Marlon
@Marlon
418 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Marlon upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Hank
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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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Myles
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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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Marlon upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Manley
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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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Elian
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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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Teagan
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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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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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Madalyn
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almost 5 years ago
Podcorn connects advertisers with podcasters and manages sponsored messages in podcasts
Podcorn connects advertisers with podcasters and manages sponsored messages in podcasts – TechCrunchPodcorn, the service that connects brands with podcasters to acquire in-broadcast sponsored time (not pre- or post-roll advertising), is officially launching its services t...continued
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Abbie
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almost 5 years ago
Amazon Joins Tech’s Great Quantum Computing Race
Amazon Joins Tech’s Great Quantum Computing RaceThe everything store has an everything cloud. Amazon Web Services offers more than 160 services from disk storage to satellite control antennas. On Monday, the company said it would widen its cloud menu to include access to ...continued
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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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Raoul
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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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Kari
@Kari -
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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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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Marlon 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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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
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Marlon 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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Marlon upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Ericka
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almost 5 years ago
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for TrumpAs Rudolph W. Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in...continued
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Marlon upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Nelson
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almost 5 years ago
Emissions, Impeachment, Butterball Turkey: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
Emissions, Impeachment, Butterball Turkey: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing1. Thanksgiving travel might be a little complicated this year.More than 55 million peopleare expected to be heading to holiday gatherings by car or plane, and the weather isn’t going to make it easy....continued
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Marlon
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almost 5 years ago
Eight miss practice as Patriots deal with flu bug
5:46 PM ETFOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots had eight players miss practice Wednesday due to flu-like symptoms, which safety Devin McCourty said were unlike anything he's seen in his 10 years with the team."We had guys come in, you'd look in their eyes and you...continued
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Marlon 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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Arvid
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almost 5 years ago
Taiwan’s Appier raises $80M for AI-based marketing technology
Taiwan’s Appier raises $80M for AI-based marketing technology – TechCrunchArtificial intelligence continues to be the theme of the moment in enterprise software, and today a company out of Asia that has built a suite of AI-powered marketing and ad tools is announcing a ro...continued
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Marlon
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almost 5 years ago
Appier raises $80 million for AI that improves marketing decisions
Appier raises $80 million for AI that improves marketing decisionsGetting a customer onto a company’s website to check out its products is challenging enough in itself, but getting them to complete a transaction is a whole different ball game. Last year, 75% of all ecomme...continued
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Marlon upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
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
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Marlon upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Cameron
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almost 5 years ago
Pogos are taxable - Business Mirror
Everybody cannot help but notice the sudden influx of Chinese nationals in the country. My barber is happy since his business is doing good. He has more hair to trim. Condominium owners are enjoying an easy return of their investments. They are paid in cash for a one-year...continued
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Marlon upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
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
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Marlon 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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