Ryleigh
@Ryleigh
406 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Jerrold
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over 4 years ago
Instagram to test hiding Like counts in the US next week
Instagram to test hiding Like counts in US, which could hurt influencers – TechCrunch“We will make decisions that hurt the business if they help people’s well-being and health,” says Instagram’s CEO Adam Mosseri. To that end, next week Instagram will expand to some users ...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Oren
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over 4 years ago
Rossum raises $4.5M to make OCR-like data entry many times more accurate
Rossum raises $4.5M to make OCR-like data entry many times more accurate – TechCrunchEvery day, people slog over inputting date from invoices and other forms. So instead of using traditional Optical Character Recognition (OCR) extraction software, you could apply a new fo...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Adelia
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over 4 years ago
GoCardless partners with TransferWise to bring low cost currency conversion to recurring payments
GoCardless partners with TransferWise to bring low-cost currency conversion to recurring payments – TechCrunchGoCardless, the London fintech that makes it easy for businesses to offer recurring bank payments, has partnered with TransferWise for its currency exchange.The m...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ezequiel
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over 4 years ago
Will the future of work be ethical? Founder perspectives
Will the future of work be ethical? Founder perspectives – TechCrunchIn June, TechCrunch Ethicist in Residence Greg M. Epstein attended EmTech Next, a conference organized by the MIT Technology Review. The conference, which took place at MIT’s famous Media Lab, examined h...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Immanuel
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over 4 years ago
Gordon Sondland: US ambassador to EU accused of sexual misconduct
Gordon Sondland: US ambassador to EU accused of sexual misconductGordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the EU, has been accused by three women of sexual misconduct.The allegations, published by Portland Monthly magazine and ProPublica, date back to before he became an amb...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Ericka
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over 4 years ago
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump
Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for TrumpAs Rudolph W. Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds of thousands of dollars in...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Kristina
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over 4 years ago
Bloodsucking Prison Telecom Is Scamming Inmates With 'Free' Tablets
GTL Prison Telecom Scams Inmates With 'Free' TabletsWhen you get free technology, you can reasonably assume that you’re getting screwed. That’s infinitely truer if you’re in prison.As Reason first reported, the West Virginia Division of Corrections struck a deal in Februa...continued
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Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
over 4 years ago
Jerry Jones: Cowboys' loss 'a significant setback'
10:15 PM ETFOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones knew it was going to be difficult to win Sunday against the Patriots for a variety of reasons, but mostly because of New England coach Bill Belichick."The bottom line is that was a tough ...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Marjory
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over 4 years ago
FACEBOOK IS DOING JUST FINE, OK?
Get Used to Seeing FACEBOOK's Screaming New Logo EverywhereKeeping a brisk pace in its eternal quest to be as headache-inducing as possible, Facebook announced on Monday that it has rebranded as FACEBOOK.Yes, that’s right. Facebook is now FACEBOOK, written in all caps in ...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Elian
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over 4 years ago
Providing emergency and security services to employees, Base Operations raises $1 million
Providing emergency and security services to employees, Base Operations raises $1M – TechCrunchIn 2017, when a destructive earthquake struck Puebla, Mexico, sending shock waves to Mexico City and destroying buildings in the nation’s megalopolis and its surrounding suburbs...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Manley
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over 4 years ago
TikTok Owner Reportedly Expanding Its Empire Into Music Subscriptions
TikTok Reportedly Getting Into the Music Subscription BusinessTikTok owner ByteDance, the Beijing-based behemoth that answers to no man (or at least U.S. senator) is reportedly crafting plans to fulfill its destiny, i.e., its foray into the subscription music business.Acc...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Zackery
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over 4 years ago
It's a big week for retail. The stakes just got higher
Premarket stocks: It's a big week for retail. The stakes just got higherLondon (CNN Business)Happy Wednesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business' Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up righthere.The story of the retail industry h...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Allene
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over 4 years ago
Crunchbase raises $30M more to double down on its ambition to be a ‘LinkedIn for company data’
Crunchbase raises $30M more to double down on its ambition to be a ‘LinkedIn for company data’ – TechCrunchThe internet and search engines like Google have made the world our oyster when it comes to sourcing information, but in the world of business, there remains a persi...continued
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Ryleigh
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over 4 years ago
Garrett's suspension upheld; Pouncey's reduced
2:52 PM ETCleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett's indefinite suspension has been upheld and Pittsburgh Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey's ban has been reduced to two games following appeals, the NFL announced Thursday.The Garrett decision, made by appeals officer J...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Elliott
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over 4 years ago
VEnvirotech transforms organic waste into bioplastics
VEnvirotech transforms organic waste into bioplastics – TechCrunchAfter a year of testing out environmental technologies for a private company, co-founder Patricia Ayma developed a process for bioplastic production using bacteria. The system turns organic matter, such as ...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Kraig
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over 4 years ago
Vouch raises $45M led by YC Continuity for business insurance that targets startups
Vouch raises $45M led by YC Continuity for business insurance that targets startups – TechCrunch“Move fast and break things” is a term we usually associate with Facebook (at least, until 2014) and the general startup ethos of being disruptive. Now in true entrepreneurial ...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Alvah
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over 4 years ago
Facebook announces dates for its 2020 F8 developers conference
Facebook announces dates for its 2020 F8 developers conference – TechCrunchFacebook announced its plans for its F8 annual developer conference, which is where the company shows off its latest technology, apps and its vision for the future. The company says the next event ...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Myles
@Myles -
over 4 years ago
Karma’s new electric hinge-winged hypercar concept goes 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds
Karma’s new electric hinge-winged hypercar concept goes 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds – TechCrunchKarma Automotive took the wraps off Tuesday of a new electric concept car called the SC2 that produces a heart-thumping 1,100 horsepower and can travel from 0 to 60 miles per ho...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Oren
@Oren -
over 4 years ago
Playbuzz becomes Ex.co and expands its content marketing platform
Playbuzz becomes Ex.co and expands its content marketing platform – TechCrunchPlaybuzz, a startup that helps publishers to add things like polls and galleries to their articles, has rebranded itself as Ex.co.Co-founder and CEO Tom Pachys told me the name stands for “the e...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Mariano
@Mariano -
over 4 years ago
California Is Suing Juul for Allegedly Targeting Kids With Its Bad Marketing
California Is Suing Juul for Allegedly Targeting Kids With Its Bad MarketingJuul is staring down yet another lawsuit.California officials announced Monday that the state has a lawsuit filed alleging that Juul marketed its products to teens and youth through, among other t...continued
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Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
over 4 years ago
Jones placed on IR; future with Fins in doubt
10:51 AM ETDAVIE, Fla. -- The Miami Dolphins placed veteran safety Reshad Jones on injured reserve Wednesday, possibly marking the end to his nine-year run with the team.Jones, the Dolphins' longest-tenured player, has two more seasons left on a five-year, $60 million dea...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Hannah
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over 4 years ago
Opinion: AI For Good is Often Bad
Opinion: AI For Good Is Often BadAfter speaking at an MIT conference on emerging AI technology earlier this year, I entered a lobby full of industry vendors and noticed an open doorway leading to tall grass and shrubbery recreating a slice of the African plains. I had stu...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
George
@George -
over 4 years ago
SoftBank and Line Corp. Seek to Create a Japanese Internet Giant
SoftBank and Line Corp. Seek to Create a Japanese Internet GiantTOKYO — Two weeks ago, SoftBank Group of Japan announced it had lost billions on soured investments in some of the world’s biggest tech start-ups. On Monday, it said it was ready to roll the dice again.The co...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Bart
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over 4 years ago
7 Podcasts for the Movie Buff
7 Podcasts for the Movie BuffFall is both the best and busiest time to be a movie fan, as we enter awards season — that thrilling period when the studios (and increasingly the streaming services) trot out their best hopes for Oscar glory. This year’s entries also arrive d...continued
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Ryleigh upvoted the following post over 4 years ago:
Patrick
@Patrick -
over 4 years ago
Commercetools raises $145M from Insight for Shopify-style e-commerce APIs for large enterprises
Commercetools raises $145M from Insight for Shopify-style e-commerce APIs for large enterprises – TechCrunchGlobal retail e-commerce is expected to be a $25 trillion business this year, and today one of the companies that has built a set of tools to help larger enterprise...continued
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