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Darren Cox's long and winding road to esports racing
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2019 21:12
Darren Cox, CEO of Millennial Esports, is vertically focused on racing entertainment, from free-to-play mobile racing games to esports events.
The Simplest Way To Validate A Startup App Idea
Forbes - 13 Oct 2019 01:01
The strongest validation signal in a startup is revenue. The simplest way to validate a startup app idea before product development is to create and sell a mafia offer.
East Meets West: A Q&A With CcHub's Bosun Tijani On Acquisition Of iHub
Forbes - 13 Oct 2019 14:45
Bosun Tijani, the founder of Co-Creation Hub, Nigeria's leading tech hub and innovation center, recently acquired iHub, Kenya's top innovation hub.
At least 35 people were killed in the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in 60 years
Business Insider - 13 Oct 2019 22:36
Carl Court/Getty Images Typhoon Hagibis ravaged Japan's main island of Honshu over the weekend, reportedly killing 35 people and causing widespread devastation of homes and cities. One day after the storm made landfall a...
I'm a financial adviser with $2.5 million of term life insurance. I know it seems like a lot, but there are 3 reasons I think it's just right.
Business Insider - 13 Oct 2019 16:30
Courtesy Jeff Rose As a financial adviser, it's my job to remind people that life insurance may need to replace their income for decades if they die young. If you only have employer life insurance coverage or a smaller p...
Medical Device Stocks Are in Rude Health
Wall Street Journal - 13 Oct 2019 14:00
When earnings season begins in earnest this week, health-care investors will be relying on pacemakers and artificial knees.
AI in Finance: Insights from BNY Mellon
Forbes - 13 Oct 2019 06:36
Bringing AI innovation to financial services Kumar Srivastava, VP of Product and Strategy of BNY Mellon recently shared with the AI Today podcast insights into AI adoption at the bank.
Mom leaves 'scathing' Yelp review after child fails driving test
New York Post - 13 Oct 2019 05:35
Dear John: I am having an issue with a Yelp review that was left about me. I work at the California Department of Motor Vehicles. I give driving tests. An upset mother posted a scathing review of me for failing her child...
UAW boosts strike pay to $275 per week as talks with GM continue
USA Today - 13 Oct 2019 00:16
The UAW also will allow members to work part-time and receive strike pay as long as they continue their picket-line duties.
China, Facing Slowdown, Unlikely to Push for More Stimulus
Wall Street Journal - 13 Oct 2019 16:25'Broken system' starves U.S. oil boom of immigrant workers
Reuters - 13 Oct 2019 16:04
New Mexico oil man Johnny Vega laid out his predicament as his crew hoisted pipes from a well during the biggest oil boom in U.S. history.
A hedge-fund wunderkind, top YouTube talent managers, and what Robert Shiller's worried about
Business Insider - 13 Oct 2019 15:30
Reuters/Steve Marcus; Elliott Management; AP Photo/Richard Drew; Ruobing Su/Business Insider Hello! You might not have heard of Jesse Cohn, but you've almost certainly heard of the companies he's been shaking up.See the ...
How to pick the right credit card to maximize rewards where you spend the most
Business Insider - 13 Oct 2019 15:25
AP/Luis Hidalgo Beyond earning points, miles, or cash back through a credit card sign-up bonus, one of the easiest ways to rack up rewards is to use a credit card that offers bonus rewards for your most frequent purchase...
Trying to diagnose the 'Joker' only brings attention to what the film gets wrong about mental illness, according to a psychopath expert
Business Insider - 13 Oct 2019 12:44
Warner Bros. "Joker" has sparked many conversations about mental illness. But while the movie gets some things right, it also gets a lot wrong, according to psychiatry professor Dr Ziv Cohen. Cohen, who specializes in vi...
Summary of findings: What can go wrong when firms harvest bodies before autopsies
L.A. Times - 13 Oct 2019 12:00Why Arm believes a consortium is necessary to get autonomous cars to the finish line
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2019 23:22
To get autonomous vehicles from prototypes to production Arm believes we need a consortium of companies to come together on standards on computing a safety. That’s why Dipti Vachani, senior vice president of automotive...
Why Resilience Can Make Or Break Your Career
Forbes - 13 Oct 2019 23:00
Research has shown that while some people seem to come by resilience naturally, these behaviors can also be learned.
Frenchy Cannoli, Master Hashishin Graciously Reveals His Five Questions
Forbes - 13 Oct 2019 22:20
The art of collecting trichome heads from live cannabis plants on one's hands called making Charas in Northern India, or from dried and cured plants using a sieving methodology which is making Hashish, are very ancient p...
Emirates says airline can still fly to Mexico, despite court ruling
Reuters - 13 Oct 2019 20:08
Emirates still has the right to offer flights to Mexico City, the Dubai state-owned carrier said on Sunday, after Mexican airline Aeromexico disputed an agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Mexico.
Learn to love your regulated future: A message from Wall Street to Silicon Valley
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2019 19:25
Will regulations suffocate the innovative spirit that made big tech great in the first place? A look at the capital markets give us an answer.
You're not Pokemon Go -- don't hammer AR into your mobile game
Venture Beat - 13 Oct 2019 17:45
When trying to adopt radically different gameplay, checking in with the end user first not only seems logical, but also integral.
Kim Kardashian says her 2019 Met Gala dress was so tight that her sisters prepared to help her go to the bathroom
Business Insider - 13 Oct 2019 15:57
Doug Peters/STAR MAX/IPx/AP Kim Kardashian West attended the 2019 Met Gala in New York City on May 6. For the event, she wore a custom Thierry Mugler minidresscovered in white crystals that resembled water droplets. In a...