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Ben Horowitz’s Best Startup Advice
Ben Horowitz is undoubtedly one of the most well-respected and successful venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. He’s known for being both…
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Ontario Court Declares the Ontario Math Proficiency Test Unconstitutional
The Ontario Divisional Court has ruled that the Ontario College of Teachers shall grant certification to teacher candidates who have not yet passed the Math Proficiency Test but who have otherwise met all other teacher certification requirements.
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Researchers chart path to drastically lower administrative costs of health care
A new analysis by Stanford researchers suggests the health care industry can reap many of the economic benefits of a "Medicare for All" program through incremental changes to the private health care market.
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Bringing fully autonomous rides to Nashville, in partnership with Lyft
Waymo is bringing the magic of our fully autonomous ride-hailing service to riders in Nashville, in partnership with Lyft in 2026. Riders will be able to hail via the Waymo app, and as our service grows, riders will also be able to use the Lyft app to match with a Waymo vehicle.
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The Resilience of Costco (2018)
For 40 years, Costco has succeeded with a simple formula: reinvest merchandising profits into lower prices and better products; be a disciplined operator; and treat customers and employees well. But with greater share of shopping moving online, it’s fair to wonder if the company's best da
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European Central Bank rises rates by 0.5%
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purchasing power of the single currency.
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The Future of Transmit iOS
Hello. Here’s an update on Transmit iOS that I promise will not use the words “sunset” or “journey”.
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New in Reader: a fresh design, and Google+ sharing
Posted by Alan Green, Software Engineer Today we're rolling out the new Reader design, and the Google+ features that we mentioned just ov...
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Mozilla’s Servo Team Joining Mixed Reality
Mozilla's Servo team joining Mixed Reality
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Brennan Center for Justice Report: The Campaign to Undermine the Next Election
The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.
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The Fallacy of Move Fast and Break Things
LaunchDarkly helps teams safely manage code and AI agents in production with feature flags, progressive delivery, automated rollback, and runtime control.
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Visa and MasterCard Are Trying to Dictate What You Can Watch on Pornhub
Pornhub is removing millions of user-uploaded videos. This action comes after a New York Times column accused the website of hosting sexual videos of underage and nonconsenting women. In response to the Times’ article, Visa and Mastercard cut ties with Pornhub, making it impossible for Pornhub to...
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How Microryza Acquired the Domain Experiment.com
How do you get an amazing domain name like Experiment.com?
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Valencia region government completes switch to LibreOffice
The administration of the Spanish autonomous region of Valencia has completed its switch to LibreOffice, a free and open source suite of office productivity applications. Last week Friday the region's...
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Peter Norvig and eight others are Hacker School residents
The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in New York City.
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CFPB finalizes personal financial data rights rule
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has just finalized a rule that makes it easy and safe for you to figure out which bank will give you the best deal and switch to that bank, with just a couple of clicks. We love this kind of thing: the coolest thing about a digital world is how easy it...
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The Morality Police in Your Checking Account
In the latest example of a troubling trend in which companies play the role of law enforcement and moral police, Chase Bank has shut down the personal bank accounts of hundreds of adult entertainers. We’ve written before about the dire consequences to online speech when service providers start...
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Microsoft Research make breakthrough in audio speech recognition
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SQLite 2022 Recap
There have been many improvements to SQLite during 2022. Listed below or just a few of the bigger changes. See the change logs or the trunk timeline for a more complete list of enhancements and improvements.