Minor spoilers for the first few episodes of Altered Carbon ahead. In Altered Carbon, death is obsolete. Physical bodies are merely containers, or « sleeves, » used for hosting « cortical stacks, » futuristic storage devices that hold your memories and consciousness. If your body dies, your stack (assuming it hasn’t been destroyed) can easily be moved over to…

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Donald Trump has appeared to defend former White House aides who have been accused of domestic abuse, urging that « lives are being shattered by a mere allegation ». It comes after two senior members of his team resigned over domestic abuse allegations in the space of four days. The US President tweeted on Saturday: « People’s lives are…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday accused the Democrats of playing politics with classified information, asserting that their memo countering GOP allegations about the conduct of the FBI’s Russia probe was a trap meant to “blame the White House for lack of transparency.” Citing national security concerns, the White House notified the House…

Human resources has to be one of the greatest bait-and-switch professions one can join today. HR departments position themselves with a forward-facing fluffy image, whether improving the productivity of workers through training and development programs or perhaps righting the yawning inequality gap in America by encouraging diverse hiring standards. Unsurprisingly, the field often attracts starry-eyed…

There’s a new music video app taking over the App Store. It’s called Like, and it combines Musical.ly-like videos with augmented reality effects, to create what the app’s creators call « music magic. » On its surface, the app is a lot like Muscial.ly or Dubsmash or number of other social music video apps. Users pick a…

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Der Wieland Speck ist nicht weg, das reimt sich, und ja, das soll es auch, den feiern wir noch, den Wieland. Er berät das Festival weiter und bereitet die große Retrospektive für 2019 vor, zum 40. Jubiläum des Panoramas. Ich könnte tausend Geschichten erzählen, die ich mit ihm erlebt habe. Unsere erste gemeinsame Reise ging…

Now the Fed is slowly raising interest rates and starting to unwind its balance sheet. On top of that, new tax cuts were passed and a massive spending deal was just signed into law. « Now people are looking more at the domestic situation and saying, ‘You know what, maybe we need a higher bond yield,' »…