Monday, January 2, 2017

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Harry Dexter White made a name for himself organizing the world's most important economic conference, only to have it tarnished by an outrageous accusation.
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SECRET LIVES
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY DISORDER
The Soviet Spy Behind The Bretton Woods Conference
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Harry Dexter White made a name for himself organizing the world's most important economic conference, only to have it tarnished by an outrageous accusation.
OVER THE EDGE
Bankruptcy, Suicide And A Billion-Dollar Tech Dream
thestar.com
A charming financier used a promising Canadian tech startup in a global investment scheme to ensnare savvy investors and Bay Street executives. But when the funding dried up, the dream came crashing down.
TUMBLING OUT OF EVERYTHING
There Is A Lot Of Porn On Tumblr
motherboard.vice.com
A new study found that nearly a quarter of Tumblr users directly consume or produce porn on the site, while another 28% are exposed to porn indirectly.
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The Mattress Industry Doesn't Want You To Learn These 3 Secrets (So Here They Are)
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Here's the deal, most mattress retailers charge you 6-12x their manufacturing costs, plus you have to deal with a cheesy salesman pressuring you to buy. Cue Lull, the smarter way to buy a mattress — online with free shipping to your doorstep and a 100-night trial.
HITTING THE SWEET SPOT
A BITTERSWEET EXPERIMENT
A Month Without Sugar
nytimes.com
"It wasn't easy, but it was worth it. It reset my sugar-addled taste buds and opened my eyes to the many products that needlessly contain sugar"
RUB A DUB DUB
WATCH: Lynx Gets All Sleepy-Happy While Caretaker Gives Him His Morning Brushing
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Max has truly appreciated the extra help as he sheds his winter coat.
THE WOMAN IN THE MACHINE
Why Do Bots Have A Gender?
newyorker.com
As AI bot writers like me have struggled to create entities whose fundamental quality — captivity — must entice consumers rather than unnerve them, some have alighted on gender as a solution.
BIG TECH TO THE RESCUE
HIT THE ROAD, TECH
In 2017, Cars Will Be At The Frontier Of Technology
theverge.com
The biggest shift in the perception of the automobile in America is that in 2016 cars became part of the tech industry's mission.
ATTACKING THE FIBER OF THEIR BEING
How Amazon, Google, And Facebook Will Bring Down Telecom Companies
wired.com
If you hate big telecoms, you'll feel schadenfreude at their demise. But you might end up with more of the same as the new guard becomes the old guard.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
FLASH FROM THE PAST
How Old-School CRT TV Screens Worked, Illustrated At 1000 FPS
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We don't really use cathode ray tube (CRT) TVs anymore, but this slow motion video shows how the screen refreshes to display moving images. It's pretty cool.
IN THE NEWS
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Istanbul Nightclub Attack That Killed 39
The Titanic May Have Actually Sank Due To An Enormous Fire
Hollywood Sign Vandalized To Read 'Hollyweed'
Man Files Lawsuit Against Tesla Claiming His Model X Spontaneously Accelerated Into His Living Room
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