Archive for April, 2019

That Noise? The Rich Neighbors Digging a Basement Pool in Their $100 Million Brownstone – The New York Times

Monday, April 22nd, 2019

Good quote:

“Schopenhauer,” he says, “argued that the higher your tolerance for noise, the lower your intelligence.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/nyregion/gentrification-one-percent-manhattan.html

Aidoc, the AI solution for medical imaging analysis, raises $27M Series B | TechCrunch

Monday, April 22nd, 2019

https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/17/aidoc-b/

gcloud slides

Monday, April 22nd, 2019

link for slides:
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/131112436
photos in today’s dropbox

“Sonic Switzerland” – Can Sonos beat back the tech giants?

Monday, April 22nd, 2019

https://www.economist.com/business/2018/10/20/can-sonos-beat-back-the-tech-giants

An American maker of high-end wireless speakers battles Google and Amazon

Compelling argument against Slack

Monday, April 22nd, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/smarter-living/stop-letting-modern-distractions-steal-your-attention.html

There’s probably another planet in our solar system

Sunday, April 21st, 2019

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613060/theres-probably-another-planet-in-our-solar-system/

Paul Greengard, 93, Nobel Prize-Winning Neuroscientist, Is Dead – The New York Times

Sunday, April 21st, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/obituaries/paul-greengard-dead.html

Apple revamping Find My Friends & Find My iPhone in unified app, developing Tile-like personal item tracking – 9to5Mac

Sunday, April 21st, 2019

appears to be a “sherlocking” of tile

https://9to5mac.com/2019/04/17/find-my-iphone-revamp/

Turing Award Winners 2019 Recognized for Neural Network Research – Bloomberg

Sunday, April 21st, 2019

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-27/three-godfathers-of-deep-learning-selected-for-turing-award

Scientists restore some functions in a pig’s brain hours after death | YaleNews

Saturday, April 20th, 2019

https://news.yale.edu/2019/04/17/scientists-restore-some-functions-pigs-brain-hours-after-death?utm_source=YNemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=yn-04-18-19