Clarissa
@Clarissa
412 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Clarissa @Clarissa - almost 5 years ago
Obama says technology is 'splintering' society - CNET
Obama says technology is 'splintering' societyAs a former president of the United States, Barack Obama has stayed in a lot of presidential suites. Though the rooms are beautiful and spacious, he says, they also exemplify a couple of things: People don't need that much, an...continued
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Rex @Rex - almost 5 years ago
Late Night Is Tickled by Gordon Sondland’s Impeachment Testimony
Late Night Is Tickled by Gordon Sondland’s Impeachment Testimony“You know what these hearings could use? A guy who paid a million dollars for his ambassadorship.” — SAMANTHA BEE“Not only did Sondland leave Trump’s defense in tatters, he also implicated Mick Mulvaney, Mike...continued
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Clarissa @Clarissa - almost 5 years ago
Plot to Steal Florida Hurricane Aid Leads to Indictments
Plot to Steal Florida Hurricane Aid Leads to IndictmentsTwo former city officials in Lynn Haven, Fla. and three business executives have been indicted on charges that they conspired to fraudulently take $5 million meant for hurricane disaster aid from the federal governme...continued
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Clarissa @Clarissa - almost 5 years ago
Plot to Steal Florida Hurricane Aid Leads to Indictments
Plot to Steal Florida Hurricane Aid Leads to IndictmentsTwo former city officials in Lynn Haven, Fla. and three business executives have been indicted on charges that they conspired to fraudulently take $5 million meant for hurricane disaster aid from the federal governme...continued
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Giovanni @Giovanni - almost 5 years ago
The State of the Art in Toilet Technology Is Lube
The Latest Advancement in Toilet Technology Is LubeResearchers have developed a new method of lowering toilet water waste and preventing poo buildup—a special coating that purportedly makes feces slide down a toilet bowl like a child on a greased-up Slip ‘N Slide.In a pap...continued
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Rowan @Rowan - almost 5 years ago
NY Attorney General sues Juul for deceptive marketing
NY Attorney General sues Juul for deceptive marketingThe lawsuit also alleges that Juul illegally sold its products to minors through its website and in third-party retail stores, failed to warn consumers that its products contained nicotine and misrepresented its product...continued
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Maureen @Maureen - almost 5 years ago
Uber Freight expands app to Canada
Uber Freight expands app to Canada – TechCrunchUber Freight, the Uber business unit that helps truck drivers connect with shipping companies, said Wednesday it’s launching the app in Canada as part of its global expansion plan.The move into Canada will give Uber Freight a...continued
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Hannah @Hannah - almost 5 years ago
Opinion: AI For Good is Often Bad
Opinion: AI For Good Is Often BadAfter speaking at an MIT conference on emerging AI technology earlier this year, I entered a lobby full of industry vendors and noticed an open doorway leading to tall grass and shrubbery recreating a slice of the African plains. I had stu...continued
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George @George - almost 5 years ago
SoftBank and Line Corp. Seek to Create a Japanese Internet Giant
SoftBank and Line Corp. Seek to Create a Japanese Internet GiantTOKYO — Two weeks ago, SoftBank Group of Japan announced it had lost billions on soured investments in some of the world’s biggest tech start-ups. On Monday, it said it was ready to roll the dice again.The co...continued
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Torey @Torey - almost 5 years ago
WeWork May Lay Off Thousands
WeWork May Lay Off ThousandsMr. Claure said that he would share his plans for the company’s future at an all-employees meeting that was originally scheduled for Tuesday but will now take place on Friday.The layoffs represent the human cost of a remarkable reversal in WeWo...continued
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Kari @Kari - almost 5 years ago
Why Salesforce is moving Marketing Cloud to Microsoft Azure
Why Salesforce is moving Marketing Cloud to Microsoft Azure – TechCrunchWhen Salesforce announced this week that it was moving Marketing Cloud to Microsoft Azure, it was easy to see this as another case of wacky enterprise partnerships. But there had to be sound business ...continued
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Hank @Hank - almost 5 years ago
Oklahoma judge reduces Johnson & Johnson payout in opioid case to $465 million
Oklahoma judge reduces Johnson & Johnson opioid payout to $465 million(Reuters) - An Oklahoma judge on Friday said Johnson & Johnson must pay that state $465 million for fueling the opioid epidemic through the deceptive marketing of painkillers, down from his orig...continued
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Assunta @Assunta - almost 5 years ago
DJI announces the smallest Mavic drone yet
DJI announces the smallest Mavic drone yet – TechCrunchThe Mavic Pro was a revelation when DJI announced it a little over three years ago. The foldable drone was precisely the shot in the arm the industry needed to help make the technology more accessible for the masses.I...continued
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Torey @Torey - almost 5 years ago
Google is scaling back its weekly all-hands meetings after leaks, Sundar Pichai tells staff
Google is scaling back its weekly all-hands meetings after leaks, CEO tells staffGoogle’s weekly town halls, internally known as “TGIF” meetings, have been emblematic of the company’s professed belief in a transparent corporate culture, giving employees a chance to talk w...continued
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Rose @Rose - almost 5 years ago
Salesforce announces it’s moving Marketing Cloud to Microsoft Azure
Salesforce announces it’s moving Marketing Cloud to Microsoft Azure – TechCrunchIn the world of enterprise software, there are often strange bedfellows. Just yesterday, Salesforce announced a significant partnership with AWS around the Cloud Information Model. This mornin...continued
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Mariano @Mariano - almost 5 years ago
The Future of Banking Is … You're Broke
The Future of Banking Is … You're BrokeThe latest wave of tech-based financial start-ups have a new angle on the banking sector: They’ll assume that everyone is out of money, then try to monetize their broke-ness.So-called neo-banks, or challenger banks, have been all the...continued
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Clarissa @Clarissa - almost 5 years ago
Jags' Minshew: Proved staying power in NFL
5:16 PM ETJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Gardner Minshew believes his eight-game run as the Jacksonville Jaguars' starting quarterback shows he can one day handle the job full time.His head coach agrees, but the rookie from Washington State is going to have to wait for a while bec...continued
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Maida @Maida - almost 5 years ago
Shroud joins Ninja in livestreaming exclusively on Mixer
Shroud joins Ninja in livestreaming exclusively on MixerShroud is moving to Mixer. Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek, a popular Twitch livestreamer, has made a deal to broadcast exclusively on Microsoft’s livestreaming platform. Shroud is a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive...continued
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Geovany @Geovany - almost 5 years ago
How to Use Behavioral Data to Inform Marketing Decisions
How to Use Behavioral Data to Inform Marketing DecisionsIf someone you’ve never met before, hands you their phone, and asks you to detect as much as possible about them simply from the contents of their phone, could you do it? Chances are, you’d be able to tell quite a lo...continued
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Marjory @Marjory - almost 5 years ago
A company that sold encrypted phones was run by crime lords
A company that sold encrypted phones was run by crime lordsYou’ve probably heard the idiom of the fox guarding the hen house — but how about the one of the encrypted phone company run by drug lords?Okay, that’s obviously not an idiom, but it’s a true story chronicled by V...continued
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Marlon @Marlon - almost 5 years ago
How GOP-linked PR firms use Google’s ad platform to harvest email addresses
How GOP-linked PR firms use Google’s ad platform to harvest email addressesIt also owns and runs a supposed news site called Conservative Buzz and, under that banner, it's been running Google Ads like this:Which lead those who click on them to webpages like this:The ads a...continued
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Casper @Casper - almost 5 years ago
Marketing on TikTok: Separating Fact and Fiction About This Buzzy Short-Video App
The Marketing on TikTok Report from eMarketerThere's no question TikTok is enjoying a lot of buzz right now. But there are a lot of uncertainties about how many people use the short-video app, what advertisers can do with it, and what the opportunities and risks are.How m...continued
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Zetta @Zetta - almost 5 years ago
MIT uses shadows to help autonomous vehicles see around corners
MIT uses shadows to help autonomous vehicles see around corners – TechCrunchWe’re still not at the point where autonomous vehicle systems can best human drivers in all scenarios, but the hope is that eventually, technology being incorporated into self-driving cars will be...continued
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Colin @Colin - almost 5 years ago
Max Q: International Astronautical Congress 2019 recap edition
International Astronautical Congress 2019 recap edition – TechCrunchOur weekly round-up of what’s going on in space technology is back, and it’s a big one (and a day late) because last week was the annual International Astronautical Congress. I was on the ground in Washin...continued
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Abbie @Abbie - almost 5 years ago
Trevor Noah goes after the vaping industry, doesn't hold back
Trevor Noah goes after the vaping industry, doesn't hold backWe're using cookies to improve your experience. Click Here to find out more.Source: MashablePowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Trevor Noah • Electronic cigarette •
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