One of the best-selling T-shirts for the Indian e-commerce site Myntra is an olive, blue and yellow colorblocked design. It was conceived not by a human but by a computer algorithm — or rather two algorithms. The first algorithm generated random images that it tried to pass off as clothing. The second had to distinguish […]
Read moreKip Moore, a country music singer-songwriter with hits like “Beer Money” and “Hey Pretty Girl,” has had some disturbing experiences with fans lately. At some shows, women have approached him demanding to know why he stopped chatting with them on Instagram or Facebook. Some said they left their husbands to be with him after he […]
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Hap Plain has amassed one of the largest private collections of rare and unreleased Apple prototypes. His collection of more than 250 prototypes includes iPhones, iPads, Macs and pretty much everything in between. He has even turned his hobby into a thriving eBay business, selling one of his rare prototypes for more than $16,000. But […]
Read moreWhen Jennifer Daniel says that emoji miscommunications have ruined a few of her relationships, she’s only mostly joking. The problem is how differently emojis are rendered across platforms like Android, iOS, Facebook, Samsung, and others. When Daniel texts her husband the “octopus” emoji on her Android phone to signify how busy she is at work […]
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As CNBC’s Jim Cramer sees it, the stock market is in the middle of a full-fledged stand-off between the bulls and the bears. The bulls got a win with Friday morning’s jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department that said the country added 213,000 non-farm jobs in June. Stocks rose after the report was issued. […]
Read moreFacebook gained nearly 5 percent on Friday, hitting an all-time intraday high of $203.64 a share. The stock closed slightly below that level at a record $203.23, translating to a market value of more than $588 billion. The move pushed CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth closer to the top of the list in rankings of […]
Read moreThe average price of a house bought in San Francisco rose by $205,000 in the first half of 2018, the largest six-month increase in history, according to MLS data compiled by local real estate agency Paragon. The average house in the city limits now costs $1.62 million. Condo prices also rose by $71,000, which is […]
Read moreA Silicon Valley company that uses bots to automate certain tasks previously done by human workers has reached a $1.8 billion valuation with a new fundraising from several companies, including Goldman Sachs. San Jose, California-headquartered Automation Anywhere this week announced a $250 million round of fundraising — its first round of outside funding despite being […]
Read moreA few weeks ago, visitors to Etsy were being offered discounts on everything from handmade moonstone rings, reclaimed wood chopping boards to vegan tote bags across its website. Markdowns are par for the course in the retail industry, but for Etsy, the basics of retailing have not come easy. The 13-year-old company only began running […]
Read moreInvestors are familiar with Netflix dominating the streaming space, with its 100 percent gain just this year, but a handful of other names in its universe have surged in recent months. Pandora, Roku and Spotify have surged 71 percent, 49 percent and 19 percent, respectively, in the last three months. Spotify is the youngest public […]
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