Laura Locke How your brain protects you from the reality of your impending deathCNET - by Mark Serrels Thank you, brain.
Laura LockeTechnology Facebook open to currency-pegged stablecoins for Libra projectReuters - By Andrea ShalalWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O), facing growing skepticism about its digital currency project Libra, on Sunday said the initiative could use cryptocurrencies based on national currencies such
Laura LockeTechnology Medical claims, unproven treatments spread in closed Facebook groups - Business InsiderBusiness Insider - Tom PorterIn a phone call to the self-described cancer researcher Amanda Jewell, a British woman who calls herself "Mary" describes how she is struggling to cope. "My mother, she has stage three breast cancer. spread
Laura LockeMexico Undercover entrepreneurs: fearful Mexican tech startups shun spotlightReuters - Julia Love, Daina Beth SolomonMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In Mexico’s burgeoning startup scene, publicity is the last thing many entrepreneurs want. Unlike plenty of their P.R.-hungry counterparts in Silicon Valley, Mexican startup founders
Laura LockeStartups Pendo scores $100M Series E investment on $1 billion valuationTechCrunch - Ron MillerPendo, the late stage startup that helps companies understand how customers are interacting with their apps, announced a $100 million Series E investment today on a valuation of $1 billion. The round led
Laura LockeStartups TruTag raises $7.5 million Series C for tiny, edible barcodes that can be placed on pills, food and vaping systemsTechCrunch - Catherine ShuTruTag Technologies, a company that creates microscopic, edible barcodes to authenticate medications, food, vaping pods and other products, has raised a $7.5 million Series C. The funding, led by Pangaea
Laura LockeTechnology Zoho launches Catalyst, a new developer platform with a focus on microservicesTechCrunch - Frederic LardinoisZoho may be one of the most underrated tech companies. The 23-year-old company, which at this point offers more than 45 products, has never taken outside funding and has no ambition to go public, yet highly
Laura LockeFacebook Defiant Zuckerberg Says Facebook Won’t Police Political SpeechThe New York Times - Cecilia Kang and Mike IsaacWASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren recently accused Facebook of being a “disinformation-for-profit machine.” Marc Benioff, chief executive of the online software maker Salesforce, said the social network
Laura LockeTechnology How to make your iPhone black and white with Grayscale - Business InsiderBusiness Insider - Emma WitmanThe colorful screen on your iPhone is one of its distinguishing features. But there are many ways to change the colors on your iPhone, and you can even turn it black and white. You may be wondering why
Laura LockeTechnology Feds take down the world's 'largest dark web child porn marketplace'NBC News - Cyrus FarivarProsecutors say the vast online store was run by Jong Woo Son, currently serving a prison sentence in South Korea on charges related to child pornography. WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have filed multiple
Laura LockeMobile Technology ‘Digital welfare state’: big tech allowed to target and surveil the poor, UN is warnedThe Guardian - Ed PilkingtonNations around the world are “stumbling zombie-like into a digital welfare dystopia” in which artificial intelligence and other technologies are used to target, surveil and punish the poorest people, United
Laura LockeQuantum Computing It’s only a matter of time before quantum computers start solving real-world problemsSalon - Prabir PurkayasthaThis Feb. 27, 2018, photo shows a seven cubit quantum device is seen at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Conventional computers process information as a stream of bits,
Laura LockeNews It’s coming: Mobile voting expands, state by stateFast Company - Steven MelendezMobile voting for overseas and military voters is coming to two new counties in Oregon for this year’s November election, and Utah County, Utah, will let people with disabilities vote through a mobile
Laura LockeTechnology Facebook employee says he was fired for speaking out about his colleague's suicideCNBC - Salvador Rodriguez A Facebook software engineer told CNBC on Tuesday that he was fired by the company in part for speaking out about his colleague's suicide last …
Laura LockeLong-form Journalism How A Massive Facebook Scam Siphoned Millions Of Dollars From Unsuspecting Boomersbuzzfeednews.com - Craig Silverman Asher Burke built his company, Ads Inc, on the back of one of the internet’s most persistent, lucrative, and sophisticated scams — the subscription …
Laura LockeLifestyle How neuroscientists says you can hack your brain to create more happinessUSA TODAY - Kayleigh RobertsAs a neuroscientist, medical doctor, leadership coach and MIT lecturer, Dr. Tara Swart helps people hack their brains to achieve mental resilience and peak brain performance, improve their ability to stress,
Laura LockeLifestyle (UK) Somnox sleep robot – like being in bed with a baby Darth VaderThe Guardian - Rhik SamadderOnce you cyborg, you never go borg? We’ll see. This week I am testing a sleep robot (£549, meetsomnox.com) that aims to banish insomnia, aiding natural rest and reducing stress. It is an example of soft
Laura LockeTechnology This Startup Wants the Rights to Your Face in Perpetuity for $127,000VICE - Samantha ColeHow much is your own face worth? Would you sell it to a robot startup for the right price? Geomiq, a London-based engineering company, says it's looking for the perfect face for its new client, an undisclosed
Laura LockeScooters Self-driving scooters are coming to city sidewalksCNN - By Matt McFarland, CNN BusinessWashington, DC (CNN) — Google has met few daring ideas it doesn't like. But three years ago, the idea of a self-driving bicycle was just too much. It mocked the concept of an autonomous bicycle in an Fools'
Laura LockeCanva Canva, now valued at $3.2 billion, launches an enterprise productTechCrunch - Jordan CrookCanva, the Australian-based design tool maker, has today announced that it has raised an additional $10 million to bring its valuation to $3.2 billion, up from $2.5 billion in May. Investors in the company
Laura LockeGoogle Pixel 4 Google unveils Pixel 4 phones with radar, more affordable laptopReuters - By Kenneth Li, Paresh Dave and Douglas BusvineNEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO/BERLIN (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google unveiled new Pixel smartphones with higher quality cameras, a radar sensor to track hand gestures and faster virtual assistant
Laura LockeTechnology The biggest surprise of Google's Pixel event is a transcription app. Here's how it worksCNN - By Rachel Metz, CNN BusinessSan Francisco (CNN Business) — While Google's latest smartphone, the Pixel 4, got top billing at a major launch event in New York on Tuesday, the unveiling of an AI-enhanced recording and transcribing
Laura LockeTechnology Analogue Pocket is a gorgeous, modern handheld for playing your old Game Boy gamesThe Verge - Andrew WebsterAnalogue is known for creating sleek and modern takes on classic video game consoles, and now it’s moving into the world of portables. Today, the company announced the Analogue Pocket, which is essentially
Laura LockeTechnology The Analogue Pocket might be the perfect portable video game systemTechCrunch - Darrell EtheringtonVery few modern tech companies have executed on their mission as consistently, and at such a high level of quality as Analogue. Analogue’s obsessively engineered modern consoles for old-school physical
Laura LockeApple Music Apple's Bumpy TV Launch: Inside the Tech Giant's Impending Arrival in Hollywoodhollywoodreporter.com - Lesley Goldberg After a few false starts and a little offscreen drama, AppleTV+ finally makes its big debut with a slate of shows, Jennifer Aniston and Reese …
Laura LockeHarvard Medical School Does Your Toothbrush Have an App Yet?The New York Times - Janet MorrisseyWhen Theresa Gucciardo-Perry discovered a cracked crown in her mouth in April, she dreaded the idea of going to a dentist to get it replaced. The Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., resident has undergone more than
Laura LockeDementia Dementia Spreads via Connected Brain Networksucsf.edu - Nicholas Weiler Brain Maps Allow Individualized Predictions of Frontotemporal Dementia ProgressionScientists used maps of brain connections to predict how brain …
Laura LockeUber Uber Drivers Are Organizing Protests at Billionaire Investors’ HomesVICE - Lauren Kaori GurleyOn November 6, early Uber investors, founders, and employees will be able to cash out of the ride-hailing company for the first time since it went public in May. It could be a bloodbath, or a big payday
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