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America's Reluctance To Tax Wealth Has Its Roots In Slavery
Forbes - 18 Nov 2019 17:22
America's reticence to tax wealth can be traced back to the gruesome days of slavery, when human beings were kidnapped then bought and sold as property.
Older Workers Have a Big Secret: Their Age
Wall Street Journal - 18 Nov 2019 05:05SoftBank to create $30 billion tech giant with Yahoo Japan, Line Corp merger
Reuters - 18 Nov 2019 04:08
Japan's SoftBank Corp plans to merge internet unit Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30 billion tech giant, as it bags struggling internet companies to bulk up against rivals like Rakuten Inc...
2021 Ford Mustang Mach E - The Pony Goes Electric
Forbes - 18 Nov 2019 04:30
Ford has decided that the best way to create electric vehicles that get consumers excited to buy is to build an all-wheel-drive SUV infused with Mustang DNA. Welcome to the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E
Hard Rock Stadium To Eliminate 99.4% Of Single-Use Plastics By 2020
Forbes - 18 Nov 2019 14:00
The proactive initiatives taken by the Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium will eliminate more than 2.8 million plastic items annually including cups, bottles, cutlery, stirrers and spoons as well as all plastic disposable pa...
Yahoo Japan and Chat App Line Agree to Merge
Wall Street Journal - 18 Nov 2019 03:33Headstart raises $7 million for AI that tackles recruitment bias
Venture Beat - 18 Nov 2019 12:33
Headstart is a platform that combines machine learning with myriad data sources to help companies reduce unconscious bias during recruitment.
The Million-Dollar Glitter Company That's Eco-Friendly
Forbes - 18 Nov 2019 03:10
Born in 2016 out of festival culture, Shrine became a viral hit with thanks to its boob and booty glitter.
Asia shares in waiting mode ahead of Fed, ECB events
Reuters - 18 Nov 2019 02:57
Asian share markets got the week off to a muted start on Monday as jaded investors awaited real evidence on progress in the U.S.-China trade dispute, though sentiment found support from another record close on Wall Stree...
I moved to the US from China -- and here are the 29 things on my US bucket list
Business Insider - 18 Nov 2019 22:02
Zirui yan In 2016, I moved from Guiyang, China, to North Carolina to go to college. My love of travel, nature, and other cultures inspired me to make a bucket list of the uniquely American things I want to experience the...
MIT's AI scores driver egotism to make autonomous vehicles more assertive
Venture Beat - 18 Nov 2019 22:00
An AI model architected by researchers at MIT's Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory rates the egotism of other drivers.
U.S. Treasurys Rally on Trade Concerns
Wall Street Journal - 18 Nov 2019 18:49
U.S. government bonds strengthened, pushing the yield on the 10-year note down to around 1.80%, after a news report suggested that China was pessimistic about a trade deal with the U.S.
Trump Backtracks On Efforts To Ban Sale Of Flavored E-Cigarettes
Forbes - 18 Nov 2019 15:29
Trump appears to have rowed back on efforts to ban flavored e-cigarettes, despite announcing a ban in September.
Google details DeepMind AI's role in Play Store app recommendations
Venture Beat - 18 Nov 2019 22:54
Alphabet subsidiary DeepMind supplied the AI and machine learning models behind the Google Play Store's app recommender algorithms.
New Equity Crowdfunding Site Fundopolis To Emphasize Blockchain
Forbes - 18 Nov 2019 22:46
New equity crowdfunding entrant Fundopolis launched today, highlighting the challenges for late entrants.
Razer Seiren Emote is a USB microphone with feelings
Venture Beat - 18 Nov 2019 22:15
The Razer Seiren Emote is a great way to add more interactivity with your audience to a Twitch livestream while also still sounding professional.
I've worked over 100 weddings as a professional bridesmaid, and I see couples make the same 5 money mistakes over and over again
Business Insider - 18 Nov 2019 22:02
Courtesy Jen Glantz I've been a professional bridesmaid for about five years, and I've helped over 100 couples navigate the confusing — and expensive — world of weddings. In my years in the wedding business, I've wat...
The CIA reportedly worked with an Iraqi informant code named 'Donnie Brasco,' who feared for his life and ultimately defected to Iranian intelligence
Business Insider - 18 Nov 2019 21:17
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Iranian intelligence officers have used financial incentives and gifts to lure away Iraqi spies formerly working for the CIA, according to a new trove of leaked documents reported on jointly by The ...
Google acquires CloudSimple to bolster cloud workload migration
Venture Beat - 18 Nov 2019 20:19
Google announced that it's acquired cloud workload migration developer CloudSimple for an undisclosed sum. The team will join Google Cloud.
Yamagata University uses IBM's PAIRS Geoscope and Watson to uncover patterns in ancient etchings
Venture Beat - 18 Nov 2019 19:25
IBM and Yamagata University developed a machine learning model capable of uncovering tough-to-detect patterns in ancient Peruvian etchings.
Facebook's MoCo closes the gap between supervised and unsupervised learning in vision tasks
Venture Beat - 18 Nov 2019 19:18
Facebook claims its new contrastive loss (MoCo) approach to computer vision tasks closes the gap between supervised and unsupervised learning techniques.
How Chronicle is fitting into Google Cloud
Venture Beat - 18 Nov 2019 19:09
Chronicle is inside Google Cloud. Rick Caccia, Google Cloud Security Products marketing lead, and Sunil Potti, VP of Google Cloud Security, explain.