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The most powerful person in Silicon Valley
Fast Company - By Katrina Brooker
Billionaire Masayoshi Son–not Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Mark Zuckerberg–has the most audacious vision for an AI-powered utopia where machines control how we live. And he’s spending hundreds of billions
The 15 coolest interfaces of the year
Fast Company - By Mark Wilson
Prepare your “mind blown” emojis. It was the year when self-driving cars got boring. When iPhones became confusing. When the army spent $480 million on Microsoft Hololens headsets. When we finally got
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The best data viz of 2018 showed us our rapidly changing world
Fast Company - By Jesus Diaz
Nothing tells a story like a good visualization, and this year, cartographers and data journalists told us stories of a planet in flux. Here are some of the very best. 50% of the bandwidth of your brain
Microsoft is worried facial recognition tech will erode civil liberties
Fast Company - By Michael Grothaus
AI Now, a New York University-affiliated public interest group that counts employees of Microsoft and Google as its members, has raised the alarm over the inevitable uses of facial recognition technologies
With petition, protest targets IBM over NYPD surveillance technology
Fast Company - By Sean Captain
It’s not just Amazon facing backlash over video-analysis technology. Today, progressive organization Care2 launched an online petition calling on IBM to cease providing computer vision technology that,
DARPA wheels change from tires to tracks without stopping
Engadget - Jon Fingas
You wouldn't have to give up speed to get all-terrain travel. Travel across difficult terrain usually involves a lot of compromise. Tracks will get you where you need to go, but they're slow whenever covering
Airbnb Doubles Down On Its Experiences Feature With A $5M Investment
Fast Company - By Ruth Reader
Airbnb wants to be an “end-to-end” travel company. Can Experiences bring it even closer to that vision? Airbnb says it will inject $5 million into Experiences, the company’s take on tours and activities,
The Dishwasher Gets A Redesign For Tiny Apartments
Fast Company - By Mark Wilson
The transparent cube fits on a countertop–and it can do double duty washing clothes and cooking food. There’s no perfect way to wash a few dishes. The modern dishwasher is designed to hold place settings
In China, You Can Track Your Chicken On–You Guessed It–The Blockchain
Fast Company - By Adele Peters
To guarantee customers that their chickens are actually free-range, Gogochicken is tracking them with an ankle bracelet and putting the information online. If you buy a free-range chicken in the U.S.,
3 Costs Medicare Beneficiaries Have to Pay Out of Pocket
The Motley Fool - Christy Bieber
Would you believe the average senior spends almost $6,000 a year on healthcare costs? Are you counting the days until you become eligible for Medicare …
For Amazon, The Future Of Alexa Is About The End Of The Smartphone Era
Fast Company - By Jared Newman
With touch-screen devices like the Echo Show and Echo Spot, Amazon is trying to upend a decade of smartphones, notifications, and apps. Picture a hypothetical future in which Amazon’s Alexa renders your
This Octopus-Inspired Super Material Is Like A Natural Invisibility Cloak
Fast Company - By Jesus Diaz
Potentially, the 3D shape-shifting material can also be used to dynamically change physical user interfaces in real time. Octopus: A delicious inspiration for chefs and engineers alike. For the latter,
This New, Easy Prostate Cancer Test Can Reduce Unnecessary Biopsies By 50 Percent
Men's Health - By Christa Sgobba
The PSA test often leads to over-diagnosis and overtreatment—can this be the solution? Using the prostate-specific antigen test to screen for prostate cancer is controversial: First, doctors used to it
From Googlers’ Management Tips To Salary Talk: This Week’s Top Leadership Stories
Fast Company - By Fast Company Staff
This week’s top stories share what to ask recruiters at Amazon and Spotify, how to negotiate a higher salary, and one Googler’s tips for new managers. This week we learned what questions recruiters at
Exactly What To Say In These Four Common Salary Conversations
Fast Company - By Eileen Hoenigman Meyer—Glassdoor
Talking about money can be tense, but here’s how to prepare–no matter what turn your negotiation takes. Ask any job seeker or employee about salary negotiations and one of the most popular responses is,
4 Tax Filing Tips For People 65 And Older
Forbes - Next Avenue
Tax filing time is quickly approaching (April 18, this year), so it’s a good time to offer a reminder about tax filing rules, tax deductions and tax credits specifically for people 65 and older. If you’re
These Blockchain-Enabled Kiosks Make Coffee Farmers More Money–And Let You Verify Your Beans
Fast Company - By Ben Schiller
Instead of dealing with sometimes-shady middlemen, coffee farmers can now have their product assessed by algorithm and paid for by this Coinstar-like device. Over the last couple of decades, coffee has
6 Tax Perks for Seniors
The Motley Fool - Wendy Connick
If you're 50 or older, the IRS is prepared to offer you certain tax benefits. The older you get, the more perks become available. Getting older isn't …
Soon You'll Be Able to Charge Your Phone Simply By Entering a Room
Men's Health - By Dan Roe
Great news for people who always lose their chargers We’ve all been there: The low battery indicator blips on and suddenly, your phone shuts off and your world turns upside down. You kill the WiFi and
Lou Beach Keeps His Epic Tales Under 420 Characters
fastcoexist.com - About the author Joe Berkowitz is a writer and staff editor at Fast Company. His latest book, Away with Words, is available from Harper Perennial. More
These stories take a Dogme 95-like approach of finding creative freedom through self-imposed restrictions. Unsurprisingly, he arrived at the …
Tax Benefits of Caring for an Aging Relative
FOX Business - Fox Business
Caring for an elderly relative can be rewarding, but incredibly difficult – as well as expensive. However, it may be possible to recoup some of the costs through income tax savings. There are three general
Opinion: 3 low-risk dividend plays to survive a stock-market correction
MarketWatch - By Jeff Reeves
The last three months have been full of fireworks, but the stock market has continued to climb the proverbial “wall of worry.” The S&P 500 SPX, -0.92% …
Get Ready For Your Computer To Be Taken Hostage
Fast Company - By Mark Piesing
Ransomware attacks have more than doubled in the past year, and small businesses are especially at risk. Your computer has been locked. To unlock it, you are obliged to pay a fine of $500. A day-ruining
6 tax breaks to help you pay for college
MarketWatch - By Bill Bischoff
If you have college-bound kids, we don’t need to tell you that the cost of college these days is staggering. Mercifully, Washington has delivered …
Prices For Solar Panels Keep Falling, So Why Isn’t It Cheaper To Get Solar?
fastcoexist.com - About the author Ben Schiller is a New York staff writer for Fast Company. Previously, he edited a European management magazine and was a reporter in San Francisco, Prague, and Brussels. More
But, while this growth has been impressive, there are some question marks as to whether it can continue at the same pace. Some states are phasing out …
10 Best Dividend Stocks in the Dow Averages
kiplinger.com - Andrew Feinberg
It’s been a strange year for high-yielding stocks. In the first half of 2016, the Dow Jones utility average, a proxy for hefty dividend payers, was a …
These big oil stocks are expected by analysts to rise up to 41% in 2017
MarketWatch - By Philip van Doorn
Oil prices tumbled more than 2% Wednesday, as investors worry that OPEC’s recent deal to prop up prices by cutting production is threatened by …
Investors buy up volatility ETFs going into the Trump era
MarketWatch - By Ryan Vlastelica
Judging by the way investors are positioning, many seem to think that the “Trump rally” will be over just as soon as the Trump administration …
Best Dividend Stocks For Retirement Income In 2017
Forbes - Robert Laura
Whether it’s your first, second, or third year reading my annual dividend stock picks, I’m excited to share my top retirement income picks for 2017. My theme for the year is “Stay in your lane and go what
How The Gurus Behind Disney’s MagicBand Are Remaking A $38B Cruise Giant
Fast Company - By Cliff Kuang
An exclusive look at Carnival’s plans to turn cookie-cutter cruises into something out of Minority Report. With his aw-shucks grin, neatly parted hair, and his strong resemblance to Richie Cunningham,

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The most powerful person in Silicon Valley

The 15 coolest interfaces of the year

The best data viz of 2018 showed us our rapidly changing world

Microsoft is worried facial recognition tech will erode civil liberties

With petition, protest targets IBM over NYPD surveillance technology

DARPA wheels change from tires to tracks without stopping

Airbnb Doubles Down On Its Experiences Feature With A $5M Investment

The Dishwasher Gets A Redesign For Tiny Apartments

In China, You Can Track Your Chicken On–You Guessed It–The Blockchain

3 Costs Medicare Beneficiaries Have to Pay Out of Pocket

For Amazon, The Future Of Alexa Is About The End Of The Smartphone Era

This Octopus-Inspired Super Material Is Like A Natural Invisibility Cloak

This New, Easy Prostate Cancer Test Can Reduce Unnecessary Biopsies By 50 Percent

From Googlers’ Management Tips To Salary Talk: This Week’s Top Leadership Stories

Exactly What To Say In These Four Common Salary Conversations

4 Tax Filing Tips For People 65 And Older

These Blockchain-Enabled Kiosks Make Coffee Farmers More Money–And Let You Verify Your Beans

6 Tax Perks for Seniors

Soon You'll Be Able to Charge Your Phone Simply By Entering a Room

Lou Beach Keeps His Epic Tales Under 420 Characters

Tax Benefits of Caring for an Aging Relative

Opinion: 3 low-risk dividend plays to survive a stock-market correction

Get Ready For Your Computer To Be Taken Hostage

6 tax breaks to help you pay for college

Prices For Solar Panels Keep Falling, So Why Isn’t It Cheaper To Get Solar?

10 Best Dividend Stocks in the Dow Averages

These big oil stocks are expected by analysts to rise up to 41% in 2017

Investors buy up volatility ETFs going into the Trump era

Best Dividend Stocks For Retirement Income In 2017

How The Gurus Behind Disney’s MagicBand Are Remaking A $38B Cruise Giant