One huge political issues in recent years has been that Wall Street has done better than Main Street. the Bank for International Settlements has a new study that shows exactly why rapid finance sector growth is bad for the rest of the economy. Continue reading… “Warning: rapid finance sector growth is bad for the economy”
It used to be that if you graduated from college with no marketable skills but dreams of a safe career path, you went to law school. For three years and about $150,000. Now people skip law school and go to a computer coding bootcamp. For just three months and $15,000 or less.
NOTE: Anyone interested in learning to code, DaVinci Coders offers multiple courses designed to get you into the rapidly growing technology industry. For more info please visit davincicoders.com.
Continue reading… “Can coding bootcamps save the day?”
According to new figures from eMarketer, US mobile game revenues—including both downloads and in-app purchases—will grow 16.5% this year to reach $3.04 billion. Continue reading… “Mobile game revenues will grow 16.5% in 2015, to more than $3B”
What would you think if someone told you they lived in a grain silo? You might imagine them sleeping on a bed of hay and bathing in a horse trough. Continue reading… “Cool grain silo house”
Many people are worried about artificial intelligence, and what will happen if machines become smarter than humans. Even Bill Gates has said he is concerned about the decisions machines of the future will make once they outsmart humans. Continue reading… “Making robots that have better morals than humans”
According to Google, one is twenty searches is for health information. For a lot of people, the internet has become the first place to look when a strange symptom, the common cold, or morbid curiosity in the ‘Google Images’ bar strikes. Continue reading… “Can Google’s new health search change how we manage health?”
The global stock market had a very different look 145 years ago than it does today. Continue reading… “Global stocks comparison, 1899 and 2014”
WorldRemit a London-based money transfer startup, has announced a new $100 million funding round, with a reported valuation of more than $500 million. Silicon Valley venture capital firm TCV, which has previously invested in everyone from Facebook to Spotify and Netflix, will lead this round. Continue reading… “Silicon Valley investors betting against banks”
Moving closer to an entirely new, and better, way to store the world’s information Swiss scientists have discovered encasing DNA in glass and chilling it down can preserve data encoded in it for millions of years. Continue reading… “Storing data for millions of years with man-made DNA”
When Mario Costeja González googled himself in 2009, two prominent results appeared: home-foreclosure notices from 1998, when he was in temporary financial trouble. It took the next five years to have 18 words delisted from Google search results on his name. Continue reading… “Google and our right to be forgotten”
Digital Editor at the Economist, Tom Standage, at the ‘PWC World in Beta’ conference predicts ‘data meets healthcare’ is one of 5 emerging technologies that are shaping todays world. Continue reading… “The Economist’s digital editor: wearables will kill the healthcare insurance industry”
An Austin, TX design firm, has designed a drone ambulance that would be capable of providing quick support in rural areas and faster treatment for major traffic accidents. Continue reading… “Drone ambulance concept could revolutionize emergency operations”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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