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Amazon Is Mass Producing Face Shields With Some Help From 3D Printing Enthusiasts
AdWeek - 14 May 2020 18:35
Amazon announced it will begin mass producing face shields for medical professionals and plans to make hundreds of thousands available over the coming weeks on Amazon.com to bolster the nation's supply of protective equi...
Facebook has appointed the 'privacy committee' on its board designed to prevent another Cambridge Analytica scandal (FB)
Business Insider - 14 May 2020 02:06
Reuters Facebook's board of directors has appointed the members of a new Privacy Committee. The company was required to create the committee as part of its settlement with the FTC over privacy violations. The committee, ...
M.I.T. Closes 'Food Computer' Project After Scientists Raised Doubts
The New York Times - 14 May 2020 01:45
The OpenAg project, which promised crops that could be grown in thin air, faced scrutiny at the same time that Jeffrey Epstein's financial ties to the M.I.T. Media Lab came to light.
Temperature checks, masks the new normal for air travel, says Dubai airport CEO
Reuters - 14 May 2020 06:19
Temperature screening and face masks will become common sights at airports to mitigate the spread of the new coronavirus but physical distancing could make flying more expensive, the head of Dubai airport said.
Lenders want Neiman Marcus CEO canned after bankruptcy plan
New York Post - 14 May 2020 04:04
Neiman Marcus Chief Executive Geoffroy van Raemdonck is facing a mutiny by a group of lenders unhappy about his plans to revive the company through bankruptcy, The Post has learned. The lenders -- who are looking to repl...
Trump Demands Graham Make Obama Testify. Graham Says No Thanks.
TPM - 14 May 2020 21:51
President Donald Trump on Thursday explicitly demanded that Senate Judiciary Committee chair Lindsey Graham (R-SC) haul former President Barack Obama...
Putting The Greatness Of Yankee Hall Of Fame Closer Mariano Rivera In Perspective
Forbes - 14 May 2020 15:21How the Subscription Model Revolutionized the Way We Buy Perfume
AdWeek - 14 May 2020 12:30
To hear Leila Zagwolsky tell it, she helped pioneer the online fragrance-subscription business almost as an afterthought. In 2010, in the jaws of the Great Recession, Zagwolsky made the nervy decision to open a brick-and...
Donald Trump extends U.S. telecom supply chain ban aimed at Huawei and ZTE
Venture Beat - 14 May 2020 05:55
President Donald Trump extended for another year a May 2019 executive order declaring a national emergency related to telecommunications equipment.
Elon Musk is selling 5 more properties worth over $100 million, after tweeting earlier this month that he 'will own no house'
Business Insider - 14 May 2020 04:16
Diego Donamaria/Getty Images for SXSW Tesla CEO Elon Musk listed four more properties for sale on Wednesday, with a collective asking price of more than $100 million. Musk, worth more than $38 billion, has pledged to "ow...
7 Marketing Predictions From the Chairman of Cannes Lions
AdWeek - 14 May 2020 19:04
We've been here before, except we haven't. In 2009, delegates and award entries absolutely tanked. The global financial crisis smashed Cannes Lions like a freak wave, dumping us dazed and confused on the beach. At the ti...
Joe Buck Is Right: Nothing Wrong With FOX Considering Fake Crowd Noise For NFL Games
Forbes - 14 May 2020 17:17Which Exchange Stock Looks Expensive: NASDAQ or ICE?
Forbes - 14 May 2020 16:30Coronavirus hot spot in Minnesota connected to surge of cases at meatpacking plant
NBC News - 14 May 2020 11:00
"We are very worried about the pandemic. We want to work, but we have families. We are just human beings who want a better life," one employee said.
The Stresses of the Way We Work Now
The New York Times - 14 May 2020 11:00
What vocational psychologists can teach us about the new ways of working.
CoStar Acquires Ten-X in $190 Million Deal
Wall Street Journal - 14 May 2020 00:46
Data giant CoStar Group is close to buying the commercial real estate division of Ten-X in an effort to increase CoStar's role in the distressed commercial-property market that the pandemic is expected to fuel, according...
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Forbes - 14 May 2020 23:34Ghost of Tsushima -- Sucker Punch takes a deep dive into cinematic gameplay
Venture Beat - 14 May 2020 22:59
Ghost of Tsushima is one of Sony's last big exclusive games on the PlayStation 4, and developer Sucker Punch showed off more gameplay.
Electric Vehicle Sales Are Surging. Can Mineral Producers Meet Future Demand?
Forbes - 14 May 2020 22:54Mark Cuban says the market is overvalued because it's 'almost impossible' to predict consumer demand
CNBC - 14 May 2020 22:26
"It's hard to create a valuation for businesses," billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban told CNBC.
AMD Is Chipping Away at Data Centers
Wall Street Journal - 14 May 2020 22:26
The chip maker's shares rise as it wins a slot in rival Nvidia's new server device.