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Are you a Xennial? How to tell if you're the microgeneration between Gen X and Millennial
USA TODAY - Ryan W. Miller
Sometimes, you're just caught in the middle. A microgeneration stuck between Generation X and Millennials has gained attention in recent years as some people don't feel a connection to either age group.
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Battery Ventures’ Chelsea Stoner on Growth Investing In the Time of SoftBank
Fortune - Polina Marinova
This article originally ran in Term Sheet, Fortune’s newsletter about deals and dealmakers. Sign up here. Earlier this month, French President Emmanuel …
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The massive ocean cleanup device invented by a 24-year-old is still leaking plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Business Insider - Aria Bendix and Peter Kotecki
• More than 320 million metric tons of plastic are produced every year, with much of it accumulating in oceans. • The Ocean Cleanup, founded by a Dutch innovator named Boyan Slat, is trying to clean up
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Galaxy S10 Plus Leak Highlights New Revolutionary Features
Forbes - Ewan Spence
It’s always nice to be surprised by Samsung, and the latest trademark filing suggests that the South Korean smartphone manufacturer has its eye on making a splash with next year’s Galaxy S10 models. And
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Cannabis Industry
From cannabis candy to vape pens: Health Canada to release regulations on new wave of pot products
ottawacitizen.com - Jacquie Miller
No one expects that gummy bears will be on the menu of the cannabis-infused foods the federal government will allow to be sold in the nation’s pot …
The Washington Post
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When we fixate on technological firsts, we miss the real story of innovation
The Washington Post - By Matthew Kirschenbaum
You won’t find her in the index to “The Innovators,” Walter Isaacson’s best-selling tome that promises to explain “how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution.” But Evelyn
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Audiobooks
The 'Future Book' Is Here, but It's Not What We Expected
WIRED - Craig Mod
The Future Book was meant to be interactive, moving, alive. Its pages were supposed to be lush with whirling doodads, responsive, hands-on. The old …
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Robert Rodriguez' “The Limit” is the first must-watch film of the VR era
TNW - Tristan Greene
VR is a polarizing technology in its current iteration. On the one hand, for some people it’s an uncomfortable, discombobulating experience. But, on the other, for those of us who thrill in the abyss the
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Online Course: Business Fundamentals | Harvard Business School | HBX
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Master Business Essentials with Harvard Business School’s Online CORe Program. The online Credential of Readiness (CORe) program will prepare you to …
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Digital Advertising
Why billboards and outdoor ads are booming in a smartphone age
Curbed - Patrick Sisson
Bigger, smarter outdoor ads means more relevant advertising that makes us look up from our phones Netflix produces content, namely billions of dollars worth of documentaries, series, and cooking shows
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Animals
This Is Where Canada Goose Coats Come From
thedodo.com - Elizabeth Claire Alberts
"It’s these traps that essentially slam shut on an animal like a coyote." It’s getting cold outside, and some people are beginning to wear Canada …
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U.S. Federal Courts
The grievances we feel in Alberta are legitimate, but we need to cool our jets
cbc.ca - Jen Gerson
Let it be noted for the record: Alberta may be the first province in history to lament the arrival of buckets of money. Earlier this week, the federal …
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Clayton Christensen
Beyond Post-it notes: How to drive innovation in 2019
theconversation.com - Kevin Morris
In the era of disruption, it’s never been more important for organizations to imagine and take bold new paths. The public and private sectors, …
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Why Did IBM Sell Lotus and Other Software Products to HCL?
cmswire.com - David Roe
Earlier this month, IBM and HCL announced a deal worth $1.8 million, in which HCL will buy a bunch of IBM software products. The transaction, …
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DNA evidence leads police to charge Iowa man with murder in 1979 killing of Michelle Martinko
desmoinesregister.com - Luke Nozicka and Alex Ivanisevic
CLOSE Jody Ewing is the founder of Iowa Cold Cases, a website dedicated to cold cases around the state. Originally started as part of a reporting …
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Apple's New iPhone Features Face Massive Delay
Forbes - Ewan Spence
What next for Apple’s iPhone? How can Tim Cook and his team break new ground with the iOS-powered smartphone? What advances will sell the next-generation handsets? As Christmas approaches and sales of
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Foreign Policy
'Oh, no': The day Trump learned to tweet
POLITICO - By BEN SCHRECKINGER
Trump's first social media adviser reveals the full inside story of how he guided his ex-boss from Luddite to Twitter addict. The content of the tweet @RealDonaldTrump posted on the night of Feb. 5, 2013,
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The UK digital ad market in 2018 and beyond: IAB insights
thedrum.com - www.thedrum.com
2018 has been a huge year for digital advertising, with H1 this year showing that the total UK digital advertising market is now worth £6.4bn, up 15% …
The Economist
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Redefining limits: the future of ports and technology
The Economist
How far have we come, and how far will we be able to go? Technology has helped propel a better understanding of the science of training and the …
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6 Pro Blowdryers That Are Worth The Extra Cash
Refinery29 - Khalea Underwood
It's common knowledge that many drugstore makeup and skin-care products are just as good — if not better — than their more expensive counterparts. …
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AI Can Likely Already Do Your Job Better Than You Can
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Automation on the Up Andrew Ng (founding lead of the Google Brain team, former director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and now …
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NICE and CoPaCC Study Reveals the Top Digital Evidence Management Challenges for UK Police Forces
Business Insider - PRESS RELEASE Businesswire
NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that it has published the results of a special Digital Evidence Management benchmark study conducted jointly with CoPaCC, an organization dedicated to police governance
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Facial recognition the future of cashless payment in China
atimes.com - By Asia Times staff
Cash is at times hard to find in today’s China, where QR codes are in use at virtually all shops and roadside stalls throughout the nation. Nowadays, …
ABC News
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Then one foggy Christmas eve, reindeers got connected
ABC News - By james brooks, associated press
Rudolph and friends no longer need to rely on the famous reindeer's red nose to avoid getting lost. Now they have wireless technology. To keep track …
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IRS Linux move delayed by lingering Oracle Solaris systems
ZDNet - Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
A recent Treasury audit report revealed an IRS IT move from Solaris to Linux was delayed due to gross incompetence. The enterprise server market …
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Telia extends 5G reach to Estonia
telecoms.com - 3 minutes ago
Just a few weeks after lighting up a 5G network in Sweden, Telia has taken the connectivity euphoria across the Baltic Sea to Estonia. In partnership …
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Beauty
The 6 Biggest Skin-Care Breakthroughs of 2018
VOGUE.COM - Evelyn Crowley
Technology and science, the engines that propel the skin-care industry, are moving faster than ever. This year, new treatments, gadgets, and beauty products arrived at a fevered clip. Some, no doubt, fated
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Stockton Police Using New Technology to Track Down Suspects
cbslocal.com - sacramento.cbslocal.com
Stockton Police asking for the public’s help identifying two suspects in a violent home invasion. And for the first time, detectives are using …
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The Brain
Video Shows Brain Needle That Is Being Tested on Humans
Inverse - Mike Brown
The University of Adelaide has a needle with a camera. Ready to jump into the Matrix? A biopsy needle has been developed for surgery that uses a small …
CityLab
Oil and Gas Companies
In ‘Mary Poppins Returns,’ an Ode to the Gas Lamp
CityLab - Jennifer Tucker
The lamps that once lit London's streets have come to symbolize a certain time and place in British history. Mary Poppins Returns transports audiences back to 1930s London. The beloved nanny at the center