The Triumph of the City
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The Triumph of the City
From the 4th annual Boston Book Festival, panelists, including Edward Glaeser, author of The Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier, discuss the city of Boston. Other panelists include Ayanna Pressley, Boston City Councilor, and Barbara Berke, senior policy advisor to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. The panel was moderated by Bob Oakes, host of WBUR’s Morning Edition.
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SpaceX stock could falter again as early investors cash out to buy boats,
houses, and planes, a research analyst says
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SpaceX's share price boomed in its first few days of trading, before
dropping sharply. As of Thursday's close it was just above the IPO price.
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BNK locks in new exec team as SME focus develops
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BNK Banking Corporation has appointed Steve Kinsella and Judith Newman as
its CEO and CFO respectively, locking in the interim leadership team that
has ste...
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Has Been Deployed for Months, Prompting Concerns
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The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months.
Members of Congress are worried about the crew’s well-being.
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Gitaroo Man Was A Weirder, Better Guitar Hero
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Years before *Guitar Hero*, there was a real guitar hero, and his name was
U-1
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Nvidia’s new $500B plan is risky but brilliant, especially for aging GPUs
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Nvidia has a plan to make sure its GPUs won't lose value. It wants to
convince a new crop of financiers to keep lending for AI buildouts.
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America Wants to Make Its Own Humanoid Robots. That Won’t Be Easy.
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China already manufactures humanoid robots by the thousands. A new
generation of U.S. start-ups is betting that there is still time to compete.
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climate, state budgets and taxes, and the economy. Please note that we’ll
have...
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Inside Samsung HQ: An Early Look at the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Hints at the Future
of Foldables
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Samsung's bold design shift shows how consumer needs are reshaping the
foldables category. I was among the first outside Samsung to see its new
lineup in K...
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This is the End and a New Beginning
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I've been thinking about this for some time.
After 21 years of writing this blog almost daily, I've decided to stop
writing the daily updates on the blog.
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7 Google Photos tips for perfecting your pics on Pixel 7
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Our new Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro have incredible cameras for capturing your
memories, but snapping a photo is just the beginning. We all want to get
our ...
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‘Every weld is a challenge’
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Philadelphia schools are focusing career-tech training on preparing
students to move from high school to apprenticeships and skilled jobs,
reports Chalkbea...
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Mindfulness: New age craze or science-backed solution?
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- Mindfulness has become a billion-dollar industry.
- Research shows mindfulness can be an effective wellness practice, yet the
effect sizes found in stud...
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32+ Years...
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Our comment on COPPA
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Responsibility is our number one priority at YouTube, and this includes
protecting kids and their privacy. Over the last few years, we’ve
significantly in...
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Huawei Working On 5G Radar Tech For Self-Driving Cars
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Current chairman Xu Zhijun said Huawei is working on millimeter-wave radar
and laser radar for use in autonomous vehicles as part of an “ecosystem” of
car-...
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Bifurcar 'blockchain': universos paralelos de cadenas ingobernables
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Los usuarios de Nano han demandado a sus desarrolladores por una pérdida de
criptomonedas valorada en 150 millones de euros. Si prospera, estarĂan
obligado...
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The Blog Moves On
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But the show goes on.
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The US Treasury’s missed opportunity
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The US Treasury recently published the first in a series of reports
designed to implement the seven core principles for regulating the US
financial system ...
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Corinne Found the Perfect Way to Rebel Against *The Bachelor*
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Over the course of the season, the show’s latest villain just might have …
grown as a person.
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The search for the best middle-class tax cut
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Say you want to help struggling middle-class families by cutting their
taxes. Say you want to figure out an actually helpful plan to do that, and
not just ...
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IBM buys Ustream: is it a workforce communication play?
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IBM has added Ustream to a long list of video technology company
acquisitions in the recent past -- like Clearleap acquired last month --
buying the stream...
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Book Expo America, BookCon, Detroit Public TV Video
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Tweets about #BookCon2015 OR #BEA15
*Date: Fri May, 29 2015 11:00 AM CDT — Sun May, 31 2015 3:00 PM CDT*
*Detroit Public TV will bring live inside the boo...
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The World's Billionaires
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Carlos Slim Helu takes the No. 1 spot on Forbes' annual list of the world's
richest as a record 164 billionaires return to the ranking amid the global
econ...
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