Muriel
@Muriel
428 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Muriel
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almost 5 years ago
The Best Tech Advice We Gave in 2019
The Best Tech Advice of 201952 weeks, 52 Tech 911 columns—minus one or two weeks when I was on vacation and simply couldn’t answer your wild and crazy technology questions from afar. Though Lifehacker is all about service and productivity, I find a special joy in our week...continued
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Toys “R” Us Is Back—Now With More Surveillance\!
Toys “R” Us Is Back—Now With More Surveillance!After filing for bankruptcy and closing more than 800 stores last year, Toys "R" Us is back. The iconic retailer has opened two new mall outposts, one in Texas and another in New Jersey, just in time for the holidays. The sto...continued
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In Trying Times for President’s Business, It Turns Out Less Trump Is More
For Trump Organization, Office Skyscrapers Make Up for Lagging HotelsBut on one recent weekday, with no large events at the resort, the cavernous Donald J. Trump Ballroom sat empty, as did the smaller Ivanka Trump ballroom, with its Austrian crystal chandeliers.Rather tha...continued
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Pyka and its autonomous, electric crop-spraying drone land $11M seed round
Pyka and its autonomous, electric crop-spraying drone land $11M seed round – TechCrunchModern agriculture involves fields of mind-boggling size, and spraying them efficiently is a serious operational challenge. Pyka is taking on the largely human-powered spray business wi...continued
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Meet the artist who draws scientists for Instagram
Meet the artist who draws scientists for InstagramHow do you raise the profile of women in science, equipped only with pens and pastel pencils?That's the challenge Nina Chhita set herself after being asked to identify scientists at a Christmas quiz."We were asked to name ...continued
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Internet pokes fun at Trump's war on windmills
Internet pokes fun at Trump's war on windmillsRush shipping is often free. But the environment could be paying for itSource: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Internet •
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Rivian adds $1.3 billion in funding for its electric utility and adventure vehicles
Rivian adds $1.3 billion in funding for its electric utility and adventure vehicles – TechCrunchAmerican automotive technology startup Rivian has raised $1.3 billion in new funding, the company announced today. The new investment is the fourth round of capital announced b...continued
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Credit startup Migo expands to Brazil on $20M raise and Africa growth
Credit startup Migo expands to Brazil on $20M raise and Africa growth – TechCrunchAfter growing its lending business in West Africa, emerging markets credit startup Migo is expanding to Brazil on a $20 million Series B funding round led by Valor Capital Group.The San Fran...continued
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Muriel
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almost 5 years ago
Fear and Loyalty: How Donald Trump Took Over the Republican Party
Fear and Loyalty: How Donald Trump Took Over the Republican Party“Trump is emotionally, intellectually and psychologically unfit for office, and I’m sure a lot of Republicans feel the same way,” Mr. Trott said. “But if they say that, the social media barrage will be overw...continued
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SoftBank Vision Fund invests $275M in India’s Lenskart
SoftBank Vision Fund invests $275M in India’s Lenskart – TechCrunchLenskart, an omni-channel retailer in India that sells eyewear products, said on Friday that it has raised $275 million in a new financing round from SoftBank Vision Fund as it looks to expand its business...continued
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Trialjectory uses self-reported clinical data to match cancer patients with clinical trials
Trialjectory uses self-reported clinical data to match cancer patients with clinical trials – TechCrunchTrialjectory, which is developing a new technology service to match cancer patients with clinical trials, has raised $2.7 million to finance its continued growth.Led by...continued
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Daily Crunch: Facebook acquires a cloud gaming startup
Facebook acquires a cloud gaming startup – TechCrunchThe Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here.Facebook is building out its ...continued
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Subscription-based social network MeWe launches premium features and a business product
Subscription-based social network MeWe launches premium features and a business product – TechCrunchMeWe, the subscription-based social network that emphasizes privacy and bills itself as the anti-Facebook, is launching a premium tier of its service and spinning up a busi...continued
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Uber’s ride-hailing business hit with ban in Germany
Uber’s ride-hailing business hit with ban in Germany – TechCrunchAnother legal blow for Uber in Europe: A regional court in Frankfurt has banned the company from sending ride-hailing requests to rental car companies via its app — with the court finding multiple competitio...continued
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The Psychedelic Beauty of Destroyed CDs
The Psychedelic Beauty of Destroyed CDsLike many teenagers growing up in the early- to mid-aughts, Russian photographer Rus Khasanov spent an obscene amount of money on CDs. He displayed his favorites on a shelf—Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP, Amy Winehouse’s Back to Bl...continued
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Applying big data analytics to patient records, OM1 offers insights to hospitals and pharma
Applying big data analytics to patient records, OM1 offers insights to hospitals and pharma – TechCrunchOM1, a big-data analytics company for the healthcare industry, has raised $50 million in its latest round of financing to expand its sales and marketing and product dev...continued
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Weird ‘Vanishing Stars’ Could Potentially Be Aliens, Study Claims
Weird ‘Vanishing Stars’ Could Potentially Be Aliens, Study ClaimsA comparative analysis of historical and contemporary astronomical data has resulted in the discovery of approximately 100 star-like objects that unexpectedly vanished. These strange occurrences are likely n...continued
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The Most Disappointing Gadgets of the Decade
The Worst and Most Disappointing Gadgets of the 2010sFor every major leap in technology, there have been plenty of face plants, ill-advised cash grabs, and just plan bad tech. So here are the gadgets and technology that absolutely screwed the pooch.As with our list of mos...continued
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How Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Finally Hit No. 1
How Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Finally Hit No. 1“There are the classics — the standards that everybody grew up with — and then there are the reinterpretations or new originals,” said Dave Bakula, a senior analyst for Nielsen Music. “Mariah lives in t...continued
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Ambilight technology immerses you in all the action
Best last-minute 4K TV deal on Amazon (UK deal)We're using cookies to improve your experience. Click Here to find out more.Source: MashablePowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Ultra-high-definition television • Amazon.com •
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Skyryse shows off end-to-end autonomous flight technology with helicopter demonstration
Skyryse shows off end-to-end autonomous flight technology with helicopter demonstration – TechCrunchSkyryse is a three-year old transportation startup that is approaching the future of aviation from a different angle when compared to most. You often see startups building ...continued
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Meggie
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Rebank raises $2.8M to build a better banking experience for high-growth companies
Rebank raises $2.8M to build a better banking experience for high-growth companies – TechCrunchAsk almost any startup founder and they’ll tell you that business banking is mostly broken. Legacy banks typically provide a clunky user experience trapped in the past. New chal...continued
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Washington Must Bet Big on AI or Lose Its Global Clout
Washington Must Bet Big on AI or Lose Its Global CloutThe US government must spend $25 billion on artificial intelligence research by 2025, stem the loss of foreign AI talent, and find new ways to prevent critical AI technology from being stolen and exported, according to...continued
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From Zero to 4, Before the End of the Driveway
From Zero to 4, Before the End of the DrivewayWhat Mercedes, Jeep and Ford, among others, care more about is: “Does this do something for us that is a value to promulgate the brand?” said Martin Brochstein, senior vice president of Licensing International.“It’s the beginn...continued
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China Roundup: GitHub’s China ambitions and WeWork rival’s big hopes
GitHub’s China ambitions and WeWork rival’s big hopes – TechCrunchHello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. This week, we are looking at how WeW...continued
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