Kristina
@Kristina
465 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Marlon
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almost 5 years ago
Washington Must Bet Big on AI or Lose Its Global Clout
Washington Must Bet Big on AI or Lose Its Global CloutThe US government must spend $25 billion on artificial intelligence research by 2025, stem the loss of foreign AI talent, and find new ways to prevent critical AI technology from being stolen and exported, according to...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Jessika
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almost 5 years ago
Virtual product placement is coming for TV and movies and Ryff has raised cash to put it there
Virtual product placement is coming for TV and movies and Ryff has raised cash to put it there – TechCrunchIn a world where ad rates are declining for traditional broadcast media, the corporations responsible for making the fictions that millions devour daily need to find...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Emmie
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almost 5 years ago
China Roundup: GitHub’s China ambitions and WeWork rival’s big hopes
GitHub’s China ambitions and WeWork rival’s big hopes – TechCrunchHello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. This week, we are looking at how WeW...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Colin
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almost 5 years ago
Cisco acquires ultra-low latency networking specialist Exablaze
Cisco acquires ultra-low latency networking specialist Exablaze – TechCrunchCisco today announced that it has acquired Exablaze, an Australia-based company that designs and builds advanced networking gear based on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The company focuse...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Elvie
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almost 5 years ago
Staring Down Impeachment Vote, Freshman Democrat Seeks Legislative Victories
Staring Down Impeachment Vote, Freshman Democrat Seeks Legislative VictoriesMr. Delgado has not completely shied away from impeachment. When news broke of Mr. Trump’s phone call with the Ukrainian president that is at the heart of the charges, he announced that Congress s...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Hannah
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almost 5 years ago
Carsome raises $50M for its used-car sales platform in Southeast Asia
Carsome raises $50M for its used-car sales platform in Southeast Asia – TechCrunchCarsome, a Malaysia-based marketplace for trading used cars, has closed a new $50 million financing round to fend off its rivals and grow its business in Southeast Asian markets.The new fina...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Ryleigh
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almost 5 years ago
The last decade in real estate, and a peek into the next one
The last decade in real estate, and a peek into the next one – TechCrunchAs we barrel towards the start of a new decade, it’s amazing to think about the ongoing transformation within real estate.In the U.S., housing’s contribution to our GDP is ~15-18%spread across reside...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Alan
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almost 5 years ago
Greta Thunberg Blasts ‘Creative PR’ in Her Climate Speech
Greta Thunberg Blasts ‘Creative PR’ in Her Climate SpeechThis story originally appeared on HuffPost and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.At a high-level event Wednesday at the United Nations climate summit, Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed wor...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Delia
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almost 5 years ago
Bluespace.ai, a startup focused on AV technology for mass transit, gets $3.5 million in seed funding
Bluespace.ai, a startup focused on AV technology for mass transit, gets $3.5 million in seed funding – TechCrunchBluespace.ai, a new autonomous driving startup focused on mass transit, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by Fusion Fund.Othe...continued
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Kristina
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almost 5 years ago
Root left out of England T20 squad to face South Africa
Joe Root left out of England T20 squad for matches in South AfricaEngland Test captain Joe Root has been left out of the squad for the three T20 internationals in South Africa.With a Twenty20 World Cup in Australia in October 2020, the selectors wanted to look at other pl...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Muriel
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almost 5 years ago
BeBlocky is using gaming to educate a new generation of African programmers
BeBlocky is using gaming to educate a new generation of African programmers – TechCrunchNathan Damtew, the founder of new Ethiopian education technology and gaming company BeBlocky, has always been interested in games.An avid Call of Duty player, the young entrepreneur, w...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Erik
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almost 5 years ago
Zetwerk, an 18-month-old Indian B2B marketplace for manufacturing items, raises $32M
Zetwerk, an 18-month-old Indian B2B marketplace for manufacturing items, raises $32M – TechCrunchZetwerk, an Indian business-to-business marketplace for manufacturing items, has closed a significantly large financing round as it scales its operations in the nation and als...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Adelia
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almost 5 years ago
Trends Driving the Loyalty Marketing Industry
Trends Driving Loyalty Marketing in 2019Do you know who a loyal customer is? It’s those who circle back to your brand again and again and again. Loyalty marketing is when you give customers a strong reason to come back to you.These customers never have enough of the diffe...continued
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Kristina
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almost 5 years ago
Sling TV's Cloud DVR can finally record ESPN
Sling TV's Cloud DVR can finally record ESPNThere's a useful update even if you don't care for sports. You can now watch the version of a show that you recorded, rather than being kicked over to the on-demand version for some programming. This lets you skip forward and ba...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Alexzander
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almost 5 years ago
Trump Pays $2 Million to 8 Charities for Misuse of Foundation
Trump Pays $2 Million to 8 Charities for Misuse of FoundationPresident Trump has paid $2 million to eight charities as part of a settlement in which the president admitted he misused funds raised by the Donald J. Trump Foundation to promote his presidential bid and pay of...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Madalyn
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almost 5 years ago
The Freelancer's Guide to End-of-Year Tax Prep
The Freelancer's Guide to End-of-Year Tax PrepI started preparing for next year’s taxes in October of this year. By the first week of November, I sent my CPA a prepared document listing my current business income and expenses (aka a “profit and loss statement”) as well as...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Adelia
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almost 5 years ago
Introduce Yourself Like Inigo Montoya
Introduce Yourself Like Inigo MontoyaHello, my name is Inigo Montoya. I work downstairs in business development. Can I pitch you some ideas over lunch?Ally McLean, CEO of mentorship program The Working Lunch, invented a clever mnemonic for properly introducing yourself in...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
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almost 5 years ago
Harry Potter and the Curse of Technology
Harry Potter and the Curse of TechnologyMore foreigners. Here! In fairest San Francisco. They’re nothing like us. They dress funny. They talk funny. They are, these fresh invaders, thoroughly technophobic. They are the witches and wizards of Harry Potter and the Cursed Ch...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Hannah
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almost 5 years ago
Watch experts discuss the future of construction at TC: Sessions Robotics+AI
Watch experts discuss the future of construction at TC SessionsThe next big thing in robotics and automation just might be construction. Technology has already revolutionized manufacturing and logistics, and now a number of well-funded startups are looking to do the same ...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Alvah
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almost 5 years ago
Healthcare-focused venture firms are forming a best practices group for securing health data
Healthcare-focused venture firms are forming a best practices group for securing health data – TechCrunchSome of the nation’s top healthcare-focused venture capital firms are banding together to form an advisory council with the technology security certification provider,...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Moises
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almost 5 years ago
Unsplash is building an ad business around branded stock photos
Unsplash is building an ad business around branded stock photos – TechCrunchUnsplash has built up a library of 1 million stock photographs, all available to use for free. Now it’s ready to start making money — and to help its photographers earn additional income in the pr...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Giles
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almost 5 years ago
Former Uber exec Jambu Palaniappan joins Omers Ventures in Europe
Former Uber exec Jambu Palaniappan joins Omers Ventures in Europe – TechCrunchEarlier this year, Omers Ventures, the venture capital arm of Canadian pension fund Omers, outed a new €300 million fund aimed at European technology startups, having recruited local VCs Harry B...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Raoul
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almost 5 years ago
How to avoid the startup trap of the parasitic consultant
How to avoid the startup trap of the parasitic consultant – TechCrunchEarly-stage startups have a massive problem: there are way, way too many things to do, and never enough people to do them. Whether it’s growth marketing, or product design, or software engineering or a ...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Alvah
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almost 5 years ago
How to Maximize Your Startup's Content-Marketing Budget
How to Maximize Your Startup's Content-Marketing BudgetYou’re running a new startup and trying your hardest to keep your budget alive -- sound familiar? If so, content marketing might not seem like your top priority, but it can be vital to your company's success. Accordin...continued
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Kristina upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Kraig
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almost 5 years ago
Lessons From a Teenage Cyborg
Lessons From a Teenage Cyborg“I was born in 2000, I have always lived my life with technology, there hasn’t been any moment without it.” So begins the story of Kai Landre, who recently traveled to the United States from Barcelona to explain his decision to become a cyborg...continued
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