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Outside the Box: Investors will either use artificial intelligence or fall behind
Market Watch - 19 Jun 2019 16:52
Investment managers won't be replaced by AI, but they will use it to enhance returns.
Why Authentic Workplaces Are More Ethical
Harvard Business Review - 19 Jun 2019 14:35
People behave better when they feel they can be themselves.
Wall St. pauses with Fed meeting in focus
Reuters - 19 Jun 2019 17:00
Wall Street's main indexes were flat on Wednesday, as investors refrained from taking positions ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy statement that is expected to open the door to future interest rate cuts.
Would A Foreign Power Interfere To Get Elizabeth Warren Elected? The Geopolitics Of Busting Big Tech
Forbes - 19 Jun 2019 04:05
Any U.S. politician taking on Big Tech can split the world into two opposing camps. Elizabeth Warren's candidacy might prove to be an excellent test of the geopolitical - in addition to the market -- power of Silicon Val...
Xbox Live down on Xbox One and PC
Venture Beat - 19 Jun 2019 23:25
Xbox Live is down, and it's preventing players from getting online with their games. It's affecting people across consoles and PC.
How To Persuade People To Be Safe
Forbes - 19 Jun 2019 23:19
"Leaders who understand how to persuade know that they must provide motivation," says Carl Potter, founder and CEO of the Safety Institute. "The cheap way to motivate is through threats, but great leaders use inspiration...
Mozen: They Bring Cannabis To The People
Forbes - 19 Jun 2019 16:23
Dealing with stigmas around cannabis has been a lot easier than we initially thought. As with everything else in life we preach balance. As we face the issues of modern life, nothing is all-good or all-bad.
Apple expands repair service to all U.S. Best Buy stores
Venture Beat - 19 Jun 2019 16:20
Four-fifths of Apple's U.S. customers will now be able to obtain authorized Apple repairs locally within a 20 minute drive from their homes.
Five New York anchorwomen sue for age and gender discrimination
Fast Company - 19 Jun 2019 15:37
The women feel like they “are being railroaded out of the place.” If you live in New York City, NY1 is the 24-hour local channel where you get your news. The on-air anchors tell viewers about local politics, weather...
How an IDEO.org designer created a Yelp for refugees
Fast Company - 19 Jun 2019 13:00
At Ideo.org, Jennifer Rose helped develop Kuja Kuja, a platform refugees can use to rate and suggest services. Now she’s Kuja Kuja’s global design director. Jennifer Rose is the global design director of Kuja Kuja, a...
Qantas adds 10 Airbus jets to order, will take 36 A321XLRs
Reuters - 19 Jun 2019 05:06
Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd said on Wednesday it would order 10 Airbus SE A321XLR jets, taking its total A320neo family order to 109 jets.
PG&E settles California fire claims with local governments for $1 billion
Reuters - 19 Jun 2019 03:44
PG&E Corp will pay $1 billion as part of its bankruptcy reorganization to more than a dozen local governments in California struck by wildfires in recent years, the company and lawyers for the governments said on Tuesday...
Google Investing $1 Billion To Fix Bay Area's Tech-Driven Housing Crisis
The Huffington Post - 19 Jun 2019 02:34
The tech giant says it wants to build 20,000 new residential units over the next decade.
How Qualcomm is ushering in the age of edge computing
Venture Beat - 19 Jun 2019 23:29
As the cloud computing age approaches an end, developers are seeing the major benefits of moving from centralized computing processes to decentralized ones.
How To Allocate Your Funds As A Bootstrapped Startup Founder
Forbes - 19 Jun 2019 23:16
When you're bootstrapped, making uncertain financial investments into your startup can feel like a step closer to failure. As such, knowing where your funds should go is key. A mentor can help you make wise decisions, sa...
Ray tracing is finally starting to shine after E3
Venture Beat - 19 Jun 2019 23:03
Nvidia has promised for almost a year that ray tracing is the real deal. After a trickle of games, it's starting to look like support has arrived.
Google's AI picks which machine learning models will produce the best results
Venture Beat - 19 Jun 2019 23:01
Google AI researchers propose a new machine learning model technique that treats evaluation as a binary classification problem.
How This Female-Founded Activewear Company Gained Traction In Under 9 Months -- And You Can Too
Forbes - 19 Jun 2019 22:11
In the first nine months of business, Addison Bay found a way to carve out space in a noisy industry. The company's founder shares three growth tactics that she credits for the quick success of her business.
The Rise of Human Agents: AI-Powered Customer Service Automation
Forbes - 19 Jun 2019 22:10
As chatbots, and other forms of AI-powered automation become more commonplace, companies should welcome the efficiencies they bring. Customer service management must focus on the benefits automation can provide agents. W...
Two Lessons From Two Shoe Guys: What Allbirds Can Teach Health Tech Entrepreneurs
Forbes - 19 Jun 2019 21:52
Two key lessons for health tech entrepreneurs from Allbirds founders: 1. understand what customers actually wants (virtue in itself may not be as compelling as you think); 2. incumbents may talk change but tend to embrac...
Ninja cuts deal to launch multiple gamer advice and culture books
Venture Beat - 19 Jun 2019 21:15
Ninja's agent Loaded has cut a deal to publish multiple books and merchandise with Clarkson Potter and Ten Speed Press, two imprints of Random House.
Puzzle & Dragons comes to Switch with a PvP focus
Venture Beat - 19 Jun 2019 20:55
GungHo Online Entertainment announced Puzzle & Dragons Gold today for Switch later this year.