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Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google—and how they got that way. Randall Stross reviews “The Four” by Scott Galloway. Source: The Four Horsemen of Big Tech – WSJ
Compared to the Full Stack Designer, we seem to be more familiar with the Full Stack Developers. So what is full stack designer exactly… Source: What is a Full Stack Designer in 2017? Will You Be One?
Today’s great innovators share fundamental traits with one another—and with those who came before them. Source: What Steve Jobs Had in Common with da Vinci | Vanity Fair
Frequent sauna bathing reduces the risk of elevated blood pressure, according to an extensive follow … Source: Frequent sauna bathing keeps blood pressure in check – Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
A North Korean official has hinted about conducting a nuclear test at sea, which would have severe environmental consequences. Source: What Would an H-Bomb Do to the Pacific Ocean? – The Atlantic
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes. Source: The Coming Software Apocalypse – The Atlantic
The film is the first documentary in Sundance’s new Creative Distribution Fellowship Source: Jennifer Brea documented chronic fatigue syndrome so doctors would believe women – The Verge
The Next Menu imagined dinner in 30 years with jellyfish, algae, and a lot of salt Source: A night at a dystopian dinner party, eating like it’s the end of food – The Verge
Machine learning isn’t always overtly tantalizing or controversial: sometimes, it’s just … dull and useful. Source: Microsoft Is Making AI Boring, and That’s Either Great or Scary – MIT Technology Review
There is simply no evidence that either country is ever going to get its act together again, period. Source: German election: Germany and France thwarted the far right—why did the US and UK fall to them? — Quartz
Don’t trash them right away. Source: How to open your messed up files | Popular Science
How hard are you concentrating? There’s one unusual way to find out: read your hidden cognition levels using smart thermal imaging tech. Source: Thermal imaging can reveal just how hard your brain is working
It’s now more important than ever that we can trust the systems we are using to manage our data ethically. Source: We desperately need ethical algorithms – here’s why
India is shifting gears. Source: Electric vehicles: India is about to embark on the most ambitious electric-car transformation in the world — Quartz
Is it time to ban these useless and unnecessary noise and pollution machines? Source: TreeHugger
Speed Queen’s simple, solid machines can last forever. Source: Best Washing Machine: American Made Speed Queen Gets Raves | Money
The iPhone X cements a growing trend of less for more. Source: Should I Buy Apple iPhone X? – The Problem With New Smartphones
When you think of speakers, if you think of them at all, you probably think of something black, boxy and not terribly big on style. There are exceptions, of course, and People People’s cool transparent speaker, launching on Kickstarter today, is one of them. Source: Gorgeous People People Transparent Speaker Launches on Kickstarter | WIRED
Source: Audioengine Announces A5N in Solid Bamboo | Audioengine
The festival hopes to kill the stigma against eating insects. Source: A Bug-Eating Festival Is Headed To Williamsburg: Gothamist
Regulators are working to prepare a timeline to end sales and production Source: China is planning to implement a ban on fossil fuel cars – The Verge
What kind of lives do we lead when we assume that the boss is always watching? Source: Finstas, or fake Instagram accounts, expose the troubling way that work is taking over our lives — Quartz
A school girl improvised a bag made out of dried banana leaves. Others tied string around their vegetables for easier transport. Source: Kenya adjusts to life without plastic bags, after instituting the world’s harshest ban on plastic — Quartz
Full employment is not the way to restore faith in the American Dream. Source: Jobs aren’t the solution to America’s problems—they’re the cause — Quartz
Professional risk managers tend to do well managing matrimonial risk, too. Source: Divorce rates in America, by occupation and industry — Quartz
There’s no age limit for learning about computers, iPads, smartphones and more at New York’s Senior Planet, a center where anyone 60 and over can get free lessons in the latest tech. Photo: Sangsuk Sylvia Kang/The Wall Street Journal Source: Who Says Seniors Can’t Be Tech Savvy?
“People are consuming the musical equivalent of McDonalds: processed, mass produced, and flavorless.” Source: “The click”: Drummer Greg Ellis says this music production tool is the reason why all new music sounds the same — Quartz
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