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The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data
The Economist
A NEW commodity spawns a lucrative, fast-growing industry, prompting antitrust regulators to step in to restrain those who control its flow. A …
13 qualities Google looks for in job candidates
Business Insider - Drake Baer
Today, Google receives around 2 million job applications a year. It only hires about 4,000 people, giving it a lower acceptance rate than Yale or Harvard. So what exactly does Google seek in those fortunate
Machine Learning
Google's Bold Move To Reinvent Every Device On The Planet
Forbes - Miguel Helft
For music fans the 22,000- seat Shoreline amphitheater in Silicon Valley is iconic. Legendary concert promoter Bill Graham designed it with inspiration from the Grateful Dead logo, and that band played
Google Is Finally Getting Serious About Hardware. Here's Why.
Forbes - Miguel Helft
The brief history of Google’s forays into mobile hardware goes something like this: In the beginning – circa 2007, at the dawn of the mobile era – Google vowed it would not make hardware, preferring to
The Shrinking Middle Class: The Current State of Affairs
Fortune - Fortune Staff
Most Americans consider themselves part of the “middle class,” but no one can agree on what term that means. The problem? If sizing up the middle …
News
China’s Detention Camps for Muslims Turn to Forced Labor
The New York Times - By CHRIS BUCKLEY and AUSTIN RAMZY
KASHGAR, China — Muslim inmates from internment camps in far western China hunched over sewing machines, in row after row. They were among hundreds of thousands who had been detained and spent month after
Career Experts Say These Are the 15 Best Ways to Manage Your Time
Inc Magazine - By Natalia Lusinski
Whatever you do, don't skip your vacation. When it comes to being more productive, there are many time-saving skills you can adopt.• You can work in 30-minute increments, for example, or attempt to eliminate
Opinion
Mark Zuckerberg Is More Ruthless Than Clueless
Bloomberg - Shira Ovide
Lawmakers in the United Kingdom on Wednesday released a trove of Facebook Inc. documents that provide an intriguing glimpse inside the company — and …
Michelle Obama is right. We can’t have it all.
The Washington Post - By Michelle Singletary
, I’ve never liked the “lean in” movement. And now I can say that out loud because former first lady Michelle Obama recently spoke some real truth during her promotional tour for her new book, “Becoming.”
Think twice about posting photos of your kid on Facebook
Mashable - Jack Morse
Welcome to Small Humans, an ongoing series at Mashable that looks at how to take care of – and deal with – the kids in your life. Because Dr. Spock …
The US is only a leader in tech because of foreign workers. Silicon Valley could have happened anywhere if it weren't for
Business Insider - Former US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, Contributor
• Silicon Valley, a vital part of America's economic edge, is the global center of the digital revolution.• But back in the late 1970s, the center of technology revolution wasn't guaranteed to occur the
Researchers built a smart dress to show how often women are groped at clubs
Quartz - By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz
For a campaign on behalf of beverage company Schweppes, advertising agency Ogilvy created a touch-sensitive dress that tracked how often—and with what degree of intensity—women in Brazil were groped on
A new ADHD study offers yet another reason to stop sending kids to school early
Quartz - By Jenny Anderson
Kids who start school at a younger age than their peers often have a tough time. When you’ve been on planet Earth for almost a year less than your fellow kindergartners, you’re bound to be less mature,
Social Security
Criminals hacked into my phone, email and drained my checking account. How you can avoid being a victim.
USA TODAY Money - Marla Ottenstein
Editor's note: Naples (Florida) Daily News columnist and professional organizer Marla Ottenstein has been through a harrowing, expensive and life-changing experience since she was "hacked" last summer.
Time to put the flame out — scented candles can cause disease and poor air quality
inhabitat - by gmungarro
Candle season is in full effect as winter days quickly approach. Candles are a great accent to incorporate into home decorations and also to …
Genetics
He Jiankui and the Implications of Experimenting with Genetically Edited Babies
The New Yorker - Michael Specter
According to He Jiankui, an associate professor of bioengineering who is currently on leave from Southern University of Science and Technology, in Shenzhen, China, two “beautiful little” twin girls named
I Live in Honduras, Where People Are in Constant Fear of Being Murdered. It’s No Wonder They Join Caravans
Fortune - Amelia Frank-Vitale
At the end of October, I sat with my friend Graciela, counting up all the murders we’d heard about over the last week in her sector of Choloma, a …
NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey
Associated Press - By MARCIA DUNN
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft designed to drill down into Mars’ interior landed on the planet Monday after a perilous, supersonic plunge through its red skies, setting off jubilation among
U.S. Politics
America’s monopoly problem, in one chart
Vox - Emily Stewart
From cellphone providers to beer to cat food, consumers have a lot fewer choices when it comes to buying — even if they don’t know it. If it feels like you constantly have fewer choices when it comes where
The Chinese scientist who claims he made CRISPR babies is under investigation
MIT Technology Review - by Antonio Regalado
He Jiankui says he created twin girls whose genes were edited to make them resistant to HIV. Was that ethical? Or even legal? A Chinese researcher who …
Emotional Intelligence
How Can You Be Sure Someone Has Emotional Intelligence? Watch for These 6 Signs
Inc Magazine - By Marcel Schwantes
Emotional intelligence is now one of ten critical job skills required for workers to thrive by 2020. In 2016, the World Economic Forum released its fascinating Future of Jobs Report, where they asked human
Dolce&Gabbana fiasco shows importance, risks of China market
Associated Press - By KEN MORITSUGU and COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — Don't mess with China and its growing cadre of powerful luxury consumers. Dolce&Gabbana learned that lesson the hard way when it faced a boycott after Chinese expressed outrage over what
Trump’s Christian Apologists Are Unchristian
slate.com - William Saletan
Ed Stetzer is grappling with a moral crisis. Stetzer, the director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, is preaching the Gospel to his …
News
Dozens injured in toxic gas attack on Aleppo, Syria, reports say
CNN - By Sarah Sirgany and Eyad Kourdi, CNN
(CNN) — Around 100 people were injured in toxic gas attack on the government-controlled city of Aleppo Saturday, according to Syrian state media and a British-based human rights group. It's not clear carried
Technology
Tech giants offer empty apologies because users can’t quit
TechCrunch - Josh Constine
A true apology consists of a sincere acknowledgement of wrong-doing, a show of empathic remorse for why you wronged and the harm it caused, and a promise of restitution by improving ones actions to make
Impulse-Buying: How Technology Is Making It Easier Than Ever to Spend Money
theringer.com - Molly McHugh
This year, Slide 101 of Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends Report has a simple message: “Making Ends Meet = Difficult.” The bad news continues on …
No Money. No English. But America Welcomed a Young Foreigner.
The New York Times - By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
One of the things I’m grateful for this Thanksgiving is the warm welcome that America extended to a man born 100 years ago in what is now Ukraine. Wladyslaw Krzysztofowicz was born into an Armenian family
Meet the woman who discovered a whole new type of galaxy
National Geographic - Fehmida Zakeer
Science & InnovationWomen of Impact Turkish-born astrophysicist Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil shares her name with a rare double ring of stars more than 350 million light-years away. 4 Minute Read As a child growing
News
Six isolated tribe encounters: The results are usually violent
CNN - By Rob Picheta, CNN
(CNN) — They almost certainly won't know it, but the lives of a secluded tribe on an ultra-remote island in the Bay of Bengal have been thrown under a rare and unwelcome spotlight this week. American John
The blind fish that could be key to mending humans' broken hearts
Euronews - euronews
A species of fish able to mend their own hearts is being examined by medical researchers who hope to use their findings to help repair heart damage in humans. The fish in question are Mexican tetra fish

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The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data

13 qualities Google looks for in job candidates

Google's Bold Move To Reinvent Every Device On The Planet

Google Is Finally Getting Serious About Hardware. Here's Why.

The Shrinking Middle Class: The Current State of Affairs

China’s Detention Camps for Muslims Turn to Forced Labor

Career Experts Say These Are the 15 Best Ways to Manage Your Time

Mark Zuckerberg Is More Ruthless Than Clueless

Michelle Obama is right. We can’t have it all.

Think twice about posting photos of your kid on Facebook

The US is only a leader in tech because of foreign workers. Silicon Valley could have happened anywhere if it weren't for

Researchers built a smart dress to show how often women are groped at clubs

A new ADHD study offers yet another reason to stop sending kids to school early

Criminals hacked into my phone, email and drained my checking account. How you can avoid being a victim.

Time to put the flame out — scented candles can cause disease and poor air quality

He Jiankui and the Implications of Experimenting with Genetically Edited Babies

I Live in Honduras, Where People Are in Constant Fear of Being Murdered. It’s No Wonder They Join Caravans

NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey

America’s monopoly problem, in one chart

The Chinese scientist who claims he made CRISPR babies is under investigation

How Can You Be Sure Someone Has Emotional Intelligence? Watch for These 6 Signs

Dolce&Gabbana fiasco shows importance, risks of China market

Trump’s Christian Apologists Are Unchristian

Dozens injured in toxic gas attack on Aleppo, Syria, reports say

Tech giants offer empty apologies because users can’t quit

Impulse-Buying: How Technology Is Making It Easier Than Ever to Spend Money

No Money. No English. But America Welcomed a Young Foreigner.

Meet the woman who discovered a whole new type of galaxy

Six isolated tribe encounters: The results are usually violent

The blind fish that could be key to mending humans' broken hearts