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Why Silicon Valley falls prey to ‘charisma distortion,’ according to investor and Google X founding member Tom Chi

Silicon Valley loves a charismatic visionary. Sometimes a little too much, like when that vision outstrips reality. I recently talked about this with Tom Chi, once a founding member of Google X and now founding partner at At One Ventures.

Fortune

My love supreme for the very best of jazz

Letters: Readers respond to Adrian Chiles’s article on the mysterious power of the genre

The Guardian - UK

From voice to vinyl: how records get their groove

Ever wondered how music actually gets onto your vinyl records? Let us take you now on a journey into sound

What Hi-Fi?

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Swan Song For General Electric As It Completes Demerger

The US conglomerate General Electric, co-founded more than 130 years ago by Thomas Edison, is opening a new chapter in its history on Tuesday: its break-up into three independent entities which will then concentrate on their disparate core businesses.

International Business Times

Shock of the old: 10 of the weirdest, wildest dolls from history – from Frozen Charlotte to the Cabbage Patch Kids

We’ve played with miniature humans for thousands of years – so why are they so often creepy? From ivory Roman dolls to wax antiques, here are some of the most unnerving

The Guardian - UK

Gen Z struggles with job interviews. Can we really blame them?

Managers say younger job applicants are floundering. Are they slacking off or resistant to a flawed system?

The Guardian - US

Shock of the old: the amazing, infuriating history of the electric car – in pictures

Believe it or not, battery-powered vehicles have been around since Victorian times – everything from private automobiles to taxis, ambulances and tricycles. We’ve got the photos to prove it

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Learning from failure

Failure is not the end, but a stepping stone to success. It teaches us to learn from our mistakes, adapt, and grow. Companies often shy away from discussing their failures, but some of the most innovative ones embrace it. Elon Musk's SpaceX is an example of this, using failure as…

The Hindu

If the first solar entrepreneur hadn't been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th century the way they did?

One argument put forward in defence of fossil fuels is that they were a historical necessity, because there was no other viable substitute for much of the 20th century. We owe fossil fuels a debt of gratitude, the argument goes, because they supercharged our development. But what if I told…

The Conversation

Prepare to flick off your incandescent bulbs for good under new US rules that kicked in this week

New federal rules governing the energy efficiency of lighting systems went into full effect Tuesday, effectively ending the sale and manufacture of bulbs that trace their origin to an 1880 Edison patent.

Chicago Sun-Times

Prepare to flick off your incandescent bulbs for good under new US rules that kicked in this week

Thomas Edison's pioneering incandescent light bulb, which cast illumination by heating a filament until it glowed, is fading into history

The Independent UK

Early Road Trips With "American Journey" Author Wes Davis: RAC Podcast #131

Join us at 7:30 PM Eastern to talk about motoring adventures undertaken by Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs.

Motor1

Best filament light bulbs for instant ambience

Flip the switch on boring, bright white lighting with our pick of decorative filament light bulbs that’ll become the focal point of any room

Evening Standard

A display of human ingenuity

The Nikola Tesla Technical Museum is fascinating. It’s not as big and interactive as the Michigan Science Centre or not as rich in the display as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Detroit, which I visited a few years ago. Nevertheless, it has on display the power of…

The Hindu

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Review: Musical stars? Phoning the afterlife? The goofy ideas of Thomas Edison and others

NONFICTION: Author Katie Spalding is a kind of Bill Nye on steroids, making arcane science fascinating and fun.

Bangkok Post

How ideas flow and grow

'I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else," the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso once said. He is right. As you go through an effective creative process method stage by stage, the nature of an idea changes and evolves.

Creative Bloq

The world needs more creatives, not geniuses

Dr Elisa Stephens, president of the Academy of Art University, explodes the myth of the creative genius.

ABC News

Louis Le Prince invented the motion picture camera in 1888. Then he vanished

This Frenchman began experimenting with photography in his shed. An accident led to the invention of the world's first moving picture camera.

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The hidden Newcastle museum dedicated to a Czech national hero and the mystery of an Ouseburn first floor front door

Jára Cimrman House pays tribute to a Czech genius who is said to be one of the country's greatest playwrights, poets, composers, teachers, travellers, philosophers, inventors, detectives, mathematicians and sportsmen of the 19th and early 20th century. But who was he?

Daily Mirror

Pele's real name and why he hated famous nickname - which caused arguments with pals

Football legend Pele passed away surrounded by his loving family at the age of 82, but in the years before his death he admitted hating his famous moniker

The Independent UK

Tunes with teeth: Edison might have left his mark on piano

Hard of hearing, Thomas Edison found a unique way to appreciate piano music

Wales Online

People don't know who invented algorithms, fridges and wi-fi for terrible reason

The inventors of the dishwasher, gas central heating, CCTV and windshield wipers have also been forgotten

Salon

Utilities against climate regulation

The federal government consider a rule that would make utility companies to recover trade association dues harder

What Hi-Fi?

A brief history of the turntable and vinyl records

Next time you’re wrapping your sandwiches in tinfoil, think about its role in the invention of the turntable...

Wales Online

ITV The Chase contestant loses out on £64,000 in head-to-head after messing up Welsh question

Two contestants, Laura and Dave, opted for the highest offers in the Head-to-Head round but failed to reach £64,000 and £36,000 respectively

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