Our temporary foreign work visas have turned into “spy visas”?
Silicon valley's widespread use of temporary tech workers imported from other countries could be fostering widespread industrial spying for the benefit of foreign adversaries.
“Open office” floor plans decrease interaction, may lower productivity
Many companies have moved from individual offices or cubicles to open floor spaces, removing doors and presumed barriers to interaction. A study that tracked workers before conversion to open offices,…
Study finds VCs would get better returns investing in startups with age 45-50 year old entreprenuers
A new study found the average founder of the fastest growing tech startups was about 45-years-old — and 50-year-old entrepreneurs were about twice as likely to have a runaway business…
Customers who use restaurant self-order systems buy more items, than if ordering thru store employees
McDonald’s plans to add kiosks to thousands of stores nationwide to supplement in-store employees, transforming a part of America’s most iconic food chain. Customers often buy more from a screen…
Facebook to build data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah, next to NSA data center
Hmmmm… Source: No surprise: Facebook to build data center in Eagle Mountain | Deseret News
Facebook’s ad placement tools used by many companies to avoid hiring older workers
A proposed class-action lawsuit alleging Facebook’s ad placement tools facilitate discrimination against older job seekers has been expanded to identify additional companies, further widening the latest front in claims that…
Age discrimination in tech industry becomes a global phenomena
In China, high skilled tech workers become unemployable as early as 30 years old. “Most people in their 30s are married and have to take care of their family—they’re not…
Optimum age to be a successful entrepreneur is 45
The tech industry, and tech VCs, act as if the most successful age for starting a tech business is someone in their 20s. The tech sector tends to view most…
Commercial #Drone Alliance (Google, Amazon, CNN, etc) asks Congress to require all hobby Radio Control aircraft operators to be Federally licensed, have transponders on models #Drones
Source: COMMERCIAL DRONE ALLIANCE CALLS FOR CONGRESS TO REPEAL SECTION 336 OF THE FAA MODERNIZATION AND REFORM ACT OF 2012 — Commercial Drone Alliance To put this in a different…
Bitcoin
A very decent explanation for those not wanting to read the technical paper: “There’s no easy way to explain Bitcoin, but let me wave my hands and try: When you…