Daily Archives: November 7, 2014

The funding from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations aims to slash an incarceration rate in the United States that has tripled since 1980. Source: http://www.nytimes.com See on Scoop.it – iLife

HIV is one of the deadliest viruses encountered by humans in recent history and will kill 1.5m people this year alone, compare this to Ebola, for example, which has killed less than 5,000 so far, and you get an idea … Continue reading →

Jian Ghomeshi’s behaviour was an open secret, going back to his university days. Not that anyone took action. In fact, the CBC made him a star. Anne Kingston investigates Source: http://www.macleans.ca See on Scoop.it – iLife

It’s pretty rare that a new product truly surprises us. But today Amazon did just that, introducing Echo, a talking, listening piece of electronic furniture. It’s like having the internet on your kitchen table, cracking jokes and settling bets, and … Continue reading →

Well this one came out of nowhere: Amazon is building a speaker that’s controlled with your voice. It’s called Echo, and Amazon tells The Verge it will be “shipping in the coming weeks.” Available… Source: http://www.theverge.com See on Scoop.it – … Continue reading →