What’s Happening In The Matrix
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Microdosing's Feel-Good Benefits Might Just Be Placebo EffectA study found no significant difference in the well-being of participants who thought they were taking mini hits of psychedelics... Read more » - ●Take Your Tunes Anywhere With Our Fave Bluetooth SpeakersThese are our favorite portable speakers of all shapes and sizes, from clip-ons to a massive boom box.... Read more »
Microdosing's Feel-Good Benefits Might Just Be Placebo Effect
- ●Report: in 2020, China overtook the US in the number of AI research citations, fewer AI startups got funded, and the US Congress talked about AI more than ever (Khari Johnson/VentureBeat)Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: Report: in 2020, China overtook the US in the number of AI research citations, fewer AI startups got funded, and the US Congress talked about AI more than ever — Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. — ... Read more »
- ●From posh blankets to aural apps: the firms cashing in on the demand for sleep aidsSales of slumber-related products have soared during lockdownThere are breathing robots versed in “thousands of years of Buddhist breathing techniques” that claim to soothe you to sleep. Then there are weighted blankets that press around 10% of your body weight down as you snooze.And there are apps, such as supermodel... Read more »
- ●'Talk to me': Molly Jong-Fast on podcasting in the new abnormalTrump has gone and so for now has Rick Wilson, but Covid is still with us and the Daily Beast pod is as hard-hitting as everMolly Jong-Fast has known great success as a writer but over the last year on The New Abnormal, her podcast on politics in the time... Read more »
- ●Interviews with more than a dozen designers on Jeff Bezos's design philosophy, and why the retail infrastructure, not industrial design, is Amazon's true legacy (Mark Wilson/Fast Company)Mark Wilson / Fast Company: Interviews with more than a dozen designers on Jeff Bezos's design philosophy, and why the retail infrastructure, not industrial design, is Amazon's true legacy — Amazon can squeeze a lot into a box. — Jared Ficklin was part of a secret team at a prominent... Read more »
- ●States are increasingly granting small delivery robots generous access to city sidewalks; in PA, they are classified as "pedestrians" and can drive up to 12 mph (Jennifer A. Kingson/Axios)Jennifer A. Kingson / Axios: States are increasingly granting small delivery robots generous access to city sidewalks; in PA, they are classified as “pedestrians” and can drive up to 12 mph — As small robots proliferate on sidewalks and city streets, so does legislation that grants them generous access rights... Read more »
- ●Postscript, which helps Shopify merchants stay in touch with customers via SMS, announces $35M Series B led by Greylock, with participation from YC and others (Greg Kumparak/TechCrunch)Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: Postscript, which helps Shopify merchants stay in touch with customers via SMS, announces $35M Series B led by Greylock, with participation from YC and others — Postscript helps Shopify stores stay in touch with customers via SMS, with a focus on keeping everything opt-in, legally compliant,... Read more »
- ●Sources: a Russian intelligence agency and Chinese spies targeted the European Medicines Agency last year; they had access to EMA systems for over a month (Bart Meijer/Reuters)Bart Meijer / Reuters: Sources: a Russian intelligence agency and Chinese spies targeted the European Medicines Agency last year; they had access to EMA systems for over a month — AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Russian intelligence agency and Chinese spies were behind cyberattacks on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) …... Read more »
- Sources: four consortia, comprised of companies like Reliance, Paytm, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Visa, are preparing bids to operate India's digital payments (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Sources: four consortia, comprised of companies like Reliance, Paytm, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Visa, are preparing bids to operate India's digital payments — - Big tech, credit-card giants to compete for payment licenses — India's digital transactions set to reach $1 trillion in 2023... Read more »
- Interview with Qualcomm's incoming CEO Cristiano Amon on the global chip shortage, why it won't build its own fabs, and opposition to the Nvidia-Arm deal (Shara Tibken/CNET)Shara Tibken / CNET: Interview with Qualcomm's incoming CEO Cristiano Amon on the global chip shortage, why it won't build its own fabs, and opposition to the Nvidia-Arm deal — Cristiano Amon, incoming CEO of chipmaker Qualcomm, warns in an interview with CNET that the shortage may not end until... Read more »
- The ‘soulless corporation’ look – yes, it’s Amazon on the high street | Barbara EllenTill-free convenience is all very well until the bill eventually arrives at homeI may be a retail misanthrope, but are the till-free Amazon Fresh shops a depersonalised step too far? At first sight, the basic concept (wander in, wander out, get charged later) looks tailor-made for me.I already don’t need... Read more »
From posh blankets to aural apps: the firms cashing in on the demand for sleep aids
- Episode 396 – Bioethics and the New EugenicsAt first glance, bioethics might seem like just another branch of ethical philosophy where academics endlessly debate other academics about how many angels dance on the head of a pin in far-out, science fiction like scenarios. What many do not know, however, is that the seemingly benign academic study of... Read more »
- School COVIDpass, Mexico GMOs, Music NFT – New World Next WeekThis week on the New World Next Week: schools roll out COVID passes; Mexico says no to glyphosate; and the music industry starts tokenizing albums.... Read more »
- Interview 1621 – New World Next Week with James Evan PilatoThis week on the New World Next Week: schools roll out COVID passes; Mexico says no to glyphosate; and the music industry starts tokenizing albums.... Read more »
- How to Present Info for Visual Learners – #SolutionsWatch (video)A picture is worth a thousand words, and it is often the case that a well-crafted image can get the point across much more effectively than a lengthy diatribe. Joining us to demonstrate this concept is the author of "Government — The Biggest Scam in History," which makes the case... Read more »
- How to Present Info for Visual Learners – #SolutionsWatchA picture is worth a thousand words, and it is often the case that a well-crafted image can get the point across much more effectively than a lengthy diatribe. Joining us to demonstrate this concept is the author of "Government — The Biggest Scam in History," which makes the case... Read more »