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August 1, 2016
All World Maps Lie. So Which One Should We Use?
An analysis of four prominent maps, including the one Google, Apple, and Bing use—but shouldn't.
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In November 2014, the Russian invasion of the Ukrainian peninsula, Crimea, became a virtual battlefield on Google maps. Initially Google Maps displayed Crimea as a disputed area with a dotted border. After pressure from the Russian government, Google was forced to changed it, so people in Russia now see it as Russian territory on Google Maps. Outside Russia it is still marked as a disputed area.
Exclusive: Watch The Intense First 10 Minutes Of "Money Monster"
The Jodie Foster-directed thriller starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts will be available on iTunes starting August 16.
In the film Money Monster, directed by Jodie Foster, a TV financial guru more concerned with production value than accuracy (George Clooney, channeling Mad Money's Jim Kramer) is taken hostage live on air by a desperate man (up-and-coming Irish actor Jack O'Connell) who blames Clooney's Lee Gates for his financial ruin. Meanwhile, Gates's producer (Julia Roberts) struggles to hold everything together and keep everyone alive from the control room.
47 New Ways To Turn Carbon Dioxide From A Planetary Threat Into A Valuable Product
The newest XPrize looks for ways to turn carbon emissions into something useful, because it doesn't look like we're going to stop them any time soon.
What can you do with CO2? Other than bubble soda drinks and use it to help pump even more oil out of ground, today the answer is not very much.
These Bikinis Mean Business: How Lululemon Equipped Canadian Olympians For Rio
The female players needed new suits that would help them perform at their best in Rio. So they went to Lululemon's high-tech innovation lab.
When you're a professional beach volleyball player, you spend extended periods of time in the blazing heat with video cameras pointed at you—all while wearing not much more than your underwear.
GlaxoSmithKline Is Teaming Up With Google's Verily To Develop Bioelectronic Medicines
The new venture called Galvani Bioelectronics will develop implants to treat disorders including arthritis, asthma, and diabetes.
Google's life sciences unit Verily is partnering up with British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline for a spinout venture focused on bioelectronic devices. Bioelectronic medicine is a new scientific discipline that seeks to treat a number of chronic diseases including diabetes, asthma, arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease by using miniature devices implanted in the body that are able to modify the electrical signals of nerves in the body.
Five Secrets For Delivering A Short Presentation Without Sacrificing The Message
Engaging presentations stay on message and keep the audience rapt. Here's how to cut to the chase and deliver a great one on the fly.
Whether delivering a keynote or taking investors through a pitch deck, presenters are often prescribed a specific amount of time to speak. But those who frequently occupy the podium know that this can change at a moment's notice.
New Job? Here's How To Feel Like You Belong
Moving to a new place is tough, but a few strategies can help anyone feel more at home.
Lots of people move in the summer, many for new jobs. Moving can be incredibly disorienting on a personal level. Figuring out the politics of a new office is likewise difficult, and it's not necessarily something humans, who used to stay with our tribes for life, are good at doing. However, there are ways to start to feel at home, says Melody Warnick, author of the new book, This is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live. After half a dozen moves in a few years, Warnick set out to figure out how to make her current home of Blacksburg, Va., truly feel like home. She reports that "A lot of the things that work to make people feel at home in their community work for a workplace, which is in essence its own kind of community." Here's how to feel like you belong, fast.
Master Public Speakers' Five Rules For Powerful Openings
The best speakers don't have a canned formula for kicking off their talks, but they do understand these five principles.
The best speakers don't have a canned formula for kicking off their talks, but they do understand these five principles.
Looking for the "Call me Ishmael" of your next presentation? Or just scouring past TED Talks for inspiration? You may not need to. The most powerful public speakers don't start off each of their talks with a straightforward formula—that's what keeps them so dynamic. Instead, there are a few key principles to keep in mind for building an opening that will catch and hold your audience's attention. Here are five of them.
3 Career-Boosting Questions You Need To Start Asking Your Coworkers
You don't have to hit up tons of networking events outside your office in order to build relationships and learn new things.
You don't have to hit up tons of networking events outside your office in order to build relationships and learn new things.
When I was younger, I watched a lot of television that made me think my career would be nothing but a competition against my future colleagues. We'd all fight for pay raises, promotions, and the right to be considered the apple of our boss's eye.
How To Check Your Ego When You're Under Fire At Work
Getting defensive when someone criticizes your work shows that you care, but it can block forward progress. Do this instead.
Getting defensive when someone criticizes your work shows that you care, but it can block forward progress. Do this instead.
Whatever your profession, chances are your ego gets in the way sometimes. I've led design firms and coached creative professionals on how to bargain for better pay. And I've repeatedly seen people's egos swing from one extreme to the next—getting inflated in one moment and deflated in another.
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