Science & Technology – Week of 11.20.16

Has a British Engineer Broken the Laws of Physics?
Economist | 26 November 2016
No need for reaction…

Stripe’s Valuation Nearly Doubles to $9.2 Billion
Market Watch | 26 November 2016
Most valuable U.S. …

Google’s Translation AI Created its Own Secret Language — All On Its Own
Unknown Country | 25 November 2016
Programmers can’t…

China Breaks Patent Application Record
BBC | 24 November 2016
Experts have questioned whether…

Hurricane Otto: Costa Rica Declares National Emergency as Storm Heads for Coast
Guardian | 24 November 2016
Unusually…

Amazon Squashes Trump Trolls’ Attacks on Megyn Kelly Book
USA Today | 23 November 2016
17% of the reviewers…

Reddit Bans “Pizzagate” – “We Don’t Want Witchhunts On Our Site”
Zero Hedge | 23 November 2016
Forced to go to the FBI…

The 6 Ds of Tech Disruption: A Guide to the Digital Economy
Singularity Hub | 22 November 2016
Disrupt industries and corporate…

Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China
NY Times | 22 November 2016
Other countries before…

The Race to Wrap the Earth in Internet Is Heating Up
Singularity Hub | 21 November 2016
Google, Facebook, SpaceX…

Japan Earthquake: Small Tsunami Strike Fukushima Coastline After 7.4 Magnitude Quake
Telegraph | 21 November 2016
Two-foot…

Elon Musk Says a Tesla Solar Roof Could Cost Less than Your Crappy Normal Roof
Science Alert | 19 November 2016
Voted in favour…

Facebook Reveals Seven Point Plan To Eradicate “Fake News”
Zero Hedge | 19 November 2016
Complain about a story that will necessarily…

‘Unprecedented’: More than 100 Million Trees Dead in California
SF Gate | 19 November 2016
Damaging multi-year…

The IRS is Seeking Data on Coinbase’s Bitcoin Customers
Coin Desk | 18 November 2016
Taxpayer 1 failed to…

Enter Fake News as Replacement for Conspiracy Theory?
Daily Bell | 18 November 2016
Desperate…

Twitter Suspends Alt-right Accounts
USA Today | 15 November 2016
Prohibit targeted…

Obama Wants Your Wood-burning Stove
Sonoran News | 11 November 2016
Blow to innovation…

Op-ed | Trump’s Space Policy Reaches for Mars and the Stars
Space News | 19 October 2016
NASA should be focused primarily on…