New top story on Hacker News: Houston is experiencing its third ‘500-year’ flood in 3 years Houston is experiencing its third ‘500-year’ flood in 3 years 24 by Mz | 1 comments on Hacker News. View On WordPress
3D printed space habitats earn $400K in prizes at NASA competition One of the many considerations we will have should we decide at last to colonize another planet is where we’ll live. Should we bring inflatable habitats? Should we ship girders and metal sheets? Or should we, as explored in a recent NASA challenge, 3D print …
New top story on Hacker News: 6 Must Reads to Make Self-Care Your Competitive Advantage 6 Must Reads to Make Self-Care Your Competitive Advantage 4 by urahara | 0 comments on Hacker News. View On WordPress
New top story on Hacker News: Facebook’s GraphQL spec doesn’t grant a patent license Facebook’s GraphQL spec doesn’t grant a patent license 30 by tyurok | 2 comments on Hacker News. View On WordPress
Bitcoin Does It Again: New Record High Over $4700 It seems like Bitcoin has forgotten how to not keep breaking records. The first and most popular cryptocurrency has once again topped itself earlier … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from View On WordPress
Slashdot: In Our Cynical Age, No One Fails Anymore — Everybody ‘Pivots’ In Our Cynical Age, No One Fails Anymore — Everybody ‘Pivots’ Published on August 29, 2017 at 09:25PM An anonymous reader shares a report: The “pivot” has assumed a peculiar place in our common lexicon. A word once used to describe a guard …
When it comes to internet privacy, be very afraid, analyst suggests: “Surveillance is the business model of the internet” via /r/technology When it comes to internet privacy, be very afraid, analyst suggests: “Surveillance is the business model of the internet” Submitted August 29, 2017 at 06:39PM by capcaunul via reddit
New top story on Hacker News: Facebook’s GraphQL spec doesn’t grant a patent license Facebook’s GraphQL spec doesn’t grant a patent license 22 by tyurok | 1 comments on Hacker News. View On WordPress
Robot caregivers are saving the elderly from lives of loneliness These support robots are already springing up around Japan, where in 2016 the annual birth rate dropped below a million for the first time since 1899 and a quarter of the population is already greying. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry expects the robotic service …