Read more: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608088/chinas-central-bank-has-begun-cautiously-testing-a-digital-currency/?source=Snapzu
Friday, 30 June 2017
China’s central bank has begun cautiously testing a digital currency
Read more: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608088/chinas-central-bank-has-begun-cautiously-testing-a-digital-currency/?source=Snapzu
How "Scott's Cheap Flights" went from an unknown to a behemoth
Read more: https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/scotts-cheap-flights?source=Snapzu
A Wide World of Winless War
Read more: http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/176300/?source=Snapzu
Walgreens scraps Rite Aid merger, will instead buy half its stores
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-riteaid-m-a-walgreens-boots-idUSKBN19K1DK?source=Snapzu
In Detroit, Artists Explore the Riches of the 99-Cent Store
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/arts/design/museum-of-contemporary-art-detroit-99-cents-or-less.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/arts?source=Snapzu
Trump’s crackdown on immigration is terrible news for anyone who eats food
Read more: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/06/immigration-farm-workers-employment-trump/?source=Snapzu
Sony to start making records again 30 years after abandoning vinyl
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/29/sony-making-records-30-years-abandoning-vinyl?source=Snapzu
Emmanuel Macron’s new tech visa will make France an unlikely laboratory for globalization
Read more: https://qz.com/1016742/emmanuel-macrons-new-tech-visa-is-designed-to-make-france-more-friendly-for-startups-than-the-us-or-uk?source=Snapzu
Thursday, 29 June 2017
Pesticides damage survival of bee colonies, landmark study shows
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/29/pesticides-damage-survival-of-bee-colonies-landmark-study-shows?source=Snapzu
They Built the First Phone You Loved. Where in the World Is Nokia Now?
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-06-29/they-built-the-first-phone-you-loved-where-in-the-world-is-nokia-now?source=Snapzu
"Microsoft" Scam Callers Arrested After Years of Terrorising the Technically Challenged
Read more: http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/06/microsoft-scam-callers-arrested-after-years-of-terrorising-the-technically-challenged/?source=Snapzu
Billionaire Warren Buffett says 'the real problem' with the US economy is people like him
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/27/warren-buffett-says-the-problem-with-the-economy-is-people-like-him.html?source=Snapzu
Mysterious stealth gaming startup Wonder announces $14 million in funding
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/28/mysterious-stealth-gaming-startup-wonder-announces-14-million-in-funding/?ncid=rss?source=Snapzu
The True Tale of an Ayahuasca Quest
Read more: https://www.afar.com/magazine/a-quest-for-clarity-in-the-peruvian-jungle?source=Snapzu
I Could Kill You with a Consumer Drone
Read more: http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/06/i-could-kill-you-consumer-drone/139012/?oref=d-topstory?source=Snapzu
Wednesday, 28 June 2017
'Everyone predicted the end': How Ireland's Indie Bookshops are surviving in the Amazon age
Read more: http://www.thejournal.ie/indie-bookshops-ireland-3454504-Jun2017/?source=Snapzu
Google must alter worldwide search results, per orders from Canada’s top court
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/canadas-supreme-court-orders-google-to-alter-search-results-worldwide/?source=Snapzu
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Microsoft, please stop doing things for our own good
Read more: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3204027/microsoft-windows/microsoft-please-stop-doing-things-for-our-own-good.html?source=Snapzu
GROWING PAINS: Why $345 million HR startup Namely lost its CFO, CTO and many others
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-345-million-hr-startup-namely-lost-its-cfo-cto-and-others-2017-6?source=Snapzu
Ringless voicemail spam won’t be exempt from anti-robocall rules
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/ringless-voicemail-spam-wont-be-exempt-from-anti-robocall-rules/?source=Snapzu
Monday, 26 June 2017
Infarm wants to put a farm in every grocery store
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/26/infarm/?source=Snapzu
Cambodian female workers in Nike, Asics and Puma factories suffer mass faintings
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/25/female-cambodian-garment-workers-mass-fainting?source=Snapzu
Sunday, 25 June 2017
Pro-Trump group launches new attack ad against special counsel Robert Mueller
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-1498343348-htmlstory.html?source=Snapzu
Long before iPhones, this 19th-century gadget made everyone a mobile addict
Read more: https://qz.com/1007704/long-before-iphones-this-19th-century-gadget-made-everyone-a-mobile-addict/?source=Snapzu
Saturday, 24 June 2017
Testosterone Wars
Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/testosterone-wars/531252/?source=Snapzu
EpiPen’s 400 percent price hike tells us a lot about what’s wrong with American health care
Read more: https://www.vox.com/2016/8/23/12608316/epipen-price-mylan?source=Snapzu
The key to jobs in the future is not college but compassion.
Read more: https://aeon.co/essays/the-key-to-jobs-in-the-future-is-not-college-but-compassion??source=Snapzu
Sci-Hub Ordered to Pay $15 Million in Piracy Damages
Read more: https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-ordered-to-pay-15-million-in-piracy-damages-170623/?source=Snapzu
NASA Calls Bullshit on Goop's $120 'Bio-Frequency Healing' Sticker Packs
Read more: http://gizmodo.com/nasa-calls-bullshit-on-goops-120-bio-frequency-healing-1796309360?source=Snapzu
Friday, 23 June 2017
Ford Announces New Focus Manufacturing Plans, Shifts Production From Mexico To China
Read more: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/210420/20170621/ford-announces-new-focus-manufacturing-plans-shifts-production-from-mexico-to-china.htm?source=Snapzu
Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-23/google-will-stop-reading-your-emails-for-gmail-ads?source=Snapzu
Comcast accused of cutting competitor’s wires to put it out of business
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/lawsuit-comcast-sabotaged-small-isps-network-then-took-its-customers/?source=Snapzu
Foxconn narrowed US factory locations to seven states, will decide next month
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2017/06/22/foxconn-us-factory-location/?source=Snapzu
George Clooney just sold his tequila business for up to $1 billion
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/21/george-clooney-just-sold-his-tequila-business-for-1-billion.html?source=Snapzu
Thursday, 22 June 2017
McDonald's hits all-time high as Wall Street cheers replacement of cashiers with kiosks
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/20/mcdonalds-hits-all-time-high-as-wall-street-cheers-replacement-of-cashiers-with-kiosks.html?source=Snapzu
For Thousands of U.S. Auto Workers, Downturn is Already Here
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-workers-analysis-idUSKBN19C2R2?source=Snapzu
Gartner shows us a world of public cloud haves — and have-nots
Read more: https://blogs.dxc.technology/2017/06/20/gartner-shows-us-a-world-of-public-cloud-haves-and-have-nots/?source=Snapzu
How to tell job applicants they didn't get the job
Read more: https://insights.hpe.com/articles/what-to-tell-that-it-job-applicant-kindly-when-the-answer-is-no-1706.html?source=Snapzu
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Ivanka Trump shoes slated for production at China factory despite brand's denial
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/21/ivanka-trump-shoes-slated-for-production-at-china-factory-despite-brands-denial?source=Snapzu
The world's biggest coal company just shut down 37 mines because they are not economically viable anymore
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/coal-india-closes-37-mines-solar-power-sustainable-energy-market-influence-pollution-a7800631.html?source=Snapzu
Red Hat jumps to highest price levels since dot-com boom
Read more: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/red-hat-jumps-to-highest-price-levels-since-dot-com-boom-2017-06-20?mod=mw_share_twitter?source=Snapzu
Ethereum flash-crashes to $13 before bouncing back to $296
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ethereum-price-flash-crash-2017-6?source=Snapzu
My Uber driver robbed me, so I took Uber to court and won
Read more: https://fymhotsauce.rocks/blogs/news/my-uber-driver-robbed-me-so-i-took-uber-to-court-and-won?source=Snapzu
America’s Hungriest Wind and Solar Power Users: Big Companies
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-companies-renewables-analysis-idUSKBN19C0E0?source=Snapzu
Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/technology/uber-ceo-travis-kalanick.html?_r=0?source=Snapzu
Leaked recording: Inside Apple’s global war on leakers
Read more: https://theoutline.com/post/1766/leaked-recording-inside-apple-s-global-war-on-leakers?source=Snapzu
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Twitch nabs exclusive streaming deal with Blizzard for 20+ major esports events
Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/20/twitch-nabs-exclusive-streaming-deal-with-blizzard-for-20-major-esports-events/?source=Snapzu
In a first, Ford to import Focus small car from China
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/ford-import-focus-small-car-china-2019-48153140?source=Snapzu
Monday, 19 June 2017
Nihilist Start-Up Haikus
Read more: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/nihilist-start-up-haikus?source=Snapzu
Amazon vs Walmart: It's on!
Read more: http://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-vs-walmart-its-on/?source=Snapzu
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