FUTURISM UPDATE (September 23, 2014)
WASHINGTON POST: United Way to begin accepting donations in Bitcoin www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/15/united-way-to-begin-accepting-donations-in-bitcoin-for-innovation-fund/
Computer Models Tell Us That This Ebola Pandemic Could Soon Kill Millions http://www.thesleuthjournal.com/computer-models-tell-us-ebola-pandemic-soon-kill-millions/
NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: The power of digitization http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20140918-MARKETS-IN-YOUR-PALM/Cover-Story/The-power-of-digitization
NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: With growth flagging, Vietnam kicks up privatization http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/With-growth-flagging-Vietnam-kicks-up-privatization
NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: US supports rapprochement between Japan, neighbors: Kennedy http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/US-supports-rapprochement-between-Japan-neighbors-Kennedy
NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: South Korean company feeding Southeast Asia’s appetite for Japanese anime http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20140918-MARKETS-IN-YOUR-PALM/Business/South-Korean-company-feeding-Southeast-Asia-s-appetite-for-Japanese-anime
REUTERS: Apple sells more than 10 million new iPhones in first three days http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-apple-iphone-idUSKCN0HH1Q120140922
REUTERS: U.S. opposes linking Iran cooperation on Islamic State to nuclear talks http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-iraq-crisis-usa-idUSKCN0HH2B620140922
REUTERS: White House intruder had 800 rounds of ammunition in car: prosecutor http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-usa-whitehouse-security-idUSKCN0HH29R20140922
DER SPIEGEL: Europe’s Original Sin: What Asylum Policy Says about the EU http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/eu-asylum-policy-reveals-uncomfortable-truths-about-europe-a-992995.html
DER SPIEGEL: Sharing Burdens: Germany to Urge Shift in EU Refugee Policy http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-to-urge-shift-in-eu-refugee-policy-a-993076.html
MOSCOW TIMES: Kudrin: Russia Faces Years of Stagnation http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/kudrin-russia-faces-years-of-stagnation/507565.html
MOSCOW TIMES: Kremlin Adviser Says Russia Should Return to Capital Controls http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/kremlin-adviser-says-russia-should-return-to-capital-controls/507554.html
NEW YORK TIMES: Hurd: Oracle Takes On Microsoft in the Cloud http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/hurd-oracle-takes-on-microsoft-in-the-cloud/?_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=technology&_r=0
Climate Skeptics Point to World Population as the Real Problem http://www.21stcentech.com/climate-skeptics-point-world-population-real-problem/
NEW YORK TIMES: Making Big Data Think Bigger http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/making-big-data-think-bigger/?ref=technology
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Obama Administration Issues New Rules to Combat Tax Inversions http://online.wsj.com/articles/treasury-to-unveil-measures-to-combat-tax-inversions-1411421056?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories
WALL STREET JOURNAL: New Level of Smartphone Encryption Alarms Law Enforcement http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-level-of-smartphone-encryption-alarms-law-enforcement-1411420341?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird
WALL STREET JOURNAL: What Happens to Yahoo’s Stock Now that Alibaba Is Public? http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/22/what-happens-to-yahoos-stock-now-that-alibaba-is-public/?mod=ST1
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Google’s Recipe for EU’s Digital Agenda http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/22/googles-recipe-for-eus-digital-agenda/?mod=ST1
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Yahoo’s Core Business Value Cut in Half to $6.8 Billion After Alibaba IPO http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/19/yahoos-core-business-value-cut-in-half-to-6-8-billion-after-alibaba-ipo/?mod=ST1
WALL STREET JOURNAL: Need Room Service? A Google-Backed Robot May Knock at Your Door http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/19/need-room-service-a-google-backed-robot-may-knock-at-your-door/?mod=ST1
WALL STREET JOURNAL: In Silicon Valley, Awe, Dread and Hope for Alibaba http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/09/19/in-silicon-valley-awe-and-dread-for-alibaba/?mod=ST1
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: 3D printer, 20 mice now en route to space station http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0922/3D-printer-20-mice-now-en-route-to-space-station
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: MAVEN now successfully orbiting Mars. What’s next? (+video) http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0922/MAVEN-now-successfully-orbiting-Mars.-What-s-next-video
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Why is NASA flying planes over Alaska? http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0922/Why-is-NASA-flying-planes-over-Alaska
NORWAY TODAY: Arctic ice at its lowest level in years http://www.norwaytoday.info/home_view.php?id=13025
NORWAY TODAY: Russia warns Finland against joining NATO http://www.norwaytoday.info/news_view.php?id=11410
NORWAY TODAY: PST: More Islamists back from Syria http://www.norwaytoday.info/news_view.php?id=10494
BLOOMBERG: Crackdown Targets Inversions Designed to Limit U.S. Taxes http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/treasury-unveils-anti-inversion-rules-against-tax-deals.html
GET READY GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT. BLOOMBERG: Alibaba Could Buy Yahoo for Free http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-22/alibaba-could-buy-yahoo-for-free
BLOOMBERG: World Bank Says Ebola’s Spread May Have Catastrophic Cost http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-21/world-bank-says-further-ebola-spread-would-see-catastrophic-cost.html
BLOOMBERG: Global Warming (Global Existential Risk of the Planetary Climate) Is Here: Live Coverage of Climate Week 2014 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/global-warming-is-here-live-coverage-of-climate-week-2014.html
BLOOMBERG: Billionaire’s Supersonic-Jet Plan Gets Help From Airbus http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/billionaire-s-supersonic-jet-plan-gets-help-from-airbus.html
BLOOMBERG: Rockefeller Fund Built on Oil to Abandon Fossil Fuels http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/companies-pledging-action-as-leaders-set-to-talk-climate.html
LINKEDIN: Getting Fortune 500 Prospective Client’s Cash, Continually and Successfully! https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140831012719-34427457-the-9-rules-to-making-love-to-your-fortune-500-prospective-client-successfully
THE ECONOMIST: Cloud computing. Silver lining. Tech giants are waging a price war to win other firms’ computing business http://www.economist.com/news/business/21614186-tech-giants-are-waging-price-war-win-other-firms-computing-business-silver-lining
BLOOMBERG: China Manufacturing Gauge Tops Estimates in Support for Growth http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-22/china-manufacturing-gauge-tops-estimates-in-support-for-growth.html
THE ECONOMIST: Corporate computing. The rise of cloud computing is forcing old adversaries to work together. http://www.economist.com/news/business/21580148-rise-cloud-computing-forcing-old-adversaries-work-together-ascending-cloud
NPR: Experts Warn Of Turbulent Trip To Cloud Computing http://www.npr.org/2011/06/14/137174402/experts-warn-of-turbulent-trip-to-cloud-computing
WIRED: Money Is Pouring Into Tech Like It’s 1999—And That’s Not Good http://www.wired.com/2014/09/money-pouring-tech-like-1999and-thats-good/?mbid=social_twitter
THE INTERCEPT: Apple Still Has Plenty of Your Data for the Feds https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/22/apple-data/
VENTURE BEAT: Eric Schmidt to European Union: Accept Uber-style disruption or face unemployment http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/22/eric-schmidt-to-european-union-accept-uber-style-disruption-or-face-unemployment/
Intel Powers DIY 3D-Printed Robots http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/intel-powers-diy-3d-printed-robots.html?utm_content=buffer1d953&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer
NPR: The Summer Of 2014 Has Been A Messy Time For The World http://www.npr.org/2014/09/13/348286463/the-summer-of-2014-has-been-a-messy-time-for-the-world
KAI: Ultra-thin diamond nanothreads are strongest, stiffest materials http://www.kurzweilai.net/smallest-possible-diamonds-form-ultra-thin-nanothreads
KAI: Russian scientists create ultrahard ‘Fullerite’ material at room temperature and lower pressure http://www.kurzweilai.net/scientists-come-closer-to-the-industrial-synthesis-of-a-material-harder-than-diamond
Authored By Mr. Andres Agostini
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