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Technology is finally eliminating geography as a barrier to real estate investing

Apr 24, 3:00AM

earth-housing Real estate investing has long elicited a variety of emotions, running the gamut from excitement to anxiety. When dealing with significant sums of capital, feelings of apprehension tend to creep in, especially regarding neighborhood quality, tenant and property management issues and liquidity. But those feelings of apprehension should be balanced by the knowledge that real estate as an asset… Read More



The fall of the unicorns brings a new dawn for water bears

Apr 23, 10:00PM

image: shutterstock/Sebastian Kaulitzki Last year was a big year for unicorns. According to Venture Beat, there are now 229 unicorn startups, with $175 billion in funding and $1.3 trillion in valuation. In 2015 alone there were 81 new entrants crowned as the legendary beast. However, the glory did not last. We are starting to see the first signs of a tech slowdown. Read More



What's next for personal financial services?

Apr 23, 7:00PM

piggy bank Already there has been a huge amount invested in fintech in 2016, with investors funding close to $9 billion in January and February alone. It is a sector of innovation that shows no signs of slowing down. If 2015 was the year of the great “Bank Unbundling,” it was also a year that saw the emergence of a new landscape of financial influencers taking a seat at the table. Read More



Gillmor Gang: Purple Tears

Apr 23, 5:00PM

Gillmor Gang Artcard The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Thursday, April 21, 2016. The sudden death of the Artist Forever Known as Prince reverberates across generations, decades, and the melting pot of pop, soul, funk, and rock and roll. As the presidential race settles into a social media-led micro-messaging revolution, we’re in for… Read More



OMGYES is a video platform that helps women achieve orgasm

Apr 23, 3:30PM

Screen Shot 2016-04-23 at 10.29.42 AM I know that sounds like porn, but in reality OMGYES is actually an education platform. The startup is tackling a subject that’s still shockingly taboo with concrete research and user-friendly content to teach women (and their partners) how to get to climax. The startup got its start with more than 1000 in-depth interviews with women over Skype, learning about techniques, rhythms and… Read More



When will AI and NLP actually turn Siri into your best friend?

Apr 23, 3:00PM

robot-friend The discussion around robots has only increased in the past few years. But beyond the physical capabilities of robots, the bigger question is what robots’ minds will be capable of in the future. How will we communicate with a robot’s mind? Will it only act in the physical world or will it also be able to act in the Internet world? Read More



Match-fixing comes to the world of e-sports

Apr 23, 2:30PM

14857571158_0014882b8b_o In the world of professional eSports these days, money doesn’t rain — it pours. The stakes are high and the competition can be cut-throat, especially given the payday waiting at the end of a match. But the flood of money has brought an unexpected innovation in the way players are cashing in (and cashing out) in the vast virtual world of online gaming — match-fixing.… Read More



The FBI is working hard to keep you unsafe

Apr 23, 1:00PM

Unsafe-at-Any-Speed Did you know that the US government is sitting on its own Strategic Zero-Day Reserve? A “zero-day” is a software vulnerability that allows adversaries to bypass or reduce security restrictions; lets them hack systems which use that software, basically. These are not restricted to shady criminal hackers. They are strategic weapons in the hands of nation-states, including America.… Read More



CERN releases 300TB of Large Hadron Collider data into open access

Apr 23, 12:10AM

LHC_data_at_your_fingertips Cancel your plans for this weekend! CERN just dropped 300 terabytes of hot collider data on the world and you know you want to take a look. Read More



Tech's new diversity leaders explain how they plan to fix sexism and racism in the industry

Apr 22, 11:19PM

IMG_1146 Tech’s freshman class of diversity and inclusion leaders gathered at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s PUSHTech 2020 conference today to answer the question, “What now?” Within the last six months, Dropbox, Pinterest, Airbnb, Twitter and Intuit have all hired employees charged with correcting their diversity problems. Read More



Tip your Uber driver

Apr 22, 10:13PM

uber-tip1 Don’t argue, just do it. Read More



NASA invests $67 million into solar electric propulsion for deep space exploration

Apr 22, 10:12PM

NASA Solar Electric Propulsion NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne for a $67 million contract to develop an advanced Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) system for future deep-space missions. In a press release, NASA stated that the propulsion system could be used on robotic missions to an asteroid and in other missions related to their Journey to Mars program. Compared to chemical propulsion (the type of propulsion that… Read More



How IoT security can benefit from machine learning

Apr 22, 10:00PM

machinelearning Computers and mobile devices running rich operating systems have a plethora of security solutions and encryption protocols from which to choose that can protect them against the multitude of threats they face as soon as they become connected to the Internet. Such is not the case with IoT. Read More



Dell's SecureWorks stumbles in first tech IPO of the year

Apr 22, 8:10PM

secureworks It has been a dry year for tech IPOs. Up until today’s SecureWorks offering, there had been zero in the U.S. in 2016. Zero. This compares to seven in the same period last year and 24 in that timeframe the year before. So tech investors and late-stage private companies were watching SecureWorks closely, to see if the tech IPO window would reopen. It is one of the few indications we have… Read More



MIT creates a control algorithm for drone swarms

Apr 22, 7:23PM

2drones Swarms of drones flying in terrifyingly perfect formation could be one step closer, thanks to a control algorithm being developed at MIT. Read More



The next new thing: Women VCs

Apr 22, 7:16PM

women-vcs Few — though not most — see what’s coming next, too, and that’s women VCs, taking their place alongside men, in equal, or nearly equal, numbers. In fact, we’d argue that the shift will represent the biggest opportunity over the next decade. It may be hard to believe, given the wealth of attention paid to the low numbers of women in the industry and the… Read More



Drastic disruptions are underway in the energy market

Apr 22, 6:35PM

shutterstock_103274513 What if energy “agents” could help us make better choices to cut costs and save the planet? Read More



Google showcases the best Android apps for its first-ever Google Play Awards

Apr 22, 5:34PM

googleplayawards Apple has historically doled out annual awards to those third-party app developers that it believes have created the best apps and games over the past 12 months. Now, Google is launching its own take on app awards with the debut of what it’s calling the “Google Play Awards.” But while familiar in concept, Google’s version will tweak the formula somewhat from… Read More



Intel CEO says leadership team has received threats for company's stance on diversity

Apr 22, 5:05PM

brian krzanich Intel is widely seen as a leader around corporate diversity in tech. But, it turns out, some Intel employees are not happy with the company’s stance on it. In fact, there’s “been a bit of a backlash within the company” and even threats made toward the company’s senior leadership team, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich told Rev. Jesse Jackson on stage at the PUSHTech… Read More



Two years after launching, Casper prepares for European expansion

Apr 22, 4:54PM

Casper_L9 It’s been exactly two years since Casper started selling mattresses, and CEO Philip Krim said it’s already turned into a big business, with $100 million in revenue (not to mention a $550 million valuation) in 2015. Next up is international expansion, with the New York City-headquartered startup opening an office in Berlin. That office currently has four employees, but Krim said… Read More




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