Head of Thread Lab / Electronic Frontier Foundation
Galperin’s initiative, the Threat Lab, is like a small, nonprofit cybersecurity consulting firm—a sort of CrowdStrike or FireEye for the little guy. 2/ bit.ly/2ClC9EE
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She came up with new methods of recycling aluminum and recovering tin, engineering faster circuits that use less silicon, and building robots that can strip down 200 iPhones an hour 3/ bit.ly/2ClC9EE
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Their case has survived legal challenges from the fossil-fuel industry and the Obama and Trump admins. It demands a sweeping court order that will affirm the right to a stable climate system for all. 4/ bit.ly/2ClC9EE
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Cofounder & CEO/ Patreon
Patreon aims to rescue the creative class from economic oblivion. Conte's proposition: Turn your most passionate fans into subscribers, or members of a club, and let Patreon facilitate that relationship 5/
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Director / Astria
~500,000 human-made objects are hurtling around our planet right now and 99% of what’s there is plain junk. Jah, a beachcomber for the space age, uses big-data analysis to locate and identify larger debris. 6/ bit.ly/2ClC9EE
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President & Chief Scientist / Dfinity
The cloud is as crucial as the internet itself, but it’s dominated by tech giants. Williams believes there should be a public option. 7/ bit.ly/2ClC9EE
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Cofounder & CEO / Oasis Labs
Guard your data jealously and it’s worthless - nobody can do anything with it. “I think most people don’t even know that their data can be valuable,” says Dawn Song. She wants to change that. 8/ bit.ly/2ClC9EE
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