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Science Harnessing the power of the bra, and the inspiration of cheese and sheep Two of the great inventors of our time finally get their due: Wallace and Gromit have a museum exhibit devoted to their...
View ArticleBeing Cute Helps, But It Won't Save You
Science Which animals need better PR It's always the pretty ones who get the attention. Scientists trying to raise awareness about a mysterious illness affecting bat populations along the East Coast...
View ArticleRogue Computer Algorithms Threaten Stock Markets
Gadgets Computer intelligence is getting more human every day. They solve problems like humans, they communicate like humans, and now, they're ruining the world's financial markets… Computer...
View ArticleWhat High-Frequency Trading Looks Like Every Millisecond [Infographic]
Technology Check out how much money you’re not making. Something to think about as the millisecond tick by today: how much money you're not making from the slight discrepancies between the values of...
View ArticleMicrowave Balloons Could Form New Super-Fast Transatlantic Trading Line
Technology The new frontier in finance? Perseus Telecom, a network provider that specializes in rapid trading, is seriously looking into an ultra-high-speed transatlantic trading line, made possible...
View ArticleNeuroscience May Help Us Understand Financial Bubbles
Science New research published in the journal Neuron suggests that market bubbles are in fact driven by a biological impulse to try to predict how others behave. Five years on from Lehman Brothers'...
View ArticleNetwork Outages Like NYSE, United Airlines, Are The New Natural Disasters
Technology The ups and downs of network infrastructure are a growing problem without a solution This week saw two nearly simultaneous infrastructure failures in major industries: finance and...
View ArticleCryptocurrency millionaires are pushing up prices on some art and collectibles
Technology The rise of Bitcoin and its ilk have seriously shifted some collectible prices. Magic: The Gathering and other markets have jumped thanks to cryptocurrency investors.
View ArticleHow to track the digital subscriptions silently draining your bank account
DIY Do you know where your money is going? You've signed up for so many digital subscriptions, you can't keep track of them anymore. Here's how to manage the ones you want—and cancel the ones you don't.
View ArticleHow to prepare your digital life for your inevitable death
DIY What will happen to your photos and passwords? You probably know where you want your money and physical assets to go when you die. But how do you protect the future of your digital photos,...
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