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Stream a16z Podcast: Making the Case for Permissionless Innovation by a16z on desktop and mobile. Play over 265 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.
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https://www.zdnet.com/article/artificial-intelligence-in-business-the-state-of-play-and-future-prospects/
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Humans are more likely to work with smart machines in the digital enterprises of the future than be ousted by them, but the possibility of economic and social disruption needs to be on the political agenda.
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http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-ideas/new-14-billion-city-is-being-built-in-the-desert/story-fnjpja3r-1227502878740
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http://mediashift.org/2015/08/the-end-of-privacy-podcast-episode-1-when-governments-spy-on-journalists/
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This week, Abraham Hyatt launched The End of Privacy, a five-part podcast series on the intersection of journalism and privacy issues. We will be cross-posting the podcasts here on MediaShift. Stay tuned.
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The American tax code is one of the most impenetrable elements of our society. Surprising, considering how it affects your life every single day. On this epi...
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/19/public-health-england-e-cigarettes-safer-than-smoking?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Government body says vaping can make ‘significant contribution to endgame of tobacco’ and raises concerns about length of licensing process
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https://newrepublic.com/article/122535/dating-will-never-die
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If the Industrial Revolution didn’t kill it, how could Tinder?
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http://www.wired.com/2015/08/nasa-successfully-tests-engine-future-mars-mission/
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An engine that will help propel NASA's Orion spacecraft toward its deep-space missions underwent a test today.
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https://futurism.com/china-upgrades-most-powerful-supercomputer-in-the-world-hosts-it-in-defense-research-center
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China unveils the Tianhe-2A, the 2016 upgrade to the Tianhe 2, keeping up their tradition of being at the top of the supercomputing world and boasting up to 100 petaflops of speed.
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https://www.theepochtimes.com/mit-researchers-on-verge-of-creating-limitless-energy-from-nuclear-fusion_1713782.html
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MIT researchers claim that a new method will finally make fusion energy a reality.
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https://www.ft.com/content/e5c83bfe-3bae-11e5-8613-07d16aad2152
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California has the biggest medical marijuana market in the US. Ahead of a referendum that could see recreational use legalised, start-ups are proliferating and investment is pouring in
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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/the-point-of-no-return-climate-change-nightmares-are-already-here-37626/
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The worst predicted impacts of climate change are starting to happen — and much faster than climate scientists expected
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybxhvlyw-X0&feature=youtu.be
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The tractor pulling the grain cart in the video has no one in the cab. It is controlled by an open source autopilot it can operate autonomously all day in t...
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This week, we go to a world where facial recognition is so good that any company can grab an image of your face while you’re walking down the street, and link it to everything from your social media profiles, to your credit score, to your workplace.
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https://www.geekwire.com/2015/author-malcolm-gladwell-more-data-doesnt-mean-you-know-everything/
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Malcolm Gladwell had some bad news for mobile marketers: Just because you have more data doesn't mean you're going to make better decisions. At Tune'
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https://www.sciencealert.com/wearables-will-be-quicker-and-last-longer-thanks-to-new-wi-fi-reflection-technology
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Millions of us use activity trackers and smartwatches to count our steps and measure stats on our running and overall fitness, and now a new kind of wireless technology could see our wearable devices make some impressive performance gains of their own.
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https://www.singularityweblog.com/telepathic-technology-is-here-but-are-we-ready/
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http://www.iflscience.com/space/returning-moon-ten-times-cheaper-thought-and-could-lead-mars
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Traveling to the Moon just got a whole lot cheaper. A NASA-funded study (PDF) has found that the cost of lunar missions could be reduced by a factor of 10
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http://www.popsci.com/colonizing-moon-may-be-90-percent-cheaper-we-thought
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And that in turn could help us get to Mars, says NASA-commissioned study
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https://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/features/how-one-canadian-company-plans-to-make-robots-the-norm-at-industrial-centres-around-the-world/
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Workers at industrial centres toiling away at dull, repetitive and often dangerous jobs have reason to be worried about ClearPath Robotics.