Giles
@Giles
467 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Giles upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Kraig @Kraig - almost 5 years ago
Lessons From a Teenage Cyborg
Lessons From a Teenage Cyborg“I was born in 2000, I have always lived my life with technology, there hasn’t been any moment without it.” So begins the story of Kai Landre, who recently traveled to the United States from Barcelona to explain his decision to become a cyborg...continued
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Mariano @Mariano - almost 5 years ago
Dutch startup Meatable is developing lab-grown pork and has $10 million in new financing to do it
Dutch startup Meatable is developing lab-grown pork and has $10 million in new financing to do it – TechCrunchMeatable, the Dutch startup developing cruelty-free technologies for manufacturing cultured meat, is pivoting to pork production as a swine flu epidemic ravages o...continued
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Cynthia @Cynthia - almost 5 years ago
Anderson Cooper roasts Trump's plumbing claim
Anderson Cooper roasts Trump's plumbing claimChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Anderson Cooper • Donald Trump • Facebook Messenger • Pearl River (band) •
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Hank @Hank - almost 5 years ago
Scammers peddling Islamophobic clickbait is business as usual at Facebook
Scammers peddling Islamophobic clickbait is business as usual at Facebook – TechCrunchA network of scammers used a ring of established right-wing Facebook pages to stoke Islamophobia and make a quick buck in the process, a new report from the Guardian reveals. But it’s le...continued
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Kraig @Kraig - almost 5 years ago
Rocket Lab readies Electron for its first launch with rocket recovery systems on board
Rocket Lab readies Electron for its first launch with rocket recovery systems on board – TechCrunchUpdate: Running Out of Fingers has launched successfully! We’ll know more about the results of the recovery system study soon.Rocket Lab is getting ready to fly its tenth mi...continued
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George @George - almost 5 years ago
Your Kid's School Is Probably Collecting Tons of Data on Them
Your Kid's School Is Probably Collecting Tons of Data on ThemWe’re living in a time when cyber-bulling, self-harm, suicide and school shootings are all things that parents and educators need to worry about. And as technology became more prevalent in the classroom, an obvi...continued
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Manley @Manley - almost 5 years ago
Razer CEO Berated And Threatened His Staff, Former Employees Say
Razer CEO Berated And Threatened His Staff, Former Employees SayMin-Liang Tan was “officially pissed off,” he wrote in an email to members of Razer’s marketing team in February of 2014. The gaming hardware company hadn’t made the business website Fast Company’s 2014 list ...continued
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Gregoria @Gregoria - almost 5 years ago
Korean e-commerce leader Coupang hires Alberto Fornaro as its new chief financial officer
Korean e-commerce leader Coupang hires Alberto Fornaro as its new chief financial officer – TechCrunchKorean e-commerce giant Coupang has a new chief financial officer. The company announced today that it has hired Alberto Fornaro, who previously served the same role at I...continued
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Manley @Manley - almost 5 years ago
Nest Hubs will use ultrasonic sensing to display reminders and appointments
Nest Hubs will use ultrasonic sensing to display reminders and appointmentsLast month Google updated the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max so that they could use ultrasonic sensing to tell when a person is nearby. While the Hub Max includes a camera that it could already use to s...continued
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Assunta @Assunta - almost 5 years ago
How the Kardashian-Jenner family built their business empire
How the Kardashian-Jenner family built their business empireFrom the O.J. Simpson trial to brand ambassadors, here's how the Kardashian-Jenner family have maintained their stardom and turned it into a business.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Kim Kardashian • Cai...continued
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Myles @Myles - almost 5 years ago
These new data sources are creating high-impact tools for investors
These new data sources are creating high-impact tools for investors – TechCrunchVenture capitalists tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most of us are using the same infrastructure tools we’ve used for the past 20+ years — Excel and recent college grads ...continued
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Elian @Elian - almost 5 years ago
The portable PlayStations were Sony at its most ambitious
The portable PlayStations were Sony at its most ambitiousAs we mark 25 years of PlayStation this week, Sony’s grip on the home console market has rarely been stronger. The PS4 recently outsold the original PlayStation to become the second bestselling version yet behind th...continued
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Elvie @Elvie - almost 5 years ago
Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 1 of 2)
Where top VCs are investing in real estate and proptech (Part 1 of 2) – TechCrunchThe multi-trillion dollar global real estate market is getting flipped on its head.Business model innovation, data accessibility and the proliferation of mobile, SaaS and other cloud-native ...continued
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Teagan @Teagan - almost 5 years ago
Mobility startup Damon Motors enters e-moto arena with EV debut
Mobility startup Damon Motors enters e-moto arena with EV debut – TechCrunchVancouver based mobility startup Damon Motorcycles has entered the EV arena with a preview of its first e-moto, the Hypersport Pro.The seed-stage company had previously focused on creating digital...continued
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Joe @Joe - almost 5 years ago
Facebook expands its efforts against ad discrimination
Facebook expands its efforts against ad discrimination – TechCrunchUnder the terms of a settlement with the ACLU and other civil rights groups earlier this year, Facebook has been taking steps to prevent discriminatory ad targeting.Specifically, the company says ads in th...continued
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Jeffrey @Jeffrey - almost 5 years ago
The tech of giving back: an interview with Salesforce’s Chief Philanthropy Officer
An interview with Salesforce’s Chief Philanthropy Officer – TechCrunchSince its founding two decades ago, Salesforce has pioneered the Pledge 1% model of giving back one percent of equity, product, profit, and employee time to charity.As EVP, Marketing and Chief Philanthr...continued
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Giles @Giles - almost 5 years ago
Markets shudder after Trump warns China trade war could go beyond 2020 election
Premarket stocks: Markets shudder after Trump warns China trade war could go beyond 2020 electionLondon (CNN Business)Happy Tuesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up righthere.US Presiden...continued
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Jerrold @Jerrold - almost 5 years ago
Instagram to test hiding Like counts in the US next week
Instagram to test hiding Like counts in US, which could hurt influencers – TechCrunch“We will make decisions that hurt the business if they help people’s well-being and health,” says Instagram’s CEO Adam Mosseri. To that end, next week Instagram will expand to some users ...continued
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Raoul @Raoul - almost 5 years ago
Google’s CallJoy phone agent for small businesses gets smarter, more conversational
Google’s CallJoy phone agent for small businesses gets smarter, more conversational – TechCrunchEarlier this year, Google’s in-house incubatorlaunched CallJoy, a virtual customer service phone agent for small businesses that could block spammers, answer calls, provide cal...continued
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Cameron @Cameron - almost 5 years ago
Gradeup raises $7M to expand its online exam preparation platform to smaller Indian cities and towns
Gradeup raises $7M to expand its online exam preparation platform to smaller Indian cities and towns – TechCrunchGradeup, an edtech startup in India that operates an exam preparation platform for undergraduate and postgraduate-level courses, has raised $7 million from Tim...continued
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Adelia @Adelia - almost 5 years ago
GoCardless partners with TransferWise to bring low cost currency conversion to recurring payments
GoCardless partners with TransferWise to bring low-cost currency conversion to recurring payments – TechCrunchGoCardless, the London fintech that makes it easy for businesses to offer recurring bank payments, has partnered with TransferWise for its currency exchange.The m...continued
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Rex @Rex - almost 5 years ago
How to Win Holiday Season Marketing with Relevance and Timing
How to Win Holiday Season Marketing with Relevance and TimingRetailers stand to benefit substantially from the holiday shopping season, so act on your holiday marketing strategy early.There’s nothing like a classic holiday scene. Snow dusts the ground, smoke climbs from t...continued
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Giles @Giles - almost 5 years ago
Don't Give People Presents That Are Actually Chores
Don't Give People Presents That Are Actually ChoresIf you’re getting started on your holiday shopping this weekend, here’s a tip: ask yourself whether you’re giving the recipient something they truly want, or something that will add extra work to their life.Productivity a...continued
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Hulda @Hulda - almost 5 years ago
If You Collect Doomed Technology, Valve Is Now Selling Off the Steam Controller For $5
If You Collect Doomed Technology, Valve Is Now Selling Off the Steam Controller For $5Valve’s Steam Box consoles weren’t the runaway success that the gaming giant hoped they’d be, but the accompanying Steam Controller still stands out as a truly innovative gamepad design....continued
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Kristina @Kristina - almost 5 years ago
Bloodsucking Prison Telecom Is Scamming Inmates With 'Free' Tablets
GTL Prison Telecom Scams Inmates With 'Free' TabletsWhen you get free technology, you can reasonably assume that you’re getting screwed. That’s infinitely truer if you’re in prison.As Reason first reported, the West Virginia Division of Corrections struck a deal in Februa...continued
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