Jeffrey
@Jeffrey
436 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Dayton
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over 3 years ago
LaMDA: our breakthrough conversation technology
The long road to LaMDALaMDA’s conversational skills have been years in the making. Like many recent language models, including BERT and GPT-3, it’s built on Transformer, a neural network architecture that Google Research invented and open-sourced in 2017. That architectur...continued
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Jeffrey
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over 3 years ago
Here be Dragomans | History Today
A dragoman in an Egyptian temple, 1880s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.A steamer approaches the shores of Palestine in the middle of the 19th century and the Holy Land comes into view: the port of Jaffa and its houses; the plains beyond; and, in the far distanc...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Elody
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over 3 years ago
Flash Sale: Buy an Extra Crunch annual plan, get a free Disrupt pass
Flash Sale: Buy an Extra Crunch annual plan, get a free Disrupt today until midnight on May 18 (PT), we’re offering a free Disrupt Innovator pass (a $99 value) to anyone who purchases an annual or two-year Extra Crunch membership. Grab an annual or two-year Extra Crunch ...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Elian
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over 3 years ago
Merchant commerce platform Pine Labs valued at $3 billion in new fundraise
Pine Labs, a startup that offers merchants payments terminals, invoicing tools and working capital, said on Monday it has completed the first close of a $285 million funding as the nearly two-decade-old firm looks to expand its offerings and build and scale an online paym...continued
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Webster
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over 3 years ago
I love being a mogul: Hollywood stars go into business
"I've always wanted to be a mogul," says Thorne, who at 23, is an actor, singer, model, film director and businesswoman.Source: BBC NewsPowered by NewsAPI.org
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Allene
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over 3 years ago
Holidu books $45M after growing its vacation rentals business ~50% YoY during COVID-19
Vacation rental startup Holidu has tucked $45 million in Series D funding into its suitcase — bringing its total raised since being founded back in 2014 to more than $120M.The latest funding round is led by 83North with participation from existing investors Prime Ventures...continued
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Cynthia
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over 3 years ago
Huma, which uses AI and biomarkers to monitor patients and for medical research, raises $130M
While much of the world eagerly watches to see if the vaccination rollout helps curb and eventually stamp out Covid-19, one of the companies that has been helping to manage the spread of the virus is announcing a big round of funding on the heels for strong demand for its...continued
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Rex
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over 3 years ago
Zencargo raises $42M to expand its digital-first freight forwarding platform internationally
While consumers and businesses continue to use their purchasing power to spin the wheels of the globalized economy, one of the companies that’s built a technology platform to help that economy operate more smoothly is announcing an investment to double down on growth.Zenc...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Minnie
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over 3 years ago
How one founder realized the potential of sustainable energy stored deep below our feet
How one founder realized the potential of sustainable energy stored deep below our this week’s Found podcast, we sat down with Dandelion co-founder and President Kathy Hannun. Kathy came up with the idea for Dandelion while working at Google X, tackling some of the world...continued
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Josiah
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over 3 years ago
Business Updates: The Fight Between Epic and Apple
Here’s what you need to know:Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesTreasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said higher interest rates might be needed to keep the economy from overheating given the large investments that the Biden administration is proposing to rebuild the nati...continued
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Casper
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over 3 years ago
Verizon is selling its media business for $5 billion after splurging on AOL and Yahoo
Well, this is awkward. Verizon has agreed a deal to sell its "Verizon Media" unit — including Engadget — to the investment firm Apollo Global Management for $5 billion. Verizon will retain a 10-percent stake in the company, which will be named Yahoo.Verizon Media was the ...continued
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Jeffrey
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over 3 years ago
Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams Postponed - Butterfly Table Tennis
May 2, 2021 We regretfully announce the postponement of the Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams Tournament, originally scheduled for July 30 to August 1, 2021. The new date for the tournament is set for April 8-10, 2022.The island is undergoing a spike in COVID-19 cas...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Jany
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over 3 years ago
Data was the new oil, until the oil caught fire
We’ve been hearing how “data is the new oil” for more than a decade now, and in certain sectors, it’s a maxim that has more than panned out. From marketing and logistics to finance and product, decision-making is now dominated by data at all levels of most big private org...continued
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Jeffrey
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over 3 years ago
Beckham and Dench help to launch Captain Tom fundraising drive - Reuters UK
The family of Britain's Captain Tom Moore, the World War Two veteran who lifted a nation's spirits during the pandemic, joined forces with David Beckham and Judi Dench to kick off a long weekend of fundraising events on Friday.
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Rex
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over 3 years ago
Atlassian launches a Jira for every team
Atlassian today announced a new edition of its Jira project management tool, Jira Work Management. The company has long been on a journey of bringing Jira to teams beyond the software development groups it started out with. With Jira Service Management, it is successfully...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Alvah
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over 3 years ago
Godzilla vs Kong's Adam Wingard Could Return to the Monsterverse for More Monkey Business
The success of Godzilla vs. Kong has suddenly made Adam Wingard one of the most important figures in Legendary’s future plans for its giant monster movieverse. But the in-demand director’s next potential project in the series might not star either of his former titular be...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Immanuel
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over 3 years ago
Only 48 hours left to save $100 on TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising
Only 48 hours left to save $100 on TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising, our next mini bootcamp for founders in the early innings of their startup journey, takes place July 8-9. It sure seems a long way off, right? But you have o...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Adelia
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over 3 years ago
Solar roof-tile and energy startup SunRoof closes €4.5M led by Inovo Venture Partners
SunRoof is a European startup that has come up with a clever idea. It has its own roof-tile technology which generates solar power. It then links up those houses, creating a sort of virtual power plant, allowing homeowners to sell surplus energy back to the grid.It’s now ...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Roger
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over 3 years ago
When Can a Resume Be More Than One Page?
When it comes to business etiquette, a few unwavering standards seem to exist, without any definitive rules explaining why—consider the expectation that you will always send a thank-you note after an interview. And while the choice of file format to use when emailing your...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Alexandro
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over 3 years ago
Wunder Mobility’s new lending business helps micromobility startups finance fleets
Wunder Mobility built its business selling software to shared scooter, e-bike and even short-term car rental startups. Now, it’s banking on a new — and once secret — lending division to bring in more revenue that’ll give micromobility operators another option to access ca...continued
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Jeffrey
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over 3 years ago
Former Raiders DB Mike Davis dies at age 65
8:07 PM ETAssociated Press HENDERSON, Nev. -- Mike Davis, the former Raiders defensive back who made one of the most memorable interceptions in team history, has died. He was 65.The Raiders announced Davis' death Sunday. The team gave no details on the cause of death.The ...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Jaydon
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over 3 years ago
Technology Could Turn You Into a Tiffany
The high end, however, also sees opportunities. Tiffany Company, for example, has used parametric design and additive manufacturing to create prototypes at its three-year-old Jewelry Design and Innovation Workshop (J.D.I.W.), a 17,000-square-foot facility around the corn...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Jessika
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over 3 years ago
Jury Duty Is Back, and It Looks Very Different
As New York continues to reopen and pandemic restrictions are slowly lifted, the sprawling federal and state court systems have lumbered back to life, transforming how they operate in order to safely bring people back into buildings and clear case backlogs while infection...continued
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Jeffrey
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over 3 years ago
You Won’t Believe How Much Tech is Hiding in this Desk
Say what you will about office life: there were definitely some productivity perks, but the coffee is much better at home. Like many of us, [Pierre] has been working from home for the last year or …
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Jeffrey
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over 3 years ago
AI-driven audio cloning startup gives voice to Einstein chatbot
You’ll need to prick up your ears up for this slice of deepfakery emerging from the wacky world of synthesized media: A digital version of Albert Einstein — with a synthesized voice that’s been (re)created using AI voice cloning technology drawing on audio re…
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