Data Visualization How to Power Marketing Presentations With Data Visualization & Win Over Your Audiencetoprankblog.com We’ve all been there. We’re five minutes into (what we thought would be) a riveting, data-driven presentation, yet a quick scan of the room reveals …
China These four places in Asia account for almost 20% of global travel spendingCNBC - Karen Gilchrist Outbound travelers from four major Asia Pacific markets accounted for close to one-fifth of global travel spending last year, highlighting the …
Apple Watch Apple considering micro LED display for 2020 Apple Watchappleinsider.com - William Gallagher Following years of development with different suppliers, Apple is reportedly close to switching Apple Watch display from OLED to micro LED, and …
This robot can pick tomatoes without bruising them and detect ripeness better than humansCNBC - Erin Black and Lora Kolodny Farmers spend more than $34 billion a year on labor in the U.S., according to the USDA. And many would like to hire more help. But the agriculture …
Amazon Who pays for Amazon’s “customer obsession?” The service reps who pick up the phones.Vox - Francesca RegaladoAs the sun sets in the Philippines, more than a million Filipinos are just beginning to wake up for work. If you’re one of Amazon Prime’s 100 million subscribers in the United States, you may have spoken
News (Hong Kong) Anger in Hong Kong over 'triad attack' on anti-government protestersThe Telegraph - By Agence France-PresseAnger soared in Hong Kong on Monday over a vicious assault on pro-democracy protesters by suspected triad gangsters that left dozens wounded, a dramatic escalation of the political turmoil plaguing the
Boris Johnson Is Boris Johnson Ready to be Britain's Prime Minister?The Atlantic - Tom McTagueHailed as a savant, lampooned as a fraud, Britain’s likely next prime minister must lead his country through its moment of maximum peril—and opportunity. Late morning on Tuesday, July 23, the denouement
ACLU No More Identification Checks on Domestic ArrivalsThe Atlantic - Garrett EppsThe ACLU has stopped border agents from demanding ID after domestic flights. Commercial airliners are not usually restful environments, but February 2017 was a particularly fraught time for domestic air
Japan Industry is very concerned about Japan-South Korea ties: EconomistCNBC Japan's export curbs on South Korea are a "major issue" that businesses are "silently" concerned about because many Asian supply chains start in …
Wind Farm The biggest wind farm in Africa is officially up and runningCNBC - Anmar Frangoul Africa's largest wind farm, the Lake Turkana Wind Power project, has been officially inaugurated. The 310-megawatt (MW) facility was opened by …
IBM IBM gives cancer-killing drug AI project to the open source communityZDNet - Charlie Osborne If we understand more about cancer on the molecular level, we can learn to treat it more effectively. IBM has released three artificial intelligence …
Capital Markets The Expansion Of Private Markets Is IrreversibleForbes - Paul-Noël Guélywritten on how this latter group have emerged as leading direct investors into buyout-style private-equity transactions; the same can be said of their participation in minority private capital transactions.
World News 50 Years After the Moon Landing, Money Races Into SpaceFortune Fifty years after the Apollo 11 astronauts first walked on the moon, global investment in space is blasting off again. According to new data from …
Investing Trump’s stock market still lags Obama’s, but that could be about to changeMarketWatch - By Shawn Langlois Donald Trump loves telling us all about how fantastic the stock market has done under his leadership. And why wouldn’t he? Despite a few hiccups, it’s …
Science (India) India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission has successfully launched to the moonMIT Technology Review - Charlotte Jee It was the second attempt, after a scheduled lift-off last week was postponed due to technical issues. The news: India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission to the …
CIA Iran says it arrested 17 CIA spies, some sentenced to deathPOLITICO - By ASSOCIATED PRESSTEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Monday it has arrested 17 Iranian nationals allegedly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to spy on the country’s nuclear and military sites, and that some of them have
Equifax Equifax to pay up to $650 million in data breach settlementCNBC Credit-reporting company Equifax will pay up to a record $650 million to settle U.S. federal and state probes into a massive 2017 data breach of …
Foster Care Parents are warned their children could be put in foster care over lunch debtNBC News - Minyvonne Burke"This is a failure to provide your child with proper nutrition and you can be sent to Dependency Court for neglecting your child's right to food," the Pennsylvania district wrote. An eastern Pennsylvania
U.S. Navy Robert Morgenthau, longest-serving Manhattan DA, dies at 99NBC News - Associated PressMorgenthau's office prosecuted mob boss John Gotti, "Preppie Killer" Robert Chambers Jr. and John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman. NEW YORK — Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau,
University of Oregon New bill allows Oregon students to take 'mental health days'NBC News - Associated PressThe students behind the measure say it's meant to change the stigma around mental health in a state that has some of the United States' highest suicide rates. SALEM, Oregon — Oregon will allow students
Florida 8 injured in lightning strike at Clearwater Beach in FloridaNBC News - Janelle GriffithOne of the victims, a male in his 40s, was struck directly and suffered cardiac arrest, the city of Clearwater said in a statement. Eight people were injured when lightning struck Clearwater Beach on afternoon.
Long-Term Care What experts say about Bernie Sanders’ plan for long-term careMarketWatch - By Chris Farrell The polls tell us that among the top issues concerning voters for the 2020 presidential election are health care and health insurance access and …
Refinancing Even if you bought your home recently, this might be a good time to refinanceMarketWatch - By Holden Lewis Mortgage rates have fallen so much lately that millions of homeowners might benefit by refinancing — even if they bought a home just last year. A …
Chess Learning Basic Pawn Structureschess.com What is pawn structure? From my online glossary, I define it as "the positioning of the whole pawn mass. Also referred to as the pawn skeleton. …
Lenovo ThinkPad T490s review: A high-quality 14-inch business laptop with all-day battery lifeZDNet Lenovo's T-series ThinkPads are designed to combine light weight and portability with strong performance. In the case of the 14-inch ThinkPad T490s …
U.S. Politics Study: Immigrants and their kids founded 45% of U.S. Fortune 500 companiesAxios - Stef W. Kight Immigrants and their children have founded 45% of the U.S.'s Fortune 500 companies, according to a new study by New American Economy, a …
Play buttoniPhone iPhone 11 Is All About That Square Camera BumpPCMag - Matthew Humphries Dummy models of all three iPhone 11 handsets suggest nothing much is changing apart from the new camera bump, which is certain to divide …
U.S. Politics Move to erase George Washington mural sparks firestorm among DemsPOLITICO - By CARLA MARINUCCISAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco school board decision to spend $600,000 to paint over a New Deal-era mural of George Washington as a slave owner is fueling a family feud among Democrats — with a growing
Innovation This AI-powered chatbot connects homeless people with helpFast Company - Adele PetersInstead of navigating complicated city websites and bureaucracies, people in need of city services in Toronto can now use a simple chat interface called Chalmers to find to free meals, shelter, and other
