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Here’s how the Earth got so wet, according to scientists

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 11:00 am
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Water is essential for life on Earth and is one of our most precious natural resources. But considering how our planet formed, it is quite surprising how much water we still have. The Earth aggregated from a cloud of gas and dust – a protoplanetary disk – and was incandescently hot for the first few million years. Its surface was kept molten by impacts from comets and asteroids. Earth’s interior was also (and still is) kept liquid by a combination of gravitational heating and the decay of radioactive isotopes. That means that if there were any initial water (and organic…

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The 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report launches at TNW2019

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 10:06 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


Today, on the TNW Conference Main Stage, we are delighted to help launch the 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) with Startup Genome. Produced in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Network; the #GSER2019 is the world’s most comprehensive and widely-read research on startups. The GSER is based on data from thousands of startup founders and research on millions of companies — supplemented with data from partners Crunchbase, Dealroom, and Orb Intelligence. In #GSER2019 are key insights for founders, investors, executives, policymakers, and ecosystem builders. One of the most eye-popping GSER statistics is that the global startup economy is worth nearly $3…

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Guy Kawasaki’s key to success: get high and to the right

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 10:02 am
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Kicking off the TNW2019 Conference in Amsterdam today, tech evangelist Guy Kawasaki shared a number of forgettable pieces of wisdom from his life in the industry over the past few decades. But his final bit of advice made sense for figuring out how to build your business, and advance your career: get high and to the right. “It’s not about weed or politics – it’s the only graph you need to chart your life, create a product, and even find the ideal life companion.” Whether it’s your personality as a potential employee, or the proposition of your product, Kawasaki recommends…

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Bumble’s Louise Troen on censoring dick pics using AI

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 9:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, TNW2019


We’re coming to you live from day one of TNW 2019, our flagship conference in Amsterdam. Up next is Louise Troen, Bumble’s iconic VP of Internal Marketing and Communications in the UK. Troen joined Bumble when the billion-dollar company was still a small team. The female-focused social networking app believes in empowerment not just through dating, but in business and networking too. When it comes to brand building, kindness is key. The app recently introduced AI to automatically censor unsolicited dick pics to make online dating for women a safer and friendlier space. Starting in June, users of dating apps…

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Deloitte’s tips on coming up with viable blockchain use cases

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 9:47 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Today at TNW2019 in Amsterdam, consulting giant Deloitte shared some tips on how to use blockchain to streamline your business operations – and find suitable use cases for the fledgling technology. In a workshop titled “Beyond tech: blockchain strategy for complex environments,” Deloitte‘s in-house blockchain team walked participants through the process of coming up with viable distributed ledger use cases. Among other things, Deloitte noted that blockchain is particularly well-suited for financial applications, supply chain logs, and real estate records due to its transparency features, which make it possible for multiple parties to have access to all date shared. “Nobody…

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