Maida
@Maida
413 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Ericka
@Ericka -
almost 5 years ago
Comcast revives 'E.T.' to hawk cable and internet service
Comcast revives 'E.T.' to hawk cable and internet serviceComcast quotes Henry Thomas, the actor who plays Elliott, as saying that the short gives fans "everything they want out of a sequel" minus the parts that "could destroy the beauty of the original." Thomas, we love y...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Arvid
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almost 5 years ago
FCC backs Qualcomm's C-V2X technology for 5.9 GHz - CNET
FCC backs tech to let self-driving cars talk to... everythingFederal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai issued a proposal Wednesday to dedicate slivers of the 5.9 gigahertz spectrum band to unlicensed Wi-Fi use and the use of Qualcomm's cellular vehicle-to-everyt...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Kari
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almost 5 years ago
NYC city council votes to ban non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettes
NYC city council votes to ban non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettesThe move is designed to curb teen vaping. New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot noted recently that there's evidence of kids as young as 11 using e-cigarettes. Around 1 in 15 middle school studen...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Jerrold
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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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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Marie
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almost 5 years ago
Intel says Qualcomm’s business practices drove it out of the modem chip market
Intel says Qualcomm’s business practices drove it out of the modem chip market – TechCrunchIt’s not like this wasn’t among the reasons everywhere suspected when Apple suddenly announced it was buying Intel’s modem business, but now the chipmaker has filed a brief in suppo...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Cameron
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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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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Adelia
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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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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Maida
@Maida -
almost 5 years ago
Our Favorite Cheap 4K TV Looks Even Better With Quantum Dot Technology
TCL 6-Series Review (2019): the Best Cheap TV Gets Quantum Dots“Quantum dot” technology sounds like a fake invention, something made up by a well-meaning marketing team. Well, it is, and it isn’t. Although different companies have different brand names for their own recip...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Hulda
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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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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Kristina
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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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Maida
@Maida -
almost 5 years ago
Our Favorite Cheap 4K TV Looks Even Better With Quantum Dot Technology
TCL 6-Series Review (2019): the Best Cheap TV Gets Quantum Dots“Quantum dot” technology sounds like a fake invention, something made up by a well-meaning marketing team. Well, it is, and it isn’t. Although different companies have different brand names for their own recip...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Nestor
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almost 5 years ago
Lebanese business people back protesters' call for change
Lebanese business people back protesters' call for changeLebanon has faced five weeks of anti-government protests, driven by widespread anger at corruption among the sectarian politicians who have governed the country for decades. The protesters are now demanding that the...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Kari
@Kari -
almost 5 years ago
Wow, Facebook Really Made a Facial Recognition App for Its Employees
Facebook Built a Facial Recognition App for Company EmployeesIn its latest privacy faux pas to come to light, Facebook confirmed it built a now-defunct app for its employees that used facial recognition technology to identify coworkers and their friends, CNET reported thi...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Iva
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almost 5 years ago
Why this Black Friday is absolutely crucial for struggling retailers
Why Black Friday is absolutely crucial for struggling retailersLondon (CNN Business)Happy Sunday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up righthere.This year, Black Friday is more than just the ...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Elian
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almost 5 years ago
Providing emergency and security services to employees, Base Operations raises $1 million
Providing emergency and security services to employees, Base Operations raises $1M – TechCrunchIn 2017, when a destructive earthquake struck Puebla, Mexico, sending shock waves to Mexico City and destroying buildings in the nation’s megalopolis and its surrounding suburbs...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Jessika
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almost 5 years ago
Bellman wants to simplify property management for residential buildings
Bellman wants to simplify property management for residential buildings – TechCrunchMeet Bellman, a new French startup that wants to improve residential building management using technology and a fair amount of human interactions. The startup has been co-founded by Antoni...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Wilmer
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almost 5 years ago
Juul Gradually Weening Itself Off Employees
Juul to Cut 500 Jobs Amid Vaping FearsE-cigarette company Juul billed itself as an evolution in smoking cessation and has largely been recast in the court of public opinion as a wildly effective new tool for addicting kids to nicotine. The Wall Street Journal today report...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Ariel
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almost 5 years ago
In a victory over Amazon, Microsoft wins $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract
In a victory over Amazon, Microsoft wins $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract – TechCrunchThe U.S. Department of Defense today announced that Microsoft has won its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, worth up to $10 billion over a period of 10 year...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Kristina
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almost 5 years ago
How to Add Two-Factor Authentication to Your Twitter Account
How to Add Two-Factor Authentication to Your Twitter AccountUsing two-factor authentication (2FA) is a smart, simple tactic to add a little extra data security in your life. For those unaware, 2FA is when you use a secondary authentication method—like code generator apps ...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Casper
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almost 5 years ago
Why do billions of people still not have glasses?
Why do billions of people still not have glasses?Making spacecraft is not a job in which you can afford to be slapdash.At Lockheed Martin, for example, it used to take a technician two painstaking days to measure 309 locations for certain fasteners on a particular curved ...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Alan
@Alan -
almost 5 years ago
Vayyar nabs $109M for its “4D” radar tech, which detects and tracks images while preserving privacy
Vayyar nabs $109M for its ‘4D’ radar tech, which detects and tracks images while preserving privacy – TechCrunchThe future of the connected home, connected car and connected everything will have a lot of imaging technology at the center of it: sensors to track the movemen...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Maureen
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almost 5 years ago
Uber Freight expands app to Canada
Uber Freight expands app to Canada – TechCrunchUber Freight, the Uber business unit that helps truck drivers connect with shipping companies, said Wednesday it’s launching the app in Canada as part of its global expansion plan.The move into Canada will give Uber Freight a...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Mariano
@Mariano -
almost 5 years ago
California Is Suing Juul for Allegedly Targeting Kids With Its Bad Marketing
California Is Suing Juul for Allegedly Targeting Kids With Its Bad MarketingJuul is staring down yet another lawsuit.California officials announced Monday that the state has a lawsuit filed alleging that Juul marketed its products to teens and youth through, among other t...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Priscilla
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almost 5 years ago
D-Wave sticks with its approach to quantum computing
D-Wave sticks with its approach to quantum computing – TechCrunchEarlier this month, at the WebSummit conference in Lisbon, D-Wave and Volkswagen teamed up to manage a fleet of buses using a new system that, among other things, used D-Wave’s quantum technology to help gen...continued
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Maida upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Giovanni
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almost 5 years ago
The State of the Art in Toilet Technology Is Lube
The Latest Advancement in Toilet Technology Is LubeResearchers have developed a new method of lowering toilet water waste and preventing poo buildup—a special coating that purportedly makes feces slide down a toilet bowl like a child on a greased-up Slip ‘N Slide.In a pap...continued
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