As Silicon Valley fights for talent, universities struggle to hold on to their stars

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21695908-silicon-valley-fights-talent-universities-struggle-hold-their


THAT a computer program can repeatedly beat the world champion at Go, a complex board game, is a coup for the fast-moving field of artificial intelligence (AI). Another high-stakes game, however, is taking place behind the scenes, as firms compete to hire the smartest AI experts. Technology giants, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Baidu, are racing to expand their AI activities. Last year they spent some $8.5 billion on research, deals and hiring, says Quid, a data firm. That was four times more than in 2010.

Apple at 40: privacy, software and new device frontiers are key challenges

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/01/apple-at-40-privacy-software-new-device-frontiers-key-challenges

Memorable culture bust-ups

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/feuds-fights-rows-controversies/


Rows on twitter, rows over musical differences, rows over film roles: the culture arena is famous for its bust-ups. Here, we look at 30 memorable arts spats including Madonna, Morrissey and Miley (above), right up to actor Laurence Fox's foul-mouthed clash with a theatre heckler.

Instagram update: keep calm and don't turn on notifications

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/29/instagram-update-keep-calm-and-dont-turn-on-notifications

Changes to Instagram’s algorithm will present photos out of chronological order. But users should not rush to change their preferences just yet

Leninism and Lennonism aren't that far apart. Some thoughts on the Rolling Stones in Cuba

http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2016/03/leninism-and-lennonism-arent-that-far-apart-some-thoughts-on-the-rolling-stones-in-cuba-.html

Capitalism has not defeated communism in a triumph of Christian conservatism. It has merged with Communism in a bizarre synthesis of Margaret Thatcher and Deng Xiaoping, in which it is glorious to get rich, personal morality is more or less irrelevant, the state monitors minds and regulates all, but yet takes no responsibility for anything, & the freedom of the market entails no freedom of thought, but there are lots of consumer goods and self-indugences to make up

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/25/rolling-stones-cuba-historic-concert-diplomacy

Drunk passenger charged £102 for £15 journey after Uber driver takes 20-mile detour around London

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/29/uber-driver-charges-drunk-passenger-102-for-15-journey/

After waking up at his destination, he switched on his phone to give his driver a star rating and said “I nearly spat out my tea laughing at the route”

THE LITVINENKO INQUIRY VERDICT COULD REIGNITE THE COLD WAR

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/alexander-litvinenko-inquiry-verdict-could-reignite-the-cold-war

The murder of Alexander Litvinenko damaged already strained Anglo-Russian relations. In our December 2015 issue, before a High Court ruling on the 2006 killing found that Vladimir Putin "probably" approved his killing, GQ examined the roles of Vladimir Putin, MI6 and the mafia in an act of nuclear terrorism with consequences that reach far beyond the streets of London

http://www.oliverbullough.com/index.html

50 documentaries you need to see

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/27/50-best-documentaries-alex-gibney-joshua-oppenheimer-james-marsh

Penthouse magazine axes print edition

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jan/20/penthouse-magazine-axes-print-edition-playboy


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2984506/Geoffrey-Edelsten-s-fianc-e-Gabi-Grecko-pays-tribute-Seventies-Farrah-Fawcett-hair-sultry-photo-shoot-Penthouse.html

Social media now play a key role in collective action

http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21695192-social-media-now-play-key-role-collective-action-new-kind-weather

Digital advertising ~ Invisible ads, phantom readers.

http://www.economist.com/news/business/21695388-worries-about-fraud-and-fragmentation-may-prompt-shake-out-crowded-online-ad

Fraud and fragmentation may prompt a shake-out in the crowded online-ad industry