Robert Sadded this to PoliticsBetsy DeVos Betsy DeVos faces new lawsuit over student debt forgivenessCNN - By Katie Lobosco, CNNWashington (CNN) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is facing another lawsuit over the department's loan forgiveness program aimed at helping defrauded students. More than 150,000 applications are pending,
Robert Sadded this to PoliticsMiami Beach Calls increase for Democrats to face climate change in MiamiAssociated Press - By CURT ANDERSON and ELLIS RUA, Associated PressMIAMI (AP) — Rising sea levels could threaten the very existence of Miami and much of the rest of South Florida, and Democrats are facing calls to confront climate change squarely during this week's presidential
Robert Sadded this to SocietyNews Florida Deciding Whether To Prosecute Woman Who Turned In Estranged Husband's GunsNPR - Sasha IngberA Florida prosecutor is deciding whether to pursue charges against a woman who turned in her husband's guns to local police while he was in jail on a domestic violence charge. On June 14, Courtney Irby
Robert Sadded this to PoliticsNews Russian gas pipeline to Germany sows divisions in Europe and beyondLos Angeles Times - Sabra AyresDenmark’s rocky Bornholm Island and the Baltic Sea waters surrounding it have been the subject of many territorial battles over the centuries. These days, they are the focus of a geopolitical struggle
Robert Sadded this to Energy & Environment UK waste firm exported 'offensive' materials including used nappiesThe GuardianOne of the UK’s biggest waste firms has been convicted of sending used nappies and other contaminated materials to China illegally. Biffa Waste Services Ltd was found guilty of exporting unsorted household
Robert Sadded this to Space ExplorationDark Matter Far-Out Discoveries About the Universe's BeginningsLive Science - Stephanie Pappas About 13.8 billion years ago, the universe as we know it began. This moment, known as the Big Bang, is when space itself rapidly began expanding. At …
Robert Sadded this to AI and RobotsMachine Learning MLPerf introduces machine learning inference benchmark suiteVentureBeat - Khari JohnsonA major consortium of AI community stakeholders today introduced MLPerf Inference v0.5, the group’s first suite for measurement of AI system power efficiency and performance. Inference benchmarks are to
Robert Sadded this to Business & LeadershipGeneration Z This Is How Generation Z Employees Want FeedbackInc Magazine - Ryan JenkinsNot only can feedback improve employee performance (as highlighted in my recent article, How to Deliver Employee Feedback Most Effectively) but it can also boost retention, especially with Generation Sixty-six
Robert Sadded this to Business & LeadershipQuora What Does A Good Startup Idea Look Like?Forbes - QuoraAnswer by Joe Davy, Founder & CEO at Banzai, on Quora: OK – first, let’s dispense with the myth of the golden idea. Ideas are everywhere, and everyone has them. Most business ideas are terrible, and some
Robert Sadded this to Info TechStartups Tundra, the zero-fee wholesale marketplace, picks up $12 millionTechCrunch - Jordan CrookTundra, a new zero-commission wholesale marketplace, has today announced the close of $12 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Redpoint’s Annie Kadavy, with participation from investors such
Robert Sadded this to Space ExplorationFalcon Heavy SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launches 24 satellites to orbit in most complex launch yetAxios - Miriam Kramer SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket just launched for the third time, lofting 24 payloads for the Air Force, NASA, NOAA and a variety of universities to …
Robert Sadded this to PoliticsU.S. Politics There's economic trouble in counties that Trump flippedAxios - Mike Allen "Flipped" counties in the 2016 election. Map via Economic Innovation Group Swing counties that backed President Obama, then flipped to President Trump …
Robert Sadded this to PoliticsPopulation How Trump Could Win in 2020The Atlantic - Robert P. JonesWhite Christians are no longer the majority in America, but they’re still driving election results. Amid all the ongoing changes in the country that generally favor Democrats, is it still possible that
Robert Sadded this to Energy & EnvironmentEnvironment Scientists Discover a Vast Reservoir of Freshwater Hidden Beneath The OceanScienceAlert - PETER DOCKRILL Underneath the salty waters of the North Atlantic ocean, geologists have discovered a giant aquifer of freshwater, hidden from view just off the US …
Robert Sadded this to Money, Markets, EconomyShopify Shopify Has Cracked the Code on E-CommerceTheStreet - Jon Markman The gig economy is transforming the way people work, travel and buy products. Some of the companies behind these trends are household names. Shopify …
Robert Sadded this to Info TechFacebook Don't Trust Libra, Facebook’s New CryptocurrencyThe Atlantic - Eric PosnerLibra will almost exactly replicate all the problems generated by the company’s social network. Facebook, one of the world’s most distrusted companies, wants us to trust its new Libra cryptocurrency, it
Robert Sadded this to Energy & EnvironmentCement Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks in the WorldBloomberg - Vanessa Dezem The most astonishing thing about cement is how much air pollution it produces. Manufacturing the stone-like building material is responsible for 7% of …
Robert Sadded this to Info TechTechnology Diversity in Tech Faces a Fundamental ProblemThe Atlantic - Ian BogostTech’s discriminatory culture might never change, no matter how many women and people of color are invited into the room. When Amy Webb broke her ankle, she was forced to hobble around on a walking boot.
Robert Sadded this to Info TechTechnology Malicious URL attacks using HTTPS surge across the enterpriseZDNet - Charlie Osborne Organizations should be aware of the latest impersonation techniques and file service exploits. Cyberattacks launched against the enterprise which …
Robert Sadded this to SocietyAmazon Rainforest ‘Climate apartheid’: UN expert says human rights may not surviveThe Guardian - Damian Carrington Environment editorThe world is increasingly at risk of “climate apartheid”, where the rich pay to escape heat and hunger caused by the escalating climate crisis while the rest of the world suffers, a report from a UN human
Robert Sadded this to SocietyInnovation These easy-to-build shelters are helping cities quickly provide cover to the homelessFast Company - Morgan ClendanielPallet originally built disaster shelters. Officials in Tacoma, Washington, are using them to get a roof over people’s heads quickly while they wait for more permanent housing. Two years ago, Tacoma, declared
Robert Sadded this to Money, Markets, EconomyFacebook Messenger If Facebook or Google create their own currency, they can control our livesThe Guardian - John HarrisFacebook will know the people and companies with whom its users have financially interacted, and that is likely to only be the start Dystopian fiction – from Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange to Russell
Robert Sadded this to Science and technology Science 80-Year Quest to Create Metallic Hydrogen May Finally Be CompleteGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Physicist Eugene Paul Wigner predicted more than 80 years ago that hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, could turn into an …
Robert Sadded this to Space ExplorationSpaceX SpaceX catches rocket nose cone for the first time with giant net-wielding boatThe Verge - Loren GrushAfter launching its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket this evening, SpaceX caught part of the vehicle’s nose cone when it fell back to Earth — the first time the company has ever pulled off such a feat. The
Robert Sadded this to Info TechEmployment Why Big Tech wants to know everything about youAxios - Steve LeVine Around the world, companies big and small are feverishly plotting our future lifestyle — smart cities, driverless vehicles, wearable technology, …
Robert Sadded this to PhilosophyPhilosophy Philosopher-Created Research and Productivity Software for Philosophersdailynous.com - Justin Weinberg Jason Winning, who worked developing commercial database software for medical professionals before recently earning a Ph.D. in philosophy and …
Robert Sadded this to Office & CareerMicrosoft Teams7 Surprising Things Microsoft Doesn't Want Employees To Do, Ranked From 'Got It, Totally Understandable' to Utter Shock SurpriseInc Magazine - Bill Murphy Jr.Microsoft is the world's biggest company. That's why when GeekWire obtained an internal Microsoft list of seven banned and discouraged competitors' products that employees aren't allowed to use, people
Robert Sadded this to Business & LeadershipMicrosoft Microsoft used data analysis to discover why its employees were miserableTechSpot - A group of miserable office workers at a pointless meeting In context: In today’s hyper-competitive tech industry, it’s important for companies to retain their best employees, but what happens when a huge …
Robert Sadded this to AI and RobotsUSB 2.0 5 ways the Raspberry Pi 4 is a huge upgradeslashgear.com - Chris Burns Today we’re running down the five most essential ways the new Raspberry Pi 4 Model B is an upgrade over its predecessors. Raspberry Pi is the most …
Robert Sadded this to Space ExplorationLight Sail LightSail 2 Launches to Space to Soar on the Power of Sunshinesmithsonianmag.com - Amy Thompson This article was originally published on Supercluster, a website dedicated to telling humanity's greatest outer space stories. Carl Sagan dreamt of …
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