Jellyfish Lake:

Video here.

Researchers have grown a partially functioning rat limb in a lab.

Really.

Hey, Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee is back with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

I have a thing for her. Man is she cute. And funny.

NYTimes: New Research Says Robots Are Unlikely to Eat Our Jobs:

The McKinsey study analyzes and forecasts the potential impact of so-called digital talent platforms. The report looks at three types of such platforms: job-finding and employee-seeking websites (such as Monster.com and LinkedIn); marketplaces for services (Uber and Upwork, for example); and data-driven talent discovery tools (like Evolv and Knack).

By 2025, McKinsey estimates, these digital talent platforms could add $2.7 trillion a year to global gross domestic product, which would be the equivalent of adding another Britain to the world economy. And the digital tools, the report states, could benefit as many as 540 million people in various ways, including better matches of their skills with jobs, higher wages and shorter stints of unemployment.

Bull-fucking-shit.

I was going to say ‘read between the lines’, but you don’t even need to.

This article is highlighting the macro-economic benefits to companies, not how much people are likely to make (or not make).

I’d like to invite any of the heads of these companies to see how much they can make on these marketplace and talent discovery websites where it’s usually a race to the bottom. Who can do my job the cheapest? Any takers?!

If you can’t tell that’s Adam Horovitz AKA Ad-Rock (Beastie Boys) front-and-center with the smirk on his face. Behind him, Mike Diamond AKA Mike D (Beastie Boys) and behind him, Adam Yauch AKA MCA (Beastie Boys). To the right of Mike D is Def Jam Recordings founder, Rick Rubin.

The dude in the front with the white Kangol hat is Joseph Simmons, AKA DJ Run (Run-D.M.C.). To the right of him is Darryl McDaniels AKA D.M.C. (Run-D.M.C.). I’m not seeing Jam Master Jay and I don’t know who the other dudes are.

via YIMMY YAYO

In 2007 Steve Jobs said this [extends index finger] was the best input device. That was 2007. This is 2015.

Pree is marketing themselves as, “the world’s first unrestricted, high resolution, write-virtually-anywhere mobile input device.”

It looks pretty rad. I hope the reality of the device is just as rad.

In crowdfunding news, states are being proactive on crowdfunding regulations:

In 2012, President Obama signed a law that he called a “potential game changer” for entrepreneurs seeking financing to start or expand a business: Small companies looking for financial backers could advertise their offerings online, and average people — not just wealthy accredited investors — would be allowed to buy stakes in businesses they found promising.

More than three years later, entrepreneurs are still waiting for federal regulators to finish drafting the long-overdue rules that would let that part of the law take effect. Now, state agencies and lawmakers, tired of waiting, are taking action, passing crowdfunding laws and regulations to let local businesses raise money from local residents.

Interesting, but “average” people need to understand the risks in whatever ideas they’re investing in.

Concept design by Pierre Cerveau

Yahoo will be livestreaming the first NFL game this fall:

A couple of months ago, when the NFL announced that for the first time ever, it would show a regular season game (almost) exclusively on the Internet, it didn’t know who would handle the streaming or how much it would cost fans to watch the game.

Now it does: Yahoo will host the livestream of the Oct. 25 Jacksonville Jaguars – Buffalo Bills game, and it’ll be free to viewers around the world.

I’ve been on the Internet since 1995. I don’t see this going smoothly.

I foresee video streams dropping mad packets.

Good god, Asus. Is this really your new watch?

In case you’re having a hard time visualizing what the Asus ZenWatch 2 is a cheap ripoff of, let me help you:

Is everyone out of ideas?

Erik Spiekermann is designing scarves and I like them.

The designer’s guide to New York.

These ads are crazy.

No one could have predicted a move like this by IBM back in the 80s or 90s or 00s:

In a memo to employees, IBM notes that starting today all employees (not just some select developers like in the past) can pick from a MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or a PC when setting up a new or refreshed workstation. The machines will include new software for security, Wi-Fi, and VPN out of the box so employees just have to connect to the internet to get started, according to the memo. IBM notes that it currently has around 15,000 Macs deployed through its BYOD program, but plans to deploy around 50,000 Macbooks by the end of the year. That, according to the memo, would make IBM the biggest “Mac shop” around, and the company said it’s sharing what it learns through the new deployment with Apple as Apple assists through its device enrollment program.

We’re not just in the post-PC era, but the post-Windows era.

Feels good.

via Daring Fireball