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Physicist Stephen Hawking may be a proponent of artificial intelligence, but he has also been outspoken about the potential challenges it creates. In a recent interview, he sounded a similar tone, and
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It was an unseasonably warm December, and somewhere nearby a rising tide in the San Francisco Bay was lifting all kite-surfers , but Nick Edwards and Chris Monberg were crouched at opposite rented des
Kara Stein, a Democratic commissioner at the nation's securities regulator, on Thursday, March 9, raised concerns with Snap 's extraordinary issuance of non-voting shares with its initial public offer
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Mind & Matter Why do winners keep on winning? Two recent studies examine the neurobiology of aggression By Robert M. Sapolsky Feb. 24, 2017 9:27 am ET Illustration: Tomasz Walenta Scientific research
Markets Rising bond market seen indicating that valuations of riskier assets may be stretched By Min Zeng Updated Feb. 27, 2017 8:13 am ET Traders follow market activity at the New York Stock Exchange
There is no higher God in Silicon Valley than growth. No sacrifice too big for its craving altar. As long as you keep your curve exponential, all your sins will be forgotten at the exit. It’s through
#WEBSUMMIT2015 About 12 years ago, I co-founded a startup called Basecamp : A simple project collaboration tool that helps people make progress together, sold on a monthly subscription. It took a part
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and Citizens of America: Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month, we are
What Does Steve Bannon Want? Credit... Illustration by Doug Chayka; Photo by Stephen Crowley/The New York Times President Trump presents a problem to those who look at politics in terms of systematic
Most people go through life not really getting any smarter. Why? They simply won’t do the work required. It’s easy to come home, sit on the couch, watch TV, and zone out until bedtime rolls around. Bu
Silicon Valley Tried to Upend Banks. Now It Works With Them. Brett King once hoped his company, Moven, would become “the Facebook of banking.” Today, he is selling his software to the banks he once sc
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Social media is about to be much more important for financial advisors, and not just as a content marketing tool or way to interact with millennials. It could soon play a large role in the fundamental
Over the weekend I received an email from a reader with a couple of questions I get a lot lately: It seems clear the stock market is overvalued right now but have you ever written favorably about mark
Your education shouldn’t end when your schooling does. If you want to get an edge in life, you must be constantly learning, not coasting along on what you already know. Lifelong learning requires the
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One of the five simple notions to solve problems is the concept of inversion . To solve problems we need to look at them both forward and backward. But how does this look in practice? Let me give you
Weekend Investor New research suggests U.S. companies are moving toward a winner-take-all system in which giants get stronger, not weaker, as they expand Jason Zweig March 3, 2017 5:38 pm ET “Let your
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President Trump following his address to a joint session of Congress, February 28, 2017. (Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool/Reuters) Eight years of a fawning press have made the Left reckless. T he classical
The majority of the world’s smartphones have been “weaponized,” according to WikiLeaks, which revealed in its latest leak that the CIA went to extreme measures to utilize the Android OS for spying. Go
The idea that Asian messaging apps are a model for Western social media companies is widespread at this point. 1 As I noted two years ago in Messaging: Mobile’s Killer App : While the home telephone e
It seems that everywhere you turn, the press is asking, “When is the Fed going to raise interest rates?” While that may be the question du jour, for long-term investors, the question is irrelevant to
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