Giovanni
@Giovanni
418 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Giovanni upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Marlon
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about 5 years ago
Can desert greenhouses resolve food security time bomb?
Can desert greenhouses deliver food security?The three-year-old start-up is aiming for nothing less than a transformation of the agriculture industry, and to resolve the growing threat to food security that faces the UAE.The company, founded in 2016, has already establish...continued
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Assunta
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about 5 years ago
Lexus’s first autonomous EV has drones and ‘artificial muscle technology’
Lexus’s first autonomous EV has drones and ‘artificial muscle technology’Lexus leaned into the futuristic theme, which is evident from the vehicle's "hoodless" form, glass roof and gull-wing (aka DeLorean) doors. Inside, Lexus put gesture controls to use and created AR ve...continued
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Emmie
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about 5 years ago
Elon Musk predicts Tesla energy could be ‘bigger’ than its EV business
Elon Musk predicts Tesla energy could be ‘bigger’ than its EV business – TechCrunchTesla CEO Elon Musk forecast that the company’s energy business will eventually be the same size as — or even bigger than — its automotive sector, the latest sign that the company plans to ...continued
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Hank
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about 5 years ago
3 Marketing Lessons from Bed Bath & Beyond's 'Offline Shopping' Ad
3 Marketing Lessons from Bed Bath & Beyond's 'Offline Shopping' AdI was recently in the market for a new vacuum cleaner and was doing my usual shopping routine -- i.e. browsing on Amazon and reading reviews to get more information on the various brands before I made m...continued
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Giles
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about 5 years ago
Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow
Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow – TechCrunchDatabricks is a SaaS business built on top of a bunch of open-source tools, and apparently it’s been going pretty well on the business side of things. In fact, the comp...continued
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Grayce
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about 5 years ago
Penske is getting into the car-sharing business, starting with Washington D.C.
Penske is getting into the car-sharing business, starting with Washington, DC – TechCrunchTransportation services giant Penske Corp. is backing a new car-sharing service called Penske Dash that launched Tuesday in Washington, D.C. and Arlington, Va.The service is debuting...continued
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Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
about 5 years ago
Facebook will spend $1 billion to address California’s affordable housing crisis
Facebook will spend $1 billion to address California’s affordable housing crisisFacebook today announced a pledge of $1 billion and a partnership with the state of California to help build more affordable housing, after the company contributed for over a decade to an infl...continued
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Hannah
@Hannah -
about 5 years ago
Facebook's Business Falls Under the Microscope of 47 Attorneys General
Facebook Under Investigation by 47 Attorneys GeneralForty-seven state attorneys general have now joined a sweeping investigation into Facebook’s business practices aimed at determining whether the company has engaged in anti-competitive behavior, ignored privacy laws, or ...continued
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Oren
@Oren -
about 5 years ago
How the Designer Behind the Original Mac Comes Up With New Ideas
How to Come Up With New Ideas According to Hartmut Esslinger, founder of Frog DesignMost people can’t really innovate, says Hartmut Esslinger, founder of frog design. He and his company (now celebrating fifty years in business) helped design Apple’s portable computers, So...continued
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Devin
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about 5 years ago
OmniVision wins Guinness World Record for its tiny medical image sensor
OmniVision wins Guinness World Record for its tiny medical image sensorTraditionally, procedures in the body's smallest anatomy -- such as neuro, ENT, cardiac, spinal and gynaecology procedures -- were performed blind or with low quality images from fiberscopes, because e...continued
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Bobby
@Bobby -
about 5 years ago
Ford and Holoride bring in-car virtual reality to the masses - Roadshow
Ford and Holoride bring in-car virtual reality to the massesHoloride began its pursuit of redefining in-car entertainment with Audi earlier this year. A new partnership with Porsche blossomed just last month. This week, Ford is the latest to work with Holoride, but in a p...continued
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Wilmer
@Wilmer -
about 5 years ago
Why we should ban facial recognition technology everywhere
Why we should ban facial recognition technology everywhere / Boing BoingIn the wake of Berkeley joining the growing list of cities that ban the use of facial recognition by governments, RIT philosophy prof Evan Selinger and Northeastern law/comp sci prof Woodrow Hartzog m...continued
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Patrick
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about 5 years ago
Ikea's Expands Augmented Reality App, Lets You Fill an Entire Room With Virtual Swedish Furniture
Ikea's AR App Now Lets You Place Multiple Pieces of FurnitureAugmented reality might one day be a crucial piece of technology, but for now, the best use we’ve found for putting virtual objects in real scenes is previewing how new furniture might look in your living room. ...continued
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Americo
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about 5 years ago
'Goliath Is Winning': The Biggest U.S. Banks Are Set to Automate Away 200,000 Jobs
The Biggest U.S. Banks Are Set to Automate Away 200,000 JobsOver the next decade, U.S. banks, which are investing $150 billion in technology annually, will use automation to eliminate 200,000 jobs, thus facilitating “the greatest transfer from labor to capital” in the ind...continued
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Grayce
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about 5 years ago
Android users can test out Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming next month
Microsoft launching public xCloud streaming test on Android in OctoberRoughly one year after announcing plans for its Project xCloud game streaming service, Microsoft will roll out a public test of xCloud next month for Android users in the United States, United Kingdom, ...continued
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Marjory
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about 5 years ago
Toyota’s e-Palette will transport athletes during the 2020 Olympics
Toyota’s e-Palette will transport athletes during the 2020 OlympicsEach of the vehicles will travel through the athletes' village at a leisurely 12 miles per hour along a designated loop. As an SAE Level 4-capable autonomous vehicle, the e-Palette will be able to navigate...continued
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Ryleigh
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about 5 years ago
Volvo creates a dedicated business for autonomous industrial and commercial transport
Volvo creates a dedicated business for autonomous industrial and commercial transport – TechCrunchVolvo Group has established a new dedicated business group focused on autonomous transportation, with a mandate that covers industry segments like mining, ports and moving go...continued
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Giovanni
@Giovanni -
about 5 years ago
Fangio: 'All levels' of Broncos' offense the problem
1:48 AM ETDENVER -- Just minutes after a crushing 30-6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio looked at what his team's offense had done in the previous 60 football minutes and narrowed down the issues to one rather significant area.Everything."It...continued
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Giovanni
@Giovanni -
about 5 years ago
Arianna Huffington on Quest to Create the Methadone of Tech
Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global Acquires Boundless MindsAriana Huffington left Huffington Post in 2016 to create Thrive Global—a confounding venture that aims to help people reduce stress and burnout by taking control of their relationship with technology. Three years ...continued
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Madalyn
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about 5 years ago
Berkeley Becomes Fourth U.S. City to Ban Face Recognition in Unanimous Vote
Berkeley Becomes Fourth U.S. City to Ban Face Recognition in Unanimous VoteBerkeley, California became the fourth U.S. city to pass a ban on all government use of facial recognition technology on Tuesday night following a unanimous yes vote by the City Council.Two other c...continued
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Leda
@Leda -
about 5 years ago
Amazon Is Marketing Face Recognition to Police Departments Partnered With Ring: Report
Amazon Pushing Rekognition Face Recognition to Police With Ring PartnershipsAmazon is marketing its facial recognition software to Florida police departments that are currently partnered with its home surveillance company, Ring—arrangements that allow police to request ac...continued
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Kari
@Kari -
about 5 years ago
Google Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL not launching in India
Google Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL not launching in India – TechCrunchThe Pixel 4 and Pixel XL smartphones, that Google just unveiled at a press conference in New York, won’t launch in India, one of the company’s key overseas markets, the Android-maker said on Tuesday.The bottlen...continued
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Webster
@Webster -
about 5 years ago
Walmart’s Flipkart confirms it is entering the food retail business in India
Walmart’s Flipkart confirms it is entering the food retail business in India – TechCrunchIndia’s Flipkart is entering the food retail business as the e-commerce giant looks to expand its reach in the nation, its chief executive said on Tuesday.Flipkart, which sold majorit...continued
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Clarissa
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about 5 years ago
Opendoor appoints CFO, CPO
Opendoor appoints CFO, CPO – TechCrunchOpendoor has named Gautam Gupta its chief financial officer and chief business officer, critical roles as the business continues to alter the way in which homes are bought and sold. Uber’s former head of finance, Gupta joined the $3....continued
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edcarerx
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about 5 years ago
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