How 'Twin Peaks' Invented Modern Television

The sensational entrance into mass consciousness of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, 27 years ago, was an event that defies replication. To begin with, back then there actually was a mass consciousness—or, at least, there were a lot of people watching the same shows at th … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Who Was the Last Person on Earth Born in the 1700s?

Emma Morano was 117 years old when she died in Italy last month. Toward the end of her long life, she held an auspicious, if lonely, place in human history. She is believed to have been the last person on Earth who was born in the 19th century: November 29, 1899.Barring planetary … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Twin Peaks and True Crime: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing

Inside the Roller-Coaster Journey to Get David Lynch’s Twin Peaks Back on TVMaureen Ryan | Variety“The otherworldly elements that Lynch layered in—an indefinable air of mystery, a surreal quality that evoked swooning, bittersweet loss—were among the factors that made the original … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

US Dark Web Drug Dealer Likely to be Deported, Feels Ashamed

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@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Exo-Shorts gibt der Hüfte einen Schubs, um Stürze zu verhindern

Hier kommt das nächste Projekt der Robotik-Tüftler vom École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL): Die Exo-Shorts. Was dann die saloppe Bezeichnung für ein Exoskelett-System namens Active Pelvis Orthosis (APO)... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

(+) 10 Essential Investment Rules For Rookies

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@cryptocoinsnews.com | 7 years ago

Everything Microsoft announced at Build 2017

So Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference came and went, and the computing giant unveiled a number of initiatives aimed at the software engineers and web developers of the world. From Windows 10 to Cortana and bots, here’s a quick recap of everything announced at Build 201 … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Google Pixel 2 wishlist: what we want to see

The Google Pixel 2 is fast approaching and we know Google is listening. So here are a few things we want to see in the next Pixel. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Brazil’s fintech boom offers new vertical opportunities for investors

 Fintech is booming around the world. Global investments in fintech companies have continued to rise during the last two years. After international financing for fintech startups hit $19 billion in new funding rounds at the end of 2015, the volume cranked up even higher. Fintech … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Google Maps navigiert Karten-Legastheniker per Street-View-Ansicht

Google verbessert seine Karten-App dieser Tage in kleinen, fallweise aber supersinnige Schrittchen, so hat man letzte Woche ein Google-Maps-Update für Android gebracht, in dem Wegbeschreibungen nun endlich auch am Smartphone mit Street-View-Unterstützung... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin's Scaling Debate: The View From China's Miners

Researcher Paul Ennis sheds light on China's bitcoin mining community, often viewed as one important political faction in the scaling debate.Source | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

This Week in Content Marketing: 2017 Is the Year Brands Buy Media Companies

We explore Whirlpool's purchase of Yummly, media accountability, and the end of advertising, then share rants, raves, and more – Content Marketing Institute | Continue reading


@contentmarketinginstitute.com | 7 years ago

Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain

My Weekend Update includes great content I found this week including, "Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain." | Continue reading


@schneiderb.com | 7 years ago

When Mother’s Day Is ‘Empowering’

Mother’s Day was created when, in 1908, Anna Jarvis invented the holiday as a gesture to honor her own mother. Her idea caught on quickly: By 1914, in large part because of a campaign Jarvis waged to have her celebration of motherhood more widely recognized, Congress gave the day … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

How to Drive Sales With Email Marketing in 2017

Are you wondering how to drive sales with email marketing in 2017? If you’re looking for a way to generate more leads for your website, it’s email marketing. Despite the articles you’ll find online that say “email marketing is dead,” that’s far from true if you actually know what … | Continue reading


@oziomedia.com | 7 years ago

$600k for an Ethereum Name? A Thriving Auction Market is Underway

An ethereum project aimed at decentralizing the domain space is winning enthusiasm – and investment dollars – from crypto investors.Source | Continue reading


@coindesk.com | 7 years ago

Dronediving: Skydiving mit Drohnen-Lift

Die Drohnen-Firma Aerones hat uns letztes Jahr bereits den Trendsport Droneboarding beschert (nicht zu verwechseln mit Dronesurfing), jetzt legen die Letten nach und das natürlich wiederum mit einem Drohnen-basierten Extremsportspäßchen:... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

Where Do Populists Go When They Lose?

It’s a little too easy for liberals and globalists to breathe a sigh of relief at the victory of Emmanuel Macron in France. His win averts a short-term crisis over the terms of France’s participation in the European Union, but as both the populists and their antagonists have disc … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

What Went Right With the French Campaign Polls?

PARIS—Pollsters have gotten a bit of bad rap lately. In both the United States and the United Kingdom, public opinion researchers were excoriated for failing to predict the results of both countries’ shock elections in 2016. As a result, in France, declarations that the National … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

What's Lost When Someone Loses Their License

Losing the right to drive in December upended Latrice Harry’s life. She’d been pulled over by police six months before, and after failing to pay an initial ticket—she says she got it for not being able to quickly find proof of insurance among her belongings—the debt kept accumula … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Hostage Shows What It's Like to Be Held Captive

It was barely morning on July 2, 1997, when Christophe André was pulled from his bed, handcuffed, dragged into a car, and driven across the border from the Russian republic of Ingushetia to Chechnya. As a Frenchman working for Doctors Without Borders (MSF), he was a target for Ch … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Traffico riaperto a porta Monterone

Da oggi sabato 13 maggio è riaperto il traffico carrabile e pedonale attraverso la Porta di Monterone, che era stato interrotto per motivi di incolumità, a causa della caduta di pietre segnalata da alcuni cittadini e verificata dalla Direzione Tecnica e dai Vigili del Fuoco. In a … | Continue reading


@comunespoleto.gov.it | 7 years ago

Elon Musk Tunnel-Überholspur im verruckelten Dummy-Video

Vor zwei Wochen hat Elon Musk sein Start-up The Boring Company vorgestellt, mit dem Autos die Dauerstaus von Los Angeles in Tunneln umgehen sollen, wo sie dann auf einem Schlitten bis zu 209 km/h schnell und ohne lästige Ampelstopps von einem Ende... | Continue reading


@de.engadget.com | 7 years ago

When time catches up

And it always does. Bad decisions happen for one of two reasons: A. You're in a huge hurry and you can't process all the incoming properly. But more common... B. The repercussions of your decision won't happen for months or...        | Continue reading


@sethgodin.typepad.com | 7 years ago

26 Ideas for a Unicorn Inspired Event Theme

Unicorn themes and inspiration seem to be everywhere at the moment. We delve into why this may be and offer some ideas for event theming to sprinkle some unicorn magic into any occasion. The mythical creatures that fly and poop rainbows are the essence of the unicorn, with bright … | Continue reading


@eventmanagerblog.com | 7 years ago

These were the 10 biggest European tech stories this week

This week, Tech.eu tracked 16 technology M&A transactions, one IPO and 71 tech funding deals totaling nearly €1.14 billion (about $1.24 billion) in Europe, Turkey and Israel.Here’s an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items for this week: 1) Japanese giant Softbank ha … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Crunch Report | Waymo v. Uber is going to trial

Makers of Gorilla Glass Corning gets a $200 million investment from Apple, Waymo v. Uber is going to trial and Xiaomi is set to open 100 stores in India. All this on Crunch Report. Read More | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 7 years ago

Some important things you probably didn’t know about WWW, Domain, and Hosting (infographic)

Here are some interesting and lesser known facts about past and present of WWW, hosting and Domains. | Continue reading


@digitalinformationworld.com | 7 years ago

De'Aaron Fox tells teams at NBA Combine he's the best PG in draft

CHICAGO -- De'Aaron Fox considers himself highly competitive and doesn't shy away from matching skills with anyone. | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Social Media and Marketing Expert

Looking for help with Social Media, Database Management & Marketing campaigns for Real Estate business. Job pays $15/hr. Hours flexible. If you have strong experience with social media (FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) and marketing campaigns systems (e.g. mail chimp), we would be i … | Continue reading


@alltop | 7 years ago

Social Media Specialist – part time freelance

Source: Social Media Specialist – part time freelanceThe post Social Media Specialist – part time freelance appeared first on Mary Green. | Continue reading


@alltop | 7 years ago

Stolen U.S. spy agency tool used to launch global cyberattack

(Reuters) – A global cyberattack leveraging hacking tools widely believed by researchers to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency hit international shipper FedEx, disrupted Britain’s health system and infected computers in nearly 100 countries on Friday. Cyber … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

TouchArcade Game of the Week: 'Steredenn'

The idea behind the TouchArcade Game of the Week is that every Friday afternoon we post the one game that came out this week that we think is worth giving a special nod to. Now, before anyone goes over-thinking this, it doesn't necessarily mean our Game of the Week pick is the hi … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Where are all the big telecom mergers?

The much-anticipated merger mania in the communications industry finally turned into a real deal this week, but it probably wasn’t the one most people were expecting. Verizon outbid AT&T with a $3.1 billion offer for tiny wireless startup Straight Path Communications, which owns … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Trump wants aircraft carriers to stop using 'the digital'

The digital, it is bad. President Donald Trump recently revealed he wants Navy aircraft carriers to go back to steam-powered catapult systems, according to a Time interview published on Thursday. And he insisted they would no longer be using "the digital."SEE ALSO: Trump's Russia … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Android O’s Project Treble could lead to faster OS updates for smartphones

Google has revealed that the upcoming Android O will introduced Project Treble, which hopefully will make OS updates faster for smartphones. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 7 years ago

Microsoft insists on calling AR and VR ‘Mixed’ Reality. Maybe we should too.

Back in 2015, when the the world was just beginning to pay serious attention to virtual reality, Microsoft surprised everyone by announcing HoloLens. Instead of surrounding you with virtual imagery – like Oculus and every other VR company – HoloLens brought the digital world into … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

FCC chairman who voted to sell your browsing history won’t release his

The same FCC chairman who voted to repeal rules protecting the privacy of Americans’ information online won’t disclose his, according to a report by ZDNet. Last month, Congress and President Trump approved the FCC’s rollback of online privacy rules. With those rules gone, ISPs ha … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

A Stolen NSA Tool Is Being Used in a Global Cyberattack

The shadow of ousted FBI director James Comey hung over the Senate Intelligence committee’s worldwide threat hearing yesterday. Like Banquo’s ghost in Macbeth, the presence of Comey’s absence was everywhere. But it wasn’t the most surreal aspect of the day. Here was a hearing on … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

'Clash Royale' Double Elixir Draft Challenge Will Run Until May 15th

If you're in the mood for some fun Clash Royale [Free] matches, make sure you check out the Double Elixir Draft Challenge, running from today until May 15th. As the title shows, this draft challenge will feel like playing overtime the whole time. The way the draft works is you pi … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Boston Celtics wear all black to Game 6 against Washington Wizards

Up 3-2 and needing just one more victory to advance, the Celtics arrived for tonight's Game 6 (8 p.m., ESPN) against the Wizards in all black, a not-so-subtle hint that they intend to send their | Continue reading


@nba.com | 7 years ago

Uber’s breathing down the barrel of another criminal investigation

Today in federal court, Judge William Alsup handed Uber even more bad news. The court appearance was meant to be a plea by Uber to move its case with Waymo to private arbitration to avoid trial. It failed. After considering the evidence, Judge Alsup instead ruled that Waymo could … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

The Atlantic Daily: Ransomware and Recordings?

What We’re FollowingGlobal Threats: An estimated 74 countries were struck today by a wave of cyberattacks that demanded ransom in exchange for access to the affected computer systems. Hospitals are particularly vulnerable to this type of attack, and Britain’s National Health Serv … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago

Multiplayer Game 'Hover Disc 3' Looks Like a Fun Party Game

It should come as a surprise to no one that Hover Disc 3 is the third in the Hover Disc series, and the good news for those who enjoy the series is that the third one will now be available on the iPhone and Apple TV and will also include a single player training mode. As you can … | Continue reading


@toucharcade.com | 7 years ago

Spotify reportedly to go public as direct listing on NYSE

(Reuters) – Music streaming service Spotify, most recently valued at $13 billion, will be the first major company to carry out a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange when it goes public later this year or early next year, two sources familiar with the situation said on F … | Continue reading


@venturebeat.com | 7 years ago

Damn, the next iPhone is expected to be expensive

Sorry, everyone: We have some more bad news about the upcoming iPhone 8. Remember how we said it was going to be super expensive, then changed our tune?Well ... about that ...A new Goldman Sachs investors note obtained by Business Insider claims to have some new insight about how … | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 7 years ago

Licensing issue leads to 90-percent discount on popular video game

If you’ve ever felt the slightest inkling to own a copy of video game Alan Wake, buy it tomorrow — it’ll be your last chance. Remedy, the developer behind Alan Wake, Quantum Break, and the first two Max Payne games, announced today it can no longer sell Alan Wake. After May 15, i … | Continue reading


@thenextweb.com | 7 years ago

Why the White Working-Class Voted for Trump

PRRI and The Atlantic surveyed American voters about their feelings on politics. Researchers specifically focused on white, working-class voters—people without college degrees or salaried jobs. While most post-election analysis cited economic anxiety as the main concern of this g … | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 7 years ago