“Impressive new research has discovered the earliest point in a neurodegenerative process that is thought to lead to dementia. The researchers describe the discovery as like finding the “Big Bang” of Alzheimer’s disease, and it’s hoped the work leads to […]
“Bill Gates believes we need a better way of diagnosing Alzheimer’s before we’re able to slow the progression of the disease.” | learn more
“Why you should use percentages, not words, to express probabilities.” | learn more
This post from Farnam Street covers a really important topic it’s easy to ignore: “Time is invisible so it’s easy to spend without proper consideration to its value.” | learn more
I’m not sure this mirrors my personal ecommerce experience, but since we don’t store credit card info maybe we’re not as good of a target. | learn more
“Amazon reported sales of $52.9 billion for the second quarter, up 39 percent from the year-ago period when it saw $38 billion. For the April quarter, retail rival Walmart grew sales by $5 billion year over year and brick-and-mortar retailer […]
First, read this Bloomberg piece, then read Tether’s response (complete with two Ron Burgundy memes).
Well, what did you expect? | learn more
Software company Atlassian had two competing products: Stride and HipChat. Now it’s shutting both down and selling the IP to Slack. It’s also making a small investment into Slack because, “if you can’t beat them, join them.” | learn more
“The Biometric Mirror, the only one of its kind in the world, is tucked away in a foyer at the University of Melbourne. … It has been programmed to read faces based on thousands of photos of people that were […]