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…
Google and Amazon seek to “own” airspace by de facto kicking out radio control model airplane hobbyists #Drones #modelaircraft #airplanes #stem
Google, Amazon and others have asked Congress to require that model aircraft hobbyists be Federally licensed pilots and place radio transponders on all model aircraft. This would apply to everyone…
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…
#SpaceX gets FCC approval for 4,425 satellite global broadband network
SpaceX has a green light from the FCC to launch a network of thousands of satellites blanketing the globe with broadband. Source: FCC approves SpaceX plan for 4,425-satellite broadband network…
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…
Loyalty Cards are used to spy on your purchases, and not just with the vendor
The story of how that Sudafed ad got to me begins at Walgreens. As I bought tissues and Afrin, I keyed in my phone number so I could get loyalty…
EU Aviation Safety Agency Proposes Significant new Drone Regulations
(I have changed the formatting to make it easier to read) This new proposed framework regarding drone regulations and categorizations of various UAVs, there are three distinct sections: Open, specific,…
Total information surveillance society
Law enforcement agencies are now using systems, even mobile devices, that automatically and quickly perform facial recognition of subjects. This data is being stored into databases to create dossiers that…
Miso scores $10 million to bring its hamburger-flipping robot to more restaurants
One of many companies working to automate the restaurant business and reduce labor and benefits costs: Pasadena-based hardware startup Miso Robotics just got a big vote of confidence from investors,…