Editor's Pick: EquiSeq CEO Lexi Palmer: Act Like You're Not Scared and Go at It

EquiSeq CEO Lexi Palmer: Act Like You're Not Scared and Go at It

Vivian Wagner Mar 31, 2017 10:23 AM PT

Lexi Palmer is CEO of EquiSeq, a biotech firm that does genetic testing of horses. Palmer met the company's founder, genetic researcher Paul Szauter, in 2015. "I was just finishing up my degree in interpersonal communications ... and he told me about the company he'd started," Palmer recalled. "I told him I knew everything about horses and said I could learn everything he did and market it." [More...]

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The Morning After: Twitter cuts the waste, Oculus co-founder leaves Facebook

It's Friday, March 31, 2017. Hey, good morning! What's for breakfast? It’s Friday, so live a little. Maybe order a pizza by robot? How about the latest phone available directly from Microsoft, the, er, Galaxy S8? Meanwhile, Destiny 2 is coming to PCs, and Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey parted ways with Facebook. No April Fools here -- it landing on a weekend means that’s someone else’s problem.   There and back again, again. SpaceX proves its rockets are reusable   Last night SpaceX launched a cargo mission into orbit, then landed the Falcon 9 rocket booster safely on its drone ship. While that has become almost routine, what’s new is that for the first time, the company reused a rocket that had already made the trip. Being able to reuse booster rockets will be a big part of dropping the price tag on space travel, and Elon Musk says that this time SpaceX even recovered the nose cone -- a $6 million part on its own. You can pre-order now at Microsoft retail stores.   Microsoft has its own version of the Samsung Galaxy S8 (updated) Samsung has bundled Microsoft apps like Skype, OneDrive, OneNote and more on its phones and tablets for a while now. But when it comes to the Galaxy S8, the two companies are taking their partnership a step further. Microsoft is selling a special Samsung Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition that comes loaded with apps and services like Office, OneDrive, Outlook and Cortana. It's interesting that Microsoft's virtual assistant would be included given that these two new handsets are the big debut of Samsung's Bixby.   It’s not exactly what we asked for   Twitter changed replies   Your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you -- Twitter changed its reply style. The company has been working on this tweak for a while, and the good news is that it stops things like @names, quote tweets, images or polls from counting towards your 140 character limit. Of course, users have already found ways to annoy each other with the feature by creating massive @reply canoes.   Sponsored Content by Ghost in the Shell Watch Scarlett Johansson take revenge in Ghost in the Shell. Check out the latest trailer now and see it now in theaters. Tickets available now! 'We’re thankful for everything he did for Oculus and VR.'   Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey leaves Facebook   Palmer Luckey, co-founder of Oculus VR and creator of the Rift headset, is no longer with the company. After the news that he'd donated $10,000 to a group spreading pro-Trump memes, the 24-year old had increasingly shied away from the public eye. That even went as far as skipping last October's Oculus Connect event so as not to be a "distraction" to the news coming out of the conference. Five years later... NASA probe Juno captures Jupiter's poles in glorious detail   Finally, Juno’s taken some nice snaps.   It's an interactive relaxation app from the makers of 'Monument Valley'. Sway is a slick meditation app that makes sure you relax Sway is a smartphone-based meditation (kind of) game, that comes from Ustwo, the company behind acclaimed mobile hit Monument Valley. No, this isn't a dreamily designed puzzler, but the same gentle aesthetics and attention to detail are definitely found in this app's DNA. Mat Smith managed to test Sway out a few times earlier this week and says it’s a cleverly distracting way to get into mindfulness.   51.4 megapixels in a DSLR-like body   Fujifilm GFX 50S review   We spent a week with a $6,500 camera and (probably) didn’t drop it. Sure, the GFX 50S might be better if it had 4K video, but most buyers will be here for the pictures, and they did not disappoint. But wait, there's more... 1. Donald Trump and the 'clean coal' myth 2. Adobe's experimental app copies one photo's style to another 3. 'Rock Band VR' is the dorkiest game ever and I love it 4. 'Destiny 2' brings the interstellar MMO grind to PC (and PS4 and Xbox One) in September The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

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Headline Scan
Online Freedom of Speech May Be in Peril: Pew
Galaxy S8, S8+ Dazzle in Samsung's Comeback Launch
Cloud Foundry Aims to Close Cloud Skills Gap
Elon Musk Plans to Build a Human-AI Interface
Too Much Communication
Red Hat Pilots New Program to Ease Digital Transformation
UK Home Secretary: Apps Shouldn't Serve as Terrorist Hiding Places
Don't Let the Next Catastrophic Phishing Scandal End Your Career

Today's Story Highlights

Online Freedom of Speech May Be in Peril: Pew
Trolling, cyberbullying, harassment and just plain nastiness have become
commonplace online, and this situation is likely to remain unchanged or
worsen over the next decade, suggests a Pew Research report released
Wednesday. Researchers polled more than 1,500 technology experts,
academics, and business and government leaders on the future of free
speech online.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84423.html

Galaxy S8, S8+ Dazzle in Samsung's Comeback Launch
Samsung on Wednesday launched the Galaxy S8 and S8+, its next generation
of smartphones. They feature major improvements in design and security
processing power, as well as new digital assistant technology that may
challenge the best devices on the market. The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are
available with 5.8 inch and 6.2 inch screens respectively. Both sport an
infinity display using Corning Gorilla Glass, and a bezel-less design.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84416.html

Cloud Foundry Aims to Close Cloud Skills Gap
The Cloud Foundry Foundation has announced the launch of a worldwide
cloud-native developer certification initiative. The foundation created
the program to fill the widening gap of trained programmers for cloud
apps and services. The Linux Foundation -- which has trained and
certified more developers on open source software than any organization
in the world -- will provide the instruction.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84419.html

Elon Musk Plans to Build a Human-AI Interface
Tech visionary Elon Musk has launched a startup, Neuralink, dedicated to
developing technology that will connect human brains directly to a
computer. This venture is in its very early stages, Musk confirmed.
Neuralink, which Musk is funding privately, is a medical research firm
that aims to develop "neural lace" -- a technology that could allow the
implanting of small electrodes into the brain.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84415.html

Too Much Communication
The world is a smaller place because we have so many ways to connect and
communicate, but it has created a generation gap, a gap of classes and
perhaps even a culture gap. This may seem like a serious contradiction;
after all shouldn't more means of communication bring us closer
together? The obvious answer is yes, but unfortunately this is not the
case.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84410.html

Red Hat Pilots New Program to Ease Digital Transformation
Red Hat on Monday announced a new Application Platform Partner
Initiative at its North America Partner Conference in Las Vegas. The
goal is to provide a more robust ecosystem for companies engaging in
digital transformation. The company has started conducting tests in a
pilot program with a small number of solutions-oriented consulting
partners in North America.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84412.html

UK Home Secretary: Apps Shouldn't Serve as Terrorist Hiding Places
UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd on Sunday called for greater government
access to encrypted content on mobile apps. Apps with end-to-end
encryption, like Facebook's WhatsApp, should not be allowed to conceal
terrorists' communications from law enforcement, Rudd said in a
television interview. "There should be no place for terrorists to hide,"
she said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84409.html

Don't Let the Next Catastrophic Phishing Scandal End Your Career
What I think is amazing about all of the massive data breaches we hear
about is that we know most are not reported. For every email, customer
record, or financial theft in the news, there likely are hundreds that
remain in the shadows. Yet another incident came to light last week. A
clever Lithuanian individual was able to pull a whopping $100 million
from a bunch of unnamed Internet companies.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84402.html

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