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Tiny Tech Tips: Why You Need Earplugs At Concerts
NPR - Josh Rogosin
One of Bob Boilen's requests at the Tiny Desk is that no musician play louder than the singers can project without amplification, which has the effect of equalizing audience and performers, creating an
Internal Combustion Engine
All-electric GT unveiled with over 300 miles of range and 5-min charging enabled by mysterious battery
Electrek - Fred Lambert
Piëch Automotive, a new electric car startup launched by Toni Piëch, a descendant of Volkswagen’s Ferdinand Piëch, is unveiling this week an all-electric GT with over 300 miles of range and 5-minute charging
Ellen DeGeneres Show
Fortnite Faces Yet Another Dance-Related Infringement Suit — This Time for Using ‘The Running Man’
digitalmusicnews.com - Ashley King
Epic Games is facing yet another lawsuit over its use of a dance in the wildly popular online game, Fortnite. This time, two former University of …
Technology
Ubiquitilink advance means every phone is now a satellite phone
TechCrunch - Devin Coldewey
Last month I wrote about Ubiquitilink, which promised, through undisclosed means, it was on the verge of providing a sort of global satellite-based roaming service. But how, I asked? (Wait, they told Turns
Amazon
Amazon names ex-PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi as director, further diversifying board
geekwire.com - Taylor Soper
Amazon on Monday named former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi to its board of directors. Nooyi previously spent 24 years at PepsiCo, where she led the …
CAN WOMEN SAVE VC?
medium.com
Freada Kapor KleinBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Jan 28 By Freada Kapor Klein, Allison Scott & Ulili Onovakpuri With a number of new efforts underway to …
Too Much Screen Time Can Have Lasting Consequences for Young Children’s Brains
TIME - Alice Park
Growing data suggests that exposing young children to too much time in front of a TV or computer can have negative effects on their development, including issues with memory, attention and language skills.
Harvard Business School
Girls With Working Moms Get Better Jobs and Higher Pay, According to Research
Money - Kristen Bahler
Every day, more than 25 million moms commute, clock in, and climb career ladders across the country. And that number is growing. At the same time, a full third of Americans believe the “ideal situation”
University of Notre Dame
Most successful women surround themselves with other women
northwestern.edu - January 22, 2019 | By Kayla Stoner
Women who communicate regularly with a female-dominated inner circle are more likely to attain high-ranking leadership positions, according to a new …
We May Have Found Earth's Oldest Known Rock. It Was on The Moon
ScienceAlert - MICHELLE STARR
Earth's oldest known rock may have been found, in the last place anyone would have thought to look for it: in samples of rock from the Moon, brought …
Astronomers Have Made a Breathtaking Image Staring Deeper Into Space Than Ever Before
ScienceAlert - MICHELLE STARR
A few years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope did something amazing: over the course of 841 orbits and hundreds of exposures, it imaged a tiny region …
Egypt
Inspiring Woman Invents Refugee Tents That Collect Rainwater and Store Solar Energy
egyptianstreets.com - Mirna Abdulaal
Since 2011, the Syrian Civil War created one of the most devastating humanitarian disasters in the world, with an estimated number of 13.5 million …
Facebook
Facebook’s leaked moderation rules show why Big Tech can’t police hate speech
MIT Technology Review - Gideon Lichfield
Society asked Big Tech to shut down hate speech online. We got exactly what we asked for. The news: The New York Times’s Max Fisher published extracts …
Watch Live as NASA's InSight Lander Descends to Mars
WIRED - Robbie Gonzalez
Update: NASA successfully landed its Insight spacecraft on Mars. Read more about the descent and landing here. Today NASA will attempt its eighth …
This 10-Year-Old Coder Is Already So Successful She's Caught the Attention of Google And Microsoft
TIME - Julie Bort/Business Insider
Samaira Mehta is a 10-year-old girl growing up in Silicon Valley who has quietly attracted an almost cult-like following because of her work as a programmer. She’s the founder and CEO of a company called
China is running into problems with the world's longest sea bridge, which cost $20 billion and is 20 times as long as the
SFGate - Aria Bendix
Bobby Yip/Reuters Two months after China unveiled the world's longest sea bridge at a ceremony in Hong Kong, the nation has already struggled to accommodate an influx of tourists. In November, the Guangdong
Stunning video shows what a rocket launch looks like from space
Mashable - Marcus Gilmer
You've probably seen plenty of impressive rocket launches but you've never seen one quite like this, which shows what a rocket launch looks like from space. The launch of the Russian Progress MS-10 cargo
San Francisco: Where to take out-of-town relatives and guests - Curbed SF
Curbed - Adam Brinklow
It's your town—show them more than Alcatraz or Fisherman's Wharf The four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend is here, folks. For many this means distant relatives, old friends, and new in-laws will drop
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco's Savior, Batkid, is Officially Cancer-Free
cbr.com - Brandon Zachary
Batkid has officially beaten cancer. Miles Scott first rose to prominence five years ago. Afflicted with leukemia, then five-year old Miles was …
TikTok surges past 6M downloads in the US as celebrities join the app
The Verge - Julia Alexander
Jimmy Fallon and Tony Hawk are on board TikTok is one of the world’s most popular apps, recently surpassing 6 million users last month in the US and landing in the top spot on Apple’s App Store in the
How an everyday guy makes $500,000 a year playing Fortnite
TechSpot - Isaiah Mayersen
In context: Esports is a booming industry and there’s lots of money to be made. Nick Overton seems just a run of the mill 27-year-old guy from Iowa, …
This 10-year-old coder is already so successful she's caught the attention of Google and Microsoft
Business Insider - Julie Bort
Samaira Mehta is a 10-year-old girl growing up in Silicon Valley who has quietly attracted an almost cult-like following because of her work as a programmer. She's the founder and CEO of a company called
MIT announces new college of computing with $1 billion commitment
TechCrunch - Danny Crichton
MIT announced today that it is massively doubling down on the future of computer science with the launch of a new college of computing. The university is committing $1 billion in resources to the new and
Jen Healy
facebook.com
Watch this remarkably talented man create mind boggling works of contemporary glass art with his own hands.
Apple
Why Are All Apple Products Photographed at 9:41 a.m.? An Apple Insider Reveals the Answer
Inc Magazine - Minda Zetlin
I hadn't noticed it myself. Maybe you hadn't either. But every single Apple product in every promotional photo is set to 9:41 a.m. MacBook, iPad, iPhone, it really doesn't matter. With one big exception
The 7 Best Pumpkin Patches and Corn Mazes Around the Bay
eventbrite.com - By Jay Barmann
Japan's Hayabusa2 successfully deploys two rovers on the surface of an asteroid
Mashable - Adam Rosenberg
It's just like the movie Armageddon, but without the apocalypse scenario. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has reason to celebrate after successfully deploying a pair of robots on the surface
Elon Musk Just Gave The Most Revealing Look Yet at The Rocket That'll Fly to The Moon And Mars
ScienceAlert - DAVE MOSHER, BUSINESS INSIDER
Elon Musk has provided several new, rare, and telling glimpses into how his rocket company, SpaceX, is building a spacecraft to reach Mars. On …
‘Fortnite’ Fall Skirmish: Everything you need to know
Digital Trends - Felicia Miranda
A new season of competitive Fortnite has arrived, and with it is a ton of information and news to stay on top of. From the best places to watch …
Twilio is working toward a 50% female workforce by 2023
TechCrunch - Megan Rose Dickey
Diversity fatigue is a real thing, but that’s not news to Twilio Global Head of Culture & Inclusion LaFawn Davis. What that does mean for her, however, is less talk and more action. Since coming on board