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Here’s Why Polls Are So Bad At Predicting Election Results

One reason: From half to two-thirds of poll respondents don’t actually vote in a primary.

This week back in 2011, during a heated GOP race for the presidency, the leading candidate in the polls was Newt Gingrich. The winner of the Iowa caucus in 2012, which kicks off the primary season, was Rick Santorum (remember him?). Four years before that, the leading national candidate was Rudy Giuliani and the Iowa caucus was clinched by Mike Huckabee.

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Padmasree Warrior Describes Her Battle Plan For Taking On Tesla

After announcing her new job as CEO of electric vehicle startup NextEV, Warrior talked to Fast Company

Famed business executive and tech powerhouse Padmasree Warrior is getting into the electric car game. After leaving her post as CTO and strategy head of Cisco Systems in September, Warrior announced on Wednesday that she will be joining the ranks of electric vehicle startup NextEV as its U.S. CEO and head of global development.

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Europe’s Privacy Revolution Sends Shivers Through Silicon Valley

Companies face giant fines, as new rules enshrine the “right to be forgotten” and require teens to get parental consent for social media.

The European Union has adopted continent-wide privacy regulations that are being hailed by some as “a revolution” in data rights and by others as a new headache for tech companies. The new set of regulations on how Internet companies handle data in Europe, the largest such reforms in two decades, will do everything from modifying Google search results to requiring parental permission for teenagers to set up Facebook and Snapchat accounts to changing the way Microsoft Windows is bundled on computers.

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