SoFi Offers CEO Spot to Twitter Executive

Anthony Noto, a top Twitter executive, is in discussions to become the next chief executive of Social Finance, as the online lender grapples with accusations of improper workplace culture.

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Rocket Lab Puts Satellites in Orbit for First Time

Rocket Lab, a space-transportation startup promising frequent, economical launches on rockets featuring 3-D printed engine parts, successfully blasted its first payload into orbit from a remote New Zealand pad.

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The Risks & Ethics of Artificial Intelligence – Yoshua Bengio

The Risks & Ethics of Artificial Intelligence - Yoshua Bengio
Recorded: Jan 17th, 2018
Yoshua Bengio, a Computer Science and Operations Research professor at l’Université de Montreal and the scientific director of the Montreal Institute of Learning Algorithms speaks on Daybreak about the ethical development of artificial intelligence, and the potential risks if AI development is left unchecked.
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The Evolution of The Human Brain – Daniel Dennett

The Evolution of The Human Brain - Daniel Dennett
Daniel Dennett has never been one to swallow accepted wisdom undigested. As a student he happily sought to undermine the work of his supervisor, Willard Quine. Only one of the most respected figures in 20th century philosophy, a thinker eminent enough to appear on US postage stamps. Later in Oxford, he became frustrated by his fellow philosophers’ utter lack of interest in how our brains worked and was delighted when a medical friend introduced him to neurons. And so began an intellectual quest to understand the human mind that spans five decades.

Apr 4th, 2017
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Hyundai Will ‘Surprise Millions’ With Its Super Bowl Ad, Says New Teaser

Hyundai will tease its Super Bowl ad during both the NFC and AFC Championship games on Sunday. The teaser will also be available for viewing online and on the brand’s social channels. It suggests a kind of follow-up to last year’s “A Better Super Bowl” from Hyundai agency of record Innocean, with the brand promising…

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Who Is Billy? Coppola Winery’s Comical Short Film Has Two Wildly Opposing Theories

We hear a lot about “storytelling” in one form or another these days. It’s become one of the most overused and hotly debated buzzwords in the business. Now, acclaimed commercial director Rodrigo Saavedra puts storytelling in sharp focus for Francis Coppola’s winery in “The Red Stain,” a 10-minute brand film that debuted Friday at the…

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Robert Oppenheimer – The Sciences and Man’s Community

Robert Oppenheimer - The Sciences and Man
Robert Oppenheimer explains in his lecture entitled ‘The Sciences and Man’s Community’, how the “House of Science” helps us to understand the underlying profundities of the earth and our lives. He draws parallels between the construction of human society and the atom: each man is dependent on the next, and through the power of the collective, Man’s power grows with the shared knowledge of individuals.

20th of December, 1953
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Why Mastercard Is Adding a Charitable Aspect to Its Long-Running ‘Priceless’ Campaign

Mastercard has added a new wrinkle to its famed Priceless campaign, which has already spanned two decades. The company worked with its creative agency, McCann, for the last year to develop the addition to the campaign. Called “Start Something Priceless,” the new effort is meant to inspire people to do something they have always wanted…

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