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For its debut episode (which you can watch above) we invited Yoni Assia (eToro CEO) and Dominik Schiener (IOTA co-founder) to cruise Amsterdam’s picturesque canals, so we could learn exactly what it’s like to be a crypto-insider in 2019. Was the most recent bear market a good thing? How much money does IOTA have to power its next stage of development? Are we under threat from autonomous killer robot cars powered by cryptocurrency!...

Engineers from Purdue University made the interfaces repellent to moisture, liquid stains, and dust by coating paper with highly-fluorinated molecules. They then used this coating to print multiple layers of circuits onto the paper without smearing ink across the pages. The interfaces are powered by vertical pressure sensors that harvest energy through contact with the user — which means they don’t need an external battery. “This is the first time a self-powered paper-based electronic device is demonstrated,” said Ramses Martinez, an assistant professor in Purdue’s School of Industrial Engineering, in a statement....

Classics of the genre are the credit cards accused of awarding bigger loans to men than women, based simply on which gender got the best credit terms in the past. Or the recruitment AIs that discovered the most accurate tool for candidate selection was to find CVs containing the phrase “field hockey” or the first name “Jared”. More seriously, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently combined with Henry Kissinger to publish The Age of AI: And Our Human Future, a book warning of the dangers of machine-learning AI systems so fast that they could react to hypersonic missiles by firing nuclear weapons before any human got into the decision-making process....

They highlight microstructures within the cartilage that they identify as nuclei and chromosomes from within its cells and also DNA. If accurate, this would be a hugely significant find. But can this report stand the scrutiny of a sceptical world? There are reasons to think not. Co-author and supervisor of the new work, Mary Schweitzer of North Carolina State University, has previously reported similar findings from a variety of tissues from dinosaurs....

Sadly, I was unable to attend, but I could comfort myself with endless scrolling through the show’s official page. And while it was difficult to choose the coolest vehicles on display, these were three that really blew me away. The Vespa Elettrica RED Yes, I know, Vespas are always iconic and beautiful. And yes, the electric Vespa was already introduced way back in January. But this one is… RED!!! While the color might be the only new feature ‘spec-wise’ the Vespa Elettrica RED does come with and added dose of the feel goods....

You can even our own credit cards… which is exactly what I did for my second startup. Long story short? It’s not a method I’d recommend! However, I did learn a thing or two in the process, hopefully these lessons can help you out in your own entrepreneurial journey. Correct estimation of effort The issue with most startups is that they’re woefully underfunded — it’s why the general rule that it takes two to three times the time and money you think it will need....

But as some scientists argue, brute-force learning is not what gives humans and animals the ability to interact the world shortly after birth. The key is the structure and innate capabilities of the organic brain, an argument that is mostly dismissed in today’s AI community, which is dominated by artificial neural networks. In a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, Anthony Zador, Professor of Neuroscience Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, argues that it is a highly structured brain that allows animals to become very efficient learners....

The majority of the dozens of stablecoins that currently exist use the dollar as their benchmark asset, but many are also pegged to other fiat currencies issued by governments like the euro and yen. As a result, the price of stablecoins fluctuates very little, unlike high-profile cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum that are prone to sudden ups and downs. The first stablecoin, created in 2014, was Tether, which many other stablecoins are modeled after....

Requests for financial donations arrive by snail mail, email, social media and text messages. Cashiers at chain stores and supermarkets ask if you want to chip in for charitable causes. If you’re in the U.S., you might also be getting nearly constant texts asking you to contribute to political campaigns. In my book “How We Give Now,” I explore how acts of giving extend beyond donating money to nonprofits, including an interesting trend on the rise that I call “dataraising....

Thankfully, the chat app is working on a new mode that lets you send ephemeral images, and those disappear as soon as you leave the chat. [Read: WhatsApp will ease you into accepting its privacy policy with a banner] There are a couple of important things to note here. First, you can’t save these photos in your gallery or copy them to another app. That’s good because you don’t want your sensitive photos being exported out of the app....

For the first half-century of the Space Age, only governments launched satellites and people into Earth orbit. No longer. Hundreds of private space companies are building a new industry that already has US$300 billion in annual revenue. I’m a professor of astronomy who has written a book and a number of articles about humans’ future in space. Today, all activity in space is tethered to the Earth. But I predict that in around 30 years people will start living in space – and soon after, the first off-Earth baby will be born....

Nathan Runyon, a former marine, worked as a financial analyst and reported to Kaiser Ng, the exchange‘s chief financial officer. The lawsuit, submitted on November 26, alleges that Runyon came across “numerous questionable business tactics that Ng condoned or was responsible for.” According to the filing, Runyon alleges that Kraken had earned money from sanctioned nations and companies on the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons List....

Large corporations like Google and Facebook have been able to collect millions of data points on all (un)registered users. This data is used to present close and distant friendships, agenda appointments, and can even predict if and when an employee will quit. Through this data, (enterprise) companies can provide useful advice on upcoming appointments (e.g. automatically add planned flights from Google Mail to Google Calendar) and give people the latest news on the topics they prefer....

There has long been a perceived shortage in such skills and knowledge. And this drives policy measures in education, skills and immigration to address the situation. In their STEM strategies, governments are increasingly focused on addressing the large disparities in participation between different social groups. For example, in the UK only 15 percent of scientists come from working-class households, just 7 percent of patents are filed by women, and among start-up founders men outnumber women four to one....

Stalking became a hot topic when Netflix released the hit series You. Unfortunately, many people were familiar with the plot all too well before its release. I’ve watched the show and, as someone who is currently being stalked, I could recognize an awful lot in the first season. While technology has made so many wonderful things possible, I’ve sadly discovered it has also made us all more vulnerable. Stalking and harassing someone has become much easier since the internet and the use of mobile phones became a standard as it can be done more easily, it’s anonymous, and there are hardly any boundaries to it....

Powered by a network of less than 100 validators, Ripple Labs pitches XRP as a liquidity tool for the traditional finance sector. Its supporters fervently believe adoption is coming, while critics have long claimed that regulators may one day classify XRP as a security. [READ: XRP bag holders are begging Ripple to stop dumping its coins] Still, quarter after quarter, Ripple Labs sells millions of dollars worth of XRP to investors....

Big like, wiping the full production database on their first day of work, killing the live application while multiple sales people are showing it to clients, or bringing down half the internet by passing on the wrong piece of data. Oops. There are a million reasons why things go wrong, and not all are completely avoidable. But having a good setup for testing new code can at least mitigate some of the worst errors....

Developer r57zone has made the mod available on GitHub, and also detailed a lengthy setup process to get it to work. You can see how it plays in the video above. However, I’m not sure I’ll get in on the action myself. The field of view seems to tear every time you turn to look in another direction, and it seems like it might be a bit tricky to learn how the VR controller bindings map to the keyboard....

The 2015 launch of YouTube Red (now rebranded as YouTube Premium) offered an escape, but €11.99 per month is a hefty price tag when you’re already strapped for cash. Six years later, a more affordable alternative has appeared on the horizon: YouTube Premium Lite. The new service is being piloted in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. “Nordics and Benelux (except for Iceland), we’re testing a new offering to give users even more choice: Premium Lite costs €6....