Internal email: Microsoft forms new 5,000-person AI division; key exec Qi Lu leaving after bike injury
Microsoft says it has formed a new 5,000-person engineering and research team to focus on its artificial intelligence products — a major reshaping of the c
A day after veto override, Congress has second thoughts and may fix Sept. 11 bill
Less than a day after Congress overrode President Obama ’s veto of a bill that would let 9/11 victims’ families sue Saudi Arabia, top GOP leaders said they might need to fix the new law to protect U.S. national security interests.
Indie Hackers: Learn from Profitable Saas Businesses
www.indiehackers.com
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Posted on 2016-09-29T05:29:22+0000
Video claiming drilling into iPhone 7 will reveal hidden headphone port goes viral
Prank video destroying new Apple smartphone receives 10m views, with some seemingly tricked into making 3.5mm hole in the bottom of their devices
Beer-making has remained essentially unchanged for hundreds of years. Now the hydrodynamic process of cavitation is set to change everything
The formation and collapse of tiny bubbles dramatically changes the chemistry, engineering, and cost of beer-making.
London’s Lonely Unicorn: Two Frugal Expats and Their Billion-Dollar Startup
How innovative does a startup have to be?
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Basically a paid ad, but it was interesting to learn how Transferwise achieves their rates
Posted on 2016-09-26T17:54:02+0000
A.I. Doesn't Get Black Twitter
The language of the internet doesn't follow the rules of English.
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Posted on 2016-09-26T04:59:46+0000
Ketchup sandwiches and other things stupid poor people eat
Please, Mrs. Conservative, don’t yell at our daddy for using food stamps. Also, can we have a cookie?
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"Stupid fucking poor people. If only we’d been engineer majors in college. If only we’d gone to college. If only our parents hadn’t been poor. If only they spoke English. If only we worked harder. If only we were more like conservatives who believe everything they have today is a direct result from the sweat of their own brow."
Posted on 2016-09-26T04:12:56+0000
What the Data Really Says About Police and Racial Bias
Eighteen academic studies, legal rulings, and media investigations shed light on the issue roiling America.
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"In San Francisco, “although Black people accounted for less than 15 percent of all stops in 2015, they accounted for over 42 percent of all non-consent searches following stops.” This proved unwarranted: “Of all people searched without consent, Black and Hispanic people had the lowest ‘hit rates’ (i.e., the lowest rate of contraband recovered).” In 2015, whites searched without consent were found to be carrying contraband at nearly two times the rate as blacks who were searched without consent."
Posted on 2016-09-26T03:57:44+0000
Self-driving trucks threaten one of America’s top blue-collar jobs
Self-driving, 80,000-lb trucks will probably be on the road faster than automated cars. Nearly 2 million trucking jobs are at risk.
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Posted on 2016-09-25T20:34:31+0000