{"id":12391,"date":"2014-09-22T21:44:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T04:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=12391"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:28:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T03:28:20","slug":"futurism-update-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/futurism-update-5","title":{"rendered":"FUTURISM UPDATE (September 23, 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FUTURISM UPDATE (September 23, 2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/a-Amazon-and-Lifeboat-1024x584.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON POST: United Way to begin accepting donations in Bitcoin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-switch\/wp\/2014\/09\/15\/united-way-to-begin-accepting-donations-in-bitcoin-for-innovation-fund\/\">www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-switch\/wp\/2014\/09\/15\/united\u2026tion-fund\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Computer Models Tell Us That This Ebola Pandemic Could Soon Kill Millions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesleuthjournal.com\/computer-models-tell-us-ebola-pandemic-soon-kill-millions\/\">http:\/\/www.thesleuthjournal.com\/computer-models-tell-us-ebol\u2026-millions\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: The power of digitization <a href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/magazine\/20140918-MARKETS-IN-YOUR-PALM\/Cover-Story\/The-power-of-digitization\">http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/magazine\/20140918-MARKETS-IN-YOUR-PAL\u2026gitization<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: With growth flagging, Vietnam kicks up privatization <a href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics-Economy\/Policy-Politics\/With-growth-flagging-Vietnam-kicks-up-privatization\">http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics-Economy\/Policy-Politics\/With\u2026vatization<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: US supports rapprochement between Japan, neighbors: Kennedy <a href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics-Economy\/International-Relations\/US-supports-rapprochement-between-Japan-neighbors-Kennedy\">http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics-Economy\/International-Relati\u2026rs-Kennedy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: South Korean company feeding Southeast Asia\u2019s appetite for Japanese anime <a href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/magazine\/20140918-MARKETS-IN-YOUR-PALM\/Business\/South-Korean-company-feeding-Southeast-Asia-s-appetite-for-Japanese-anime\">http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/magazine\/20140918-MARKETS-IN-YOUR-PAL\u2026nese-anime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>REUTERS: Apple sells more than 10 million new iPhones in first three days <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/22\/us-apple-iphone-idUSKCN0HH1Q120140922\">http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/22\/us-apple-iphone-idUSKCN0HH1Q120140922<\/a><\/p>\n<p>REUTERS: U.S. opposes linking Iran cooperation on Islamic State to nuclear talks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/22\/us-iraq-crisis-usa-idUSKCN0HH2B620140922\">http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/22\/us-iraq-crisis-usa\u2026B620140922<\/a><\/p>\n<p>REUTERS: White House intruder had 800 rounds of ammunition in car: prosecutor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/22\/us-usa-whitehouse-security-idUSKCN0HH29R20140922\">http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/22\/us-usa-whitehouse-\u20269R20140922<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DER SPIEGEL: Europe\u2019s Original Sin: What Asylum Policy Says about the EU <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/eu-asylum-policy-reveals-uncomfortable-truths-about-europe-a-992995.html\">http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/europe\/eu-asylum-policy-\u202692995.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DER SPIEGEL: Sharing Burdens: Germany to Urge Shift in EU Refugee Policy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/germany-to-urge-shift-in-eu-refugee-policy-a-993076.html\">http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/germany-to-urge-\u202693076.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MOSCOW TIMES: Kudrin: Russia Faces Years of Stagnation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/business\/article\/kudrin-russia-faces-years-of-stagnation\/507565.html\">http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/business\/article\/kudrin-russia\u202607565.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MOSCOW TIMES: Kremlin Adviser Says Russia Should Return to Capital Controls <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/business\/article\/kremlin-adviser-says-russia-should-return-to-capital-controls\/507554.html\">http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/business\/article\/kremlin-advis\u202607554.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK TIMES: Hurd: Oracle Takes On Microsoft in the Cloud <a href=\"http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/22\/hurd-oracle-takes-on-microsoft-in-the-cloud\/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;ref=technology&amp;_r=0\">http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/22\/hurd-oracle-takes-o\u2026y&amp;_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Climate Skeptics Point to World Population as the Real Problem <a href=\"http:\/\/www.21stcentech.com\/climate-skeptics-point-world-population-real-problem\/\">http:\/\/www.21stcentech.com\/climate-skeptics-point-world-population-real-problem\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK TIMES: Making Big Data Think Bigger <a href=\"http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/20\/making-big-data-think-bigger\/?ref=technology\">http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/09\/20\/making-big-data-thi\u2026technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALL STREET JOURNAL: Obama Administration Issues New Rules to Combat Tax Inversions <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/treasury-to-unveil-measures-to-combat-tax-inversions-1411421056?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories\">http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/treasury-to-unveil-measures-t\u2026TopStories<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALL STREET JOURNAL: New Level of Smartphone Encryption Alarms Law Enforcement <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/new-level-of-smartphone-encryption-alarms-law-enforcement-1411420341?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird\">http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/articles\/new-level-of-smartphone-encry\u2026sNewsThird<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALL STREET JOURNAL: What Happens to Yahoo\u2019s Stock Now that Alibaba Is Public? <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/22\/what-happens-to-yahoos-stock-now-that-alibaba-is-public\/?mod=ST1\">http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/22\/what-happens-to-yahoo\u2026c\/?mod=ST1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALL STREET JOURNAL: Google\u2019s Recipe for EU\u2019s Digital Agenda <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/22\/googles-recipe-for-eus-digital-agenda\/?mod=ST1\">http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/22\/googles-recipe-for-eu\u2026a\/?mod=ST1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALL STREET JOURNAL: Yahoo\u2019s Core Business Value Cut in Half to $6.8 Billion After Alibaba IPO <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/19\/yahoos-core-business-value-cut-in-half-to-6-8-billion-after-alibaba-ipo\/?mod=ST1\">http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/19\/yahoos-core-business-\u2026o\/?mod=ST1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALL STREET JOURNAL: Need Room Service? A Google-Backed Robot May Knock at Your Door <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/19\/need-room-service-a-google-backed-robot-may-knock-at-your-door\/?mod=ST1\">http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/19\/need-room-service-a-g\u2026r\/?mod=ST1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WALL STREET JOURNAL: In Silicon Valley, Awe, Dread and Hope for Alibaba <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/19\/in-silicon-valley-awe-and-dread-for-alibaba\/?mod=ST1\">http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/digits\/2014\/09\/19\/in-silicon-valley-awe\u2026a\/?mod=ST1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: 3D printer, 20 mice now en route to space station <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Science\/2014\/0922\/3D-printer-20-mice-now-en-route-to-space-station\">http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Science\/2014\/0922\/3D-printer-20-mic\u2026ce-station<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: MAVEN now successfully orbiting Mars. What\u2019s next? (+video) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Science\/2014\/0922\/MAVEN-now-successfully-orbiting-Mars.-What-s-next-video\">http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Science\/2014\/0922\/MAVEN-now-success\u2026next-video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Why is NASA flying planes over Alaska? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Science\/2014\/0922\/Why-is-NASA-flying-planes-over-Alaska\">http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Science\/2014\/0922\/Why-is-NASA-flying-planes-over-Alaska<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NORWAY TODAY: Arctic ice at its lowest level in years <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norwaytoday.info\/home_view.php?id=13025\">http:\/\/www.norwaytoday.info\/home_view.php?id=13025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NORWAY TODAY: Russia warns Finland against joining NATO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norwaytoday.info\/news_view.php?id=11410\">http:\/\/www.norwaytoday.info\/news_view.php?id=11410<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NORWAY TODAY: PST: More Islamists back from Syria <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norwaytoday.info\/news_view.php?id=10494\">http:\/\/www.norwaytoday.info\/news_view.php?id=10494<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Crackdown Targets Inversions Designed to Limit U.S. Taxes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-22\/treasury-unveils-anti-inversion-rules-against-tax-deals.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-22\/treasury-un\u2026deals.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GET READY GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT. BLOOMBERG: Alibaba Could Buy Yahoo for Free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2014-09-22\/alibaba-could-buy-yahoo-for-free\">http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2014-09-22\/ali\u2026o-for-free<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: World Bank Says Ebola\u2019s Spread May Have Catastrophic Cost <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-21\/world-bank-says-further-ebola-spread-would-see-catastrophic-cost.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-21\/world-bank-\u2026-cost.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Global Warming (Global Existential Risk of the Planetary Climate) Is Here: Live Coverage of Climate Week 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-22\/global-warming-is-here-live-coverage-of-climate-week-2014.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-22\/global-warm\u2026-2014.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Billionaire\u2019s Supersonic-Jet Plan Gets Help From Airbus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-22\/billionaire-s-supersonic-jet-plan-gets-help-from-airbus.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-22\/billionaire\u2026irbus.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: Rockefeller Fund Built on Oil to Abandon Fossil Fuels <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-22\/companies-pledging-action-as-leaders-set-to-talk-climate.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-22\/companies-p\u2026imate.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LINKEDIN: Getting Fortune 500 Prospective Client\u2019s Cash, Continually and Successfully! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/today\/post\/article\/20140831012719-34427457-the-9-rules-to-making-love-to-your-fortune-500-prospective-client-successfully\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/today\/post\/article\/20140831012719&amp;#\u2026ccessfully<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE ECONOMIST: Cloud computing. Silver lining. Tech giants are waging a price war to win other firms\u2019 computing business <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business\/21614186-tech-giants-are-waging-price-war-win-other-firms-computing-business-silver-lining\">http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business\/21614186-tech-giants-\u2026ver-lining<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BLOOMBERG: China Manufacturing Gauge Tops Estimates in Support for Growth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-22\/china-manufacturing-gauge-tops-estimates-in-support-for-growth.html\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-09-22\/china-manuf\u2026rowth.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE ECONOMIST: Corporate computing. The rise of cloud computing is forcing old adversaries to work together. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business\/21580148-rise-cloud-computing-forcing-old-adversaries-work-together-ascending-cloud\">http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/business\/21580148-rise-cloud-c\u2026ding-cloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NPR: Experts Warn Of Turbulent Trip To Cloud Computing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/06\/14\/137174402\/experts-warn-of-turbulent-trip-to-cloud-computing\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/06\/14\/137174402\/experts-warn-of-turb\u2026-computing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WIRED: Money Is Pouring Into Tech Like It\u2019s 1999\u2014And That\u2019s Not Good <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/09\/money-pouring-tech-like-1999and-thats-good\/?mbid=social_twitter\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2014\/09\/money-pouring-tech-like-1999and\u2026al_twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>THE INTERCEPT: Apple Still Has Plenty of Your Data for the Feds <a href=\"https:\/\/firstlook.org\/theintercept\/2014\/09\/22\/apple-data\/\">https:\/\/firstlook.org\/theintercept\/2014\/09\/22\/apple-data\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>VENTURE BEAT: Eric Schmidt to European Union: Accept Uber-style disruption or face unemployment <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2014\/09\/22\/eric-schmidt-to-european-union-accept-uber-style-disruption-or-face-unemployment\/\">http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2014\/09\/22\/eric-schmidt-to-european-u\u2026mployment\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Intel Powers DIY 3D-Printed Robots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psfk.com\/2014\/09\/intel-powers-diy-3d-printed-robots.html?utm_content=buffer1d953&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkedin.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">http:\/\/www.psfk.com\/2014\/09\/intel-powers-diy-3d-printed-robo\u2026ign=buffer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NPR: The Summer Of 2014 Has Been A Messy Time For The World <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/09\/13\/348286463\/the-summer-of-2014-has-been-a-messy-time-for-the-world\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/09\/13\/348286463\/the-summer-of-2014-h\u2026-the-world<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KAI: Ultra-thin diamond nanothreads are strongest, stiffest materials <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/smallest-possible-diamonds-form-ultra-thin-nanothreads\">http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/smallest-possible-diamonds-form-ultra-thin-nanothreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KAI: Russian scientists create ultrahard \u2018Fullerite\u2019 material at room temperature and lower pressure <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/scientists-come-closer-to-the-industrial-synthesis-of-a-material-harder-than-diamond\">http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/scientists-come-closer-to-the-indu\u2026an-diamond<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authored By Mr. Andres Agostini<br \/> White Swan Book Author<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andresagostini\">www.linkedin.com\/in\/andresagostini<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/author\/Agostini?tag=lifeboatfound-20\">www.amazon.com\/author\/Agostini<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUTURISM UPDATE (September 23, 2014) WASHINGTON POST: United Way to begin accepting donations in Bitcoin www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-switch\/wp\/2014\/09\/15\/united\u2026tion-fund\/ Computer Models Tell Us That This Ebola Pandemic Could Soon Kill Millions http:\/\/www.thesleuthjournal.com\/computer-models-tell-us-ebol\u2026-millions\/ NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: The power of digitization http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/magazine\/20140918-MARKETS-IN-YOUR-PAL\u2026gitization NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: With growth flagging, Vietnam kicks up privatization http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/Politics-Economy\/Policy-Politics\/With\u2026vatization NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW: US supports rapprochement between 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