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Researchers: 60% of Americans of European descent can be identified via public DNA databases, regardless of whether they've submitted their own DNA data or not — IN 2013, A young computational biologist named Yaniv Erlich shocked the research world by showing it was possible to unmask …
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| Alison Griswold / Quartz: |
How Uber's team of economists tests new features and incentives, writes highly-cited academic papers, and provides talking points for public policy initiatives — It's hard to explain just how much economists love Uber. — Economists love Uber like a mother loves her child.
Tweets: @jedkolko, @noahpinion, @greglinden, @timoreilly, @alexgoldmark, and @veenadubal
| Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
As India takes a firm stance on data localization and works on a data protection framework, two US senators write to encourage “light touch” regulation — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators have called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to soften India's stance on data localization …
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| Alex Blumberg / New York Magazine: |
Interview with former Groupon CEO and founder Andrew Mason on how he built and scaled the company, passed on Yahoo and Google acquisition offers, and got fired — Andrew Mason started Groupon ten years ago. He was a graduate student in his mid-20s, making money on the side by building websites.
Tweets: @andrewchen, @johnpletz, @joshuanguyen, and @intelligencer
| Ian Hathaway: |
Since 2015, first VC financings declined 25% to 40% annually for startups operating in sectors exposed to the core activities of Google, Facebook, and Amazon — UPDATE: A quick note of clarity, since many readers are misinterpreting (ie, not fully reading) the analysis done here.
Tweets: @halsinger, @matthewstoller, @john_dearie, @drahardja, and @rossbaird
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
SmileDirectClub, which ships teeth-aligners directly to users, with dental professionals monitoring patient progress remotely, raises $380M at a $3.2B valuation — SmileDirectClub, the at-home teeth-straightening startup, has just raised $380 million at a $3.2 billion valuation, the company announced today.
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| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Google's real-time translations now available on Android phones and all Assistant-optimized headphones, not just Google Pixel Buds — Google's Pixel Buds may not be the smash success that Apple's AirPods have become in the wireless earbuds space, but there's no denying that their ability …
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| Michael Joseph Gross / The Atlantic: |
Inside DARPA's neurotechnology research program for healing and enhancement of the human body and mind through neural implants and brain-machine interfaces — I. Who Could Object? — “Tonight I would like to share with you an idea that I am extremely passionate about,” the young man said.
Tweets: @theatlantic, @kelly2277, @cstross, @warinthefuture, @rosannecash, @peterwsinger, @aparanjape, @scalzi, @margiemeacham, @evacide, @jbickertonuk, and @adriennelaf
| Noah Kulwin / New York Magazine: |
Ex-Reddit product head Dan McComas talks about how site's focus on growth at all costs hurt the health of the community and why Reddit won't be able to change — Reddit started a couple of years after Facebook, and it's super giant, and the kind of thing that you were present for was the challenge … | Mack DeGeurin / New York Magazine: |
How facial recognition is being used to monitor animals: detecting sickness in salmon, gauging diet of cattle, protecting elephants from poachers, and more — Facial recognition technology has some serious, persistent issues. These were clearly shown earlier this year when Amazon's …
Tweets: @nymag
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
MongoDB agrees to acquire cloud database provider MLab for $68M to strengthen its Atlas database-as-a-service offering — MongoDB, the New York-based company behind the popular eponymous open source NoSQL database, has acquired San Francisco cloud database provider MLab (styled “mLab").| The Economic Times: |
Sources: Google is in talks with Flipkart, Paytm, others as it aims to debut a shopping tab in India that directs users to ecommerce sites from product searches — BENGALURU: Search engine giant Google will soon launch its ‘Shopping’ tab in India, allowing users to search for products to buy … Sponsor Posts
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Zoho:
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The rise of AI in recruitment — Note: This is a guest post by our integration partner Ringover.AI has already begun transforming recruitment, but in the coming years, it will reach new heights.
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