Casper
@Casper
441 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Priscilla
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about 5 years ago
I report on technology. And I got hacked.
I report on technology. And I got hacked.Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Security hacker • Online chat • Facebook Messenger • Pearl River (band) •
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Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Giovanni
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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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Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Madalyn
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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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Leda
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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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Webster
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about 5 years ago
Walmart’s Flipkart confirms it is entering the food retail business in India
Walmart’s Flipkart confirms it is entering the food retail business in India – TechCrunchIndia’s Flipkart is entering the food retail business as the e-commerce giant looks to expand its reach in the nation, its chief executive said on Tuesday.Flipkart, which sold majorit...continued
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Wilmer
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about 5 years ago
Google aims to change the definition of good photography with Pixel 4’s software-defined camera
Google aims to change the definition of good photography with Pixel 4’s software-defined camera – TechCrunchGoogle’s new Pixel 4 camera offers a ton of new tricks to improve its photographic chops, and to emphasize the point, it had Professor Mark Levoy, who leads camera ...continued
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Bart
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about 5 years ago
Wall Street Journal: Federal prosecutors examining Rudy Giuliani's business dealings in Ukraine
Wall Street Journal: Federal prosecutors examining Rudy Giuliani's business dealings in UkraineWashington (CNN)Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are examining Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine business dealings, including his bank records, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, ci...continued
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Casper
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about 5 years ago
LATTA OPEN: SATURDAY, OCT 19, 2019 (USATT SANCTIONED)
October 15, 2019 Hello Table Tennis Enthusiasts, LATTA OPEN: SATURDAY, OCT 19, 2019 (USATT SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT!!! Come join us at my next LATTA Open Oct. 19! As always, 2 players advance from preliminary round robin in all events! Singles events include U1050R...continued
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Casper
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about 5 years ago
On The Spot: Justin Marozzi
Why are you a historian of the Middle East?My father was born in Beirut – and the Middle East and Arab world became a part of my childhood. I’ve studied, worked and travelled there ever since. What’s the most important lesson history has taught you?That we learn nothing f...continued
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Teagan
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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
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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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Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Dayton
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about 5 years ago
Making technology accessible for everyone
Making technology accessible for everyoneThe World Health Organization estimates that 15 percent of the world’s population—over 1 billion people—have a disability. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, an opportunity to look at how technology enables ...continued
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Casper
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about 5 years ago
Elementary school 'employs' chickens to fight off cricket invasion
Latest World & National News & HeadlinesStart the day smarter. Sign for the Daily Briefing and we bring the new to you.Source: USA TodayPowered by NewsAPI.org
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Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Patrick
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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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Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Dayton
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about 5 years ago
Verily, Alphabet’s other money-making, non-Google business, partners with Color on genetic analysis
Verily, Alphabet’s other money-making, non-Google business, partners with Color on genetic analysis – TechCrunchColor, the genetics testing company, is partnering with Alphabet’s health technology-focused subsidiary, Verily Life Sciences, to provide to the company’s Basel...continued
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Casper
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about 5 years ago
The Gundam Soccer Parody We Need
The Gundam Soccer Parody We NeedYouTuber Hiiro has been creating computer animations of soccer-playing mobile suits. Haro is the ball, while Ultraman and Kamen Rider are the refs.This isn’t a first. In 1992, Banpresto released a soccer game for the Super Famicom called Ba...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
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Ezequiel
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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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Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Wilmer
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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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Hank
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about 5 years ago
Technology Is Changing Insurance for The Better
Technology Is Changing Insurance for The BetterThe days of customers calling an insurance company out of the blue and getting a quote over the phone are fading fast. Customers today are digital natives and want the best rates from every insurer out there at the tap of jus...continued
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Adelia
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about 5 years ago
California Bans Deepfakes in Porn and Politics
California Bans Deepfakes in Porn and PoliticsAMD's Next Big Graphics Card Sure Sounds Like It Will Be Cheap and PowerfulSource: Gizmodo.comPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:California • Advanced Micro Devices • Video card •
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Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Alexander
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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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Muriel
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about 5 years ago
Lora DiCarlo founder says CES award snub did company ‘a pretty big favor’
Lora DiCarlo founder says CES award snub did company ‘a pretty big favor’ – TechCrunchCES parent the Consumer Technology Association created a public relations disaster in January when it unceremoniously revoked an award from sex tech startup, Lora DiCarlo and its product...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Zetta
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about 5 years ago
Will Smith's 'Fresh Prince'-inspired clothing line
Will Smith launches 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'-inspired clothing lineChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Source: CNNPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Will Smith • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air • Facebook Messenger • Pearl Riv...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Ryleigh
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about 5 years ago
Cardless ATMs Are Here, and So Are Cardless ATM Scams
Cardless ATMs Are Here, and So Are Cardless ATM ScamsThe 'One Cent' Big Mac on DoorDash Is Not Really One CentSource: Lifehacker.comPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Automated teller machine • Automated teller machine • Big Mac • DoorDash •
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Casper upvoted the following post about 5 years ago:
Roger
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about 5 years ago
Tiny acquires Meteor
Tiny acquires Meteor – TechCrunchCanadian technology holding company Tiny, home to companies like Dribble, Flow and Unicorn Hunt, today announced that it has acquired Meteor, the JavaScript-centric open-source app platform.Meteor launched back in 2011, and, while it was a...continued
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