fun facts
A death map of Roman Emperors.
Someone made a fun map showing where 70 Roman Emperors (from 14 – 395 AD) died. Naturally, it’s color coded by the cause of death. | learn more
fun facts
Michael Kearney graduated high school at the age of 6.
During a conversation with a friend this week, we wondered how early a child can possibly learn to speak. “Kearney spoke his first words at four months. At the age of six months, he said to his pediatrician, ‘I have […]
retail therapy
Wayfair announces real-time delivery tracking for LTL shipments.
When you order Postmates or an Uber, you get to watch where your vehicle is real-time. No such luck with LTL, which typically has a 4 hour delivery window. In a huge move for customer experience of truck deliveries, Wayfair announced similar […]
retail therapy
Wal-Mart delivers food – right into your fridge.
“The world’s largest retailer … is testing a delivery program in Silicon Valley that would allow customers to use smart-home technology to remotely open the door for delivery workers and watch a livestream of the delivery by linking their phones […]
tech, startups, internet
Fidelity Investments is mining cryptocurrencies, and more.
Abigail Johnson, CEO of the gigantic investment firm, spoke at length about the firms work in blockchain at a conference in New York. They’re making venture investments, partnering with Coinbase, and even have a bitcoin and ether mining operation that […]
tech, startups, internet
The Washington Post’s robot reporter keeps publishing.
“In its first year, the Post has produced around 850 articles using Heliograf [it’s homegrown AI technology]. That included 500 articles around the election that generated more than 500,000 clicks…” | learn more
tech, startups, internet
What are Google and Facebook?
Ben Thompson updates his views on Aggregators and Super-Aggregators in his latest Stratechery post. This is a very unique and interesting view of business models, and a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of the future of tech companies. | learn […]
oh, chicago
‘War-Torn’ Chicago is more popular with tourists than ever.
“Chicago, described by President Trump and others as a hellish, dystopian crime scene akin to a ‘war-torn nation’ and ‘worse than Afghanistan’ is about to shatter all of its tourism records, including the one it set last year.” | learn more
big ideas
AI pioneer says we need to start over.
Geoffrey Hinton, pioneer of the back-propagation method of training computers, “says his breakthrough method should be dispensed with, and a new path to AI found.” | learn more
big ideas
The brain-machine interface now exists.
You may recall Elon Musk’s new venture to create a BMI that’s directly connected to your brain. The team at CNTRL-Labs thinks that’s a bit more than the market will bare, so instead they’ve figured out how to read your […]