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Foreign aid firm denies 'misleading MPs' committee with testimonials
The Telegraph - By Lexi Finnigan
A foreign aid contractor which received millions from the Government has been condemned by MPs who found it tried to "unduly influence" a parliamentary inquiry. Adam Smith International (ASI) is a specialist
Bernie's Democratic Socialism Isn't Socialism, It's Social Democracy
Forbes - Tim Worstall
Over here in Europe, we’ve had more in-your-face experience with socialism than the U.S. so it might be the case that we pay more attention to the gradations of leftist political thought. Socialism is
Bill Gates
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Agree—This Factor Was Most Important for their Success
Money - By Dan Dzombak / The Motley Fool
Focus is one of the most important traits of successful people. Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates have all attributed their success to one …
China passes controversial anti-terrorism law to access encrypted user accounts
The Verge - Dante D'Orazio
China's legislature unanimously passed a controversial anti-terrorism law on Sunday despite months of objections from major tech firms and Washington alike. Among other requirements, the new rules state
A lesson this CEO learned while shopping for a car in his 20s still affects how he manages his money
Business Insider - Kathleen Elkins
For one CEO, a money lesson stuck when he was a college student in the market for a new car. "The temptation to take out a loan and buy a shiny new model was there," Elliot Weissbluth, CEO of HighTower,
Here’s what happened when a group of friends built a scale model of the solar system in the desert
Business Insider - Guia Marie Del Prado and Jennifer Welsh
But in reality, the solar system is extremely vast. To get an idea of just how far that is, it would take about 4 hours to reach the furthest planet from the sun at the speed of light. In the words of
Claude Monet
If The Masters Of The Art World Designed Bikes, They’d Look Like This
Fast Company - By John Brownlee
What would a bike by Claude Monet, or Frank Stella look like? To celebrate a museum’s 100th birthday, Handsome Cycles tried to find out. There’s no shortage of bike museums around the world, but there
This Is What “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” And His Family Would Wear In 2015
fastcocreate.com
Another person similarly influenced by the threads on Fresh Prince is artist Leland Foster, who recently embarked on a project to show off what the …
Mastercard
Square Just Open Sourced Their Sleek Credit Card Identifier
Fast Company - By Mark Wilson
Every now and again, you still end up at a checkout page asking for you to select Visa or Mastercard, and to type your numbers into tiny fields separated by dashes. *shivers* Apparently, the payment processing
Skyscrapers
Ma Yansong’s Verdant Cloud Corridor Skyscrapers Aim To Connect L.A. Denizens With Nature
Fast Company - By Diana Budds
They’re like SimCity Arcologies—on steroids. To architect Ma Yansong, principal of MAD, one of the great challenges with rapid urbanization is humanizing the city. “The difficulty with big cities does
True Sustainability Means Circularity
fastcoexist.com - About the author Steven DuPuis is a designer and entrepreneur who founded DuPuis Group, an agency that creates sustainable and responsible growth models for businesses. More
By Steven DuPuis8 minute Read Four decades have passed since mankind walked on the moon. This triumphant event marked the first time humans could gaze …
Décadrages' BedUp lifts up to the ceiling when not in use
dezeen.com - Katie Treggiden
Instead of folding against a wall, this space-saving bed by French furniture manufacture Décadrages can be hoisted up to the ceiling to create more …
Russia and China could be 'making it impossible for the US to hide' its intelligence activities
Business Insider - Natasha Bertrand
The intelligence community fears that sort of a database could be used to identify, profile, track, and potentially blackmail or recruit US intelligence operatives around the world. Digital analysis of
5 details you shouldn't give Facebook
Fox News
The whole point of Facebook is to share your life with other people. You probably have more than a few friends who fall into the over-sharing category. But don’t snicker. You may be one, too, and not know
GeekWire Radio: Behind the scenes of ‘Mr. Robot’ — understanding the tools and tactics of a hacker
geekwire.com - Todd Bishop
This week on GeekWire, we explore the world of hacking through the hit USA Network show “Mr. Robot.” Our guest is Corey Nachreiner, CTO at …
Overcoming a basic psychological barrier could be the difference between earning just enough and getting rich
Business Insider - Kathleen Elkins
"The biggest thing holding back most people from striking it big are their thoughts, beliefs and philosophies about money," writes self-made millionaire and author of "How Rich People Think," Steve Siebold.
Harvard Business School really has created the classroom of the future
Fortune - John A. Byrne
(Poets&Quants) — The day’s Harvard Business School case study poses a simple question: Is Uber really worth $50 billion? Bharat Anand, a Harvard …
These billionaires just made massive bets on gold and airlines
Business Insider - Frank Holmes
Second-quarter regulatory filings show that Stanley Druckenmiller, the famed hedge fund manager, just placed more than $323 million of his own money into a gold ETF, at a time when sentiment toward the
Flights were delayed and canceled in DC after a computer outage grounded planes
Business Insider - Natasha Bertrand and Associated Press
At least 200 flights were canceled at airports around Washington, DC on Saturday due to a problem with a flight-tracking system in Virginia, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The problem
The founder of Evernote made a great point about why AI (probably) won't kill us all
Vox - Ezra Klein
Over the past few years, Silicon Valley denizens have become worried they will invent an artificial intelligence so brilliant that it will quickly become too smart to control, and once it becomes too to
Silicon Valley
Clinton’s encryption remark makes Silicon Valley nervous
Digital Trends - Kate Conger
It seems that presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has stepped into the growing debate over encryption. The former secretary of state has yet to …
Donald Trump Shows Brands How to De-Position Competitors
Forbes - Denise Lee Yohn
Like him or not, you have to admit Donald Trump has caused his competitors for the 2016 presidential bid to scramble. He’s done what many brands aspire to do — he’s captured the spotlight, shaken up the
UX Design
A beginner’s guide to understanding UX design
TNW - Talia Wolf
If you are thinking of working on your conversion optimization and landing page optimization, understanding UX design is essential. As you know, we write a lot about the user, the single visitor that on
5 Things Millionaires Do That Most People Don't
Entrepreneur - Timothy Sykes
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. My lifelong dream is to create more millionaire students than any other stock trading teacher out there. I’m lucky enough to have reached
China
Europe's luxury retailers are getting battered by China's devaluation for the second day running
Business Insider - Mike Bird
That's largely down to the Peoples' Bank of China (PBoC), which announced a second devaluation of the yuan, adding to Tuesday's cut. That should provide some stimulus (though not very much) to China's
Blockchain
Beyond Bitcoin: How The Blockchain Could Disrupt Our Financial System
Forbes - Dan Wellers, SAPVoice
If you haven’t been paying attention to Bitcoin because you don’t understand how a digital currency might be relevant to your business, you might want to reconsider. It’s unlikely that Bitcoin will replace
America occupies the planet: The grim realities of our endless War on Terror
Salon
(Wikimedia/Deptartment of Defense) The Pentagon owns or rents over 700 bases in 130 countries — and that doesn’t include the *6,000* we have at home Chalmers Johnson August 11, 2015 9:15am (UTC) As distinct
Why Larry Page Is Stepping Away
The New Yorker - Ken Auletta
In the ten years that I’ve been watching him, Larry Page has always wanted to play by his own rules. He wasn’t happy when, in 2001, Google’s investors asked him to step aside as C.E.O. for “adult supervision,”
There's a new cheaper alternative to Ikea
Business Insider - Hayley Peterson
The company, called Greycork, makes sofas ($450), chaise lounges ($300), side tables ($75), coffee tables, ($125), and bookshelves ($200). Each piece of furniture is shipped to customers in a medium-sized
This nearly waterless washing machine could save billions of gallons of H2O every year
Business Insider - Chris Weller
Traditional washing machines can guzzle upwards of 40 gallons of water in a single cycle. Thing is, most of that water doesn't make the clothes any cleaner. Xeros, a design company started at University

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Foreign aid firm denies 'misleading MPs' committee with testimonials

Bernie's Democratic Socialism Isn't Socialism, It's Social Democracy

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Agree—This Factor Was Most Important for their Success

China passes controversial anti-terrorism law to access encrypted user accounts

A lesson this CEO learned while shopping for a car in his 20s still affects how he manages his money

Here’s what happened when a group of friends built a scale model of the solar system in the desert

If The Masters Of The Art World Designed Bikes, They’d Look Like This

This Is What “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” And His Family Would Wear In 2015

Square Just Open Sourced Their Sleek Credit Card Identifier

Ma Yansong’s Verdant Cloud Corridor Skyscrapers Aim To Connect L.A. Denizens With Nature

True Sustainability Means Circularity

Décadrages' BedUp lifts up to the ceiling when not in use

Russia and China could be 'making it impossible for the US to hide' its intelligence activities

5 details you shouldn't give Facebook

GeekWire Radio: Behind the scenes of ‘Mr. Robot’ — understanding the tools and tactics of a hacker

Overcoming a basic psychological barrier could be the difference between earning just enough and getting rich

Harvard Business School really has created the classroom of the future

These billionaires just made massive bets on gold and airlines

Flights were delayed and canceled in DC after a computer outage grounded planes

The founder of Evernote made a great point about why AI (probably) won't kill us all

Clinton’s encryption remark makes Silicon Valley nervous

Donald Trump Shows Brands How to De-Position Competitors

A beginner’s guide to understanding UX design

5 Things Millionaires Do That Most People Don't

Europe's luxury retailers are getting battered by China's devaluation for the second day running

Beyond Bitcoin: How The Blockchain Could Disrupt Our Financial System

America occupies the planet: The grim realities of our endless War on Terror

Why Larry Page Is Stepping Away

There's a new cheaper alternative to Ikea

This nearly waterless washing machine could save billions of gallons of H2O every year