Alan
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Alan upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
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over 4 years ago
Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow
Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow – TechCrunchDatabricks is a SaaS business built on top of a bunch of open-source tools, and apparently it’s been going pretty well on the business side of things. In fact, the comp...continued
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over 4 years ago
Penske is getting into the car-sharing business, starting with Washington D.C.
Penske is getting into the car-sharing business, starting with Washington, DC – TechCrunchTransportation services giant Penske Corp. is backing a new car-sharing service called Penske Dash that launched Tuesday in Washington, D.C. and Arlington, Va.The service is debuting...continued
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over 4 years ago
Facebook's Business Falls Under the Microscope of 47 Attorneys General
Facebook Under Investigation by 47 Attorneys GeneralForty-seven state attorneys general have now joined a sweeping investigation into Facebook’s business practices aimed at determining whether the company has engaged in anti-competitive behavior, ignored privacy laws, or ...continued
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over 4 years ago
Late Night Assures Trump He’s No George Washington
Late Night Assures Trump He’s No George Washington“[Imitating Trump] Washington — not everybody knows this — Washington put his picture on every dollar. Can you imagine the royalties? He got a taste of that. Daddy got his beak wet on every dollar. Not much, but it adds up...continued
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over 4 years ago
Skyrocket Your Instagram Marketing with Business Tips
Top Instagram Marketing Tips for BusinessHere is a question for you: Are you getting enough results from your Instagram marketing? Instagram has unlimited opportunities for savvy and hardworking marketers. Unfortunately, only about 10% or less of marketers use Instagram t...continued
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Alan
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over 4 years ago
FTC continues to crack down on companies with deceptive marketing practices - CNET
FTC cracks down on companies for deceptive online marketing practicesThe Federal Trade Commission uncovered and stopped the misleading online marketing tactics of two different companies, it announced Monday.The FTC found that social media marketing service company Devumn...continued
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over 4 years ago
Why Elon Musk is wrong about LiDAR technology
Why Elon Musk is wrong about LiDAR technologyEarlier this year, at one of Tesla’s events, the company’s famous founder, Elon Muskproclaimed that, “LiDAR is a fool’s errand,” and “Anyone relying on LiDAR is doomed. Doomed.”We’re all big fans of Elon at my company and we’ve...continued
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over 4 years ago
'Goliath Is Winning': The Biggest U.S. Banks Are Set to Automate Away 200,000 Jobs
The Biggest U.S. Banks Are Set to Automate Away 200,000 JobsOver the next decade, U.S. banks, which are investing $150 billion in technology annually, will use automation to eliminate 200,000 jobs, thus facilitating “the greatest transfer from labor to capital” in the ind...continued
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over 4 years ago
Ford and Holoride bring in-car virtual reality to the masses - Roadshow
Ford and Holoride bring in-car virtual reality to the massesHoloride began its pursuit of redefining in-car entertainment with Audi earlier this year. A new partnership with Porsche blossomed just last month. This week, Ford is the latest to work with Holoride, but in a p...continued
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over 4 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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over 4 years ago
Action Blocks: one tap to make technology more accessible
one tap to make technology more accessibleThink about the last time you did something seemingly simple on your phone, like booking a rideshare. To do this, you had to unlock your phone, find the right app, and type in your pickup location. The process required you to read...continued
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over 4 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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over 4 years ago
Uber lays off another ~350 across Eats, self-driving and other departments
Uber lays off another ~350 across Eats, self-driving and other departments – TechCrunchUber has just laid off around 350 employees across a variety of teams within the organization, marking what the company says is its third and final phase of layoffs of the process it be...continued
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over 4 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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over 4 years ago
From Kraft Foods To CBD: A Chat With Kadenwood Brands CEO Erick Dickens
From Kraft Foods To CBD: A Chat With Kadenwood Brands CEO Erick DickensThe booming U.S. CBD market is estimated to exceed $20 billion by 2024, according to BDS Analytics — a substantial jump from $1.9 billion in 2018. As CBD becomes mainstream, companies operating in the...continued
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over 4 years ago
How Libra Will Change Social Media Marketing
How Libra Will Change Social Media MarketingMark Zuckerberg has already changed the way we market. The rise of Facebook, with its mixture of detailed personal demographics and ongoing engagement, has forced marketers to create new ways of building relationships with leads...continued
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over 4 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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over 4 years ago
Amazon Is Marketing Face Recognition to Police Departments Partnered With Ring: Report
Amazon Pushing Rekognition Face Recognition to Police With Ring PartnershipsAmazon is marketing its facial recognition software to Florida police departments that are currently partnered with its home surveillance company, Ring—arrangements that allow police to request ac...continued
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over 4 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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over 4 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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over 4 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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over 4 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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over 4 years ago
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over 4 years ago
Mitch McConnell Urges FDA To Ease CBD Regulations 'Within 120 Days'
Mitch McConnell Urges FDA To Ease CBD Regulations 'Within 120 Days'Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell (R), a chief proponent of a hemp legalization provision in the 2018 Farm Bill, has put the pressure on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite the path for lawfu...continued
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Alan
@Alan -
over 4 years ago
Sources: Teams eye trade for Jets DE Williams
7:40 AM ETAs the NFL trade deadline approaches, one name to watch is New York Jets defensive end Leonard Williams, who has been garnering interest from multiple teams around the league, sources told ESPN.Williams, the No. 6 overall draft pick in 2015, played exceedingly w...continued
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