Mariano
@Mariano
466 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Mariano upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Cynthia @Cynthia - almost 5 years ago
Tesla gets green light to start producing EVs in China
Tesla gets green light to start producing EVs in China – TechCrunchChina’s industry ministry has added Tesla to a government list of approved automotive manufacturers, a designation that allows the electric automaker to begin producing vehicles in the country.Tesla’s incl...continued
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Giovanni @Giovanni - about 5 years ago
Arianna Huffington on Quest to Create the Methadone of Tech
Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global Acquires Boundless MindsAriana Huffington left Huffington Post in 2016 to create Thrive Global—a confounding venture that aims to help people reduce stress and burnout by taking control of their relationship with technology. Three years ...continued
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Leda @Leda - about 5 years ago
Amazon Is Marketing Face Recognition to Police Departments Partnered With Ring: Report
Amazon Pushing Rekognition Face Recognition to Police With Ring PartnershipsAmazon is marketing its facial recognition software to Florida police departments that are currently partnered with its home surveillance company, Ring—arrangements that allow police to request ac...continued
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Madalyn @Madalyn - about 5 years ago
Berkeley Becomes Fourth U.S. City to Ban Face Recognition in Unanimous Vote
Berkeley Becomes Fourth U.S. City to Ban Face Recognition in Unanimous VoteBerkeley, California became the fourth U.S. city to pass a ban on all government use of facial recognition technology on Tuesday night following a unanimous yes vote by the City Council.Two other c...continued
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Kari @Kari - about 5 years ago
Google Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL not launching in India
Google Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL not launching in India – TechCrunchThe Pixel 4 and Pixel XL smartphones, that Google just unveiled at a press conference in New York, won’t launch in India, one of the company’s key overseas markets, the Android-maker said on Tuesday.The bottlen...continued
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Oren @Oren - about 5 years ago
This technology is helping Hong Kong prepare for typhoons
Hong Kong is preparing for typhoons using this technologyChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Hong Kong • Instant messaging • Facebook Messenger • Pearl River (band) •
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Kristina @Kristina - about 5 years ago
WeWork pulls thousands of phone booths out of service over formaldehyde scare
WeWork pulls thousands of phone booths out of service over formaldehyde scare – TechCrunchWeWork, the co-working empire once valued at $47 billion before reality struck, plunging the business and its investors into crisis, has another problem to add to its growing pile — ...continued
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Jessika @Jessika - about 5 years ago
How Deutsche Bank Hired Its Way to the Top in China
How Deutsche Bank Hired Its Way to the Top in China“These events date back as far as 2002 and have been dealt with,” the statement said.Here are six takeaways from the investigation.Like other investment banks, Deutsche Bank learned early on that relationships were crucia...continued
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Teagan @Teagan - about 5 years ago
Silicon Valley’s competing philosophies on tech ethics with The New Yorker’s Andrew Marantz
Silicon Valley’s competing philosophies on tech ethics with The New Yorker’s Andrew Marantz – TechCrunch“If Silicon Valley is going to keep telling itself the story that the only uses of their technology will be the most optimistic, the most hopeful, the most salubrious, ...continued
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Rex @Rex - about 5 years ago
4 Ways to Make Prices Seem Lower Than They Are
4 Ways to Make Prices Seem Lower Than They AreAs a marketer, I love testing things to see what will increase sales. The headlines, the copy, the imagery. But when it comes to a product’s pricing page, I use the same strategy as when I’m driving a car: If nobody is screami...continued
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Patrick @Patrick - about 5 years ago
Howard University and Amazon want to diversify the entertainment industry
Howard University and Amazon want to diversify the entertainment industryThe new program will send students to Los Angeles for two semesters, the second of which will include a fellowship in the industry. Students interested in all aspects of entertainment -- project gree...continued
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Grayce @Grayce - about 5 years ago
Investors revel in trade and Brexit optimism
Premarket stocks: Investors revel in trade and Brexit optimismLondon (CNN Business)Happy Friday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up righthere.President Donald Trump said Thursday that the f...continued
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Rose @Rose - about 5 years ago
Twitter Used Your Phone Number to Send You Ads. Now What?
Twitter Used Your Phone Number to Send You Ads. Now What?Talk about being caught between a tweet and a hard place. Twitter, in its infinite wisdom, recently admitted that it messed up and used email addresses and phone numbers—provided by users as part of their account se...continued
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Juliet @Juliet - about 5 years ago
Gymnastics’ Latest Twist? Robot Judges That See Everything
Gymnastics’ Latest Twist? Robot Judges That See EverythingThanks to all this, Watanabe explained, no longer would gymnasts — many of whom, he noted, had started gymnastics as young as age 3 and had trained competitively for more than a decade — risk having their efforts u...continued
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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - about 5 years ago
A Mass Power Outage, Twitter's Data Misuse, and More News
A Mass Power Outage, Twitter's Data Misuse, and More NewsMassive power outages won't save California, Twitter misused your two-factor authentication data, and scientists now know where lightning strikes twice (as much as anywhere else). Here's the news you need to know, i...continued
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Nelson @Nelson - about 5 years ago
Twitter admits it used two-factor phone numbers and emails for serving targeted ads
Twitter admits it used two-factor phone numbers and emails for serving targeted ads – TechCrunchTwitter has said it used phone numbers and email addresses, provided by users to set up two-factor authentication on their accounts, to serve targeted ads.In a disclosure Tuesd...continued
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Wilmer @Wilmer - about 5 years ago
California Law Officially Bans Facial Recognition in Police Body Cams
California Law Bans Facial Recognition in Police Body CamerasCalifornia will block police officers from including facial recognition technology in their body cameras, joining two other states that have created similar laws—Oregon and New Hampshire.On Tuesday Gov. Gavin Ne...continued
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Mariano @Mariano - about 5 years ago
This smart luggage will make your airport trek a lot faster — Future Blink
This smart luggage will make your airport trek a lot faster — Future BlinkWe're using cookies to improve your experience. Click Here to find out more.Source: MashablePowered by NewsAPI.org
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Ariel @Ariel - about 5 years ago
Armenia and the technology of diaspora
Armenia and the technology of diaspora – TechCrunchIt’s a tough world out there for small countries. Technology is the future, everyone knows that; but how do you claim your share of that future when you’re competing with America, China, the EU and India?How do you build ...continued
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Alexander @Alexander - about 5 years ago
How Bongo, the ‘Netflix of Bangladesh’, won the local video streaming market with just $10M
How Bongo, the ‘Netflix of Bangladesh,’ won the local video streaming market with just $10M – TechCrunchThousands of miles away from the U.S., where technology giants, cable networks, and studios are locked in an intense multi-billion dollar battle to court users to their...continued
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Sandrine @Sandrine - about 5 years ago
‘Stand With Hong Kong’? Not When N.B.A.’s Chinese Fortune Is on the Line
Why the N.B.A. Apologized to China Over Daryl Morey’s Tweet About Hong KongHONG KONG — The N.B.A. is widely seen as the most permissive of the major American sports leagues when it comes to freewheeling speech, allowing its athletes and other representatives to speak out ...continued
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Mariano @Mariano - about 5 years ago
Prince George celebrates gleefully during family trip to a Premier League match
Prince William celebrates with Prince George as Aston Villa winsIt's no secret that Prince William is an avid soccer fan but it seems he's passed on the passion to his young family, especially to Prince George.The pair, along with the Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Cha...continued
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Mariano @Mariano - about 5 years ago
Winless Redskins fire Gruden after 6 seasons
6:06 AM ETASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Redskins fired coach Jay Gruden on Monday in the midst of yet another disappointing season.Gruden entered the season on the hot seat, and after Sunday's 33-7 loss to the New England Patriots dropped the Redskins to 0-5, it became c...continued
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Mariano @Mariano - about 5 years ago
Jay Gruden is out, but Redskins' underlying issues go much deeper
7:30 AM ETASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Redskins dismissed their coach. They haven't solved their problems.Washington fired Jay Gruden, 52, on Monday morning and it's a hard decision to argue. The Redskins are 0-5 this season and haven't won a playoff game since 2005. Th...continued
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Mariano @Mariano - about 5 years ago
Quickly Scan and Transcribe Business Cards With This App
Quickly Scan and Transcribe Business Cards With This AppHow to Get Google to Let You Know When the Price Drops on Something You Want to BuySource: Lifehacker.comPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Mobile app • Google •
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