9 Ideas That Can Change Everything We Think About Cities
By 2050, a staggering 70 percent of the world's population will live in cities. (Right now it's 51 percent.) That will be about 6.72 billion humans putting pressure on a lot of aging infrastructure....
View ArticleMy Life as a 'Highly Skilled' Immigrant
One August morning many years ago, I found myself starry eyed and jet lagged at the Los Angeles International airport. In search of the American Dream, I had come halfway around the planet to pursue...
View ArticleJoe Budden, Hip Hop Artist, Posts Anti-Sikh Photo On Instagram, Twitter Reacts
Joe Budden, an American rapper and member of the hip hop group Slaughterhouse, is receiving some social media attention, and it's not because of his music. On Friday, Twitter user Fateh Singh...
View ArticleKathleen Sebelius Points Finger At Texas On Obamacare
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Political opposition in Texas to the federal health care overhaul hasn't helped enrollment numbers that lag behind expectations as next week's deadline to sign up looms, Health and...
View ArticleSee The Small Towns That Made It To The Big Screen
Hollywood might seem like the perfect vacation destination for a movie-lover, but there's so much more to film than the bright lights and big cities. Anyone who lives in a small town knows just how...
View ArticleTime to Change the 'Save' Paradigm
The two Transporter options; the bring-your-own hard drive Transporter Sync, left, and the hard drive-included Transporter tower. Mud slides, fires, hurricanes, building collapses, theft, floods, sink...
View Article3 Psychological Theories to Help You Communicate Better with Anyone
Psychological theories often feel a bit too complicated for me (I'm sure there's a theory that explains why that is) but I've come across a few that are simple enough to understand and that I think of...
View ArticleMozilla Hires Anti-Gay CEO
Earlier this week Brendan Eich, the co-founder of the Mozilla Foundation and creator of the JavaScript language, was named the new CEO of the company. Back in 2008, Eich personally donated $1,000 in...
View Article10 Things Most Exceptional CIOs Never Do
The list below is from over two decades of observations in first, second and third person. Before publishing I asked over 50 Fortune 1000 CIOs and CTOs to review and comment; their feedback is...
View ArticleThis Chain Reaction Of 150 Mousetraps Is A Lesson In Pain (VIDEO)
Every good experiment starts with a question and a hypohethesis. That's the scientific method! So here's to The Slow Mo Guys for posing this important question: Question: On a scale of "ow" to...
View ArticleTeen's Science Fair Font Project Could Save Government Millions
What began as a middle-school student's science fair project could save the federal government millions of dollars -- and all it would require is a switch to a different font. Fourteen-year-old Suvir...
View ArticleCandy Crush Brings Inflated IPO Market Back To Earth
By Nicola Leske NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the weeks leading up to the IPO of King Digital Entertainment, the company's bankers scrambled to persuade investors that the maker of popular online game "Candy...
View ArticleAfter Sandy, Feds Consider Building Fake Islands Off The Coast
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — A string of artificial islands off the coast of New Jersey and New York could blunt the impact of storm surges that proved so deadly during Superstorm Sandy, according to a...
View ArticleBattle Over Ridesharing Services Heats Up
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has joined a number of states debating how to regulate so-called ridesharing programs that have popped up around the country and riled traditional taxi and limousine...
View ArticleGCHQ And NSA Targeted Private German Companies
The headquarters of Stellar, a company based in the town of Hürth near Cologne, are visible from a distance. Seventy-five white antennas dominate the landscape. The biggest are 16 meters (52 feet) tall...
View ArticleHealth Care Law Changes Are Challenging The Obamacare Legacy
WASHINGTON (AP) — As a roller-coaster sign-up season winds down, President Barack Obama's health care law has indeed managed to change the country. Americans are unlikely to go back to a time when...
View ArticleAmazing Underwater Wheelchair Photos Challenge Us To Redefine 'Disability'
British artist Sue Austin continues to push forward in ways even top experts never thought possible. Austin, who has been using a wheelchair for nearly two decades due to an extended illness, uses an...
View ArticleHow Mark Zuckerberg's Control Of Facebook Lets Him Print Money
When Mark Zuckerberg pays astronomical prices for unprofitable start-ups like Oculus ($2 billion) and WhatsApp ($19 billion), the Facebook CEO and founder is paying with a special currency, all his...
View ArticleFirst 'Halt And Catch Fire' Trailer Goes Back To The Early Days Of The Computer
Today, the thought of being without a personal computer feels like a horrifying nightmare, yet such a time was not that far away. "Halt and Catch Fire," a new drama series from AMC, looks back to the...
View Article'Collective Love' Website Is Here So You Never Have To Write A Hookup Ad Again
Sometimes when looking for love (or a one-night stand) you just can't find the right words -- even if you're safely behind a computer screen. Thankfully, a new website lets algorithms do the hard work...
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