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ENTERTAINMENT:
- In ‘Hitler,’ an Ascent From ‘Dunderhead’ to Demagogue (NYT) "Our reviewer writes that “Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939” offers “a fascinating Shakespearean parable about how the confluence of circumstance, chance, a ruthless individual and the willful blindness of others can transform a country — and, in Hitler’s case, lead to an unimaginable nightmare for the world.” Sound familiar?
HEALTH:
- The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction (NYT) "Four risky traits: sensation-seeking, impulsiveness, anxiety sensitivity and hopelessness."
NEWS:
- Video of Fatal Police Shooting of Louisiana Boy, 6, Is Released (NYT) "An analysis published this year by The Washington Post found that while more whites are killed by the police over all, police shootings were up in the first part of 2016 and black Americans were 2.5 times as likely as white Americans to be shot by officers."
- Antigraft Law Stirs Up Wariness Over South Koreans Bearing Gifts (NYT)
TECHNOLOGY:
- Believe It or Not, AOL Has an Awesome New Idea About Email (Wired) "The company just announced version 2.0 of the Alto app, for Android and iOS. The key feature is the Dashboard, the homescreen of Alto. It’s where you find all the important stuff from your email."
- Daily Report: When Artificial Intelligence Goes to the Dark Side (NYT) "The way A.I. can now recognize text and images, even imitate voices, lends itself to malicious uses in defeating online security, spotting victims, even eventually fooling people into thinking that a machine they’re talking to is a person."
OPINION:
- This is the single most remarkable thing I have read about Donald Trump in a very long time (WaPo) "All of these things pointed to the absolute necessity for Trump to perform well. And, what happened? His debate prep team couldn't get him to pay attention. That is, literally, stunning. Put yourself in a comparable situation. You are applying for a job you really want. Your interview is in five days. You hire an interview coach to help you do well. Then you just can't bring yourself to pay attention to the advice he or she gives you."
BOTTOM OF THE NEWS:
- Creepy Clown Hoaxes Lead to 12 Arrests in Multiple States (NYT) "Many of the reports of creepy, menacing clowns received in six states — Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania — were pranks."
- Wasteland: The Mad Max Festival That Makes Burning Man Look Lame (Wired) "Chaos is the norm at Wasteland, the “world’s largest post-apocalyptic festival” that turns the Mojave Desert into a glorious vision of hell on earth. For four days each September, thousands of survivors maraud a patch of dirt and sand east of Bakersfield, California, in wild jalopies and wage epic bungee-battles in a two-story Thunderdome."
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Friday, September 30, 2016
Thursday, September 29, 2016
DEFENDING AGAINST HACKERS TOOK A BACK SEAT AT YAHOO, INSIDERS SAY
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ARTS:
- The Novelist Whose Twitter Feed Is a Work of Art (The New Yorker)
BUSINESS/FINANCE:
- Defending Against Hackers Took a Back Seat at Yahoo, Insiders Say (NYT) "To make computer systems more secure, a company often has to make its products slower and more difficult to use. It was a trade-off Yahoo’s leadership was often unwilling to make."
- How High-Frequency Trading Is Conquering Emerging Markets (Ozy)
NEWS:
- The Deepwater Horizon spill may have caused ‘irreversible’ damage to Gulf Coast marshes (WaPo) "The study, published Tuesday in the journal Scientific Reports, finds the oil spill caused widespread erosion in the salt marshes along the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. And the researchers say there’s a chance these marshes might never completely grow back."
ARTS:
- The Novelist Whose Twitter Feed Is a Work of Art (The New Yorker)
BUSINESS/FINANCE:
- Defending Against Hackers Took a Back Seat at Yahoo, Insiders Say (NYT) "To make computer systems more secure, a company often has to make its products slower and more difficult to use. It was a trade-off Yahoo’s leadership was often unwilling to make."
- How High-Frequency Trading Is Conquering Emerging Markets (Ozy)
NEWS:
- The Deepwater Horizon spill may have caused ‘irreversible’ damage to Gulf Coast marshes (WaPo) "The study, published Tuesday in the journal Scientific Reports, finds the oil spill caused widespread erosion in the salt marshes along the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. And the researchers say there’s a chance these marshes might never completely grow back."
- A New Cuba (The New Yorker)
TECHNOLOGY:
- A High-Stakes Bet: Turning Google Assistant Into a ‘Star Trek’ Computer (NYT) "Now Google is melding these advances [a collection of data mining and artificial intelligence systems, from speech recognition to machine translation to computer vision] into a new product, a technology whose ultimate aim is something like the talking computer on “Star Trek.” It is a high-stakes bet: If this new tech fails, it could signal the beginning of the end of Google’s reign over our lives. But if it succeeds, Google could achieve a centrality in human experience unrivaled by any tech product so far."
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TECHNOLOGY:
- A High-Stakes Bet: Turning Google Assistant Into a ‘Star Trek’ Computer (NYT) "Now Google is melding these advances [a collection of data mining and artificial intelligence systems, from speech recognition to machine translation to computer vision] into a new product, a technology whose ultimate aim is something like the talking computer on “Star Trek.” It is a high-stakes bet: If this new tech fails, it could signal the beginning of the end of Google’s reign over our lives. But if it succeeds, Google could achieve a centrality in human experience unrivaled by any tech product so far."
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
BLOCKCHAIN JUST MADE SOME NEW FRIENDS IN CONGRESS
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BUSINESS/FINANCE:
- Blockchain Just Made Some New Friends in Congress - "On Monday, Rep. Jared Polis (D-Co) and Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) announced the creation of a “Blockchain Caucus” to promote laws and policies to encourage the development of crypto-currencies and other blockchain-related tools."
BUSINESS/FINANCE:
- Blockchain Just Made Some New Friends in Congress - "On Monday, Rep. Jared Polis (D-Co) and Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) announced the creation of a “Blockchain Caucus” to promote laws and policies to encourage the development of crypto-currencies and other blockchain-related tools."
HEALTH:
- When a Spouse Dies, Resilience Can Be Uneven
- Researchers Make Progress Toward Identifying C.T.E. in the Living
NEWS:
- U.S. Murders Surged in 2015, F.B.I. Finds - "Fueling the surge in murders was street violence in a handful of major cities, notably Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., and Milwaukee, where most of the victims were young African-American males."
SCIENCE:
- How to raise a sympathetic child, according to psychology
TECHNOLOGY:
- An Infusion of AI Makes Google Translate More Powerful Than Ever
- Spotify launches Daily Mix playlists on Android and iOS
- Satya Nadella On Microsoft's New Age Of Intelligence
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- When a Spouse Dies, Resilience Can Be Uneven
- Researchers Make Progress Toward Identifying C.T.E. in the Living
NEWS:
- U.S. Murders Surged in 2015, F.B.I. Finds - "Fueling the surge in murders was street violence in a handful of major cities, notably Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington, D.C., and Milwaukee, where most of the victims were young African-American males."
SCIENCE:
- How to raise a sympathetic child, according to psychology
TECHNOLOGY:
- An Infusion of AI Makes Google Translate More Powerful Than Ever
- Spotify launches Daily Mix playlists on Android and iOS
- Satya Nadella On Microsoft's New Age Of Intelligence
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
AMERICA'S MONOPOLY PROBLEM
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BUSINESS/FINANCE:
BUSINESS/FINANCE:
- America's Monopoly Problem - "To comprehend the scope of corporate consolidation, imagine a day in the life of a typical American and ask: How long does it take for her to interact with a market that isn’t nearly monopolized? She wakes up to browse the internet, access to which is sold through a local monopoly. She stocks up on food at a superstore such as Walmart, which owns a quarter of the grocery market. If she gets indigestion, she might go to a pharmacy, likely owned by one of three companies controlling 99 percent of that market. If she’s stressed and wants to relax outside the shadow of an oligopoly, she’ll have to stay away from ebooks, music, and beer; two companies control more than half of all sales in each of these markets. There is no escape—literally."
- 71 percent of Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement
- Microsoft Has a Whole New Kind of Computer Chip -- and It'll Change Everything - "In the future, a few giant Internet companies would operate a few giant Internet services so complex and so different from what came before that these companies would have to build a whole new architecture to run them. They would create not just the software driving these services, but the hardware, including servers and networking gear."
- A disaster is looming for American men - "Job destruction caused by technology is not a futuristic concern. It is something we have been living with for two generations. A simple linear trend suggests that by mid-century about a quarter of men between 25 and 54 will not be working at any moment."
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- 71 percent of Americans aren’t saving enough for retirement
NEWS:
TECHNOLOGY:
- Microsoft Has a Whole New Kind of Computer Chip -- and It'll Change Everything - "In the future, a few giant Internet companies would operate a few giant Internet services so complex and so different from what came before that these companies would have to build a whole new architecture to run them. They would create not just the software driving these services, but the hardware, including servers and networking gear."
- Snapchat's camcorder goggles are creepy cool and kind of brilliant - "If Spectacles can intercept the smartphone camera and become the creative device that people use for any decent amount of recording — in what seems to be a proprietary format, with a custom-designed distribution network in Snapchat — that’s a pretty awesome position to be in."
OPINION:
- A disaster is looming for American men - "Job destruction caused by technology is not a futuristic concern. It is something we have been living with for two generations. A simple linear trend suggests that by mid-century about a quarter of men between 25 and 54 will not be working at any moment."
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