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A Clear Look at Jackson Pollock's Breakthrough Painting, "Mural"
The New Yorker - 29 Jul 2019 20:20
Louis Menand writes on Jackson Pollock's "Mural," an eight-by-twenty-foot painting completed in 1943, which is currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston.
The Wall Street Journal: Netflix places a big bet on big-budget movies
Market Watch - 29 Jul 2019 23:32
Netflix Inc. is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to produce big-budget films as it tries to shore up its subscriber base and push further into territory once controlled by major Hollywood studios.
A Twitch Engineer Used Machine Learning to Generate Surreal Emoji
AdWeek - 29 Jul 2019 22:03
Artificial intelligence may be a long way from experiencing sentient emotion, but that doesn't mean it can't be used to generate emoji. Twitch software engineer Avery Gnolek recently proved as much in an experiment featu...
Newsletter: California Inc.: The 'grim picture' of getting divorced after 50
L.A. Times - 29 Jul 2019 14:00How Executives Can Push for Inclusion and Diversity In Their Own Businesses
AdWeek - 29 Jul 2019 22:24
As the marketing chiefs for two of the country's largest and best-known corporations, Linda Boff, CMO of GE, and Fiona Carter, chief brand officer of AT&T, wield a tremendous amount of influence over their respective org...
Exclusive: India's SBI tightens lending terms for auto dealers - source, internal memo
Reuters - 29 Jul 2019 20:24
State Bank of India (SBI) has tightened lending terms dramatically for auto dealerships, according to a source and an internal memo seen by Reuters, seeking to reduce its exposure to risk from a sector in the midst of a ...
How To Make Four-Day Work Weeks Actually Happen
Forbes - 29 Jul 2019 17:06
"The real question we should be asking is why we have decided that 40 hours is what it takes to accomplish a job. In a way, we have infantilized the workplace by tracking hours obsessively."
Ordermark raises $18 million to help restaurants manage disparate delivery platforms
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2019 17:00
Ordermark, which developed a restaurant solution that unifies disparate delivery providers, has raised $18 million in venture capital.
Social Entrepreneur Confronts Twin Honduran Demons Violence And Corruption
Forbes - 29 Jul 2019 17:00
Social Entrepreneur Confronts Twin Honduran Demons Violence And Corruption This article is the second in a three-part series of reports from Honduras.
Your electricity bills may rise from next month, here's why
livemint.com - 29 Jul 2019 12:06
With govt insisting on discoms speed up payments to power generators, consumers may end up with higher bills.Govt directed all discoms should open and maintain sufficient LCs as payment security under PPAs signed with ge...
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot launches without Oculus Rift support on Steam
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2019 04:07
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot is out and will not have official support for the Oculus Rift on Steam. You can play it on Vive on PC or PSVR.
Keep playing 'Fortnite,' kid: U.S. teen wins $3 million at videogame tournament
Market Watch - 29 Jul 2019 03:40
Sixteen-year-old Kyle Giersdorf -- screen name "Bugha" -- took home $3 million on Sunday after winning the inaugural Fortnite World Cup in New York, the largest-ever prize for a singe player in a videogame tournament.
Former Fed Chief Yellen Endorses Quarter-Point Rate Cut This Week
Wall Street Journal - 29 Jul 2019 03:31Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 sound card review -- The best for making and listening to audio
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2019 23:05
The Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 is an incredible sound card with a ton of extra features that make it worth its $350 asking price.
How to upload a video to YouTube and customize its settings on desktop and mobile
Business Insider - 29 Jul 2019 23:03
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider It's free and easy to upload a video to YouTube, and you can upload as many videos as you want with nearly no limits. You can upload videos from the YouTube website in a browser, or u...
Why This Refugee Is Turning Reclaimed Life Jackets Into A Fashion Statement
Forbes - 29 Jul 2019 22:40
The world is facing a refugee crisis. Mohamed Malim, himself a former refugee, is determined to help. His fashion company, Epimonia, makes bracelets from recycled life jackets worn by refugees on their journeys to safety...
Google announces winners of its 2019 Science Fair
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2019 21:15
Google announced the winners of the 2019 Google Science Fair, including an Irish teen who removed microplastics from water using ferrofluids.
Publisher Jeff James Reveals The 7 Keys To A Business Book's Success In The Moneyball Era
Forbes - 29 Jul 2019 20:43
The new 7 elements needed for a business book to succeed, according to Jeff James, publisher of the new imprint, HarperCollins Leadership, who is bringing a Moneyball approach to the hidebound world of publishing.
Facebook AI's RoBERTa improves Google's BERT pretraining methods
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2019 20:27
Facebook AI and University of Washington researchers improved on Google's BERT language model with RoBERTa.
Building a world-class sales organization (VB Live)
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2019 20:03
Join this VB Live event to learn the essential strategies and key best practices that can make your company into a world-class sales organization.
America!: Edgar Allan Poe's Summer Vacation
The New Yorker - 29 Jul 2019 20:00
Ali Fitzgerald humorously imagines the writer Edgar Allan Poe's attempt at enjoying a seaside summer excursion.
Heroes of the Storm reminds us it isn't dead with a new, original hero and ranked system
Venture Beat - 29 Jul 2019 19:36
Blizzard announced today that Heroes of the Storm is getting a new character, Qhira. It will also be releasing a change to to the game's ranked modes.