Torey
@Torey
414 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Mariano
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over 2 years ago
Amazon One’s palm-scanning tech makes first move into entertainment venues
Amazon’s palm-scanning technology, Amazon One, has always been about more than just fast payments. Really, it’s about Amazon controlling and verifying identities, with the company hoping to deploy its service in public spaces like offices and stadiums. Today, Amazon annou...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
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over 2 years ago
Alibaba slides on report of China plans to break up payment app
In recent months, Chinese regulators have been targeting other internet giants in a wide-ranging crackdown which has included competition and privacy issues, as well as user data and cryptocurrencies.Source: BBC NewsPowered by NewsAPI.org
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Americo
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over 2 years ago
Fusion energy nears reality thanks to an ultra-powerful magnet
Fusion energy just had its second breakthrough in as many months. Motherboard notes an MIT- and Commonwealth Fusion Systems-led research team has successfully demonstrated a high-temperature superconducting electromagnet producing a field strength of 20 tesla — the most p...continued
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Garnet
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over 2 years ago
Commercetools raises $140M at a $1.9B valuation as ‘headless’ commerce continues to boom
E-commerce these days is now a major part of every retailer’s strategy, so technology builders and platforms that are helping them compete better on digital screens are seeing a huge boost in business. In the latest turn, Commercetools — a provider of e-commerce APIs that...continued
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over 2 years ago
What Is Zero Trust? It Depends What You Want to Hear
For years a concept known as “zero trust” has been a go-to cybersecurity catchphrase, so much so that even the notoriously dilatory federal IT apparatus is going all in. But a crucial barrier to widespread adoption of this next-generation security model is mass confusion ...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
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over 2 years ago
How a Publishing Executive Spends Her Sundays
“At the beginning of Covid, you could see the evolution of readers’ needs through what was selling,” said Sanyu Dillon, the chief marketing officer for Penguin Random House. It started with a rise in interactive workbooks for children, she said. Later last spring, “baking...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Elliott
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over 2 years ago
Marketing compliance firm Pixalate raises $18.1M
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!The market for policing the world of online advertising is heating up. Pixalate, the advertising analytics firm based in Palo Alto and London, announced a ...continued
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Hank
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over 2 years ago
Learning Video Production Can Help You Scale Your Business
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.If there's one thing consumers want more of in 2021, it's video. Sixty-six percent of people would rather watch a short video about a product or service over reading something, and 68 percent of them will watch...continued
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Zackery
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over 2 years ago
The 2022 Chevrolet Silverado gets a tech upgrade, hands-free trailering and a new ZR2 off-road fl...
GM unveiled Thursday the 2022 Chevrolet Silverado, a full-sized pickup truck that received a major technology upgrade, including its hands-free Super Cruise advanced driver assistance system and an infotainment system with embedded Google services, as well as an overhaule...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Americo
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over 2 years ago
Google and India’s Jio delay their smartphone launch
The JioPhone Next, the much-awaited smartphone designed by Google and India’s Jio Platforms to tap hundreds of millions of users in the world’s second-largest internet market, won’t launch on Friday, the Indian technology giant said Thursday midnight.In a statement issued...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Eleanora
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over 2 years ago
Business Updates: U.K. Recovery Slowed in July as Delta Spread
Daily Business BriefingSept. 10, 2021Updated Sept. 10, 2021, 12:39 p.m. ETSept. 10, 2021, 12:39 p.m. ETA shopper in London. Retail sales in Britain fell in in July, contributing to the first decline in consumer-facing services since January.Credit...Hannah Mckay/ReutersTh...continued
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Jaydon
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over 2 years ago
What Apple Can Do Next to Fight Child Sexual Abuse
In May 2019, Melissa Polinsky, director of Apple’s global investigations and child safety team, faced investigators working on the UK’s inquiry into child sexual abuse. During two hours of questioning, Polinsky admitted Apple employed just six people on its global team re...continued
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Torey
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over 2 years ago
Double your fun (and productivity) with this dual-screen laptop monitor
Everybody wants the freedom to work on an Excel spreadsheet on one screen and watch classic cat mischief videos on YouTube on another. However, having two laptops, or traditional dual monitors, can be cost-prohibitive. Not to mention, your trusty office compu…
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Torey
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over 2 years ago
Shanahan coy on QB; Garoppolo all but confirms
5:56 PM ETSANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan still won't explicitly say who his starting quarterback is, but all signs point to the same person they have throughout the preseason: incumbent Jimmy Garoppolo.In fact, it was Garoppolo himself on W...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
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over 2 years ago
The next Theranos should be shortable
Matthew Wansley is assistant professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law in New York. A jury will soon decide whether former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is guilty of a federal crime. But the deeper public policy questions that Theranos raised remain unanswered. How did...continued
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Elian
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over 2 years ago
Emulate Inc closes $82M Series E to fund expansion of “organ-on-a-chip” products
Emulate Inc., a biotech company focused on developing “organ-on-a-chip” technology, closed an $82 million Series E round on Tuesday. This latest round is intended to formulate a massive investment in a “roadmap” for developing model organ systems created to fit drug maker...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Americo
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over 2 years ago
TikTok and Snap alums launch mayk.it, a social music creation app, with $4M in seed funding
After living through the global upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, many workers are re-evaluating their career path. Stefan Heinrich Henriquez, a former head of Global Marketing at TikTok and chief marketing officer at Cameo, is one of them.“I have been thinking about mus...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Elliott
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over 2 years ago
Business Updates: Return-to-Office Plans Are Disrupted Again
Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, has promoted the digital currency’s adoption.Credit...Jose Cabezas/ReutersEl Salvador faced a rocky transition in its adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday as the country adjusted to new technology that will allow payme...continued
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Torey
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over 2 years ago
Sports card firm Topps shelves $1.3 bln SPAC deal - Reuters
Topps on Friday said its deal to go public through a merger with a blank-check firm had been shelved as Major League Baseball decided against renewing its 70-year old trading card partnership with the firm./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/LPUX4FTP6BN47KSZ3OIO36IYRU.jpg)
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Giles
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over 2 years ago
Make accessibility part of your startup’s products and culture from day one
Joe Devon is the co-founder of Diamond, a digital agency that builds accessible experiences. He is also a co-founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day and chair of the GAAD Foundation. The world of accessibility has experienced a tipping point thanks to the pandemi...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Pablo
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over 2 years ago
McCarthy Threatens Technology Firms That Comply With Riot Inquiry
WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, has threatened to retaliate against any company that complies with the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, after the panel asked dozens of firms to preserve the phone and social me...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Maida
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over 2 years ago
Skit raises $23M Series B round led by WestBridge Capital to accelerate its growth
“Traditional voice-based call center service is difficult and costly. This is where artificial intelligence and voice technology have presented an opportunity for enterprises to overcome the challenges of scale and engagement at their customer contact centers,” co-founder...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Josiah
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over 2 years ago
Cox Automotive acquires battery health company Spiers as ‘EVs take center stage’
Cox Automotive acquires battery health company Spiers as ‘EVs take center Automotive is getting into the electric vehicle battery lifecycle business.The company said Wednesday it acquired Oklahoma City-based Spiers New Technologies (SNT), a business that provides repair,...continued
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Marlon
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over 2 years ago
Home Depot Wants to Sell You Tools That Require Bluetooth Activation
In a bid to crack down on organized retail crime, Home Depot is piloting a program where power tools must be activated via Bluetooth at checkout—or they won’t work. It’s a clever solution to deter theft, but it also highlights how technology can sometimes change gadget ow...continued
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Torey upvoted the following post over 2 years ago:
Iva
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over 2 years ago
After Announcing an Expanded Partnership, is SkyWater Technology a Buy?
Integrated circuits (ICs) manufacturer SkyWater Technology, Inc. (SKYT) in Bloomington, Minn., had an impressive stock market debut on April 21, 2021, with its shares opening 10.7% above their initial offer price of $14. On August 24, the company announced an expanded par...continued
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