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Weekly Column Thinking Outside the Black Box What the algorithms can’t see may be the most human thing about us Published in Team Human · 8 min read · Jan 9, 2019 -- Credit: John Lamb/DigitalVision/Ge
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 sen
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Sales isn’t about closing anymore — What the next generation looks like Published in NextWorld Insights · 6 min read · Jan 10, 2019 -- A conversation with Travis Bryant, Former Head, Customer Growth,
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Tulsi Gabbard, an Iraq War veteran who made history in 2012 as the first Hindu elected to the US Congress , has cemented herself as a rising star within the Democratic party. She has the support of Be
Published 9 January 2019 Share page About sharing Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Artwork: A highly magnetised rotating neutron star. Astronomers say one of these could be a source of the si
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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…
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DealBook No Tuition, but You Pay a Percentage of Your Income (if You Find a Job) Income Sharing Agreements are gaining the attention of higher education and Wall Street. One early success story is get
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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 an
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
watch now VIDEO 2:37 02:37 What Facebook's workplace culture is really like The Exchange At a company-wide town hall in early October, numerous Facebook employees got in line to speak about their expe
3 min read · Jan 8, 2019 -- 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 s
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 Sept. 29, 2018. Phot
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"Bird Box." Netflix 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
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Share 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
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