The Nuts And Dolts Of Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley's power brokers want you to think they're different. But they're just average robber barons.

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SAVE ME FROM YOUR LEADERS OH THEY'RE UNICORNS ALL RIGHT Valley Of The Dolts theoutline.com Silicon Valley's power brokers want you to think they're different. But they're just average robber barons. BACK TO BASICS, ROBOT WATCH: Uh, Is This A Self-Driving Uber Running A Red Light On Its First Day Of Testing? digg.com Uber started testing automated cars today in San Francisco, and this video appears to show one blowing through a red. As Buzzfeed notes, humans are behind the wheel (just in case), so this might be human error. Still, not an auspicious start! WELCOME TO THE MACHINE The Great AI Awakening nytimes.com How Google used artificial intelligence to transform Google Translate, one of its more popular services — and how machine learning is poised to reinvent computing itself. TECH WE DIGG | SPONSORED The Healthiest Gift You Can Give everlywell.com Did you know that most of the tests you take at the doctor's office — like Sleep & Stress, Food Sensitivity, and (starting in January) STD testing — can be taken at home? EverlyWell provides at-home lab testing kits with results you can actually understand. Use code DIGG15 for 15% off your total purchase. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE BRIDGE TO CAHOKIA Finding North America's Lost Medieval City arstechnica.com "Cahokia was bigger than Paris — then it was completely abandoned. I went there to find out why." IXNAY ON THE X MARK A Treasure Hunter Found 3 Tons Of Sunken Gold — And Can't Leave Jail Until He Says Where It Is washingtonpost.com Accused of cheating his investors out of the fortune, treasure hunter Tommy Thompson led federal agents on a great manhunt — pursued from a Florida mansion to a mid-rent hotel room booked under a fake name. Now he lives in an Ohio jail cell, held there until he gives up the location of the gold. THE MALICE OF DENIAL 'Truthers' Insist My Photos Of Sandy Hook Were Faked. They Can Go To Hell. narrative.ly Covering the school shooting was the most important work I've done as a journalist. My photos are the furthest thing from fake news. (PROBABLY NOT) Can You Solve The Incompatible Food Triad? atlasobscura.com That conundrum goes like this: Can you think of three foods where any two of those foods taste good together, but all three combined taste disgusting? Like so many long-lasting mathematical mysteries, this one is more difficult than it sounds. Thus far, it has stymied at least four generations of academics. FROM THE DIGG STORE The 10 Best Gadgets From 2016 digg.com We've rounded up our favorite high-tech gear of the year — most of which will arrive before December 25. VIDEO OF THE DAY N-O-T-H-I-N-G Nothing Compares To This Japanese Rock Paper Scissors Competition digg.com Every fall, Japanese pop group AKB48 holds a competition to determine who will be the center of publicity for its Winter single. The whole thing is taken very, very seriously. IN THE NEWS US Officials: Putin Personally Involved In Election Hack Yahoo Says 1 Billion Accounts Were Breached In *Another* Hack Why The Fed Increased Interest Rates For The Second Time In A Decade Yesterday 'I'm Here to Help,' Trump Tells Tech Executives At Meeting Recreational Marijuana Law Takes Effect In Massachusetts That's all for today. Stay warm! View the Edition at Digg.com »

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