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April 2, 2015
A Periodic Table Of Elements That The World Is Running Out Of
This is one chemistry class the tech industry needs to get right.
You might not realize it, but almost everywhere around you are rare metals from the earth.
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The Big-Data Platform That Lets Women Tackle Sexist Workplace Policies
InHerSight lets employees anonymously rate their companies on policies like family leave, mentoring, and equal opportunity.
The conclusion of the Ellen Pao trial and the jury's verdict that Venture Capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers didn't discriminate on the basis of gender appeared to be a loss for female professionals everywhere. Especially in Silicon Valley, where women are heavily outnumbered at tech companies, the verdict could make them hesitant to speak out against harassment and inequality in their workplaces in the future.
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Are Women's-Only Colleges The Answer For Getting More Women In Top Jobs?
Women's-only colleges are declining, but some are coming up with innovative solutions that could change the ratio of women in top jobs.
In March 2015, Sweet Briar College, a liberal arts school in rural Sweet Briar, Virginia, announced that it would close, marking another loss in the world of women's-only colleges. Fifty years ago, there were 230 women's-only colleges in the U.S., according to the Women's College Coalition, an association for women's-only colleges. After years of closure, mergers, and conversion to co-educational institutions, there are roughly 40 such institutions left.
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April 1, 2015
Today in Tabs: Your Tab Is Problematic
Troll kalla mik, perhaps, pace the Nortmann forbears of the present day's too well-known House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
You're safe and there are no sapient spiders burrowed deep within your heart and brain, biding their time. April fool's ;)
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The Companies That Are Actually Boycotting Indiana, Not Just Talking About It
After Indiana passed a law that could legalize discrimination against LGBT individuals, many people spoke out. Here are the ones that actually acted.
Barely a week old, Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act has already stirred outrage, and retaliation, across the country. While the law shares the name of the 1993 federal act that Bill Clinton signed into law, the Indiana version added its own twist, taking a page out of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. by allowing businesses to assert their rights of "free exercise of religion," which, as Garrett Epps of The Atlantic explains, would allow businesses to refuse to serve customers if doing so would go against the owner's religious beliefs.
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Philips Makes Moves To Exit The LED Lighting Business
The lighting giant will focus instead on its medical equipment and lifestyle products.
Dutch lighting giant Philips said today that it will sell the majority of its LED components and auto-lighting businesses to Go Scale Capital, an investment group composed of venture capital firms GSR Ventures and Oak Investment Partners. The Lumileds business that is to be sold is Philips's lighting component manufacturing and automotive lighting arm. Philips is selling 80.1% of the stock in Lumileds for $2.8 billion, while keeping 19.9% for itself. This deal values Philips in its entirety at about $3.3 billion.
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Almost 10% Of Twitter Is Spam
That's according to Networked Insights, which found that brands especially are subject to having their hashtags hijacked for unrelated use.
It's no secret that huge brands use Twitter as the world's biggest focus group. Companies keep their ears pressed up against the wall via social media, determined to suss out what their customers think of them. It's also no secret that social media data is full of "noise"—messy, useless, irrelevant data. Now, a new study finds that much of that "noise" is generated by links to coupon sites and celebrity retweets.
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How Patton Oswalt Won The Trevor Noah Twitter Debate
Grab some popcorn and kick back—there's an epic string of tweets you have to read.
Trevor Noah is suffering from a severe case of media whiplash.
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Grieving In The Digital Age: A Short Film Explores How We Live On Through Facebook
The story of "Plainwhite Tom" illustrates how social media has evolved to play a significant role for loved ones after we're gone.
Last year, Chicago street performer Tom Loconti committed suicide. But before his death, Loconti—known as "Plainwhite Tom"—used Facebook to say goodbye to all his friends and loved ones.
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This Amazing Street Art Appears Only When It's Raining
It's in Seattle, so you might never even know that it disappears.
Most people tend to find rainy days pretty gloomy. Seattle artist Peregrine Church decided to create whimsical street art only visible in the rain to brighten people's days. Some pieces poke fun at the weather, like "404 Error: Sun not found," while others offer fun diversions like hopscotch.
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