The Lure of the Gold Coast

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Click Here to Read: The Lure of the Gold Coast; Wealthy Chinese Buyers Head to New York’s Suburbs By Julie Satow in The New York Times on February 6, 2015.

A house at the Estates at Green Fields in Old Brookville, N.Y., a development designed with Chinese buyers in mind. Indeed, the house above was snapped up by a Chinese buyer. CreditKathy Kmonicek for The New York Times

 

We Know How You Feel: Computers are learning to read emotion, and the business world can’t wait.

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Click Here to Read: We Know How You Feel: Computers are learning to read emotion, and the business world can’t wait. By Raffi Khatchadourian in The New Yorker in the January 19, 2015 Issue.

By scanning your face, computers can decode your unspoken reaction to a movie, a political debate, even a video call with a friend. CREDIT ILLUSTRATION BY BRYAN CHRISTIE