Within hours of Amazon’s worldwide announcement of its search for a second headquarters, Colorado had the start of a plan: The state would submit a single, coordinated proposal. “We ask that no one reaches out to the company directly and or tries to submit separate responses. We want to be respectful and mindful of the company’s process and we will look very disjointed and not show up well if we are off in different directions,” Michelle Hadwiger, deputy director of the state’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade, wrote in an email to local leaders. Hadwiger’s message, sent nine hours after Amazon launched its search Sept. 7, was among a frenzy of emails between state leaders and others tapped to put together a cohesive pitch of why Amazon should pick Colorado, according to documents requested by The Denver Post and Denver 7 through Colorado’s Open Records Act. The state has declined to share its Amazon proposal. … [Read more...] about Newly released documents show nitty-gritty of Colorado’s bid for Amazon’s second headquarters
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Developer behind plans for new 10,000 home Norfolk town criticised for use of computer game image
PUBLISHED: 12:25 03 August 2018 | UPDATED: 12:33 03 August 2018 Jessica Frank-Keyes The image from the Cities: Skylines computer game used in the Lanpro prospectus about the Mid Norfolk Garden Town, Image: Lanpro/Colossal Order Archant Developers behind plans to build a new 10,000 home town in mid Norfolk have been criticised for using an image from a computer game in a project document. The eight-page brochure, which was published by this newspaper earlier this week, outlines Norwich-based firm Lanpro’s vision for a town the size of Thetford, just off the A1067.Lifelong gamer, Matt Carding-Woods, recognised an image used on page three of the document as a screenshot from the 2015 city building game, Cities: Skylines, released by studio Colossal Order.Lanpro defended the image’s use as educational, and said the document was only ever intended to be distributed internally.Mr Carding-Woods, 33, said: “I’m very familiar with the game … [Read more...] about Developer behind plans for new 10,000 home Norfolk town criticised for use of computer game image
This Is Drew Houston’s 2007 Y Combinator Application For A Company That’s Now Worth $US4 Billion, Dropbox
In 2007, an MIT graduate named Drew Houston was trying to get his startup, Dropbox, off the ground. He didn’t have another co-founder because the person who had agreed to work with him fell through. He had been programming since age 5, and he was trying to get Y Combinator to invest in his file storing and sharing startup. He told Y Combinator he was determined to see the idea through…although if someone offered him $US1-2 million for Dropbox after six months of work, he’d have trouble walking away. It’s a good thing no one made Houston that offer, because now he’s worth much more than that, and his company is worth multiple billions. Here’s the application he submitted to Paul Graham back then. Y Combinator Funding ApplicationSummer 2007Application deadline: 12 midnight (PST) April 2, 2007. Please try to answer each question in less than 120 words. We look at online demos only for the most promising applications, so don’t skimp on the … [Read more...] about This Is Drew Houston’s 2007 Y Combinator Application For A Company That’s Now Worth $US4 Billion, Dropbox
ICE just abandoned its dream of ‘extreme vetting’ software that could predict whether a foreign visitor would become a terrorist
Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader The Switch by Drew Harwell and Nick Miroff by Drew Harwell and Nick Miroff Email the author May 17 Email the author Border Patrol agents guard the area near where Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses the media during a news conference at Border Field State Park earlier this month in San Ysidro, Calif. (Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images) Federal immigration officials have abandoned their pursuit of a controversial machine-learning technology that was a pillar of the Trump administration’s “extreme vetting” of foreign visitors, dealing a reality check to the goal of using artificial intelligence to predict … [Read more...] about ICE just abandoned its dream of ‘extreme vetting’ software that could predict whether a foreign visitor would become a terrorist
German funded project on smart power network development approved
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed Decision 519/QĐ-TTg approving the proposal on a German-funded project to apply smart power network to develop renewable energy and energy efficiency. The research affiliation will focus on latest technologies and technology products and software for energy efficiency for application in building smart houses and smart cities.-Photo esi-africa.com The project, which will use non-refundable Official Development Assistance (ODA) capital of the German government, aims to complete the legal framework related to promoting and supporting the development of various sources of renewable energy in the power system, as well as a smart energy network in Vietnam. It is expected to help the country fulfil the Vietnamese Government’s targets set in the national power development programme, the green growth strategy and the green growth action plan to ensure reliable supply of energy and improve the power quality, along with … [Read more...] about German funded project on smart power network development approved