Roger
@Roger
390 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Roger upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Izaiah
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almost 5 years ago
Chinese companies want to help shape global facial recognition standards
Chinese companies want to help shape global facial recognition standardsThe report details how Chinese companies including ZTE, Dahua and China Telecom are proposing standards for facial recognition to the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the body respons...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Freshworks raises $150M Series H on $3.5B valuation
Freshworks raises $150M Series H on $3.5B valuation – TechCrunchFreshworks, a company that makes a variety of business software tools, from CRM to help-desk software, announced a $150 million Series H investment today from Sequoia Capital, CapitalG (formerly Google Capita...continued![Gettyimages 922709860](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/GettyImages-922709860.jpg?w=600)
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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![Gettyimages 1044056960](https://cnet3.cbsistatic.com/img/2ddTjVzyTW8IvRsfZsmL--d4LdA=/756x567/2019/11/20/55bc6302-ee10-4505-baa4-162538cc387a/gettyimages-1044056960.jpg)
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Oren
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almost 5 years ago
Rossum raises $4.5M to make OCR-like data entry many times more accurate
Rossum raises $4.5M to make OCR-like data entry many times more accurate – TechCrunchEvery day, people slog over inputting date from invoices and other forms. So instead of using traditional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) extraction software, you could apply a new fo...continued![Rossum team 2](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Rossum-team-2.jpg?w=550)
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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![Xmm 8160 modem 2x1](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/xmm-8160-modem-2x1.jpg?w=764)
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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![Taavet hiroki dsc1592a](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Taavet-Hiroki-_DSC1592a.jpg?w=577)
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Ezequiel
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almost 5 years ago
Will the future of work be ethical? Founder perspectives
Will the future of work be ethical? Founder perspectives – TechCrunchIn June, TechCrunch Ethicist in Residence Greg M. Epstein attended EmTech Next, a conference organized by the MIT Technology Review. The conference, which took place at MIT’s famous Media Lab, examined h...continued![Gettyimages 1079012838](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/GettyImages-1079012838.jpg?w=574)
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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![Ms2piragdvjudwsljwu6](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200/ms2piragdvjudwsljwu6.jpg)
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almost 5 years ago
Tab's on Baldwin - Business Mirror
Tab's on BaldwinBEST Filipino college coach and best foreign coach in the land? Aldin Ayo of University of Santo Tomas (UST) and Tab Baldwin of Ateneo are.The Blue Eagles scaled the mountaintop when they clinched their third straight title on Wednesday.Baldwin put everyth...continued![Sports06 112219](https://businessmirror.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sports06-112219.jpg)
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Roger
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almost 5 years ago
Tab's on Baldwin - Business Mirror
Tab's on BaldwinBEST Filipino college coach and best foreign coach in the land? Aldin Ayo of University of Santo Tomas (UST) and Tab Baldwin of Ateneo are.The Blue Eagles scaled the mountaintop when they clinched their third straight title on Wednesday.Baldwin put everyth...continued![Sports06 112219](https://businessmirror.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sports06-112219.jpg)
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Madalyn
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almost 5 years ago
How The Army’s Use Of TikTok Could Be A National Security Threat
How The Army’s Use Of TikTok Could Be A National Security ThreatLast week, Senator Chuck Schumer wrote the U.S. Army to ask it to think twice before using TikTok for recruiting purposes. Schumer cited TikTok’s Chinese origin and laws that required Chinese companies to ass...continued![V3oe82mvekmrkonkyk2a](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200/v3oe82mvekmrkonkyk2a.jpg)
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Elvie
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almost 5 years ago
Someone is putting VR headsets on cows, and we want to know why
Someone is putting VR headsets on cows, and we want to know whyLet’s just be up front here: yes, these pictures seem to show a cow wearing a virtual reality headset, and no, we don’t really know what’s going on here.You may have seen these images floating around social me...continued![Urqvy4uxj8ayrfx1mx7t3thseavocfgf5q6e0t3ngeg5lmvio4a9wmqdsaxwfmvjvk1fbzvnvcxc6nuexpn3w6ffa9dmztcr](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/oEeUdOPuaEFcLWgRWORMNsRhAAs=/0x15:695x379/fit-in/1200x630/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19410343/urqvy4uxj8ayRFX1mx7t3thsEAVOCFGF5q6e0t3Ngeg5LMviO4a9WMqdsAXwFMVJVk1FBzVnvCXc6nUExPn3W6ffA9DMztcr.jpg)
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Kari
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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![Tynwc2tz2nks5g35ez3k](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200/tynwc2tz2nks5g35ez3k.jpg)
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Casper
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almost 5 years ago
For Holiday Ads, Nothing Says Tradition Like Cardi B’s Twerk Shop
For Holiday Ads, Nothing Says Tradition Like Cardi B’s Twerk ShopIn a 22nd-floor suite of the Ritz-Carlton in Manhattan, sipping a nonalcoholic sparkling rosé from Pepsi, I was waiting for Cardi B to talk to me about Christmas.The Grammy-winning rapper stars in Pepsi’s ne...continued![Merlin 164865057 e3f27a06 0942 4f8e b7d5 0b437450b446 facebookjumbo](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/11/22/business/22holidayads7/merlin_164865057_e3f27a06-0942-4f8e-b7d5-0b437450b446-facebookJumbo.jpg)
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Roger
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almost 5 years ago
How to Set Up a Second Google Account and How To Use It
How to Set Up a Second Google Account and How To Use ItA Google account gives you access to a host of apps, covering email, maps, cloud storage, music, movies, productivity tools and more—and you don’t have to settle for just one account. Whether you’ve been given a secon...continued![Zwpvorvtyn7asothzm6d](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200/zwpvorvtyn7asothzm6d.jpg)
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Manley
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almost 5 years ago
TikTok Owner Reportedly Expanding Its Empire Into Music Subscriptions
TikTok Reportedly Getting Into the Music Subscription BusinessTikTok owner ByteDance, the Beijing-based behemoth that answers to no man (or at least U.S. senator) is reportedly crafting plans to fulfill its destiny, i.e., its foray into the subscription music business.Acc...continued![Rgf5c59qjeqawbhysayw](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200/rgf5c59qjeqawbhysayw.jpg)
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Roger 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![5da5ede4915146a0e16db0fd team](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/5da5ede4915146a0e16db0fd_Team.jpg?w=604)
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Roger 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![Gettyimages 74065771 1](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GettyImages-74065771-1.jpg?w=600)
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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![N9jstuj8ean7p7e8razl](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200/n9jstuj8ean7p7e8razl.jpg)
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George
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almost 5 years ago
Artificial eyes: How robots will see in the future
Artificial eyes: How robots will see in the futureIt's never good when a giant of the technology business describes your product as "a fool's errand".But that's how Tesla's chief executive Elon Musk branded the laser scanning system Lidar, which is being touted as the bes...continued![109460533 truck anglefront2](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/82E2/production/_109460533_truck_anglefront2.jpg)
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Roger
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almost 5 years ago
Sidestepping politics to teach climate
Sidestepping politics to teach climateI sat down at my desk to read the student evaluations for my undergraduate biology courses. “Please leave politics out of it. Not all Republicans deny science,” one student wrote. “I didn't pay to take this class to hear him bash Repu...continued![6468.cover source](https://science.sciencemag.org/sites/default/files/highwire/sci/366/6468.cover-source.gif)
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Elliott
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almost 5 years ago
VEnvirotech transforms organic waste into bioplastics
VEnvirotech transforms organic waste into bioplastics – TechCrunchAfter a year of testing out environmental technologies for a private company, co-founder Patricia Ayma developed a process for bioplastic production using bacteria. The system turns organic matter, such as ...continued![Venvirotech](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/venvirotech.jpg?w=711)
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Rudolph regrets his actions, is OK with Garrett
12:01 PM ETPITTSBURGH -- At the same time Myles Garrett's appeal was being heard by the NFL in New York, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph walked into a cramped back room of the team facility with a paper of prepared remarks in hand.Facing dozens of cameras an...continued![I?img=%2fphoto%2f2019%2f1115%2fr628167 1296x729 16%2d9](https://a2.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2019%2F1115%2Fr628167_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg)
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Myles
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almost 5 years ago
Karma’s new electric hinge-winged hypercar concept goes 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds
Karma’s new electric hinge-winged hypercar concept goes 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds – TechCrunchKarma Automotive took the wraps off Tuesday of a new electric concept car called the SC2 that produces a heart-thumping 1,100 horsepower and can travel from 0 to 60 miles per ho...continued![Sc2 side](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/SC2-Side.jpg?w=600)
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Plot to Steal Florida Hurricane Aid Leads to Indictments
Plot to Steal Florida Hurricane Aid Leads to IndictmentsTwo former city officials in Lynn Haven, Fla. and three business executives have been indicted on charges that they conspired to fraudulently take $5 million meant for hurricane disaster aid from the federal governme...continued![19xp hurricanefraud sub facebookjumbo v2](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/11/14/us/19xp-hurricanefraud-sub/19xp-hurricanefraud-sub-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg)
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