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Amazon Patents “Anticipatory” Shipping — To Start Sending Stuff Before You’ve Bought It Amazon’s plans for autonomous flying delivery drones are so last year. The ecommerce juggernaut is purportedly working on something far more dystopian: pre-shipment. Amazon has filed a patent for a shipping system designed to cut delivery times by predicting what buyers are going to buy before they buy it — and shipping products in their general direction, or even right to their door, before the.. 더보기
Bob Doll Designed This 25-Stock Portfolio For Anyone Who Wants To Bet On His 2014 Predictions Nuveen Asset Management's Bob Doll recently unveiled his 10 predictions for 2014. And today, he's sharing with us a way to invest based on that framework. It comes via the Nuveen 2014 Equity Outlook Portfolio. From the description: The portfolio will be designed by professionals at Nuveen Asset Management (Nuveen), an independent investment advisor specializing in a broad range of innovative inv.. 더보기
I Spent Two Hours Talking With NSA’s Big Wigs. Here’s What’s Got Them Mad I talk about that session in my story, but let me note a few general takeaways: The dual mission of the NSA generates cognitive dissonance. Right on its home page, the NSA says its core missions are “to protect U.S. national security systems and to produce foreign signals intelligence information.” The officials repeatedly claimed they pursue both responsibilities with equal vigor. There’s a bui.. 더보기