Allene
@Allene
468 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Minnie
@Minnie -
almost 5 years ago
U.S. Military Will Stop Using Floppy Discs to Operate Its Nuclear Weapons System
Military to Stop Using Floppy Disks to Operate Its Nuclear Weapons SystemThe systems used to control the United States arsenal of nuclear weapons rely on outdated computers. But the Department of Defense is updating at least one part of the archaic technology—the floppy d...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Ryleigh
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almost 5 years ago
Volvo creates a dedicated business for autonomous industrial and commercial transport
Volvo creates a dedicated business for autonomous industrial and commercial transport – TechCrunchVolvo Group has established a new dedicated business group focused on autonomous transportation, with a mandate that covers industry segments like mining, ports and moving go...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Giovanni
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almost 5 years ago
Arianna Huffington on Quest to Create the Methadone of Tech
Arianna Huffington's Thrive Global Acquires Boundless MindsAriana Huffington left Huffington Post in 2016 to create Thrive Global—a confounding venture that aims to help people reduce stress and burnout by taking control of their relationship with technology. Three years ...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Gregoria
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almost 5 years ago
a16z’s Andrew Chen on the opportunities today for consumer tech startups
a16z’s Andrew Chen on the opportunities today for consumer tech startups – TechCrunchAt TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco last week, Extra Crunch managing editor Eric Eldon sat down with Andrew Chen, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Andrew focuses on consumer tech...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Wilmer
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almost 5 years ago
Google aims to change the definition of good photography with Pixel 4’s software-defined camera
Google aims to change the definition of good photography with Pixel 4’s software-defined camera – TechCrunchGoogle’s new Pixel 4 camera offers a ton of new tricks to improve its photographic chops, and to emphasize the point, it had Professor Mark Levoy, who leads camera ...continued
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Allene 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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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Monserrat
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almost 5 years ago
San Francisco Is Getting Sick of All Your Dumbass 'Disruption'
San Francisco Aims to Establish 'Office of Emerging Technology'The Wild West days of unapproved or unwanted technology infiltrating public spaces in San Francisco without permission from the city may be nearing their end.City officials are hoping to establish an Office of...continued
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Allene 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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Allene
@Allene -
almost 5 years ago
How to Ensure High Productivity of Your Remote Workers
How to Ensure High Productivity of Your Remote WorkersRemote work is on the rise globally. There are various reasons for the rising trend of remote workers. The connected global economy brings companies to skilled, less expensive labor markets. Technological advances and ...continued
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Allene
@Allene -
almost 5 years ago
How to Create a Health and Wellness Program to Reduce Stress
How to Create a Health and Wellness Program to Reduce StressAlmost every company has some type of wellness program, but their effectiveness varies widely. In many cases, the programs are viewed as a box to be checked off, but you want more for your employees. You want to ...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Rex
@Rex -
almost 5 years ago
4 Ways to Make Prices Seem Lower Than They Are
4 Ways to Make Prices Seem Lower Than They AreAs a marketer, I love testing things to see what will increase sales. The headlines, the copy, the imagery. But when it comes to a product’s pricing page, I use the same strategy as when I’m driving a car: If nobody is screami...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Dayton
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almost 5 years ago
Making technology accessible for everyone
Making technology accessible for everyoneThe World Health Organization estimates that 15 percent of the world’s population—over 1 billion people—have a disability. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, an opportunity to look at how technology enables ...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Sandrine
@Sandrine -
almost 5 years ago
How to Develop Your Personal Brand Like a Marketing Professional
How to Develop Your Personal Brand Like a Marketing ProfessionalCreating a successful personal brand is doable, especially if you have a dedicated process in place.In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Eric Siu discusses how to grow your personal brand so that you b...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Muriel
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almost 5 years ago
How selling citizenship is now big business
How selling citizenship is now big businessYou can be born into it, you can earn it, and you can lose it. Increasingly, you can also invest your way into it.The "it" is citizenship of a particular country, and it is a more fluid concept than ever before. Go back 50 years,...continued
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Allene
@Allene -
almost 5 years ago
China NBA: How one tweet derailed the NBA's China game plan
China NBA: How one tweet derailed the NBA's China game planLast Sunday night, Daryl Morey, the General Manager of the Houston Rockets, sat in his hotel room in Tokyo, where the Rockets were playing two pre-season games against the current NBA champions, the Toronto Raptor...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Jarod
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almost 5 years ago
Facebook wants Portal to be your next office webcam
Facebook wants Portal to be your next office webcamFacebook‘s Portal video chat devices will be able to run Workplace, the company’s collaboration software, so you’ll be able to make video calls at work using the Portal’s video calling technology, Facebook announced today...continued
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Allene
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almost 5 years ago
Saints LB Davis turns headband fine into charity
11:32 PM ETMETAIRIE, La. -- New Orleans Saints linebacker Demario Davis turned his $7,017 fine for wearing a "Man of God" headband into a win-win.First, Davis channeled the outspoken reaction to his fine into a charitable cause. He announced Tuesday that he has raised mor...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Alexander
@Alexander -
almost 5 years ago
US government adds Chinese facial recognition firms to entity list
US government adds Chinese facial recognition firms to entity listThe blacklisted tech companies include Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., which are two of the largest video surveillance firms in the world. Both companies have ca...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Adelia
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almost 5 years ago
California Bans Deepfakes in Porn and Politics
California Bans Deepfakes in Porn and PoliticsAMD's Next Big Graphics Card Sure Sounds Like It Will Be Cheap and PowerfulSource: Gizmodo.comPowered by NewsAPI.orgKeywords:California • Advanced Micro Devices • Video card •
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Sandrine
@Sandrine -
almost 5 years ago
‘Stand With Hong Kong’? Not When N.B.A.’s Chinese Fortune Is on the Line
Why the N.B.A. Apologized to China Over Daryl Morey’s Tweet About Hong KongHONG KONG — The N.B.A. is widely seen as the most permissive of the major American sports leagues when it comes to freewheeling speech, allowing its athletes and other representatives to speak out ...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Priscilla
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almost 5 years ago
NASA launches a new Earth-like planet hunting telescope using a giant balloon
NASA launches a new planet-hunting telescope using a giant balloon – TechCrunchA new telescope will seek out planets that resemble Earth from a height of around 125,000 feet, using special optical technology that will filter out light from the stars they orbit to provide ...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Alvah
@Alvah -
almost 5 years ago
Disney Bans Netflix Ads As Streaming's Marketing Wars Intensify
Disney Bans Netflix Ads As Streaming's Marketing Wars IntensifyDisney is banning advertising from Netflix across its entertainment TV networks , according the The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter. It's "a sign that the marketing wars over stream...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Maureen
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almost 5 years ago
IronSource, a mobile adtech startup, confirms $400M+ raise at $1+ valuation
IronSource, a mobile adtech startup, confirms $400M+ raise at $1B+ valuation – TechCrunchOn the same day that two Israeli-founded adtech startups, Taboola and Outbrain, announced a merger to create a $2 billion company, another Israel-founded company focusing on advertisi...continued
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Allene
@Allene -
almost 5 years ago
Behind the GM strike: Declining productivity at U.S. operations: Reuters analysis
Behind the GM strike: Declining productivity at U.S. operations(Reuters) - General Motors Co’s (GM.N) U.S. workforce productivity has declined since the automaker recovered from a 2009 bankruptcy, even as its profit per employee has risen, a Reuters analysis shows.Those t...continued
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Allene upvoted the following post almost 5 years ago:
Angus
@Angus -
almost 5 years ago
Snaplogic raises $72M more for its enterprise data integration platform
Snaplogic raises $72M more for its enterprise data integration platform – TechCrunchCloud services and the adoption of apps that rely on them continue to grow in popularity, but a persistent theme in enterprise technology has been that a lot of organizations still continu...continued
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