Amazon will get you, my pretty, and your insurance, too!
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced on Tuesday that they would form an independent health care company for their employees in the United States. „Hard […]
Monat: Januar 2018
COMPAS calls it „Pre-Cog Deja Vu“
COMPAS ist ein proprietärer Algorithmus, der auf Basis von 137 Merkmalen eine Wahrscheinlichkeit dafür errechnet, ob ein Straftäter rückfällig werden wird oder nicht… Das Akronym […]
The clone monkeys are alive!
Chinese scientists have cloned monkeys using the same technique that produced Dolly the sheep two decades ago, breaking a technical barrier that could open the […]
The answer to the ultimate question of wealth is 42
42 people hold as much wealth as the 3,7 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report published […]
Hack the cloud
A cyber attack against a major cloud computing firm could cause as much financial damage as Hurricane Sandy or Hurricane Katrina. Increasing numbers of businesses […]
If you ain’t first in publications, you’re last
For the first time in modern history, China has overtaken the United States in terms of the total number of science publications, according to statistics […]
Banning trash is the evilest thing I can imagine
Seit dem 01. Januar 2018 verbietet China den Import von insgesamt 24 verschiedenen Recyclingmaterialien – darunter unsortierter Plastikabfall, Altpapier, alte CDs und alte Textilien… China […]
Presidents aren’t perfect
US-Präsident Donald Trump und Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong-un streiten sich gerade darüber, wer den größten „Atomknopf“ hat. Dabei gibt es im Weißen Haus nur einen […]