Alvah
@Alvah
447 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Angus
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over 3 years ago
New clinical trial data from Locus Biosciences shows promise in CRISPR-Cas3 technology
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest potential threats to global health today. But Locus Biosciences is hoping that their crPhage technology might provide a new solution.Based in North Carolina’s Research Triangle, the startup recently announced promising phase 1b ...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
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over 3 years ago
Sacha Baron Cohen plays Covid vaccine dealer to the stars
Comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen revealed his fictional Covid-19 vaccine side business during a segment on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!."Source: CNNSource: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.org
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
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over 3 years ago
Platzi Will Pay You Up to $40,000 to Study
The pandemic has created a series of obstacles for people, but it has also generated ideas to promote professional success, educational innovation and the progress of economies. To stay motivated by the constant hunger for learning and growth, Platzi , the online educatio...continued
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Alvah
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over 3 years ago
Source: Ex-Seahawks C Britt signs with Texans
8:09 PM ETHOUSTON -- The Houston Texans have signed former Seattle Seahawks center Justin Britt to a one-year deal worth up to $5 million, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.Britt, who did not play during the 2020 season after Seattle released him in April, indicated he i...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Joe
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over 3 years ago
Using the Teach-Back Method
CommunicateHealthMar 4 · 2 min readAlt: A doodle with cat head talks to a doctor doodle via video chat. The doctor doodle asks, “Can you tell me the steps to care for your cat head?” The other doodle says, “Sure. First I’ll do the hokey-pokey. Then I’ll turn myself around...continued
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Ismael
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over 3 years ago
Attend TechCrunch’s free virtual Miami meetup on March 11
Attend TechCrunch’s free virtual Miami meetup on March Valley is novel, but not unique. Throughout the United States and abroad, there are communities of technology entrepreneurs leveraging local assets to build great companies. TechCrunch has long told these stories, an...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Alexie
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over 3 years ago
MoFo launches pro bono accelerator for Black startup founders - Reuters
Black startup founders and entrepreneurs face a long line of hurdles. Between securing funding, building an effective team and marketing products and services, legal costs and requirements can get overlooked.Morrison Foerster hopes to mitigate those challenges with its B...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Jerrold
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over 3 years ago
Robotics roundup
I’m excited for any opportunity to talk about soft robotics. There’s something other-worldly about the world of inflatable robotic bladders. Human beings are wont to develop robotics in their own image. The world of soft robots are something akin to what the technology wo...continued
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Marie
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over 3 years ago
Unraveling ThredUp’s IPO filing: Slow growth, but a shifting business model
Another day, another venture-backed IPO filing. Today it’s ThredUp, a used-goods marketplace that is approaching the public markets in the wake of Poshmark’s own strong debut.Both companies have a related market focus, albeit different approaches to selling used goods. Po...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Devin
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over 3 years ago
Countingup closes £9.1M for its business current account with built-in accounting features
Countingup, the U.K. fintech offering a business current account with built-in accounting features, has closed £9.1 million in Series A investment. Leading the round is Framework Venture Partners, with participation from Gresham House Ventures, Sage and existing investors...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Geovany
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over 3 years ago
Amazon’s cashierless tech expands to London with first international store
Amazon has opened its first cashierless store outside of the US with a new Amazon Fresh location in London, UK. The store uses the company’s Just Walk Out technology, which allows customers to pick items off shelves and take them out of the store without having to stop an...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Giovanni
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over 3 years ago
$100 million for mealworms
$100 million for and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the behind the headlines.This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down and focus on a single topic, or theme. This week we’re talking agtech, a surprisingly cool...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Geovany
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over 3 years ago
Vernon Jordan, Civil Rights Leader and D.C. Power Broker, Dies at 85
After graduating from law school in 1960, he became a law clerk to Donald Hollowell, who had a busy one-man civil rights practice in Atlanta. Mr. Jordan worked closely on the case that desegregated the University of Georgia and grew close to Charlayne Hunter (later the jo...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Teagan
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over 3 years ago
Space startup Gitai raises $17.1M to help build the robotic workforce of commercial space
Japanese space startup Gitai has raised a $17.1 million funding round, a Series B financing for the robotics startup. This new funding will be used for hiring, as well as funding the development and execution of an on-orbit demonstration mission for the company’s robotic ...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Muriel
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over 3 years ago
Australian regional airline Rex to take on Qantas, Virgin in leisure market - Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Regional Express Holdings Ltd (Rex) will switch some of its marketing emphasis to the leisure market rather than business travel as it adds new destinations to challenge Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia, its deputy chairman said.Rex celebrated its fi...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Kraig
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over 3 years ago
Bringing jobs and health benefits, BlocPower unlocks energy efficiency retrofits for low income c...
Retrofitting buildings to make them more energy efficient and better at withstanding climate change-induced extreme weather is going to be a big, multibillion-dollar business. But it’s one that’s been hard for low-income communities to tap, thanks to obstacles ranging fro...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Alexzander
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over 3 years ago
Alibaba Cloud turns profitable after 11 years
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, became profitable for the first time in the December quarter, the company announced in its earnings report.The firm’s cloud unit achieved positive adjusted EBITA (earnings before interest, taxes a...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Marlon
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over 3 years ago
Miami edtech startup Nearpod acquired by Renaissance
Nearpod, the Miami-based edtech company, is being acquired by Renaissance Holding Corp., a group that develops education technology. While the deal hasn’t closed yet, Todd Brekhus, Chief Product Officer at Renaissance said in an interview this afternoon, “We have a defini...continued
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Alvah
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over 3 years ago
Learn How to Boost Productivity to Increase Profits for Your Business
Get the most out of yourself and your team.
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Maida
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over 3 years ago
5 Most Successful Video Marketing Tactics Brands Are Using to Grab Eyeballs and Convert Customers
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.The world is still reeling over the impact of Covid-19 with many businesses counting their losses. Corporate brands have been greatly affected as the majority of them have a brick-and-mortar structure. The comm...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Elvie
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over 3 years ago
Aurora acquires a second lidar company in push to bring self-driving trucks to the road
Aurora, the autonomous vehicle company that recently closed its acquisition of Uber’s self-driving subsidiary, has snapped up another startup. This time, Aurora is buying OURS Technology, the second lidar startup it has acquired in less than two years. Aurora acquired Bla...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Oren
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over 3 years ago
AT&T Sells Minority Stake in Its Struggling DirecTV Business
It appears AT has found a buyer for its beleaguered DirecTV business.AT announced today that it will establish a new company with private equity firm TPG called New DirecTV that will oversee AT’s video business DirecTV, U-verse, and AT TV, the latter of which recently abs...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Ismael
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over 3 years ago
Airbus exploring hybrid-electric aircraft technology - Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus is working on hybrid-electric propulsion among the options for reducing jetliner emissions, the European planemaker said on Friday.FILE PHOTO: A logo of Airbus is seen at the entrance of its factory in Blagnac near Toulouse, France, July 2, 2020. ...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Zackery
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over 3 years ago
Brandwatch is acquired by Cision for $450M, creating a PR, marketing and social listening giant
Brandwatch is acquired by Cision for $450M, creating a PR, marketing and social listening consumer intelligence and social media listening platform Brandwatch has been acquired by Cision, best known for its media monitoring and media contact database services, for $450 m...continued
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Alvah upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Devin
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over 3 years ago
Docyt raises $1.5M for its ML-based accounting automation platform
Accounting isn’t a topic that most people can get excited about — probably not even most accountants. But if you’re running any kind of business, there’s just no way around it. Santa Clara-based Docyt wants to make the life of small and medium business owners (and their a...continued
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