What Makes Employees Happy at Work? [Infographic]
Employees who feel proud of their organizations are three times more likely to be happy at work than employees who do not feel proud of their organizations, according to…
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Google’s DeepMind AI gets a few new tricks to learn faster
When it comes to machine learning, every performance gain is worth a bit of celebration. That’s particularly true for Google’s DeepMind division, which has already proven itself by beating a Go world champion, mimicking human speech and cutting down their…
Muslim man verbally harassed in Starbucks shares harrowing experience online
Racism ran rampant at a Starbucks in Midtown Manhattan earlier this week. On Tuesday, 22-year-old photojournalist, Mohammed Elshamy and his friend were meeting for coffee when they were allegedly verbally harassed by a white woman in the shop because of…
At Least 2016 Gave Us This Brilliant Daft Punk/Beastie Boys Mashup Album
GIF There’s rumors Daft Punk will go on tour again, but will we ever see a new album from the duo? It’s uncertain. The passing of Adam Yauch in 2012 also marked the end of the Beastie Boys, but thanks…
Gifts for Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson
Illustrated by Angelica Alzona. Even if you’re not connected to a network of revolutionary hackers, everyone knows a guy who’s a little bit like Mr. Robot’s Elliot Alderson. Putting aside the fact that your personal Elliot Alderson is likely not…
Voyage into Dasha Rush’s inspiring ambient sonic worlds
Assemble, cosmonauts: Dasha Rush is an artist whose musical worlds merit repeat visits. She represents the best of what an artist straddling techno and ambient can be – with ambient sets that pulse and live, with timbral and structural freedom…
The 5 most exciting technologies the US military is building right now
The research arm of the United States Military, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), recently held an event at the Pentagon showing off some of their next-generation technology. While there, we had a chance to check out some of DARPA’s non-classified…
Why Remittance Giant MoneyGram Won’t Be First With Blockchain
“I haven’t seen enough traction.” One year after we resolved to set an annual debate, Moneygram’s Peter Ohser remains right, the bitcoin blockchain hasn’t disrupted global remittances. Rather than take off through the power of the Internet, mobile and the price…
Astronomers just discovered one of the most massive objects in the universe hiding behind the Milky Way
Stars and galaxies in the constellation Vela, where a massive new supercluster has been found. European Southern Observatory Through the thick fog of our own galaxy, astronomers have spotted an ultimate prize: one of the largest-known structures in the universe.…
Watch a fully self-driving Tesla navigate intersections and city streets
Tesla revealed it would be building all vehicles complete with all the hardware onboard they need to achieve full self-driving in the future, and also published a short demo video of the prototype software in action at the time. Now,…