist
WIRED - Condé Nast
1 day ago
ICIJ
New York Uncovers $1 Billion in Sackler Family Wire Transfers
The New York Times - By DANNY HAKIM
The New York attorney general’s office said on Friday that it had tracked about $1 billion in wire transfers by the Sackler family, including through Swiss bank accounts, suggesting that the family tried
3 days ago
Science
This new device generates light from the darkness of space
sciencemag.org - Robert F. Service
Solar panels are great for powering devices during the day. But they don’t work after the sun goes down. Now, a new technology that takes advantage …
3 days ago
Science
Twist on ‘survival of the fittest’ could explain how reality emerges from the quantum haze
sciencemag.org - Adrian Cho
How does our predictable everyday world emerge from the hazy, probabilistic rules of quantum mechanics? That puzzle has vexed physicists since …
3 days ago
Technology
Another interstellar object has been spotted visiting the solar system
MIT Technology Review - Neel V. Patel
An amateur astronomer seems to have spotted the second interstellar object to have been caught traveling through our solar system, according to early …
3 days ago
Singularity
Artificial Intelligence Detects Heart Failure From One Heartbeat With 100% Accuracy
Forbes - Nicholas Fearn
Doctors can detect heart failure from a single heartbeat with 100% accuracy using a new artificial intelligence-driven neural network. That’s according to a recent study published in Biomedical Signal
3 days ago
Jupiter's new portrait snapped by Hubble
CNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN
(CNN) — Each year, the Hubble Space Telescope spends some time looking at the outer planets of our solar system. In late June, during one of these observation periods, Hubble took a stunning detailed of
4 days ago
Democracy
The Shocking Paper Predicting the End of Democracy
POLITICO - By RICK SHENKMAN
Human brains aren’t built for self-rule, says Shawn Rosenberg. That’s more evident than ever. Rick Shenkman, founder of George Washington University’s History News Network, is the author of Political How
4 days ago
Extinction
How Bad Do Things Need to Get Before They Get Better?
eand.co - umair haque
Dying — and I say dying because the doctors told me I was, and in many ways, I did — was the best thing that ever happened to me. OK, the second …
5 days ago
Blockchain
5 Ways Blockchain Technology Will Revolutionize The Way We Do Business
centricdigital.com - Centric Digital
In January of 2009, the first blockchain database was created to devise the highly attractive and widely controversial cryptocurrency bitcoin, thus …
5 days ago
Health
How artificial intelligence is transforming medical treatment
thenewdaily.com.au - Christiane Barro
Artificial intelligence is giving medical professionals the ability to create a digital replica of patients, allowing doctors to predict how …
5 days ago
Planetary Habitability
Water found for first time on potentially habitable planet
BBC News - Pallab Ghosh
Astronomers have for the first time discovered water in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star. The finding makes the world - which is called K2-18b - a plausible
5 days ago
Kids
Stanford psychology expert: This is the No. 1 skill parents need to teach their kids—but most don't
CNBC - Nir Eyal, Contributor
As parents, we all want to raise kids who are smart and focused, especially in a world where digital distraction seems to be inescapable. (Even tech …
5 days ago
California Supreme Court
In California, Gig Workers Are About to Become Employees
WIRED - Condé Nast
A bill passed by California lawmakers Wednesday could put guardrails on the gig economy and its reliance on “independent contractors.” The …
5 days ago
Water
Fukushima: Japan will have to dump radioactive water into Pacific, minister says
The Guardian - Justin McCurry in Tokyo
The operator of the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will have to dump huge quantities of contaminated water from the site directly into the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s environment minister has
6 days ago
Offbeat News
Street Artist Appears to Cut His Name Into Walls Using an Amazing Optical Illusion Spray Paint Technique
laughingsquid.com - Lori Dorn
Portuguese street artist Vile (Rodrigo Miguel Sepúlveda Nunes) creates amazing optical illusion wall murals that make his name appear to be cut into …
6 days ago
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence: Why It's Essential For Digital Platforms
Forbes - Peter Bendor-Samuel
Companies widely recognize the potential power of artificial intelligence (AI). They instinctively understand that it feels like we’re on the cusp of something that will change our lives and our businesses
6 days ago
U.S. Politics
This could 'end very badly': Trump officials warn on mortgage finance
POLITICO - By KATY O'DONNELL
The U.S. housing finance system is worse off today than it was on the cusp of the 2008 financial crisis, Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials warned on Tuesday. Fannie Mae and Freddie
6 days ago
World Economic Forum
The $86 trillion world economy – in one chart
weforum.org - Jeff Desgardins
The world economy is in a never-ending state of flux. The fact is that billions of variables — both big and small — factor into any calculation of …
September 10
Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
amazon.com - Sean Carroll
Most physicists haven’t even recognized the uncomfortable truth: physics has been in crisis since 1927. Quantum mechanics has always had obvious …
September 10

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