Giles
@Giles
440 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Jeffrey
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almost 3 years ago
Business Updates: How a Small Hedge Fund Beat Big Oil
Daily Business BriefingMay 27, 2021Updated May 27, 2021, 12:28 p.m. ETTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that her agency lacks sufficient resources to oversee an economic recovery that still has “a long road ahead” and called on Congress to provide her with more funds.C...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
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almost 3 years ago
Floating Wind Turbines Are Having a Moment
Everything’s coming up floating wind turbines. On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced plans to open up the waters off California to wind energy, signalling that the new technology is going to emerge.“Today’s announcement reflects months of active engagement and de...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
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almost 3 years ago
Light is the key to long-range, fully autonomous EVs
Nick Harris is a scientist, engineer, and the founder and CEO of Lightmatter, which manufactures photonic processors. Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) hold immense promise. At times, the headlines about the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry seem ominous, with a ...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Arvid
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almost 3 years ago
Boost your business with this keyword and SEO course bundle
Products featured here are selected by our partners at StackCommerce.If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission.TL;DR: The Essential 2021 Keyword and SEO Mastery Bundle is on sale for £14.11 as of May 25, saving you 97% on li...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Teagan
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almost 3 years ago
STEM’s Racial Reckoning Just Entered Its Most Crucial Phase
+++lead-in-textOne year later, the legacy of George Floyd’s murder continues to permeate the entirety of society. The slow, barbaric nature of his public execution and its associated images and sounds captured our attention like few events have, offering a turning point f...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Jessika
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almost 3 years ago
New York Is Reawakening. It Just Needs Its Tourists Back.
For 10 straight years leading up to the coronavirus pandemic, a torrent of tourists from around the world poured into New York City, with their numbers rising to a record level in 2019.They crowded sidewalks, jammed museums, packed theaters and delighted merchants, spendi...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Meggie
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almost 3 years ago
Quiet supersonic jet maker Aerion abruptly shuts down
Companies are learning first-hand about the challenges of building quiet supersonic jets. Both Florida Today and CNBC report that Aerion Supersonic is suddenly shutting down. The would-be maker of quiet supersonic business aircraft said it had trouble securing funding in ...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Marlon
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almost 3 years ago
Could my mum’s toaster help me care for her?
My parents are not especially vulnerable - they live together and are still completely independent. But my mum is, in her words, "a Parkie Person" - she has Parkinson's Disease, which is a degenerative condition - and my dad lives with a chronic form of cancer. I don't wo...continued
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Giles
@Giles -
almost 3 years ago
Chung: Called 'not right minority' in NFL job hunt
2:41 PM ETFormer NFL offensive lineman and assistant coach Eugene Chung, who is Korean, says he was told he was "not the right minority" while interviewing for an NFL coaching job this offseason."It was said to me, 'Well, you're really not a minority,'" Chung said during ...continued
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Giles
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almost 3 years ago
Pats' plane assisting China's vaccine diplomacy
3:51 PM ETAssociated Press MIAMI -- The New England Patriots' team plane has delivered 500,000 Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines to El Salvador -- and in the process inadvertently inserted itself into a testy geopolitical fight for influence in Latin America.The "Pats Plane"...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Maureen
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almost 3 years ago
Snapchat shows off new AR features and more ‘inclusive’ camera tech
Snapchat just unveiled some major upgrades to its in-app camera. The company showed off new interactive augmented reality features, announced partnerships with YouTube and other companies and previewed a new more “inclusive” version of its camera's technology.Beginning la...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Marlon
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almost 3 years ago
New York’s Attorney General Joins Criminal Inquiry Into Trump Organization
Donald J. Trump and his family came under increasing pressure from New York investigators after the attorney general’s office said Tuesday it was working alongside the Manhattan district attorney in an ongoing criminal fraud investigation.The two offices have been conduct...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Ryleigh
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almost 3 years ago
Unbounce snags Snazzy.ai to add automated copywriting to platform
Unbounce snags Snazzy.ai to add automated copywriting to a Vancouver startup best known for helping marketers create automated landing pages, added a new wrinkle this morning when it announced it has acquired Snazzy.ai, an early-stage automated copywriting startup. The t...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Minnie
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almost 3 years ago
Opinion: Is the Gates divorce any of our business?
Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the book " OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind ." Follow her on Twitter . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely her own. View more opinion articles on CNN.(CNN) Bill and Mel...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Elian
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almost 3 years ago
Amazon Has Extended the Moratorium on Police Use of Its Facial Recognition Software
Law enforcement officials are still banned from using Amazon’s facial recognition technology “until further notice,” the company said on Wednesday, a decision that effectively extends a yearlong moratorium that had been set to expire on June 1.Known as Rekognition, the pr...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Emmie
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almost 3 years ago
Marketing automation platform Klaviyo raises $320 million at over $9 billion valuation - Reuters
(Reuters) - Klaviyo said on Tuesday it had raised $320 million in its latest funding round, valuing the data and marketing automation platform at more than $9 billion.The Series D round, which comes months after the company’s $200 million Series C financing, was led by in...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Giles
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almost 3 years ago
Klaviyo’s next-gen email marketing platform engorges on $320M at a $9.5B valuation
Klaviyo’s next-gen email marketing platform engorges on $320M at a $9.5B marketing is decades old, but it’s a category that has surprising life in it. Multiple generations of email marketing companies have come through and sustained success, from Constant Contact to Mail...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Americo
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almost 3 years ago
Gogoro is joining the battery swapping revolution in China
Electric scooter company Gogoro continues to expand outside its home country of Taiwan in a big way, as it just announced new partnerships with a pair of China’s leading two-wheel manufacturers. DCJ, the top gas-powered motorcycle company in China, and Yadea, one of the b...continued
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Giles
@Giles -
almost 3 years ago
Klaviyo’s next-gen email marketing platform engorges on $320M at a $9.5B valuation
Email marketing is decades old, but it’s a category that has surprising life in it. Multiple generations of email marketing companies have come through and sustained success, from Constant Contact to Mailchimp. These brands often become household names — afte…
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Giles
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almost 3 years ago
Vanessa Bryant Delivers Emotional Hall of Fame Speech for Kobe
Kobe Bryant, the former Los Angeles Lakers star who was killed in a helicopter crash last year, was posthumously inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Patrick
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almost 3 years ago
How to Start a Hydroponic Garden
Hydroponics was synonymous with growing copious amounts of weed in your apartment without much work, but these days hydroponic gardening is simply cutting-edge technology for sustainable farming. And while it seems that farming in a test tube is a bit out of touch with na...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Nelson
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almost 3 years ago
Successfully Scale Your Business by Marketing on Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook
Franchise Your Business Schedule a FREE one-on-one session with one of our Franchise Advisors today and we’ll help you start building your franchise organization. Get 2021 2 min Our goal is to feature products and services that we think...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Webster
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almost 3 years ago
I love being a mogul: Hollywood stars go into business
"I've always wanted to be a mogul," says Thorne, who at 23, is an actor, singer, model, film director and businesswoman.Source: BBC NewsPowered by NewsAPI.org
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Allene
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almost 3 years ago
Holidu books $45M after growing its vacation rentals business ~50% YoY during COVID-19
Vacation rental startup Holidu has tucked $45 million in Series D funding into its suitcase — bringing its total raised since being founded back in 2014 to more than $120M.The latest funding round is led by 83North with participation from existing investors Prime Ventures...continued
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Giles upvoted the following post almost 3 years ago:
Americo
@Americo -
almost 3 years ago
Apptopia raises $20M to expand its competitive intelligence business beyond mobile
Boston-based Apptopia, a company providing competitive intelligence in the mobile app ecosystem, has closed on $20 million in Series C funding aimed at fueling its expansion beyond the world of mobile apps. The new financing was led by ABS Capital Partners, and follows th...continued
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