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President Donald Trump’s December 18 announcement that he intends to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria produced some isolated support in the anti-war wings of both parties , but largely provoked bipartisan outrage among in Washington’s reflexively pro-war establishment. Both GOP Sen. Lindsey…

The first master plan that I wrote 10 years ago is now in the final stages of completion. It wasn't all that complicated and basically consisted of: Create a low volume car, which would necessarily be expensive Use that money to develop a medium volume car at a lower price Use that money to create…

Background: My day job is running a space transportation company called SpaceX , but on the side I am the chairman of Tesla Motors and help formulate the business and product strategy with Martin and the rest of the team. I have also been Tesla Motor's primary funding source from when the company…

“I think you have to make emotionally difficult choices all along the way to build a healthier company and to make you also, maybe avoid this fate” – Jason Cohen, CTO of WP Engine. The fate he’s referring to? Several founders who sold too early, disgruntled employees and worries about the future.…

It feels like we’ve finally reached “peak Facebook.” Thanks in part to recent revelations about how the company gave access to user data and private messages to Netflix, Spotify, and others, as well as the dirty tricks campaign to smear Facebook critic George Soros, people are becoming aware that…

The “smart home” of the 21st century isn’t just supposed to be a monument to convenience, we’re told, but also to protection, a Tony Stark-like bubble of vigilant algorithms and internet-connected sensors working ceaselessly to watch over us. But for some who’ve welcomed in Amazon’s Ring security…

The next two decades promise a full-scale revolution in our working lives. Before we look into the next 20 years, let’s take a quick look at the present – and something once considered paradoxical. We’re already living in an age of a lot of robots – and a lot of jobs. As the number of robots at work…

Tom Raftery and I have known each other for more than 13 years. I first bumped into him during the Web 2.0/Enterprise 2.0 era of the mid-2000s at a time when he was developing a carbon neutral data center in Cork, Ireland. We have both moved on and today, Raftery is a Global VP at SAP, covering…

Craig Hanson Jan 9 A conversation with Travis Bryant, Former Head, Customer Growth, Front and SVP, Global Sales, Optimizely; Jeanne DeWitt, Head of North America Revenue & Growth, Stripe; Kathy Lord, SVP Sales & Customer Success, Sage Intaact The best tech companies today have broken the old sales…

Drug makers and other healthcare companies spent almost $30 billion in a single year to influence the medical choices made by Americans and steer them toward treatments that were newer, vastly more expensive and sometimes riskier than their tried-and-true alternatives, new research shows. The 2016…

For too long in our country, politicians have weaponized religion for their own selfish gain, fomenting bigotry, fears and suspicions based on the faith, religion or spiritual practices of their political opponents. Whether we think of ourselves as Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Sikh, Buddhists, Jews,…

In American politics, certain issues shouldn’t belong to the Right or the Left, but rather should emerge as right or wrong. The protection of religious freedom is one of them. In December, Democratic senators Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Kamala Harris of California pounced on a federal judicial…

Tulsi Gabbard’s critics argue her views on foreign policy, immigration and gun laws warrant more scrutiny and undermine the agenda upon which Democrats are campaigning across the US.Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Tulsi Gabbard, an Iraq War veteran who made history in 2012 as the first Hindu elected to…

Astronomers have revealed details of mysterious signals emanating from a distant galaxy, picked up by a telescope in Canada. The precise nature and origin of the blasts of radio waves is unknown. Among the 13 bursts of fast radio waves, known as FRBs, was a very unusual repeating signal, coming from…

Eight-year-old Amely Baez of LeFrank City, New York died on Feb. 5, 2018 of “flu-related” symptoms, according to local health authorities. Published reports did not indicate whether the child had received the influenza vaccine. 1 New York State Senator José Peralta (D-East Elmhurst) said Amely’s…

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Chris Omani, a driver for ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft, filling up his car's gas tank last week in Minneapolis. Photo: David Joles/Minneapolis Star Tribune/Zuma Press By Jan. 7, 2019 5:30 a.m. ET WASHINGTON—Two leading experts on the “gig economy” now say their estimates of its impact were too…

712 Share One of the things that makes humans so special is the fact that we've befriended a bunch of other animals and gotten them to work together with us. It's true of dogs, cats, horses, and even cows (it hasn't always worked out great for the animals in question). But there's a pretty sizeable…

This is the sixth article in a series that reviews news coverage of the 2016 general election, explores how Donald Trump won and why his chances were underrated by the most of the American media. By one measure, Wisconsin was the most important state in the nation in November. According to…

DealBook Income Sharing Agreements are gaining the attention of higher education and Wall Street. One early success story is getting a boost from venture capital. Purdue University has begun experimenting with a program that charges no upfront tuition, but requires graduates to pay back a percentage…

Nervously, I gave a bounty hunter a phone number. He had offered to geolocate a phone for me, using a shady, overlooked service intended not for the cops, but for private individuals and businesses. Armed with just the number and a few hundred dollars, he said he could find the current location of…

Death to Lifestyle Businesses, Long Live Revenue-Backed Businesses! I’ve written it before, and I’ll write it again. Venture Capital is a great source of start up capital, but it’s only the right fit for a small percentage of companies. MOST businesses do not raise any outside capital. Businesses…

Shortly before Christmas, Adam Neumann, CEO of WeWork, was about to sign a deal that would have changed everything for him and his company. His largest financial backer, SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, was prepared to give him enough money to fuel not only WeWork’s ongoing and massive growth plans, but…

At a company-wide town hall in early October, numerous Facebook employees got in line to speak about their experiences with sexual harassment. The company called the special town hall after head of policy Joel Kaplan caused an internal uproar for appearing at the congressional hearing for Judge…

Kapil Gupta Jan 7 This discourse is not written for your betterment. It is not written in order to make you understand. It is not written for your health. It is just written. A human being spends his entire life hankering for that which he does not have. While, at first, this might sound like an…

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke speaks to the crowd at his Turn out For Texas Rally, featuring a concert by Wille Nelson, in Austin, Texas on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Just before the new year, Steve Phillips, senior fellow at…

Apple CEO Tim Cook starts his morning routine -- not just his morning, his morning routine -- at 3:45. General Motors CEO Mary Barra gets to the office by 6 a.m. Best-selling author Dan Brown ( The Da Vinci Code , etc.) gets up at 4 a.m., has a smoothie and a cup of bulletproof coffee, and then…

Netflix said more than 45 million accounts watched "Bird Box" in the movie's first week. That's a record for a Netflix movie, according to the streamer. Netflix did not specify how many viewers actually finished the movie, though. Over 45 million accounts have watched Netflix's new original…

Mar 18, 2015 at 8:03 pm #1326999 Jamie Barnes BPL Member @jbarnes215 I've never been to Philmont. Have talked to several who have, read forums and trip reports, etc. etc. We are planning a 2017 Philmont trip. Starting to think/plan/gear update, etc. One of my things I'm trying to figure out is how…

"Everything Is Fake": Ex-Reddit CEO Confirms Internet Traffic Metrics Are Bullshit by Fri, 12/28/2018 - 07:44 27.1K SHARES Twitter Facebook Reddit Email Print "It's all true: Everything is fake," tweeted Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao regarding a Wednesday New York Magazine article which reveals that…

The US Environmental Protection Agency has, of late, been operating on the principle that you can prevent environmental disasters by simply getting rid of the environment. As part of this mission, the EPA has considered a plan to put climate science up for public debate. This “Red Team, Blue Team”…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican experts have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord, a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse, authorities said Wednesday. Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History said the find was made during recent excavations of Popoloca Indian…

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Lexi Alexander is easy enough to spot on a set: She’s the one in the middle of the huddle, surrounded on all sides by men—cameramen, stuntmen, sound guys, lighting guys, even a Guy Holding a Fake But Very Real-Looking Gun—and throwing punches around. Alexander is a film and television director, and…

In a milestone that underscores China’s ambition to become a global leader in space exploration, the Chang’e-4 lunar lander became the first space vehicle to touch down on the far side of the moon, where it began to explore terrain that had never before been reached. Advertisement > Chang’e-4,…

Senor Salme Most AI giants on the internet rely on the continuous collection of personal data from their users, primarily to build and maintain machine-learning models. These models are often core to the value proposition of these companies, providing recommendations, behavioural analytics and…

Do not hold (NASDAQ: USLV ) for more than 3 months as you will inevitably experience big decay. If you want to hold Silver indefinitely (NYSE: SLV ) is the best play in the markets. Nevertheless ProShares Ultra Silver (NASDAQ: AGQ ) & (NASDAQ: USLV ) are favored for investors who like to trade short…

Hi Everyone. Happy 2019. Today, as is my custom on the first day of the new year, I am going to take a stab at what the year ahead will bring. I find it useful to think about what we are in for. It helps me invest and advise the companies we are invested in. Like our investing, I will get some of…

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