by Leroy Hurt | Jun 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Wired: Paul’s ongoing challenge is to form a winning political coalition that unites right-wing and left-wing libertarians, and his trip to the center of America’s tech sector is an early test of that coalition’s tensile strength. Senator Rand Paul Talks Tech,...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via The Daily Beast: All those interviews you do for new employees are terrible at predicting subsequent job performance. It’s a scientific fact. And no, I’m not picking on you. Job interviews are just not very useful. Even Google...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via NY Times: …technology experts and former intelligence officials say the convergence between Silicon Valley and the N.S.A. and the rise of data mining — both as an industry and as a crucial intelligence tool — have created a more complex reality. Silicon Valley has...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Christian Science Monitor: Bartneck found a greater variety in the facial expressions of Lego figures after 1989. He and his colleagues separated the expressions into six general categories: disdain, confidence, concern, fear, happiness, and anger. Over time, the...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Technology Review: Receiving remote medical care is becoming more common as technologies improve and health records get digitized. Sense.ly, the California startup running the trial, is one of more than 500 companies using health-care tools from Nuance, a company...
