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How do you know you have the right person on your leadership team?

June 30, 2016

You’ve probably heard the saying, “You are only as strong as your weakest link.” While it’s a rather trite phrase, it is also very true, especially when it comes to your leadership team. No matter how uncomfortable or unpleasant it might be, it is necessary to evaluate every person in your leadership team. If you’re not sure how to determine if you have the right people on your leadership team, here are ten tips that will help you do just that.

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What “Sleep” Will Be Like in the future

May 24, 2016

Futurists are accustomed to launching headfirst into some very complex subjects, but even the most high-minded and enthusiastic of prognosticators may take a pass when it comes to dealing with the future of sleep. That’s no cop out, it’s just that we humans — those in the developed world at least — maintain such a complicated relationship with sleep.

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Apps and devices transforming to make way for digital homes

May 18, 2016

It is not uncommon for a household to have 15 or more devices connected to the internet. Usually devices consist of tablets computers and smart tvs, but when do air conditioners and washing machines get added to the list. “Bring it on,” Ms Boulos, 41, said. “Having things simplified and working through one connection – that would be awesome. That would make my life so much easier.”

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How to ditch the bank and only use BitCoin

May 12, 2016

Over the past few years it has been made easier to turn BitCoin back into real currency making it possible to live entirely off BitCoin currency and get rid of those pesky banks. Though do not take it all for granted just like any currency it has its issues and the fact that it’s all digital leave some opportunities for cyber attacks, but with the proper tools and practices you can limit the risks. Check out this blogpost detailing how you too can be free of banks, using BitCoin.

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Predict the future better by thinking exponentially

May 4, 2016

For many many years we have been living in the same places using the same tools, eating the same foods. All part of a very linear history of existence. However when looking at today’s world, you can see that technology is growing faster than our kids.

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While India works on making its cities smart most of its population is getting left behind

April 26, 2016

India has become a global leader in pursuing smart city initiatives. Critics, though, are worried that most of India’s population, which still resides in villages, are being left out. Rjasthan Governor Kalyan Singh criticized India’s flagship Smart City initiative as being inadequate and insufficient for India’s smaller population centers. Singh urged the government, instead to develop smart villages to improve India’s overall economic growth.

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Researchers claim blondes are not dumb after all

March 23, 2016

Blondes have an average IQ of 103.2, compared to 102.7 for those with brown hair, 101.2 for those with red hair and 100.5 for those with black hair

Blondes are not dumb after all, researchers have claimed, as they revealed they have a slightly higher IQ than brunettes.

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The Internet of Things is becoming a surveillance nightmare

March 22, 2016

Security guru Bruce Schneier said, “Surveillance is the business model of the Internet. We build systems that spy on people in exchange for services. Corporations call it marketing.” The nature of these services tends to obscure our true relationship to companies like Facebook or Google. As the saying goes, if you don’t pay for a product, you are the product.

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Study finds Immigrants are driving billion-dollar startups

March 22, 2016

They’re creating an average of 760 U.S. jobs each, the study finds. Space X’s Elon Musk, Zenefits’ Laks Srini, Uber’s Garrett Camp, and Palentir’s Peter Thiel are all founders of billion-dollar startups and they’re also all immigrants.

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Futurist Thomas Frey predicts by 2030 people will rely on billions of drones and sensors to live

November 12, 2015

Thomas Frey, a futurist from the DaVinci Institute in the United States predicts that by 2030 people will rely on billions of drones and sensors to live.

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How artificial intelligence will change our lives

November 6, 2015

Simon Worrall: We may not be aware of it, but machine learning is already an integral part of our daily lives, from the product choices that Amazon offers us to the surveillance of our data by the National Security Agency. Few of us understand it or the implications, however.

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XPrize’s Peter Diamandis and Google Venture’s Bill Maris discuss the future of technology

October 21, 2015

Both Google Ventures’ Bill Maris and XPrize head Peter Diamandis discussed a gamut of subjects, including life extension research, sentient robots, and self-driving cars versus those that can fly at the Wall Street Journal Live conference in Laguna Beach, California this week.

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