Emmie
@Emmie
449 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Emmie
@Emmie -
over 4 years ago
Dictatorships Are Making the Coronavirus Outbreak Worse
On February 27, in the midst of the now-growing worldwide coronavirus outbreak, Chinese human rights activist Yaqiu Wang pointed out a tragedy: “No matter how stretched government resources are, silencing criticism will always be the Communist Party’s number one priority....continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Casper
@Casper -
over 4 years ago
Clearview said its facial recognition app was only for law enforcement as it courted private comp...
Clearview said its facial recognition app was only for law enforcement as it courted private companiesAfter claiming that it would only sell its controversial facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies, a new report suggests that Clearview AI is less than dis...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Abbie
@Abbie -
over 4 years ago
This 100-hour guide will turn you into a digital marketing know-it-all
Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.TL;DR: As of Mar. 2, you can start creating your own marketing opportunities with the 2020 Complete Digital Marketing Super Bundle for $79.99, a 97% savings.Every corner ...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Sandrine
@Sandrine -
over 4 years ago
May we live in interesting times
It’s never a good sign when, in order to discuss the near future of technology, you first have to talk about epidemiology–but I’m afraid that’s where we’re at. A week ago I wrote “A pandemic is coming.” I am sorry to report, in case you hadn’t heard, events since have not...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Wilmer
@Wilmer -
over 4 years ago
Daily Crunch: Amazon opens its first cashier-less grocery store
Amazon expands its Just Walk Out technology beyond convenience stores, Intuit acquires Credit Karma in its biggest acquisition ever and Grab raises hundreds of millions of dollars. Here’s your Daily Crunch for February 25, 2020.1. Amazon opens its first cashierless grocer...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Monserrat
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over 4 years ago
US defense agency says personal data ‘compromised’ in data breach
A U.S. defense agency charged with providing information technology and communications support to the U.S. government, including the president and other senior officials, says its network may have been “compromised.”The Defense Information Systems Agency sent letters to p...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Clarissa
@Clarissa -
over 4 years ago
This co-op wants to put money back into patients’ hands
Too often, people are asked to give away their insights and time for free. Jen Horonjeff, founder and CEO of healthcare startup Savvy, knows this first hand and is trying to change that by applying a cooperative model to her business.As an infant, Horonjeff was diagnosed ...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Bobby
@Bobby -
over 4 years ago
When that ‘AI company’ isn’t really an AI company
Artificial intelligence is one of the most important fields in technology right now, which makes it ripe for buzzword-savvy startups to leverage for attention. But while machine learning and related technologies are now frequently employed, it’s less common that it’s cent...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Clarissa
@Clarissa -
over 4 years ago
Tangle EE project joins Eclipse Foundation to bring distributed ledger apps to enterprise
As the number of IoT devices proliferate, and machines conduct transactions with machines without humans involved, it becomes increasingly necessary to have a permissionless system that facilitates this kind of communication in a secure way.Enter the IOTA Foundation, a Be...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ezequiel
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over 4 years ago
8 of the best home printers in the UK
We know that everything is digital these days, but there is still the need for a reliable printer in your home office.This might sound totally ridiculous, but some people still prefer to get their hands on a physical copy of something. Yep, not content with access to a di...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Delia
@Delia -
over 4 years ago
James Currier, Sarah Nahm, Arun Mathew and Vlad Magdalin to speak at Early Stage SF
Early Stage SF goes down on April 28 and we are more excited than ever to introduce this brand new event to the community.The day-long event is meant to give early stage founders the chance to pick their own adventure, hearing from a wide variety of experts in fundraising...continued
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Emmie
@Emmie -
over 4 years ago
Maria Sharapova was one of most successful tennis players ever - both on and off the court
Her career earnings on the court reached $38.8 million, according to the Women's Tennis Association. That makes her the third-highest earning female athlete ever after Serena Williams and her sister Venus. Their winnings stand at $92.7 million and $41.8 million, respectiv...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Jerrold
@Jerrold -
over 4 years ago
Juul under scrutiny by 39 state attorneys general
(Reuters) - A group of 39 state attorneys general on Tuesday announced an investigation into Juul Labs Inc’s marketing practices, adding to mounting legal and regulatory problems for the e-cigarette maker over its role in the nation’s youth vaping epidemic.FILE PHOTO: Juu...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
over 4 years ago
How Does The FDA's E-Cig Crackdown Impact The Cannabis Industry?
The FDA is going after anything seen as marketing to minors, and plenty of cannabis products could be caught in the crossfire.February 19, 2020 5 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.The FDA kicked off the new decade with a priority announ...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Adelia
@Adelia -
over 4 years ago
Intuit confirms that it is buying Credit Karma for $7.1B in cash and stock
The week is kicking off with a major piece of M&A in the world of financial technology startups. Today Intuit — the accounting, tax filing and financial planning software giant behind QuickBooks, TurboTax and Mint, confirmed that it plans to acquire Credit Karma — the...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Americo
@Americo -
over 4 years ago
CalTech scores massive $1.1B verdict against Apple and Broadcom in patent case
After a years-long legal battle, a judge ordered Apple and Broadcom to pay a combined $1.1 billion in a patent infringement case with the California Institute of Technology, Bloomberg reports. The report states that Apple was ordered to pay $837.8 million and Broadcom is ...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ezequiel
@Ezequiel -
over 4 years ago
Google searches are showing rival business directories in Europe
The company appeared to have tested this in Germany before rolling it out to a wider audience that includes the UK.There's no certainty this will prevent another antitrust case against Google. The competing directories are clearly visible, but they're ultimately dwarfed b...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Marjory
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over 4 years ago
A boom, a bust, a reckoning, a race: four takes on today’s startup market
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Today let’s try to figure out where the startup and private markets stand, as there are a few different takes out there that I can’t reconcile. Our effort...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Wilmer
@Wilmer -
over 4 years ago
Company-builder Antler passes $75M raised after investment from Schroders and Ferd
Antler is a “company builder” that emerged a couple of years ago, running startup generator programs and investing from an early stage, bringing a heady mix of technologists, product builders and operators together with its own technology stack.Now, plenty of “company bui...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Abbie
@Abbie -
over 4 years ago
Noom competitor OurPath rebrands as Second Nature, raises $10M Series A
Back in 2018, OurPath emerged as a startup in the U.K. tackling the problem of diabetes. The company helped customers fight the disease, and raised a $3 million round of funding by combining advice from health experts with tracking technology via a smartphone app to help ...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Delia
@Delia -
over 4 years ago
Los Angeles-based ‘deep tech’ investment firm Riot Ventures is raising a $75M fund
Riot Ventures, the Los Angeles-based, early-stage and deep technology investment firm is going out to market to raise a $75 million second fund to finance the development of startups in LA and beyond, according to fundraising documents viewed by TechCrunch.The firm has la...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Angus
@Angus -
over 4 years ago
Loon and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile team with Airbus, China Telecom and more on stratospheric cell net...
A new industry alliance led by Alphabet’s Loon high-altitude balloon technology company and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile stratospheric glider subsidiary aims to work together on standards and tech related to deploying network connectivity using high-altitude delivery mechanisms....continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Adelia
@Adelia -
over 4 years ago
SentinelOne raises $200M at a $1.1B valuation to expand its AI-based endpoint security platform
As cybercrime continues to evolve and expand, a startup that is building a business focused on endpoint security has raised a big round of funding. SentinelOne — which provides a machine learning-based solution for monitoring and securing laptops, phones, containerised ap...continued
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Emmie upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Rose
@Rose -
over 4 years ago
Stanford’s Doggo quadrupedal robot and siblings Pupper and Woofer are coming to TC Sessions: Robo...
Animal-like, four-legged robots have been a crowd-pleaser since Boston Dynamics’ BigDog, and Stanford’s Doggo shows how the technology can be made open source, accessible and educational. Doggo’s creators will bring the diminutive robot, plus its smaller and larger siblin...continued
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Emmie
@Emmie -
almost 5 years ago
Novak Djokovic's father says Roger Federer has always been 'jealous' of his son because he knows ...
Roger Federer has always been "jealous" of Novak Djokovic because he knows he isn't as good as him, according to the Serbian's father.Speaking with Serbian newspaper Novosti, Srdjan Djokovic said: "Federer has been jealous of Novak from the moment he made his breakthrough...continued
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