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    Is Chipotle Cursed?

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    The sun was shining and the summer was in full swing. "What could go wrong?" Chipotle's execs asked themselves.

    It was National Avocado Day after all...

    Well...a lot.

    1. The first blow: Chipotle elected (generously) to offer free guacamoleto customers who ordered entrees online or in-app. Sounds great, until you realize people go bananas for mashed avocados. Chipotle's free guac landing page crashed right around lunchtime and promo codes didn't work for many using the app.
    2. Tough, but survivable...right up until Chipotle learned guacamole is a condiment ripe for scams. Fraudsters pounced, offering fake social media ads for "$100 Chipotle Gift Cards" celebrating National Avocado Day. Hey, even we got excited for a good 30 seconds.
    3. The worst part of Chipotle's day, though, came when at least two people reported getting sick after eating at an Ohio location. And just as the memories of 2015's E. coli epidemic started to fade, Chipotle finds itself back in the crosshairs. Its stock dropped nearly 7%.

    3D-Printed Gun Blueprints Spark Fierce Debate

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    What would have been a milestone for gun “manufacturing” gets the boot: Today was set to be the first day youÂ’d be able to download blueprints to 3D-print a gun at home.

    But instead, a federal judge blocked the public availability of the blueprints just a handful of hours before they were set to hit the open internet.

    But what happened? Gun control advocates took action and numerous states filed a joint lawsuit aimed at preventing the blueprints from becoming public, citing a threat to public safety...and it worked.

    The view from Washington: President Trump was skeptical (FYI, the NRA notes that undetectable plastic guns have been illegal for 30 years, and the White House supports that law).

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    Another perspective, from Medium blogger BJ Campbell: 3D-printed guns would barely work, he writes, not to mention...they're way more expensive to build than buying a regular handgun.

    Bottom line: Thought the gun control debate was already heated? Technological innovations like 3D printing will only create more battle lines.

    https://morningbrew.cmail20.com/t/j-l-ndlttjd-yhyuhjkhdk-tl/

    Facebook bows to WA state pressure to remove “discriminatory” ad filters

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    State Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced a legally binding plan that will force Facebook to "make significant changes to its advertising platform by removing the ability of third-party advertisers to exclude ethnic and religious minorities, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals, and other protected groups from seeing their ads.

    The AG's office of Washington state joined a chorus of unhappy—and litigious—Facebook users in late 2016 after a ProPublica investigation revealed how easy it was for Facebook advertisers to discriminate against users who were defined by "ethnic affinities." These were labeled with clear demographics like African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic, and ProPublica's report pointed out that this was a clear violation of the 1968 Fair Housing Act.

    The Tuesday announcement confirmed that this report inspired AG Ferguson's office to launch an investigation in November 2016, which began with the purchase of 20 fake ads on Facebook. These ads ran the gamut of content types, including "nightclubs, restaurants, lending, insurance, employment, and apartment rentals" so that Ferguson could determine whether or not specific audiences would be blocked from seeing the ads and were therefore "unaware of the opportunities in the advertisements."

    https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/07/facebook-bows-to-wa-state-pressure-to-remove-discriminatory-ad-filters/

    Appian: "a veteran in the low-code development landscape"

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    Appian, which starts at $75 per user per month, is a veteran in the low-code development landscape. Founded in 1999, the company has been helping enterprises build business process management (BPM) applications without traditional coding for longer than most, and that expertise is reflected in the Appian platform. Low-code development tools can sometimes mix too much heavy database work and object mapping with form-based and drag-and-drop design, but Appian separates it out to give both regular business users and more savvy IT folks distinct processes that integrate together into a single collaborative application for business teams building and sharing low-code apps with one another.

    Within the low-code development tool, Appian breaks down its app creation, user interface (UI) customization, and process modeling into an integrated set of simply designed experiences for teams or departments within a business to create apps and collaborate on both desktop and mobile. Appian is one of the most mature and capable low-code platforms on the market for enterprise organizations that want average users and programmers alike to build business apps quickly and start using them right away. For businesses that can afford it, the dead-simple app creation process and unique social collaboration component make Appian an Editors' Choice for everyday enterprise users that want to build and share apps with coworkers.

     

    "an indispensable nucleus for the life sciences industry"

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    Enterprise software company Veeva has become an indispensable nucleus for the life sciences industry, helping Big Pharma manage customer databases, track drug developments, and organize clinical trials. Revenues rose by 33% last year to $544 million, as the likes of Abbott, Merck, and Pfizer employed a suite of its cloud-based offerings. Vault, its new content management system, is already being used by 35 of the top 50 pharma companies. The platform could help Veeva take a bigger chunk of the global life sciences applications market, forecast to reach $6.8 billion in sales by 2020.

    The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States of America

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    Trump Lashes Out at the Fed

    The Trump administration: Busting norms since ‘17.

    When asked about the Fed rolling back its years-long low interest rate policy, President Trump told CNBC: "I don't like all of this work that we're putting into the economy and then I see rates going up."

    For perspective: Trump's comments came out of left field, if presidential history is any indicator. For 20+ years, the White House has abstained from commenting on Fed policy to allow the bank to remain nonpartisan.

    But the Fed's decision to temper too-hot growth with rate hikes (five since Trump took office) has shaken the president's confidence.

    • The bad: The dollar handed over earlier gains and Treasury yields sank.
    • The good: Trump said he wouldn't interfere with the Fed—"I'm letting them do what they feel is best."

    That said, this isn't the first time Trump's raised a red flag on monetary policy. As a candidate in 2016 he said, "When they raise interest rates, you're going to see some very bad things happen."

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