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Robot Reality Check: They Create Wealth—And Jobs
Robots may be coming for our jobs. But a growing body of evidence suggests that workers have everything to gain from welcoming them. Robot Reality Check: They Create Wealth—And Jobs Economists say automation is the key to next boom, and the U.S. is falling behind. The more robots a country has,…
Housing Slowdown Unnerves The Fix-and-Flip Crowd (#GotBitcoin)
Fewer than 46,000 single-family houses and condos were flipped in the third quarter, the smallest number in three-and-a-half years. Housing Slowdown Unnerves The Fix-and-Flip Crowd (#GotBitcoin) The pace of real-estate speculation is slowing, a sign of the darkening outlook in the U.S. housing market. Small-time investors who flooded into real…
The World’s Rivers, Canals And Reservoirs Are Turning To Dust
Harvard Quietly Amasses California Vineyards—And The Water Underneath. Making a bet on climate change, university’s $39 billion endowment has been snapping up farmland and the related water rights. The World’s Rivers, Canals And Reservoirs Are Turning To Dust Steve Sinton, a rancher, was baffled when a company he’d never heard…
Amazon, Amid Crackdown on Seller Scams, Fires Employees Over Data Leak (#GotBitcoin?)
Amid crackdown on seller scams, fires employees over data leak. Amazon was also investigating suspected bribes of its employees, The issues were reported in September. Since then, the company has dismissed several workers in the U.S. and India for allegedly inappropriately accessing internal data that was being misused by disreputable…
Thieves Can Now Nab Your Data In A Few Minutes For A Few Bucks (#GotBitcoin?)
CyberSecurity Newsflash!: (Youtube) ‘If someone wants to find my Social Security number, it will take them exactly $3 and five minutes,’ a data security specialist said. As investigators work to assess who hacked Marriott International Inc. and the extent of the damage, one place they are hunting is the shadowy…
Clemency For Ross Ulbricht, Serving Double Life For A Website (#GotBitcoin)
[caption id="attachment_5669" align="aligncenter" width="510"] Clemency for Ross Ulbricht, Serving Double Life for a Website[/caption] This is a sentence that shocks the conscience. Clemency For Ross Ulbricht, Serving Double Life For A Website (#GotBitcoin) My son, Ross Ulbricht, is serving a double life sentence plus 40 years, without the possibility of parole,…
The Market’s Latest Problem: Hesitation To Buy The Dip (#GotBitcoin?)
The diminishing lure of discounted stocks is the latest sign that investors are approaching selloffs with more caution. An investor trend that has helped buoy stocks over most of the past decade is showing signs of breaking down. For the first time since the dot-com era, investors are cautious about…
Bear Markets March Across the Globe (#GotBitcoin?)
Germany’s DAX index is the latest stock market to have more than 20% erased from its high. In a sign of the breadth of the global selloff in stocks, Germany’s main stock index fell into a bear market Thursday, the latest benchmark to have tumbled 20% or more from its…
Ayurvedic (Holistic) Medicine Has 5000 Years of Experience Over Western Medicine
Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old system of natural healing that has its origins in the Vedic culture of India. Ayurvedic (Holistic) Medicine Has 5000 Years of Experience Over Western Medicine Although suppressed during years of foreign occupation, Ayurveda has been enjoying a major resurgence in both its native land and throughout…
U.S. Readies Charges Against Chinese Hackers (#GotBitcoin?)
Cyber-Security Experts Government-linked hackers allegedly engaged in a multiyear scheme to break into U.S. technology service providers. Federal prosecutors are expected to unseal criminal charges as soon as next week against hackers linked to the Chinese government who have allegedly engaged in a sophisticated multiyear scheme to break into U.S.…
Why We Californians Are Drawn Toward Fire Zones (#GotBitcoin?)
Building codes, state grants and low insurance rates have encouraged people to flee expensive cities for their dangerously fire-prone fringes. The historically deadly wildfires that have roared through California this fall, and a string of similarly destructive ones over the past two years, are boosting calls to do more to…
The Amazon: The Heart of The World (#GotBitcoin)
With Peru’s surging economy and blossoming international startup scene comes a new audience eager to explore the mighty river. The Amazon: The Heart of The World (#GotBitcoin) We left Cusco at dawn, heading southeast toward Bolivia. Breakfast was at a roadside cafe an hour into the drive, black…