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"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned" Richard Feynman
"The penalty good people pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by people worse than themselves."
- Plato, Greek philosopher.
In
the first few weeks of the school year, students at Hazelbrook Public
School have worn school polo shirts made from recycled polyester from
plastic...
When
Stephen Lund first saw his cycling movements mapped out in red on GPS
tracking website Strava, he immediately recognised the service's
potential...
Things
may be gloomy in other countries, and even in parts of our own economy,
but there's one aspect of Australian life where everything's on the
up:...
Kanye West Says His New Album Won’t Be On iTunes Or Apple Music
It’s hard to know what’s up with Kanye West right now. Perhaps the
value of Twitter just clicked with him, maybe he’s upped his
self-importance in the universe further, or perhaps this is clever
marketing around his latest album. Read More
IBM Launches Quarks Open Source Development Tool To Build Efficient IoT Apps
IBM introduced a new open source development tool today called Quarks,
which is supposed to help manufacturers and programmers
develop efficient applications based on Internet of Things (IoT) sensor
data. Quarks is actually based on the IBM Streams product, a
proprietary enterprise tool for process...
Combatant Gentlemen, A Runaway Startup Hit For Men’s Clothing, Launches App
Combatant Gentlemen, one of the breakout stars of a new generation of
startup consumer clothing brands, has launched an app for iOS. The men’s
clothing e-tailer and content creator has been a favorite of millennial
men who’re looking to upgrade their wardrobe beyond hoodies, jeans and
shorts, and n...
Palantir Acquires Kimono Labs For Its Web-Scraping Service
Kimono Labs, a Y Combinator-backed web-scraping tool that helps
developers grab information from sites without having to write their own
scrapers, has been acquired by Palantir. The company made the
announcement on its website today, and Kimono co-founder Pratap Ranade
confirmed the acquisition to ...
Infinite Sunset Is A Beautiful Instagram Hack For Sunsetholics
It’s true, I’m addicted to sunsets. At this point, my entire Instagram
account is just a collection of sunsets. But it looks like I’m not the
only one. Infinite Sunset is a neat little Instagram hack that pulls
sunset pictures from Instagram to put together an ever-changing,
infinite sunset. Read M...
Extra Early-Bird Prices For Disrupt NY 2016 Are Ending Soon
Are you planning on attending Disrupt NY 2016, and want to get your
hands on tickets at the cheapest possible price? Extra early-bird
tickets to the show are available now through Friday, February 19, so if
you want to save a few hundred bucks on tickets you’re already going to
buy anyway, now is t...
Movebubble, The App That Aims To Make Renting In London Suck Less, Scores $1.6M Investment
Movebubble, the startup that wants to make renting in London suck a
little less, has picked up $1.6 million in further funding, bringing
total investment to just over $3.4 million. Investors include Adam
Williams (former Spotify MD), Richard Leigh (co-founder and MD of London
and Capital), and Robe...
Black Future Month And The Tech Community Redrawing Silicon Valley’s Racial Lines
This color barrier in tech — the product of implicit and explicit bias
and a Valley phenomenon known as ‘pattern matching’ coupled with long
time systemic issues of educational and economic access in black
communities — is starting to collapse. Read More
Worse Than A Cold Call? Polar Bear Pitching In The Arctic Circle
Strong in tech, but lacking in either sunlight or warmth, the third
annual Polar Bear Pitching competition, which took place on February
10–11, has found a perfect home in the city of Oulu, which lies 600 km
north of Helsinki (and is reminiscent of the fictional depiction of the
real city of Fargo,...
The Probable, The Possible, The Delusional
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed before a joint session of
Congress that before the end of the decade America would put a man on
the moon. This was not an empty political promise to get elected, but a
commitment of a sitting President boldly exposing himself to political
ridicule in the...
Seeing Beyond The Hubris Of Facebook’s Free Basics Fiasco
What Zuckerberg and his U.S. team didn’t understand was that in India
you can buy computer tablets and smartphones for as little as $50, and
that 100MB of data—which is more than a Free Basics user will consume in
a month—costs much less than a dollar. Read More
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FIFA presidential election: Africa set to announce preferred candidate(dailypost.ng)
Africa's decisive 54 votes pledged to Sheikh Salam's bid for FIFA presidency(en.mercopress.com)
Bickering Petro Dollar Set Backs Saudi Economy as Russia becomes the Lead Oil Exporter to China with Yuan Rubble Swap Deal(jafrianews.com)
How NATO's Military Buildup Will Test Russia(nationalinterest.org)
Baltic Conflict Would Spell Defeat for US, NATO Against Russia(eutimes.net)
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