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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Denmark

Feb14
by on February 14, 2019 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Tech5


What more could you want from a country where fairy tales, Lego, and the idea of the chill ‘hygge’ vibe originate? Now Denmark is also one of the most exciting startup scenes in Europe and is home to more than 400 tech companies that do everything from analytics and big data to gaming, cloud, fintech, and apps. In fact, this year Denmark reached 6th place on the 2018 Global Entrepreneurship Index, beating out its Nordic neighbors. Startups and companies see the country as a haven for its low corporate tax rates and high governmental transparency. But perhaps, the rise of…

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Let’s not accidentally build depressed robots

Feb14
by on February 14, 2019 at 8:18 am
Posted In: Around the Web, robots, syndication


In trying to keep up with the never-ending deluge of news about the forthcoming AI takeover of human society, a talk at a recent conference made me pause. For a moment, instead of having to consider whether the intelligent robots would liberate us or kill us (it’s only ever one of those two options, I find), I took a moment to worry about the machines themselves. The conference, a meeting of computer scientists and neuroscientists at New York University, was called “Canonical Computation in Brains and Machines.” Zachary Mainen, a neuroscientist at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon, came on…

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Here’s why icons are sexist

Feb14
by on February 14, 2019 at 7:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, syndication


Icons, which may seem like a small part of the digital landscape, reveal larger issues of unconscious bias in tech and beyond. In many instances I can recall, ranging from company presentations to popular apps and websites, the main icons displayed were obviously representative of men. At best, this shows women were not taken into consideration when the product team designed and developed the product. At worst, it isolates women to feel like they are not the intended audience or priority. Perhaps I’m more cognizant of this because gender imbalance is important to me, and as a designer, I’m observant…

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a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Here’s why icons are sexist

Feb14
by on February 14, 2019 at 7:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, syndication


Icons, which may seem like a small part of the digital landscape, reveal larger issues of unconscious bias in tech and beyond. In many instances I can recall, ranging from company presentations to popular apps and websites, the main icons displayed were obviously representative of men. At best, this shows women were not taken into consideration when the product team designed and developed the product. At worst, it isolates women to feel like they are not the intended audience or priority. Perhaps I’m more cognizant of this because gender imbalance is important to me, and as a designer, I’m observant…

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