Technology
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Hank
@Hank -
almost 5 years ago
Exhibition highlights vote-buying in Ukraine as country goes to polls
Exhibition highlights vote-buying in Ukraine as country goes to pollsAs Ukraine goes to the polls for a parliamentary election on Sunday (July 21), a new exhibition in Kyiv is shining a light on the darker side of politics.The showcase is called the Museum of Electoral Tr...continued
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Alexie
@Alexie -
9 months ago
Scientists unearth two new types of mole in eastern Turkey
DNA technology confirmed Talpa hakkariensis and Talpa davidiana tatvanensis as distinct from other molesScientists have identified two types of mole which they believe have been living undiscovered in the mountains of eastern Turkey.The new creatures, Talpa h…
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Priscilla
@Priscilla -
over 2 years ago
Elastic acquires build.security for security policy definition and enforcement
Less than a year after raising its $6 million seed funding round, Tel Aviv and Sunnyvale-based startup Build.security is being acquired by Elastic. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed at this time. The deal is expected to close in Ela…
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Kristina
@Kristina -
over 2 years ago
RE:WIRED 2021: Kai-Fu Lee and Yoky Matsuoka Imagine AI's Potential for Good
The investor and entrepreneur discuss "human-in-the-loop" technology, and how artificial intelligence might be used for health and caregiving.
3 minutes read
Pablo
@Pablo -
over 2 years ago
Nvidia’s AI-powered scaling makes old games look better without a huge performance hit
Nvidia’s latest driver release includes its Deep Learning Dynamic Super Resolution technology, which uses downscaling and AI to improve sharpness in older games without having to give up much performance.
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Adelia
@Adelia -
over 2 years ago
Uber will launch driverless food deliveries in California in 2022
Uber is partnering with self-driving technology company Motional to use its technology for a pilot Uber Eats delivery program in California.
2 minutes read
Juliet
@Juliet -
almost 5 years ago
Crypto exchange Binance prepares to add margin trading ‘soon’ – TechCrunch
Binance, the world’s most prominent crypto exchange, says it is close to adding a much-anticipated margin trading feature to its service following weeks of speculation. The company tweeted confirmation of the upcoming feature in a screenshot which subtly teases the immin...continued
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Zackery
@Zackery -
almost 5 years ago
Mozilla gives Firefox a new logo as it looks beyond the browser – TechCrunch
Mozilla’s Firefox is getting a new logo that is meant to reflect that the brand now stands for more than a browser. With products like its password manager Lockwise, private file sharing service Send and security tools like Firefox Monitor, Mozilla has greatly expanded th...continued
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Abbie
@Abbie -
16 days ago
San Francisco’s Train System Still Uses Floppy Disks—and Will for Years
Three 5.25-inch floppy disks help keep Muni running every morning. A tech upgrade could take until 2030.
3 minutes read
Alexandro
@Alexandro -
8 days ago
I've traveled over 10,000 miles on the open road — after technology failed me, I'll never make th...
After driving 10,000 miles around the US over the past few years, I've made travel mistakes and learned critical tech lessons the hard way.
3 minutes read
Colin
@Colin -
about 3 years ago
4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising
Fundraising is challenging, especially for deep tech founders who need to get investors excited about a complex technology, a complex sales cycle and a complex risk profile.
3 minutes read
Zetta
@Zetta -
almost 5 years ago
Cinvent to invest in Jaggaer
Cinvent to invest in JaggaerCinven has agreed to make a “significant” investment in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based Jaggaer, a provider of procurement software for large and medium-sized businesses. No financial terms were disclosed. Accel-KKR will maintain a...continued
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Hank
@Hank -
over 2 years ago
Hercules Technology (HTGC) Tops Q3 Earnings Estimates
Hercules Tech (HTGC) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 3.13% and -1.89%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2021. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the...
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Garnet
@Garnet -
almost 5 years ago
Steve Singh stepping down as Docker CEO – TechCrunch
TechCrunch has learned that Docker CEO Steve Singh will be stepping down after two years at the helm, and former Hortonworks CEO Rob Bearden will be taking over. An email announcement, went out this morning to Docker employees. People close to the company confirmed that ...continued
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Jarod
@Jarod -
almost 2 years ago
Microsoft limits access to facial recognition tool in AI ethics overhaul
Company also restricts use of custom neural voice technology owing to deepfake concernsMicrosoft is overhauling its artificial intelligence ethics policies and will no longer let companies use its technology to do things such as infer emotion, gender or age u…
3 minutes read
Elaina
@Elaina -
9 months ago
Hip Hop’s Surprising, Never-Ending Evolutions
A sound. A culture. A people. Even now, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, what can’t hip hop do or be?
3 minutes read
Elody
@Elody -
almost 5 years ago
Amazon expands air cargo fleet with 15 more planes, will have 70 planes by 2021 – TechCrunch
Following news from earlier this month that FedEx was dumping Amazon from its air cargo service, Amazon this morning announced the expansion of its own air delivery network, Amazon Air. The retailer says it’s leasing an additional fifteen Boeing 737-800 cargo aircraft fro...continued
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Gregoria
@Gregoria -
about 4 years ago
Color is launching a high-capacity COVID-19 testing lab and will open-source its design and proto...
Genomics health technology startup Color is doing its part to address the global COVID-19 pandemic, and has detailed the steps it’s taking to support expansion of testing efforts in a new blog post and letter from CEO Othman Laraki on Tuesday. The efforts include developm...continued
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Giovanni
@Giovanni -
8 months ago
A theoretical physicist says AI is just a ‘glorified tape recorder’ and people’s fears about it a...
Michio Kaku is the latest expert to shut down AI fears saying the technology is not humanlike at this point.
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Pablo
@Pablo -
almost 2 years ago
Digital Technology Invaded Our Lives. Now Women May Pay For It.
In a post-Roe America, we’ll bear the costs of letting data collection undermine our liberty.
3 minutes read
Immanuel
@Immanuel -
10 months ago
Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Final Performance Is a Virtual-Only Engagement
The Oscar-winning composer died earlier this year at 71, but you can watch him play his piano once again by slipping on a Magic Leap headset.
3 minutes read
Alexzander
@Alexzander -
over 2 years ago
Technology giant Olympus hit by BlackMatter ransomware
Olympus said in a brief statement Sunday that it is “currently investigating a potential cybersecurity incident” affecting its European, Middle East and Africa computer network. “Upon detection of suspicious activity, we immediately mobilized a specialized re…
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Josiah
@Josiah -
about 3 years ago
How Klaviyo used data and no-code to transform owned marketing
Email is the communication medium that refuses to die. “Eventually, every technology is trumped by something new and better. And I feel that email is ready to be trumped. But by what?” wrote the venture capitalist Fred Wilson in 2007. Three years later, he up…
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Liliane
@Liliane -
almost 4 years ago
This startup reworked its privacy-friendly sensors to help battle COVID-19
One little-known home and retail automation startup might seem like an unlikely candidate to help combat the ongoing pandemic. But its founder says its technology can do just that, even if it wasn’t the company’s original plan.Butlr, a spin-out of the MIT Media Lab, uses ...continued
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Izaiah
@Izaiah -
almost 5 years ago
‘This is Your Life in Silicon Valley’: Philz Coffee CEO Jacob Jaber on tech culture and Blue...
And trying to convince TechCrunch's Kate Clark why Philz is better than Starbucks Sunil Rajaraman 8 hours Welcome to this week’s transcribed edition of This is Your Life in Silicon Valley. We’re running...continued
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