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The Next Frontier for Brain Implants Is Artificial Vision

Wired.com (Top Stories) 4/14 11:00P Emily Mullin

Elon Musk’s Neuralink and others are developing devices that could provide blind people with a crude sense of sight.

The More People Say 'Megalopolis' Is Unsellable, the More We Need to See It

Wired.com (Top Stories) 4/12 1:30A Angela Watercutter

Sci-fi fiends have a long history of saving their darlings. Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Megalopolis, 40 years in the making, could be their biggest save yet.

No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs

Wired.com (Top Stories) 4/11 6:00A Will Knight

Some businesses are replacing people with AI; others are augmenting their workforce or hiring new workers. The long-term impact on labor is murky.

DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers

Wired.com (Top Stories) 4/11 2:00A Matt Burgess

Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is launching a tool to remove data from people-search websites, a VPN, and an identity theft restoration service.

This Woman Will Decide Which Babies Are Born

Wired.com (Top Stories) 4/10 12:00A Jason Kehe

Noor Siddiqui founded Orchid so people could “have healthy babies.” Now she’s using the company’s gene technology on herself—and talking about it for the first time.

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California landlords and business owners won’t be able to hide behind LLCs if new bill passes

Business 4/18 7:37A Associated Press

The bill has broad support from labor, housing, and environmental groups. A California lawmaker wants to require business owners and landlords to disclose their identities...

GM just opened a sprawling new design center that will help shape the future of its cars

Business 4/18 4:00A Nate Berg

With ample light and a radically open layout, General Motors’ new design center is changing the way its designers work. General Motors has just revealed its massive new design...

Is the rise of strategy the death of design?

Business 4/18 4:00A Jarrett Fuller

Today, strategy gets top billing at design studios. It’s just the latest reinvention for designers. Sometimes I think the history of graphic design is a history of finding new...

These street lights double as EV chargers

Business 4/18 4:00A Adele Peters

Voltpost designed a way to retrofit lamp posts with EV charging cables, which could be a game changer for cities. A few years ago, when Jeff Prosserman decided to buy an...

A worker dies every 96 minutes from a job-related injury. Here’s how to fix it

Business 4/18 3:32A Michael Collins

New research looks at why worker deaths have increased, even as the economy remains strong. When a cargo ship crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge late last...

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Rihanna Reveals Her Ultimate Obsession & It’s What You Came For

E! Online (US) - Top Stories 4/18 8:57A

Rihanna‘s family makes her shine bright like a diamond.  In fact, the Grammy winner—who shares sons RZA Athelston Mayers, 23 months, and Riot Rose Mayers, 8 months, with rapper A$AP Rocky—had her...

Olivia Munn Shares How Double Mastectomy Journey Impacted Son Malcolm

E! Online (US) - Top Stories 4/18 8:00A

Olivia Munn s life was impacted in more ways than one throughout her breast cancer battle. As the Newsroom actress recently explained, that included missing out on special moments with her and...

'The Witcher' to end with Season 5 on Netflix

Arts - latimes.com 4/18 7:53A Kaitlyn Huamani

'The Witcher' is ending after its upcoming Season 5. The fourth and fifth seasons will be filmed back to back.

Ashanti & Nelly Engaged: How Their Love Became More Than Just a Dream

E! Online (US) - Top Stories 4/18 7:42A

Ashanti and Nelly are cruising into their new chapter together.The Foolish singer, 43, recently announced she and the Hot in Herre rapper, 49, are engaged and expecting their first child...

L.A.-based social video platform Triller acquired by Hong Kong company

Arts - latimes.com 4/18 7:20A Samantha Masunaga

Triller has long lagged rival TikTok in the social video market, but the company got a boost of interest in 2020, after former President Trump suggested he'd consider banning...

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Journey into Historical LA-Style Elegance at 2400 Inverness Avenue

JustLuxe 4/18 11:03A Isabel Goldstein

Positioned behind grand privacy gates, 2400 Inverness Avenue stands as a beacon of architectural history in Los Angeles. This singular Spanish Colonial Revival seamlessly...

Mandalay Villa: A Beachfront Haven of Luxury on Long Bay Beach

JustLuxe 4/18 10:27A Isabel Goldstein

Sited directly on the sands of Long Bay Beach, Mandalay Villa represents the zenith of beachfront luxury, merging seamless architecture with the raw beauty of the Turks and...

Slam Dunk Partnership: The WNBA & La Crema

JustLuxe 4/18 10:25A Fran Endicott Miller

The Women s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and acclaimed Sonoma-based winery La Crema have joined forces as the league s first-ever winery partnership. The history...

The $4M Shuniya Manse In Nicoya Peninsula Set To Hit The Gavel

JustLuxe 4/18 6:39A Mens Gear

The seven-bedroom, six-bathroom hilltop mansion located in the village of Nosara in Costa Rica s Nicoya Peninsula is set to go under the hammer on April 17. ... via...

Sunny Isles Beach Penthouse: A Record-Setting Marvel at 17001 Collins Avenue

JustLuxe 4/16 1:30P Isabel Goldstein

Perched majestically along the pristine shores of Sunny Isles Beach, Penthouse 4904 at 17001 Collins Avenue emerges as a defining symbol of luxury high above Miami’s dazzling...

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Trailblazers: Notes on Session 7 of TED2024

TED Blog 4/18 8:35A Clayton Wickham

Head of TED Chris Anderson (left) listens along as host of TED Radio Hour , Manoush Zomorodi, reads some of her early insights from TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant on Wednesday, April 17, 2024,...

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How to be an active citizen and spark change | Gabriel Marmentini

TEDTalks (video) 4/18 4:58A contact@ted.com (TED)

What does it mean to be an active citizen? It's about more than just voting and paying taxes, says social entrepreneur Gabriel Marmentini. He explains why we can't rely on the...

A Palestinian and an Israeli, face to face | Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon

TEDTalks (video) 4/17 4:58A contact@ted.com (TED)

How can Israel and Palestine achieve peace? Palestinian peacemaker Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli peacemaker Maoz Inon discuss the immeasurable tragedies they've experienced...

What you can do to stop economic crime | Hanjo Seibert

TEDTalks (video) 4/16 4:42A contact@ted.com (TED)

It might sound like the plot of a movie, but economic crime is all around us — from drug trafficking and fraud to cybercrimes, tax evasion and more. Economic crime fighter...

Why you should disappoint your parents | Desiree Akhavan

TEDTalks (video) 4/11 4:42A contact@ted.com (TED)

When filmmaker Desiree Akhavan told her Iranian immigrant parents she was in love with a woman, she knew they would object. She explains why it's worth the risk to let people...

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