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Researchers: 60% of Americans of European descent can be identified via public DNA databases, regardless of whether they've submitted their own DNA data or not — IN 2013, A young computational biologist named Yaniv Erlich shocked the research world by showing it was possible to unmask …
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| Alison Griswold / Quartz: |
How Uber's team of economists tests new features and incentives, writes highly-cited academic papers, and provides talking points for public policy initiatives — It's hard to explain just how much economists love Uber. — Economists love Uber like a mother loves her child.
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| Alex Blumberg / New York Magazine: |
Interview with former Groupon CEO and founder Andrew Mason on how he built and scaled the company, passed on Yahoo and Google acquisition offers, and got fired — Andrew Mason started Groupon ten years ago. He was a graduate student in his mid-20s, making money on the side by building websites.
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| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Google's real-time translations now available on Android phones and all Assistant-optimized headphones, not just Google Pixel Buds — Google's Pixel Buds may not be the smash success that Apple's AirPods have become in the wireless earbuds space, but there's no denying that their ability …
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| Anand Giridharadas / New York Times: |
If Silicon Valley is sincere about “changing the world”, it should return Saudi billions until alleged murder of Jamal Khashoggi has been suitably investigated — Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Consultants advise law enforcement officers not to look at iPhone screens because it may trigger Face ID too many times and iPhones may revert to passcodes — After five failed attempts with the ‘wrong’ face, Apple's Face ID system will fall back to asking a passcode; a tricky situation for investigators.
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| Rossalyn Warren / WIRED UK: |
Egyptian law enforcement is using the country's new law against “fake news” to imprison women who share their sexual harassment experiences on social platforms — Social media accelerated Egypt's revolution. Now those same services have become a tool of control for a repressive regime| Molly Price / CNET: |
Echo Plus 2nd-gen review: best choice if you want an Alexa-enabled speaker with a smart home hub built-in, but expensive and hard to recommend for anything else — Smart speakers and voice assistants are everywhere these days. We're practically drowning in all the devices announced by major manufacturers in recent months.| Michael Joseph Gross / The Atlantic: |
Inside DARPA's neurotechnology research program for healing and enhancement of the human body and mind through neural implants and brain-machine interfaces — I. Who Could Object? — “Tonight I would like to share with you an idea that I am extremely passionate about,” the young man said.
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| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
London-based Clearmatics Technologies raises $12M+ Series A to build out its private blockchain networks tech for financial derivative contracts — Blockchain finance firm Clearmatics Technologies has raised over $12 million in a Series A funding round led by venture capital firm Route 66 Ventures.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Thalmic Labs discontinues its Myo armband that allowed users to control devices like drones and smartphones via hand gestures, teases new product — Canadian wearables company Thalmic Labs has announced that its ceasing sales of its gesture- and motion-guided Myo armband …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
MongoDB agrees to acquire cloud database provider MLab for $68M to strengthen its Atlas database-as-a-service offering — MongoDB, the New York-based company behind the popular eponymous open source NoSQL database, has acquired San Francisco cloud database provider MLab (styled “mLab").Sponsor Posts
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