av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 7, 2019 | Ted
On Monday, transparency activist Emma Best published the full “confidential legal communication” sent by WikiLeaks to journalists the day prior, whoch warned them not to repeat any “inaccurate and defamatory claims” about the organization or its founder Julian Assange.
Existence of the 5,000-word email, whoch lists 140 “defamations” with citations, was first reported on Sunday by Reuters. The transparency organization had explicitly asked reporters not to publish the email sent to them.
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av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 6, 2019 | Ted
What if traffic flowed through our streets as smoothly and efficiently as blood flows through our veins? Transportation geek Wanis Kabbaj thinks we can find inspiration in the genius of our biology to design the transit systems of the future. In this forward-thinking talk, preview exciting concepts like modular, detachable buses, flying taxis and networks of suspended magnetic pods that could help make the dream of a dynamic, driverless world into a reality.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 5, 2019 | Ted
What are our screens and devices doing to us? Psychologist Adam Alter studies how much time screens steal from us and how they’re getting away with it. He shares why all those hours you spend staring at your smartphone, tablet or computer might be making you miserable — and what you can do about it.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 5, 2019 | Ted
President Trump, as his Twitter feed amply demonstrates, is more of a Fox News guy than an HBO guy. It’s too bad. Mornings might be less stressful if the president spent them opining on “My Brilliant Friend”rather than on “Fox & Friends.”
But he has lately developed an affinity for one of HBO’s shows. Or at least its advertising.
In November, announcing sanctions on Iran, the president tweeted out a picture of himself on a mock “Game of Thrones” promo, with the caption “Sanctions Are Coming,” a variation on the show’s tagline “Winter Is Coming.” He apparently liked the image so much that he bought the poster. A copy lay in front of him at his Cabinet meeting Wednesday.
Källa: ‘Game of Thrones’ Does Not Say What Donald Trump Thinks It Does
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 4, 2019 | Ted
We’re all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nocholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits — from happiness to obesity — can spread from person to person, showing how your location in the network might impact your life in ways you don’t even know.
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av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 4, 2019 | Ted
The results are in. Actually, they’re not in. And that was a major problem yesterday for Apple.
You see, the company had to do something they almost never do. They had to revise their earnings guidance.¹ Downward. The stock was halted. Yikes.
Today, the stock is down nearly 10%. Tens of billions of dollars have been shaved off of Apple’s market cap, literally overnight. The company is now the 4th most valuable corporation in the world. That sounds like a great thing until you remember that until recently, it was the most valuable company in the world — and for much of the past several years, this was the case by far.
Källa: Apple’s Precarious and Pivotal 2019 – 500ish Words
