Garnet
@Garnet
416 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Leda
@Leda -
almost 5 years ago
Sony could sell off PlayStation Vue to escape the TV streaming game
Sony could sell off PlayStation Vue to escape the TV streaming gameDespite multiple price increases, it appears Sony has yet to make money on the service. Just this past summer, the company raised the price of all its multi-channel plans by $5 per month. It did the same t...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Garnet
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almost 5 years ago
Evolution of Speech Recognition Technology
Communication plays an essential role in our lives. Humans started with signs, symbols, and then made progress to a stage, where they began communicating with languages. Later computing and communication technologies came. Machines began communicating with humans and in s...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Hannah
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almost 5 years ago
WeWork Founder Given $1.7 Billion to LeaveWork
WeWork Founder Adam Neumann Given $1.7 Billion to LeaveWorkFormer WeWork CEO Adam Neumann is reportedly set to make a stupid amount of money in a deal meant to help the business he co-founded stay afloat.The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that after WeWork was prese...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Hank
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almost 5 years ago
3 Marketing Lessons from Bed Bath & Beyond's 'Offline Shopping' Ad
3 Marketing Lessons from Bed Bath & Beyond's 'Offline Shopping' AdI was recently in the market for a new vacuum cleaner and was doing my usual shopping routine -- i.e. browsing on Amazon and reading reviews to get more information on the various brands before I made m...continued
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Garnet
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almost 5 years ago
Evolution of Speech Recognition Technology
Communication plays an essential role in our lives. Humans started with signs, symbols, and then made progress to a stage, where they began communicating with languages. Later computing and communication technologies came. Machines began communicating with humans and in s...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Manley
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almost 5 years ago
Squarespace acquires social media authoring startup Unfold
Squarespace acquires social media authoring startup Unfold – TechCrunchOver the past year or two, Squarespace has been expanding beyond website-building with new products like email marketing and its first acquisition (of an online scheduling tool) .Today, it’s announcing...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Manley
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almost 5 years ago
Let Seth Godin help you transform your life
Seth Godin on leadership, persuasion, and the art of the side hustleWe're using cookies to improve your experience. Click Here to find out more.Source: MashablePowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:Seth Godin • Persuasion • Hustling •
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Angus
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almost 5 years ago
Trump Again Defends Doral Selection, Dismisses Constitution’s ‘Phony Emoluments Clause’
Trump Dismisses ‘Phony Emoluments Clause,’ Defending DoralWASHINGTON — President Trump may have reversed his decision to host world leaders at one of his own properties during next year’s Group of 7 summit at the urging of his fellow Republicans,but he hasn’t finished def...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Oren
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almost 5 years ago
How the Designer Behind the Original Mac Comes Up With New Ideas
How to Come Up With New Ideas According to Hartmut Esslinger, founder of Frog DesignMost people can’t really innovate, says Hartmut Esslinger, founder of frog design. He and his company (now celebrating fifty years in business) helped design Apple’s portable computers, So...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Assunta
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almost 5 years ago
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Educate Our Tech-Illiterate Congress
Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Educate Our Tech-Illiterate CongressSenator Elizabeth Warren has joined a small but steady chorus of Washington lawmakers working to revive a little-known government agency that, not so long ago, helped members of Congress grasp how cutting-...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Patrick
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almost 5 years ago
Ikea's Expands Augmented Reality App, Lets You Fill an Entire Room With Virtual Swedish Furniture
Ikea's AR App Now Lets You Place Multiple Pieces of FurnitureAugmented reality might one day be a crucial piece of technology, but for now, the best use we’ve found for putting virtual objects in real scenes is previewing how new furniture might look in your living room. ...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Marjory
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almost 5 years ago
Spot, Boston Dynamic's Robot Dog, Is Finally Available For Sale
Spot, Boston Dynamic's Robot Dog, Is Finally Available For SaleAfter debuting just shy of two years ago, Boston Dynamics has finally made its Spot robotic dog available for sale, but don’t expect to find a great Black Friday deal on this bot at Best Buy come Thanksgiving....continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Wilmer
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almost 5 years ago
Why we should ban facial recognition technology everywhere
Why we should ban facial recognition technology everywhere / Boing BoingIn the wake of Berkeley joining the growing list of cities that ban the use of facial recognition by governments, RIT philosophy prof Evan Selinger and Northeastern law/comp sci prof Woodrow Hartzog m...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Alexzander
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almost 5 years ago
Here’s how science fiction could save us from bad technology
Here's how science fiction could save us from bad technologyThe short film “Slaughterbots” depicts a near future in which swarms of micro drones assassinate thousands of people for their political beliefs. Released in November 2017 by academics and activists warning of th...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Marjory
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almost 5 years ago
Toyota’s e-Palette will transport athletes during the 2020 Olympics
Toyota’s e-Palette will transport athletes during the 2020 OlympicsEach of the vehicles will travel through the athletes' village at a leisurely 12 miles per hour along a designated loop. As an SAE Level 4-capable autonomous vehicle, the e-Palette will be able to navigate...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Jimmy
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almost 5 years ago
Imgur won’t support Reddit’s NSFW communities anymore because they put its ‘business at risk’
Imgur won’t support Reddit’s NSFW communities anymore because they put its ‘business at risk’In a blog post published earlier this week, image-sharing site Imgur wrote that it won’t display any content from Reddit’s NSFW communities on its site.If you search for, say, r/N...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Ezequiel
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almost 5 years ago
Harley-Davidson resumes production of first electric motorcycle after charging issue
Harley-Davidson resumes production of first electric motorcycle after charging issueHarley-Davidson has restarted production and deliveries of LiveWire, its first electric motorcycle, after resolving an issue with the bike’s charging technology that was discovered last we...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Hank
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almost 5 years ago
Those Superfast Nike Shoes Are Creating a Problem
Those Superfast Nike Shoes Are Creating a ProblemLast weekend’s extraordinary marathon performances — 1 hour 59 minutes 40 seconds by Eliud Kipchoge in Vienna and 2:14:04 by Brigid Kosgei in Chicago — have focused attention on an already simmering question: Does the Inter...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Juliet
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almost 5 years ago
Mobster’s Jailbreak Plan: Floss, Hacksaw Blade, Crash Diet and a Priest
Mobster’s Jailbreak Plan: Floss, Hacksaw Blade, Crash Diet and a PriestTo break out of a federal jail, a suspected Mafia soldier named Christopher Londonio planned to use dental floss as a glass-cutter, Kool-Aid as clothing dye and “lots of bran” to slim down.It was all p...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Madalyn
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almost 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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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Alexandro
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almost 5 years ago
Remote-controlled scooters are coming, and Tortoise is (slowly) leading the charge
Remote-controlled scooters are coming, and Tortoise is (slowly) leading the chargeYou may have noticed that scooter companies typically have short names — usually around four or five letters — that are meant to invoke feelings of flying or zooming across an urban landscap...continued
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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Kari
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almost 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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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Bart
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almost 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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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Kristina
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almost 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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Garnet upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Clarissa
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almost 5 years ago
Opendoor appoints CFO, CPO
Opendoor appoints CFO, CPO – TechCrunchOpendoor has named Gautam Gupta its chief financial officer and chief business officer, critical roles as the business continues to alter the way in which homes are bought and sold. Uber’s former head of finance, Gupta joined the $3....continued
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