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November 14, 2014
In Time For The Holidays, Walmart Stores Will Match Amazon's Prices
About half of its stores had already done so.
Walmart wants customers to stop using its 4,300 stores in the U.S. as a showroom—where they look at products in person, and then buy them online for cheaper. Beginning Friday, the retailer said it will match prices against online retailers, including Amazon.
A Typeface For Dyslexics? Don't Buy Into The Hype
Lucida creator Chuck Bigelow argues that Dyslexie and other similar fonts are statistically no better than Arial.
After being featured at the Istanbul Design Biennial, Dyslexie, a typeface designed with dyslexics in mind, is getting a lot of press. It trended on Facebook earlier this week and has been covered by the Guardian, NPR, CBS, and more. But according to Chuck Bigelow, creator of the Lucida Family there's just one problem: statistically speaking, Dyslexie doesn't work.
Google Boosts Turing Award Prize To $1 Million
The "Nobel Prize of computer science" will now match the Nobel financially.
The Association for Computing Machinery announced Thursday winners of the A.M. Turing Award will now take home four times as much prize money: $1 million, thanks to new backing from Google. It's yet another boon to the industry and the award itself, which is seen by many in the field as computer science's answer to the Nobel Prize.
Live From Vegas: The Biggest Marijuana Business Conference Ever
It's a strange scene at the National Marijuana Business Conference, as an outlaw trade pulls on its pleated khakis and goes to work.
I got a drink from a bar that was lit up green, the color of money, and went to meet Jane West.
The Upside Of Negative Thoughts, Listing Successes, And Shutting Up: This Week's Most Popular Leadership Stories
We heard some counterintuitive advice this week, from using silence to our negotiating advantage to thinking negatively for success.
This week we talked about our feelings and why even the bad ones are good for us, stopped talking to up our negotiating game, and told companies what they should fix and why they need us.
The Onion Is Reportedly For Sale
"America's finest news source" might be looking for a buyer. Any takers?
Not a joke: Bloomberg reports that satirical newspaper The Onion is gearing up for a possible sale, and, according to sources, has hired investment bank GCA Savvian for financial guidance.
S&P Gives Twitter Bonds "Junk" Rating
The independent service sees Twitter as a risky investment, even after reports of new products and tools.
It's been an up-and-down week for Twitter. On Wednesday, during its presentation to investors, the microblogging service was teased heavily after a slide showing a convoluted "strategy statement" made the rounds (on Twitter, of course). However, the market didn't seem to mind as the company's stock price closed Wednesday up 7%.
Brilliant, Eccentric Mathematician Alexander Grothendieck Dies At 86
Grothendieck quit mathematics to save the world in the 1970s.
Alexander Grothendieck, a French mathematician who won the Fields medal in 1966 for his groundbreaking work in algebra and geometry, has died at the age of 86. He passed away Thursday in a hospital in Saint-Girons in southwestern France, according to hospital staff who did not provide any further details.
"I'm Completely Worn Out": Yishan Wong On Why He's Leaving Reddit
"The job as CEO of Reddit is incredibly stressful and draining," he wrote in a Quora post.
On Thursday, Reddit announced a big shakeup at the top. Founder Alexis Ohanian was coming back to the company full-time as executive chairman, heading up marketing, communications, strategy, and community. Meanwhile, senior vice president Ellen Pao, an electrical engineer, former corporate lawyer, and one-time partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, would be stepping in as interim CEO. (Learn more about her here.)
These On-Demand Drones Fetch Your Keys Or Wallet When You Forget Them
A new perk for the lazy: call up a drone with your phone and have it carry packages across the city in less time than it takes to drive.
While Amazon and Google try to figure out how to use drones to deliver packages, a startup in London is focusing on a different service: running simple errands between two people. Say you're locked out of your apartment and need to get a key from your significant other. Instead of spending an hour on the train or fighting traffic to pick up the key, you can dial up a drone on your smartphone and send it across town.
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