DMCA Copyright Takedowns To Google Increased 10x In Just The Past Six MonthsBack in May, we wrote about Google adding a section in its Transparency Report focused specifically on all of the DMCA copyright takedowns it receives. That tool has provided a bunch of interesting data and information, mainly highlighting abuses of the DMCA process. It also shows the... Continue Reading →
New Airwave-Sharing Scheme Will Launch a Wireless RevolutionAiming to boost wireless bandwidth and innovation, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is poised to recommend the biggest regulatory change in decades: one that allows a newly available chunk of wireless spectrum to be leased by different companies at different times and places, rather than being auctioned off... Continue Reading →
New Airwave-Sharing Scheme Will Launch a Wireless Revolution
Robot (II)
http://youtu.be/sF51ChhNaSc What kind of robot gets fired? One that tries to do the job of Adobe Analytics - part of the Adobe Marketing Cloud. Get from data to consumer insights faster than ever.
Dotcom case becoming one of the most expensive in New Zealand historySay what you will about Kim Dotcom, but by all accounts, he’s hilarious on stage.On the same day that the Megaupload tycoon starred in “MegaChristmas” in Auckland, taking the role of “Santa Dotcom,” a New Zealand TV channel revealedthat the NZ government has spent millions of... Continue Reading →
Dotcom case becoming one of the most expensive in New Zealand history
Treasury sells AIG stake for $22.7B profit The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday that it has sold all its remaining shares of American International Group (AIG), moving to wrap up the government's biggest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis.Treasury said it received $32.50 per share for its 234.2 million remaining shares, which represented a 16% ownership... Continue Reading →
Treasury sells AIG stake for $22.7B profit
Astronomy Picture of the Day Plasma Jets from Radio Galaxy Hercules A
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Rotating Tesseract
http://youtu.be/5xN4DxdiFrs The tesseract is a four dimensional cube.The tesseract is to the cube as the cube is to the square; or, more formally, the tesseract can be described as a regular convex 4-polytope whose boundary consists of eight cubical cells.
Beer will beat back dangerous virus, if you can chug 30 cansBeer: Is there anything it can't do? Now comes word from Japan that humulone, a compound found in hops, is something of a WMD in the fight against respiratory syncytial (RS) virus, which infects the lungs and breathing passages. OK, there are drawbacks. Like... Continue Reading →
Beer will beat back dangerous virus, if you can chug 30 cans
Thiel Foundation's Breakout Labs Announces Newest Grants at the Intersection of Biology and Advanced TechnologiesThe Thiel Foundation announced today three new grants awarded through Breakout Labs, its revolutionary revolving fund to promote innovation in science and technology. The newest awards focus on solutions at the intersection of biology and advanced technologies.Breakout Labs recipient Modern Meadow is developing... Continue Reading →
Thiel Foundation’s Breakout Labs Announces Newest Grants at the Intersection of Biology and Advanced Technologies
Another job being automated at a surprising pace: the bossThe other day, we posted a list of 10 jobs being automated at a surprising pace. We would be remiss if we did not include a job that is quickly being taken over by machines: the boss. Who's the boss? Computers, not managers, may soon be handing out... Continue Reading →
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