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Satire: The Devil is in the details, Blockchain Edition

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Ambrose Bierce became an early 1900s influencer when he published "The Devil's Dictionary," a book of sarcastic definitions. He discovered dictionaries were a fantastic literary device for social commentary. He also probably realized inventing bogus definitions was an easy method to overcome writer's block and to efficiently generate content to meet deadlines. With that in mind, this seems like a good opportunity to produce more devilish definitions that fit with our modern world. I should apologize in advance, however, because some of these definitions are 100% real, which puts this article into the strange category of fake fake news.


Can AI Nudge Us to Make Better Choices?

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The behavioral revolution in economics was triggered by a simple, haunting question: what if people don't act rationally? In the online world, once expected to be a place of ready information and easy collaboration, lies and hate can spread faster than truth and kindness. For example, when predicting sales, employees often hide bad deals and selectively report the good ones. AI stands at the crossroads of the behavioral question, with the potential to make matters worse or to elicit better outcomes from us. The key to better outcomes is to boost AI's emotional quotient -- its EQ.


21 Scary Things Big Data Knows About You

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Of course, Google knows what you've searched for. So do Bing, Yahoo!, and every other search engine. And your ISP knows every website you've ever visited. Google also knows your age and gender -- even if you never told them. They make a pretty comprehensive ads profile of you, including a list of your interests (which you can edit) to decide what kinds of ads to show you.


Google My Activity shows everything that company knows about its users – and there's a lot

The Independent - Tech

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display