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Late last year, I wrote about deepfakes and how for about 200,000 years, we have relied on our eyes and ears to separate truth from lies and fact from fiction. Even if we ignore the rise of fake news, technology is on the verge of making it impossible to know if...
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” becoming the first human being to walk on the moon. NASA reported to Congress that the Apollo program cost $25.4 billion ($176 billion in 2019 dollars). At the time, there were only...
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Los estafadores están siempre pensando en nuevas formas creativas de despojar a la gente de su dinero. La triste realidad es que, a menudo, se salen con la suya. Los más recientes tipos de delitos consisten en el llamado money flipping (potenciación monetaria), que aparece en el contenido noticioso para el...
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Scammers are always cooking up creative new ways to separate people from their money. The sad reality is that it often works. The latest schemes involve so-called “money flipping,” and it’s showing up in consumers’ newsfeeds on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and even via text messaging. Keep these things in...
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Techlash has been brewing for years. No one should be surprised that “Break up big tech!” is a major talking point for many 2020 presidential hopefuls. But how, exactly, would this be accomplished? And, what would the world look like in the aftermath? Let’s start with a few observable...
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Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are about to dramatically change the world of on-demand car services. Viewed through that lens, Uber and Lyft’s current business models are doomed to fail. Think about this… Big IPOs Uber and Lyft, the two biggest US-based on-demand car service companies, went public this year....
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Contar con una cuenta bancaria es el comienzo de estar realmente a cargo de tu dinero, además de ofrecerte la conveniencia de manejar y recibir pagos. Si nunca ha tenido una cuenta bancaria o si ha tenido problemas de mantenimiento en el pasado, existen opciones a su disposición. A...
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Having a bank account is the beginning of actually being in charge of your money, as well as offering you the convenience of handling and receiving payments. If you have never had a bank account or have had maintenance issues in the past, there are options at your disposal....
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Google just announced this week that $1 billion will be allocated to address the need for ‘20,000 affordable housing units’ in the ‘San Francisco Bay Area, which includes the Greater San José Metropolitan Area (Silicon Valley). This announcement was made using a social media blog entitled, “Google Pledges $1...
Late last year, I wrote about deepfakes and how for about 200,000 years, we have relied on our eyes and ears to separate truth from lies and fact from fiction. Even if we ignore the rise of fake news, technology is on the verge of making it impossible to know if...
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” becoming the first human being to walk on the moon. NASA reported to Congress that the Apollo program cost $25.4 billion ($176 billion in 2019 dollars). At the time, there were only...
Los estafadores están siempre pensando en nuevas formas creativas de despojar a la gente de su dinero. La triste realidad es que, a menudo, se salen con la suya. Los más recientes tipos de delitos consisten en el llamado money flipping (potenciación monetaria), que aparece en el contenido noticioso para el...
Techlash has been brewing for years. No one should be surprised that “Break up big tech!” is a major talking point for many 2020 presidential hopefuls. But how, exactly, would this be accomplished? And, what would the world look like in the aftermath? Let’s start with a few observable...
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are about to dramatically change the world of on-demand car services. Viewed through that lens, Uber and Lyft’s current business models are doomed to fail. Think about this… Big IPOs Uber and Lyft, the two biggest US-based on-demand car service companies, went public this year....
Contar con una cuenta bancaria es el comienzo de estar realmente a cargo de tu dinero, además de ofrecerte la conveniencia de manejar y recibir pagos. Si nunca ha tenido una cuenta bancaria o si ha tenido problemas de mantenimiento en el pasado, existen opciones a su disposición. A...
Having a bank account is the beginning of actually being in charge of your money, as well as offering you the convenience of handling and receiving payments. If you have never had a bank account or have had maintenance issues in the past, there are options at your disposal....
Google just announced this week that $1 billion will be allocated to address the need for ‘20,000 affordable housing units’ in the ‘San Francisco Bay Area, which includes the Greater San José Metropolitan Area (Silicon Valley). This announcement was made using a social media blog entitled, “Google Pledges $1...