by Leroy Hurt | Jun 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: The inventor of the World Wide Web said the internet is facing a “major” threat from “people who want to control it on the sly” through “worrying laws” such as SOPA, the US anti-piracy act, and through the actions of internet giants. “If you can...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Business Insider: Stuck with dwindling profits in an era of poor returns and heavy regulation, the likes of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and HSBC are battling to hire the best software programmers, systems engineers and data analysts, to help them get ahead via...
by Leroy Hurt | Jun 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Via Armed with Science: The goal of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) is to generate groundbreaking research and development so that future robotics can perform the most hazardous activities. This is so that, in future disaster response operations – and in...
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...
