Music consumers migrated to streaming music services that live in the cloud in accelerating numbers.
How does the surveillance state consolidate control? By living in “the cloud” — where all our pertinent data is stored on computer servers operated by the likes of Google and Amazon and Microsoft — becomes too seductive to avoid and too cheap not to afford.
Continue reading… “Big Brother is watching your streaming music”
Just believing you can get smarter is enough to make you smarter.
Having smarts is all the rage now. We aren’t just talking about street smarts but we’re talking about brainy smarts. Unfortunately, getting smarter involves work and work is something smart people prefer to avoid. Fortunately, appearing smarter is much easier than actually being smarter.
Continue reading… “Top 10 lazy ways to appear smarter than you are”
IXS Enterprise
Mark Rademaker, artist, has unveiled a set of concept images imagining what a spaceship would look like that is capable of traveling to other stars in a matter of months. His IXS Enterprise design is based on some hard science even though it may look like something from the next science fiction epic and is unlikely to lift off anytime soon. (Photos)
Continue reading… “What a warp drive spaceship should look like”
HAARP
A remote military compound in the south-central Alaskan wilderness filled with 180 weird-looking antennas sure looks suspicious. The compound is the home of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP). Conspiracy theorists have accused the program of doing everything from mind control to global communications jamming.
Continue reading… “Say goodbye to the home of a favorite internet conspiracy theory”
Entrepreneurs fared better taking less venture capital.
It seems that raising as much venture capital as humanly possible is Silicon Valley’s mantra, there are reasons to be cautious when signing termsheets. Startups raising a couple of million dollars had a median exit price of more than $10 million, while the outcome for those raising double that was actually worse, a recent study shows.
Continue reading… “Study shows startups are better off taking less venture capital”
Jawbone, wearable technology for a healthier lifestyle.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to provide more people with access to healthcare. With a larger population of people insured, the ultimate goal — and the only way to keep costs down — is to improve the health of the overall population.
Continue reading… “Mobile can drive down healthcare costs and improve care”
Google will use Skybox’s satellite-photo tech to improve Google Maps.
Google is buying the startup, Skybox Imaging, a company that specializes in photos taken by satellites, for $500 million.
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A mobile junkie.
When is the last time you powered your smartphone all the way down? Try turning it all the way off now. Take your phone out and turn it off (note: this is not advised if you are reading this on your mobile. In this case you are probably too far gone). Fair warning, you will experience a short stint of anxiety and emptiness. These mobile withdrawals are unpleasant (and slightly pathetic) but the sobering and liberating experience is worth more than your 25th snapchat today.
Continue reading… “This is your brain on a smartphone”
People tend to talk about optimistically about the Internet. They talk about it in terms that describe how it ought to be rather than how it actually is.
Continue reading… “‘Mesh networking’ – the promise of a new internet”
Miniaturized ultrasonic device capable of capturing and moving single cells and tiny living creatures.
University of Glasgow researchers have devised a Heptagon Acoustic Tweezer which makes use of resonance for manipulating matter. This sonic tweezer uses acoustic force to build cell matrices with the possibility of repairing injured nerves.
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How do you envision the future of architecture?
The great architect, Frank Lloyd Wright said, “every great architect is — necessarily — a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.” His visions of harmonious design and innovating urban planning amounted to his own brand of organic architecture. We’d argue that Wright wasn’t just an interpreter of his time — he was able to foresee the needs and desires of ages ahead of him. The architect is — necessarily — a visionary capable of seeing into the future. (Pics and videos)
Continue reading… “Top 14 architectural trends for the future”
Savings rates vary by income.
Americans as a whole don’t save a lot of money. The latest 2014 savings statistics shows that the average American only saves ~4% of their income a year. In other words, it takes the average American 25 years to save just one year’s worth of living expenses.
Continue reading… “The average savings rates by income in the U.S.”
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