Written By: Peter Murray — Singularity Hub

UPDATE: To read more about how workers will be affected by automation technology, check out Hub’s follow up post Burger Robot Poised to Disrupt Fast Food Industry

No longer will they say, “He’s going to end up flipping burgers.” Because now, robots are taking even these ignobly esteemed jobs. Alpha machine from Momentum Machines cooks up a tasty burger with all the fixins. And it does it with such quality and efficiency it’ll produce “gourmet quality burgers at fast food prices.”

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FUTURISM UPDATE (December 16, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

Forbes- Edward Snowden and the Downside to the Industrial Internet of Things https://lnkd.in/eGp_3qr

REUTERS: Wall Street dips in volatile trade; oil prices fall further https://lnkd.in/ejZ9XyY

REUTERS: Google faces $18 million fine for web privacy violations: Dutch watchdog https://lnkd.in/e7sBr8h

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Written By: Jason Dorrier — Singularity Hub

Bitcoin is a decentralized, digital currency. It was invented by a mysterious individual known by the handle, Satoshi Nakamoto. A bitcoin is volatile but is currently worth about $380; regulators are increasingly interested; retailers too—true believers believe.

These headlines you’ve likely read. But where the hell do bitcoins come from anyway? They’re mined by computers making calculations lightning fast—or in this case, by a man with sixteen minutes’ free time, a pencil, and pad of paper.

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FUTURISM UPDATE (December 15, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

BUSINESS INSIDER: Dubai Crashed, Qatar Crashed, And The Rest Of The Gulf States Got Smoked http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-gulf-stocks-reel-on-slidi…z3Lu9XTWzd

InfoWorld- Google wants you to design the Internet of things. Impatient for the Internet of things, Google is providing seed money for researching new technologies https://lnkd.in/eRFnwpp

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Authored By Copyright Mr. Andres Agostini

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

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Authored By Copyright Mr. Andres Agostini

White Swan Book Author (Source of this Article)

http://www.LINKEDIN.com/in/andresagostini

http://www.AMAZON.com/author/agostini

https://www.FACEBOOK.com/agostiniandres

http://www.appearoo.com/aagostini

http://connect.FORWARDMETRICS.com/profile/1649/Andres-Agostini.html

@AndresAgostini

@ThisSuccess

@SciCzar

Written By: Jason Dorrier — Singularity Hub

Why blow billions of dollars on space exploration when billions of people are living in poverty here on Earth?

You’ve likely heard the justifications. The space program brings us useful innovations and inventions. Space exploration delivers perspective, inspiration, and understanding. Because it’s the final frontier. Because it’s there.

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FUTURISM UPDATE (December 14, 2014) — Mr. Andres Agostini, Amazon, LinkedIn

ZDNet- Professional jobs at risk from robotics and automation: Govt http://www.zdnet.com/article/professional-jobs-at-risk-thank…utomation/

POPULAR SCIENCE: Secretive D.O.D. Drone Dodges Defenses At Hypersonic Speed. A new weapon in America’s superfast arms race with China https://lnkd.in/eK7-KUA

ENGINEERING: US Manufacturing Tech Orders Dive, Yet Tool Orders Soar.…What Does it Mean? https://lnkd.in/e2zknG3

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By Rachel Metz — MIT Technology Review

“I want to quit Google,” the message on my iPhone read. “It’s boring here.”

Posted by an anonymous user in San Francisco to the confessional app Secret, the message quickly gained attention; after four days, it had received 78 comments, ranging from “just means you’re not on the right project” to “I quit Google, and it was one of the best decisions of my life.” At times, the original poster chimed in, saying things like: “I’ve been there a long time. Many jobs. The company no longer values initiative, and promotion is very slow.”

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