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The English Voice of ISIS Comes Out of the Shadows
The New York Times - By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
HASAKA, Syria — More than four years ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation appealed to the public to help identify the narrator in one of the Islamic State’s best-known videos, showing captured Syrian
Talent Management
4 Key Components of Effective Decision Making for Leaders
td.org
The decisions leaders make every day present countless opportunities to positively (or negatively) impact their organizations. There are numerous …
The Future
The End Of Work: The Consequences Of An Economic Singularity
Forbes - Jayshree Pandya
Introduction Today, we are no longer confined to what nature or natural intelligence must offer. From the steam engine to electricity and digital transformations to artificial intelligence, molecular and
Opinion
The Joy of Standards
The New York Times - By ANDREW RUSSELL and LEE VINSEL
Our modern existence depends on things we can take for granted. Cars run on gas from any gas station, the plugs for electrical devices fit into any socket, and smartphones connect to anything equipped
Opinion
What Is Death?
The New York Times - By SANDEEP JAUHAR
How should we define the death of a person? Philosophers and physicians have long pondered this question, yet we still don’t have a satisfactory answer. For much of human history, death was synonymous
Technology
The technology behind OpenAI’s fiction-writing, fake-news-spewing AI, explained
MIT Technology Review - by Karen Hao
The language model can write like a human, but it doesn’t have a clue what it’s saying. Last Thursday (Feb. 14), the nonprofit research firm OpenAI …
Humanity
The Real Reason Anti-Vax Beliefs Spread So Fast Online Isn't About Facts
ScienceAlert - MARINA JOUBERT & FRANCOIS VAN SCHALKWYK, THE CONVERSATION
There's been a recent increase globally in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. This can be seen in recent measles outbreaks in parts of the …
Liberal View
Nancy Pelosi ‘has standing to sue Trump’ in federal court — and a 'compelling case’: Harvard Law professor
rawstory.com - Bob Brigham
Constitution expert Laurence Tribe on Saturday explained how Speaker Nancy Pelosi has legal standing to sue President Donald Trump over his …
Microsoft Office
This enterprise software startup has VCs literally knocking on its doors to invest, but for now, it's not interested
Business Insider - Nick Bastone
When the work management software startup Notion moved offices recently, it didn't update its address on Google Maps. The reason: VCs were literally knocking on its doors to discuss potential investments.
Robin Hood
#Quora: Nate White Hilariously Answers the Query –”Why Do British People NOT Like Trump?”
worldofwonder.net
The 90 year-old Queen is forced to go around our idiot President, who doesn’t even know how to walk properly Someone on Quora asked the question, “Why do …
Startups
Awesome Startup Credits
github.com - dakshshah96
README.md A collection of awesome companies offering free/discounted plans for eligible startups. In order to be eligible for free credits or a …
Opinion
Time to Panic
The New York Times - By DAVID WALLACE-WELLS
The age of climate panic is here. Last summer, a heat wave baked the entire Northern Hemisphere, killing dozens from Quebec to Japan. Some of the most destructive wildfires in California history turned
Concealed Carry
Worker Who Opened Fire Inside Factory Had Been Barred from Having Gun
The New York Times - By JULIE BOSMAN
AURORA, Ill. — An angry worker who stormed through a suburban Chicago factory shooting his co-workers after being fired was barred from having the handgun he was carrying, the authorities said on Saturday.
JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase Moves to Be First Big U.S. Bank With Its Own Cryptocurrency
The New York Times - By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and NATHANIEL POPPER
In 2017, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive, declared Bitcoin a “fraud” and said that any employee caught trading it would be fired for being “stupid.” On Thursday, JPMorgan became the first
Opinion
I Was a Nuclear Site Guard. My Colleagues Sexually Assaulted Me.
The New York Times - By JENNIFER GLOVER
The sexual harassment and violence I endured while working as a security guard at the Department of Energy’s Nevada National Security Site loops over and over through my mind. I have nightmares about to
How Great Design Could Fix the World's 'Wicked Problems'
Fortune - Tim Brown with Barry Katz
Founded in 1991, the global design firm IDEO has created radical and useful products ranging from Apple’s computer mouse to insulin-delivery systems …
Opinion
Is Nancy Pelosi a Climate Skeptic?
The New York Times - By BRET STEPHENS
Is Nancy Pelosi a climate skeptic? Of course not — and I would know. But you might be excused for thinking so, given the curt wave-off the House speaker delivered to the liberally ballyhooed, legislatively
New York City Council
In Amazon Fight, Progressives Showed What They Want: A New Economic Agenda
The New York Times - By PATRICIA COHEN
The political opposition that prompted Amazon to walk away from building a corporate headquarters in New York City featured a touchstone of the progressives’ economic agenda: ending tax policies that reward
Machine Learning
What is deep learning?
bdtechtalks.com - Ben Dickson
This article is part of Demystifying AI, a series of posts that (try to) disambiguate the jargon and myths surrounding AI. In September 2012, Alex …
Calculus
Understanding Math Rather Than Merely Learning It
hackaday.com - by: Al Williams
There’s a line from the original Star Trek where Khan says, “Improve a mechanical device and you may double productivity, but improve man and you …
Opinion
Phony Wall, Phony Emergency
The New York Times - By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
“I didn’t need to do this,” President Trump insisted at a Rose Garden appearance on Friday, as he declared a national emergency aimed at shaking loose a few billion dollars in financing for his beloved
Conservative View
The Green New Deal Isn’t Just About Energy, It’s Also About Controlling What Americans Eat
dailycaller.com - Michael Bastasch
• The Green New Deal seems to embrace the anti-beef and dairy industry sentiment of the environmental left.• Green New Dealers want to remake American …
Archaeology
Archaeologists Make 'Very Special' Viking Era Discovery in Norway
Forbes - David Nikel
Almost one thousand years after the end of the Viking Age, Norwegian archaeologists have made a sensational find near Halden in the south-east of Norway. The burial mound and adjacent field harbour several
Employment
This story was written by an AI program
Axios - Kaveh Waddell
I wrote the first two sentences in italics below — they're from a story we published in Monday's Axios Future newsletter. Then, a new computer …
Opinion
Trump emergency sets precedent Republicans will regret
USA TODAY - The Editorial Board
Imagine future Democratic presidents declaring national emergencies to address gun violence, immigration, climate change, health care: Our view America’s Founders were not big on executive power. Even
Opinion
Answers to 4 Key Question About Trump’s Declaration of an Emergency
The New York Times - By NICHOLAS FANDOS
WASHINGTON — In declaring a national emergency to try to build his long-promised border wall, President Trump invoked extraordinary and seldom-used authorities to bypass Congress’s constitutionally granted
Technology
3 types of AI that represent our fears for the future
TNW - Gant Laborde
The AI icon Andrew Ng is quoted as saying, “Artificial intelligence is the new electricity.” For anyone reading this, that’s a powerful analogy. Electricity empowers our surge in science and globalization
Denver, CO
Nearly 10,000 Signatures Submitted for Ballot Initiative to Overturn Urban Camping Ban
westword.com - Chris Walker
The Elections Division has 25 days to determine whether an initiative that will overturn the city's urban camping ban will be on the May 2019 ballot.
Artificial Intelligence
Why We Should Fear the Technological Singularity
medium.com
“TechSin” brings troubling problems humanity isn’t prepared to deal with. Namely AI brings a trajectory beyond human regulation. Michael K. …
How Google Became the Top Search Engine by Giving Users Less, Not More
medium.com
Melissa ChuBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Dec 17 In 1998, Google was put up to a large task: to create a search engine that would be used by people all …

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Flips

The English Voice of ISIS Comes Out of the Shadows

4 Key Components of Effective Decision Making for Leaders

The End Of Work: The Consequences Of An Economic Singularity

The Joy of Standards

What Is Death?

The technology behind OpenAI’s fiction-writing, fake-news-spewing AI, explained

The Real Reason Anti-Vax Beliefs Spread So Fast Online Isn't About Facts

Nancy Pelosi ‘has standing to sue Trump’ in federal court — and a 'compelling case’: Harvard Law professor

This enterprise software startup has VCs literally knocking on its doors to invest, but for now, it's not interested

#Quora: Nate White Hilariously Answers the Query –”Why Do British People NOT Like Trump?”

Awesome Startup Credits

Time to Panic

Worker Who Opened Fire Inside Factory Had Been Barred from Having Gun

JPMorgan Chase Moves to Be First Big U.S. Bank With Its Own Cryptocurrency

I Was a Nuclear Site Guard. My Colleagues Sexually Assaulted Me.

How Great Design Could Fix the World's 'Wicked Problems'

Is Nancy Pelosi a Climate Skeptic?

In Amazon Fight, Progressives Showed What They Want: A New Economic Agenda

What is deep learning?

Understanding Math Rather Than Merely Learning It

Phony Wall, Phony Emergency

The Green New Deal Isn’t Just About Energy, It’s Also About Controlling What Americans Eat

Archaeologists Make 'Very Special' Viking Era Discovery in Norway

This story was written by an AI program

Trump emergency sets precedent Republicans will regret

Answers to 4 Key Question About Trump’s Declaration of an Emergency

3 types of AI that represent our fears for the future

Nearly 10,000 Signatures Submitted for Ballot Initiative to Overturn Urban Camping Ban

Why We Should Fear the Technological Singularity

How Google Became the Top Search Engine by Giving Users Less, Not More