The Daily Populous

“Therapy culture in the UK is very conservative around technology,” says Dr Charlotte Cooper, a London based psychotherapist.

A lack of confidence or skill in using technology reflects the lack of investment in women in tech more broadly, says Cooper.

Practitioners will do all they can to preserve the integrity of therapy’s relational nature, says Cooper. »

A wave of coders writing self-teaching algorithms has descended on the financial world, and it doesn’t look good for most of the money managers who’ve long been envied for their multimillion-­dollar bonuses.

“Algorithms are coming for your job—they only ask for electricity,” says Ganti, jabbing his finger on a lime-green laminated table.

Ganti’s answer is to look for what are known in the industry as esoteric assets—the most obscure stuff he can find. »

For the December 2013 issue of mental_floss magazine, we scored a rare interview with the famously private Mr. Watterson.

The syndicate had licensing deals cooking and was looking to get their intellectual property into newspapers to help push merchandise.

Watterson donated the work to help raise funds for Parkinson’s research, a disease afflicting the strip’s author, Richard Thompson. »

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Planes grounded at "too hot" Phoenix airport.

As temperatures climb in Phoenix, Arizona, more than 40 flights have been cancelled - because it is too hot for the planes to fly.

The cancelled flights were scheduled to take off between 15:00 and 18:00 local time. »