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January 14, 2015
Finally, San Francisco Is Dealing With Its Poop Epidemic
The innovative solution? A day-time use mobile bathroom. With an attendant!
San Francisco has a poop problem. The city suffers from an excess of excrement on public streets and even in the innards of subway escalators, where it renders them unusable. Part of the issue is that the city has never effectively dealt with its homeless population (there up to 10,000 homeless in the city), and a failure to provide public bathrooms that aren't eventually shut down because people use them to do drugs.
Minority Leaders On What Intel's $300 Million Pledge Will Mean To Tech Diversity
Is Intel's huge investment the solution to Silicon Valley's diversity problem? Industry experts weigh in on what works and what doesn't.
There is a lot of lip service given fixing Silicon Valley's diversity problem. But Intel CEO Brian Krzanich promised a bold move last week when he announced that his company was pledging $300 million to be used over the next three years to help eradicate the lack of diversity in the tech space.
The Case For More Screen Time
We're frequently scolded for excessive smartphone and laptop use. But what about all the good that comes from staring at our devices?
For many of us, a certain mundane habit produces a surprising amount of guilt: Staring at a screen.
7 Smart Ways To Use Unexpected Free Time
Your meeting just got canceled. Now what? Schedule that time for yourself in the following ways.
Anyone can plan something for an open slot on the calendar. What really separates the time management masters from everyone is else the ability to seize time they didn't know would be there.
8 Tips For Dealing With Your Awful Boss
A guide to managing your horrible manager.
Demanding is one thing; Impossible to work with is another.
January 13, 2015
This Is What President Obama Wants To Do About Cybercrime
Our Commander in Chief wants to make things tougher on cybercriminals.
Following turmoil caused by the recent Sony Pictures hack, as well as Monday's hostile takeover of the U.S. Central Command Twitter accountPresident Obama has revealed a new set of proposals he hopes will shield both businesses and the government from the threat of cyberattacks.
Behold: Mod, The Hackable Sex Toy
With a pinch of Arduino-style programming, this sex toy can react to any sensor you plug in to it.
The open source revolution has reached the bedroom: behold the Comingle Multivibrating Open-source Dildo (Mod). Working off a modified Arduino-based board, the Mod is designed to be the most hackable sex toy ever—and it can be yours for $159.
Harry Potter's World Like You've Never Seen It Before: Illustrated
Publishers Scholastic and Bloomsbury are re-releasing the series with full-color illustrations.
Between author J.K. Rowling's fan hub experience Pottermore and a slew of fans bringing elements of Harry Potter's world to life (Marauder's Map, a seven-book saga in one), the boy who lived lives on, this time in gorgeous color illustrations.
IBM To App Makers: Use Our Mainframe!
The computing giant wants your mobile business ASAP.
IBM's legacy mainframe business is making a big push into the mobile app world. Executives at the company announced a new system, System z13, that's designed to make the centralized servers—rather than trendy cloud systems—indispensable for enterprise app developers looking to handle e-commerce functions. Mike Gilfix, a director at IBM's enterprise mobile division, told Fast Company that the new server is intended for sectors like finance, where larger companies need to handle high numbers of secure transactions simultaneously.
Today in Tabs: He is Risen, Indeed
Annotations claims a New Yorker, Risen rises, and the Intern is back.
How come no one ever tries to doxx @fmanjoo
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