THE TELEGRAPH: British woman vows to become first female to behead western prisoner in Syria http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/1…Syria.html
INC: The Most Powerful Ways to Start a Presentation http://www.inc.com/sims-wyeth/all-s-well-that-begins-well-th…sions.html
THE TELEGRAPH: Google removes link to Telegraph story on Asbo teenager http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/11047837/Google…nager.html
THE TELEGRAPH: Would you pay £140 a year for an ad-free web? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11047801/Would-yo…e-web.html
WFS: Better Photosynthesis Through Science http://www.wfs.org/futurist/2014-issues-futurist/september-o…ough-scien
NEW SCIENTIST: Young blood to be used in ultimate rejuvenation trial http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329831.400-young-blo…_ZmPWMb8mw
REUTERS: JPMorgan customers targeted in email phishing campaign http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/us-cybercrime-jpmo…0R20140821
REUTERS: In Iraq, U.S. is spending millions to blow up captured American war machines http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/08/18/how-much-it…e-in-iraq/
IEEE SPECTRUM: A Research Team Looks to Nanotechnology to Fight Ebola Virus http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/biomedical/devices/nanote…ign=082114
NEW YORK TIMES: Theaters in China Screen Movies, and Viewers’ Text Messages http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/theaters-in-c…s&_r=0
NEW YORK TIMES: New Era in Safety When Cars Talk to One Another http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/business/new-era-in-safety…other.html
QUARTZ: What it feels like to be the last generation to remember life before the internet http://qz.com/252456/what-it-feels-like-to-be-the-last-gener…-internet/
IBM RESEARCH: Cognitive computing http://www.research.ibm.com/cognitive-computing/index.shtml#fbid=BzHjcYm_pMg
KAI: Remote-controlled cyborg moth ‘biobots’ to monitor emergency-response operations http://www.kurzweilai.net/remote-controlled-cyborg-moth-biob…operations
KAI: Graphene rubber bands: flexible, low-cost body sensors http://www.kurzweilai.net/graphene-rubber-bands-flexible-low-cost-body-sensors
KAI: Engineering new bone growth with coated tissue scaffolds http://www.kurzweilai.net/engineering-new-bone-growth-with-c…-scaffolds
THE TELEGRAPH: Sea plankton ‘found living outside International Space Station’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/11049504/Sea-plankt…on.html?fb
POLITICO: Chuck Hagel: ISIL ‘beyond anything that we’ve seen’ http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/chuck-hagel-isil-defen…html?hp=t1
BLOOMBERG: S&P 500 Tops Record, Nears 2,000 Amid Confidence in Fed http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-21/u-s-stock-i…ecord.html
BLOOMBERG: Argentina’s Bond Swap Plan Called Illegal by U.S. Judge http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-21/argentina-o…bonds.html
BLOOMBERG: Israel Airstrike Kills Three Hamas Commanders in Gaza Strip http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-21/israeli-air…strip.html
BLOOMBERG: Millennial Bankers Get Raises as Firms Fight Defections http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-20/millennial-…tions.html
CBS: Energy Roundup: GE Catching Vestas, Venezuela’s Cash-Strapped Blues, and More http://www.cbsnews.com/news/energy-roundup-ge-catching-vesta…-and-more/
BLOOMBERG: Chinese Hackers Vacuum Data From U.S. Health Industry http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-21/chinese-hac…ustry.html
CBS: New hack could steal personal information from Gmail, other popular apps http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-hack-could-steal-personal-in…ular-apps/
BLOOMBERG: Ukraine Deaths Mount as Fighting With Rebels Intensifies http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-20/ukraine-dea…ifies.html
CBS: Watch out, cyber-bullies: Kids have new tools to fight back http://www.cbsnews.com/news/watch-out-cyber-bullies-kids-hav…ight-back/
CBS: California drought stings bees, honey production http://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-drought-stings-bees-honey-production/
CBS: Alstom Secures Its First Wind Energy Contract In Poland http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/02/alstom-secures-first-win…ct-poland/
CHINA DAILY: Telegram good gesture from Pope to China http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/
CHINA DAILY: New rules mulled for the auto industry http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-08/21/content_18462352.htm
USA TODAY: Sprint unveils new unlimited data, talk and text plan http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2014/08/21/sprin…/14392159/
USA TODAY: Scientists find life half a mile below Antarctic ice http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/08/21/newser-scienti…/14383925/
USA TODAY: Barnes and Noble teams with Samsung on Nook tablet http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/08/20/barnes-noble-s…/14334639/
PHYS.ORG: Scientists uncover clues to role of magnetism in iron-based superconductors http://phys.org/news/2014-08-scientists-uncover-clues-role-magnetism.html
USA TODAY MONEY: Distressed borrowers targeted in BofA settlement http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/08/21/bank…/14387757/
BUSINESSWEEK: Ebola Threatens to Hobble Three Countries, $13 Billion in GDP http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-21/ebol…evastation
BUSINESSWEEK: How to Survive the Data Breach Vortex (Don’t Look Now, But It’s Right Behind You) http://www.businessweek.com/sponsor/article?mvi=843e481b52c1…4c7c416#!/
BUSINESSWEEK: The $15M Super-Stealth Warship the Military Doesn’t Own http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2014-08-20/the-15…wn#r=hpm-s
BUSINESSWEEK: How Facebook Redesigns for a Billion Users http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-20/face…s#r=hpt-ls
BUSINESSWEEK: Bank of America Set to Pay $17 Billion to End Crisis Probes http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-20/bank…es#r=hpf-s
YAHOO NEWS: Liberia gives food in slum sealed to stop Ebola http://news.yahoo.com/officials-visit-liberian-ebola-clinics-102715410.html
CNN MONEY: Hospital network’s failure led to massive hack http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/21/technology/security/heartble…=SF_T_Lead
CNN MONEY: I created 7 jobs and the U.S. tried to deport me http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/21/smallbusiness/startup-visa-i…SF_T_River
CNN MONEY: Notorious patent troll company lays off 19% of workforce http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/20/technology/intellectual-vent…SF_T_River
CNN MONEY: Data breach at UPS Stores in 24 states http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/21/technology/security/ups-stor…SF_T_River
CNN MONEY: Wal-Mart slashes prices on 5S and 5C ahead of iPhone 6 launch http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/21/technology/mobile/walmart-ip…SF_T_River
3d-PRINT: First Entirely 3D Printed Estate is Coming to NY, Including a 3D Printed 2400 Sqft House, Pool & More http://3dprint.com/12034/3d-printed-house-pool-ny/
CNN: Where you can get blazing-fast Internet speeds http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/21/technology/fast-internet-speeds/index.html
CNN: Body scanner’s problem: Fails to detect guns http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/21/technology/rapiscan-gun/index.html
BBC: Cryopreservation: ‘I will be frozen when I die’ www.bbc.com/future/story/20140821-i-will-be-frozen-when-i-di…ign=buffer
MASHABLE: Report: Tesla OS Update Could Let You Start the Model S With an iPhone http://mashable.com/2014/08/21/tesla-model-s-iphone/?utm_cam…feedburner
WIRED: March 8, 1918: Killer Influenza http://archive.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/03/0308spanish-f…influenza/
IEET: Indefinite Lifespan and Risk Aversion: A Short-Lived Problem http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/carmstrong20140821
BBC: Aircraft to be given ‘human-like skin’ to sense damage http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28881748
AN WAIT UNTIL THE HACKERS OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS. BBC: UPS branches hit by data breach http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28879689
IEET: Intracortical Recording Devices http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/swan20140821
BBC: Neuroscience: ‘I built a brain decoder’ http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140717-i-can-read-your-mind
BBC: Human hibernation: Secrets behind the big sleep http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140505-secrets-behind-the-big-sleep
YAHOO: 5 Brain Myths That Won’t Go Away https://www.yahoo.com/health/5-brain-myths-that-wont-go-away-92839871807.html
BBC: Reading the minds of the ‘dead’ http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140421-inside-the-minds-of-the-dead
BBC: The ultimate comeback: Bringing the dead back to life http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140704-i-bring-the-dead-back-to-life
CERN: CERN and UNESCO celebrate the anniversary of the signature of the CERN Convention http://press.web.cern.ch/press-releases/2014/07/cern-and-une…convention
CERN: CERN supports new business incubation centre in The Netherlands http://press.web.cern.ch/press-releases/2014/06/cern-support…etherlands
CERN: CERN experiments report new Higgs boson measurements http://press.web.cern.ch/press-releases/2014/06/cern-experim…asurements
CERN: CERN openlab publishes a whitepaper on future IT challenges in scientific research http://press.web.cern.ch/press-releases/2014/05/cern-openlab…c-research
MOTHERBOARD: Scientists Found a Way to Email Brain Waves http://motherboard.vice.com/read/scientists-found-a-way-to-email-brainwaves
REUTERS: U.S. federal prosecutors questioning GM lawyers on vehicle recalls: source http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/22/us-gm-recall-lawye…2A20140822
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Did humans wipe out the Neanderthals? Maybe not. http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0821/Did-humans-wipe-o…-Maybe-not
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Paleo-escargot? Humans living 30,000 years ago dined on snails, say archaeologists. http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0821/Paleo-escargot-Hu…aeologists
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Octopuses’ color-changing skin inspires new type of camouflage http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0819/Octopuses-color-c…camouflage
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Is there really plankton clinging to the outside of the space station? http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0821/Is-there-really-p…ce-station
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Microbes thrive below Antarctic ice. A hint of life elsewhere in solar system? http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0820/Microbes-thrive-b…lar-system
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: A Broken Promise? What the West Really Told Moscow About NATO Expansion http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141845/mary-elise-sar…en-promise
CNN: 10 ways mobile technology will save your life in the future http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/25/business/10-ways-mobile-te…-your-life
THE GLOBE AND MAIL: EBay considering spinning off PayPal: report http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/tech-news/ebay-con…e20151268/
THE LOCAL: US tax crackdown hits Swiss private banks http://www.thelocal.ch/20140820/us-tax-crackdown-hits-swiss-private-banks
THE LOCAL: Novartis signs global deal for TB treatment http://www.thelocal.ch/20140820/novartis
THE LOCAL: Credit Suisse involved in Portuguese bank troubles http://www.thelocal.ch/20140819/credit-suisse-involved-in-po…k-troubles
THE LOCAL: German journalists arrested in Ferguson http://www.thelocal.de/20140819/german-journalists-held-in-ferguson-unrest
THE LOCAL: Sweden celebrates 200 years of peace http://www.thelocal.se/20140815/sweden-celebrates-200-years-of-peace
SWISS INFO: Type 1 diabetes could be reversible http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/type-1-diabetes-could…e/40562528
SWISS INFO: Papers sympathise with Swiss sanctions ‘dilemma’ on Russia http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/papers-sympathise-with-swiss-san…a/40554040
SWISS INFO: Golden Gate follows Bern’s lead with suicide nets http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/golden-gate-follows-bern-s-lead-…s/40525962
SWISS INFO: 1914: how war changed Swiss life http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/1914–how-war-changed-swiss-life/38367288
FINANCIAL TIMES: Investors reverse out of Chinese car stocks http://on.ft.com/1tr16Tv
REUTERS: Germany gives nod to RWE unit sale to Russian investor: sources http://reut.rs/1tr1nFZ
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