Enrique DansAntónio Guterres U.N. Head: Climate Change Can Prove the Value of Collective ActionTIME - Justin WorlandU.N. chief António Guterres chats with Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama in May. Christopher Gregory for TIME As the head of the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres works to solve the
Enrique DansInternet AI Can Thrive in Open Societiesforeignpolicy.com - Bruce Schneier According to foreign-policy experts and the defense establishment, the United States is caught in an artificial intelligence arms race with China—one …
Enrique DansRepublic of Ireland Ireland to ban new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030BBC NewsThe Irish government plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030, as part of a major strategy to protect the environment. The aim is to ensure that all new cars and vans on Irish roads
Enrique DansFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFacebook Facebook's Libra will not help the unbanked | FT AlphavilleFinancial TimesFor the last century, new communications technologies — radio, television, VCRs, the internet — have all been initially sold as something that will help with education, and have actually been used for
Enrique DansAjit PaiAjit Pai promised that killing Net Neutrality would spur investment and improve service: a year later, service and investmentboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow A year ago, Trump FCC Chairman (and former Verizon exec) Ajit Pai killed Net Neutrality, leveraging illegal, fraudulent industry dirty tricks to ram …
Enrique DansFacebook Messenger The Ambitious Plan Behind Facebook’s Cryptocurrency, LibraWIRED - Steven Levy and Gregory Barber Near the end of 2017, on a Dominican Republic beach with his family, Facebook executive David Marcus wrestled with a question he’d been pondering …
Enrique DansPlay buttonTechnology Facebook announces Libra cryptocurrency: All you need to knowTechCrunch - Josh ConstineFacebook has finally revealed the details of its cryptocurrency Libra, which will let you buy things or send money to people with nearly zero fees. You’ll pseudonymously buy or cash out your Libra online
Enrique DansMonetary Policy Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’ is missing one thing: monetary policyTNW - David CanellisFacebook has outlined the economics of its new Libra cryptocurrency, revealing it will create a secondary token intended specifically to pay dividends to early backers. It’s called the Libra Investment
Enrique DansAmazon Amazon’s Ring may be branching out beyond outdoor camerasQuartz - Mike MurphyThe Amazon panopticon may soon be getting a few new eyes. In February 2018, Amazon paid $1 billion to acquire Ring, the connected-camera doorbell company whose founder was once rejected on Shark Tank.
Enrique DansFacebook Messenger Facebook’s Calibra is a secret weapon for monetizing its new cryptocurrencyThe Verge - Nick StattFacebook’s announcement this morning of a new cryptocurrency, Libra, and the nonprofit association that will oversee it raises questions about the future of global banking and Facebook’s role in it. But
Enrique DansAmazon Web Services Amazon's next big thing may redefine bigBBC News - Dave Lee"I see Amazon as a technology company that just happened to do retail," begins Werner Vogels, Amazon's chief technology officer. "When Jeff [Bezos] started Amazon, he wasn't thinking about starting a He
Enrique DansRenewable Energy Renewable Energy Is Now The Cheapest Option - Even Without SubsidiesForbes - James EllsmoorIn recent years, the world has marched towards renewable energy. According to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), unsubsidized renewable energy is now most frequently the
Enrique DansAmazon This chart shows just how much Facebook, Google, and Amazon dominate the digital economyBusiness Insider - Alexei OreskovicThere's a lot of money to be made in the digital economy. And right now, a lot of that money is flowing into the coffers of three companies in particular. Google, Facebook, and Amazon are among the most
Enrique DansOpinion (UK) We must transform our lives and values to save this burning planetThe Guardian - Susanna RustinThe case for action to tackle the climate emergency, on a scale far beyond anything that has yet been attempted, is increasingly widely understood. Almost three decades after the first UN climate treaty
Enrique DansWorld News Ireland to unveil bold plan to tackle climate emergencyThe Guardian - Rory Carroll Ireland correspondentIreland has unveiled an ambitious plan to tackle the climate emergency by weaning the state, businesses, farms and households off fossil fuels. The government published a long-awaited report on Monday
Enrique DansAndalusia Power to the people: how Spanish cities took control of energyThe Guardian - Stephen Burgen in Cádiz and BarcelonaAfter a close fight, Barcelona’s radical mayor, Ada Colau, is expected to take office for a second term on Saturday, vindicating her often-criticised policies, which have included making sure all the municipal
Enrique DansMark Zuckerberg Facebook Worries Emails Could Show Zuckerberg Knew of Questionable Privacy PracticesThe Wall Street Journal. - John D. McKinnonInternal exchanges uncovered in response to FTC probe could cast doubt on founder’s commitment to user privacy, people familiar with the matter say Facebook Inc. FB -0.53% uncovered emails that appear
Enrique DansIceland Iceland’s data centers are booming—here’s why that’s a problemMIT Technology Review - Tryggvi Adalbjornsson Bitcoin miners and data scientists love cheap, green Icelandic processing power. Maybe a little too much. The southwestern tip of Iceland is a barren …
Enrique DansPlay buttonLeadership This is why some people are obsessed with tracking themselvesFast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonWhy is it that some people continue to track their data despite achieving little progress in the areas that they’re tracking? People who identify with the “Quantified Self movement” are, as expressed the
Enrique DansWaymo Waymo’s self-driving Jaguar I-Pace vehicles are now testing on public roadsTechCrunch - Kirsten KorosecA little more than a year ago, Waymo surprised the industry and announced that its next big move in the world of autonomous vehicles would be a partnership with Jaguar Land Rover to add the automaker’s
Enrique DansWalmart Walmart and Amazon bet big on unmanned drone deliveryAxios - Erica Pandey Drone delivery — tied up in regulatory debates and largely nonexistent beyond a few, isolated pilots — hasn't boomed in the U.S. yet, but Amazon and …
Enrique DansSiri Is voice over-hyped? A new survey suggests lower adoption than previously thought - Search Engine Landsearchengineland.com - Greg Sterling Is voice over-hyped? A new survey suggests lower adoption than previously thought - Search Engine Land A-Post to MarTech Today,Amazon,Apple: …
Enrique DansPlay buttonTim Cook Watch Tim Cook warn Stanford graduates of the “chilling effect of digital surveillance”Fast Company - Michael GrothausOne of the most beloved Stanford commencement addresses was given by Steve Jobs in 2005. In that address, Jobs urged the graduating class to follow their dreams. The address Jobs’s successor, current CEO
Enrique DansDesign People hate flying, and it could lead to the demise of the airline industryFast Company - Kelsey Campbell-DollaghanNew research shows that people see driverless cars as an attractive alternative to flying. Could AVs kill the airlines? As driverless cars become more capable and more common, they will change people’s
Enrique DansGreenland Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice this week, which is very unusualCNN - By Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist(CNN) — Over 40% of Greenland experienced melting Thursday, with total ice loss estimated to be more than 2 gigatons (equal to 2 billion tons) on just that day alone. While Greenland is a big island filled
Enrique Dans What’s the difference between data science and machine learning?hackernoon.com - Roger Huang This is an excerpt from the Springboard guide to AI/ML jobs prepared for our research for the Springboard AI/Machine Learning Career Track. Use it to …
Enrique DansPermafrost Climate change: Arctic permafrost now melting at levels not expected until 2090independent.co.uk - Alessio Perrone Permafrost hs begun thawing in the Canadian Arctic more than 70 years early because of climate change, according to new research. A "series of …
Enrique DansGoogle Cloud Platform What a $20 billion week signals for data and analyticsVentureBeat - Adam Wilson, TrifactaWhen $20 billion gets spent to acquire two companies in the same market segment within a few days, you don’t have to be James Holzhauser to see that a fundamental market shift is upon us. This is what
Enrique DansStartups N26 shares some metricsTechCrunch - Romain DilletFintech startup N26 just issued an update on its main metrics. The bank now has 3.5 million customers across 24 European markets. The company is about to expand to new countries, such as the U.S. and but
