Rex
@Rex
473 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Rex upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Zackery
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almost 5 years ago
The Psychedelic Beauty of Destroyed CDs
The Psychedelic Beauty of Destroyed CDsLike many teenagers growing up in the early- to mid-aughts, Russian photographer Rus Khasanov spent an obscene amount of money on CDs. He displayed his favorites on a shelf—Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP, Amy Winehouse’s Back to Bl...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Weird ‘Vanishing Stars’ Could Potentially Be Aliens, Study Claims
Weird ‘Vanishing Stars’ Could Potentially Be Aliens, Study ClaimsA comparative analysis of historical and contemporary astronomical data has resulted in the discovery of approximately 100 star-like objects that unexpectedly vanished. These strange occurrences are likely n...continued
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almost 5 years ago
The Most Disappointing Gadgets of the Decade
The Worst and Most Disappointing Gadgets of the 2010sFor every major leap in technology, there have been plenty of face plants, ill-advised cash grabs, and just plan bad tech. So here are the gadgets and technology that absolutely screwed the pooch.As with our list of mos...continued
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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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Assunta
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almost 5 years ago
How We Learned to Love the Pedagogical Vapor of STEM
How We Learned to Love the Pedagogical Vapor of STEMWhen American public schools macramé'd together the words language, arts, and English, starting in the 1970s, they created a tangle: ELA.The neo-discipline must have bewildered teachers. There's a long tradition of teach...continued
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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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almost 5 years ago
Skyryse shows off end-to-end autonomous flight technology with helicopter demonstration
Skyryse shows off end-to-end autonomous flight technology with helicopter demonstration – TechCrunchSkyryse is a three-year old transportation startup that is approaching the future of aviation from a different angle when compared to most. You often see startups building ...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Ambilight technology immerses you in all the action
Best last-minute 4K TV deal on Amazon (UK deal)We're using cookies to improve your experience. Click Here to find out more.Source: MashablePowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Ultra-high-definition television • Amazon.com •
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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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almost 5 years ago
From Zero to 4, Before the End of the Driveway
From Zero to 4, Before the End of the DrivewayWhat Mercedes, Jeep and Ford, among others, care more about is: “Does this do something for us that is a value to promulgate the brand?” said Martin Brochstein, senior vice president of Licensing International.“It’s the beginn...continued
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Leda
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almost 5 years ago
A market indicator flashes a warning
A 'black swan' market indicator flashes a warningLondon (CNN Business)Happy Sunday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up righthere.A "phase one" US-China trade deal . A resounding election vi...continued
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almost 5 years ago
Unforgettable Fire - Business Mirror
BONO himself acknowledged that it took four decades for his band, U2 to finally perform in the Philippines. But judging from the cheers of the full-house crowd that trooped to the humongous Philippine Arena—most of whom endured a three-to-four hour road trip from traffic-...continued
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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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almost 5 years ago
When Tech Giants Blanket the World
When Tech Giants Blanket the World Juan Carlos Castillo, a state official in rural Mexico, had never received a call like this before. What looked like a giant plastic jellyfish with a blinking LED had fallen from the sky onto a farmer’s field. “It really caused panic,” h...continued
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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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Kari
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almost 5 years ago
Audi experiments with a ride share service in Southern Germany using an EV and gasoline fleet
Audi experiments with a ride share service in Southern Germany using an EV and gasoline fleet – TechCrunchAudi Business Innovation is testing out a ride sharing service in Southern Germany called BITS that uses both gasoline and electric vehicles in its fleet.To manage th...continued
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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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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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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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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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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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Hulda
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almost 5 years ago
AMD and Intel Could Be Screwed By New Chinese Mandate Forbidding Foreign Technology
China Bans Government Offices From Using Foreign-Made TechFollowing the U.S. ban that prohibited domestic companies from supplying equipment to Huawei back in May, the technological Cold War between the U.S. and China just got a bit more intense now that Beijing has order...continued
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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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Grayce
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almost 5 years ago
Witness Spooky Evidence of Snapchat's New Face-Swapping Feature
Witness Spooky Evidence of Snapchat's New Face-Swapping FeatureSometimes social media dipsomania comes into harsh relief, as it did today when the technology wars manifested themselves as the ability to superimpose your face on a cat: aka, Snapchat’s new social drug “Came...continued
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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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