Jimmy
@Jimmy
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Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Jimmy @Jimmy - over 2 years ago
How Important was the Battle of Lepanto?
‘Philip II’s chief minister hailed it as “the greatest naval victory since Pharaoh’s army drowned in the Red Sea” Geoffrey Parker, Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History at Ohio State University and author of Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II (Yale University Press, ...continued
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Jimmy @Jimmy - over 2 years ago
The new Olympic cycle has already started
October 4, 2021 The new Olympic cycle has already started at the Águilas de la Montana table tennis club in Utuado, where the usual protagonists work towards the events that lead to Paris 2024.The protagonists referred to are the Olympians Adriana and Melanie Díaz,...continued
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Geovany @Geovany - over 2 years ago
Legoland Is Now Open. Can Residents of Goshen, N.Y. Learn To Live With It?
“I want to bring to your attention the division that this project has given our town,” Ms. Tzouganatos said. “We have had neighbor versus neighbor, we have had people on social media destroying each other, not speaking to each other, and it has carried over into our schoo...continued
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Erik @Erik - over 2 years ago
Ozy Media Will Shut Down
In an article in The Times on Thursday, Brad Bessey, an Emmy-winning executive producer, and Heidi Clements, a longtime TV writer, said Ozy executives had misled them while they were working on “The Carlos Watson Show,” Mr. Watson’s talk show, for the company. Specificall...continued
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Nestor @Nestor - over 2 years ago
In Nashville, Rolling Parties Rage at Every Stoplight
“Nobody puke!” one of the riders called out.It turned out to be a lovely night: A day of rain gave way to a breeze and open skies. The women from Denver swayed and shimmied as Ms. Heatherly worked her way through a playlist of country hits and party staples: the Walker Ha...continued
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Rose @Rose - over 2 years ago
Venom 2's Marketing Really Wants You to Remember Eddie and Venom Are a Couple Now
Hell, it’s not like the first film kept it subtle anyway, but ever since we’ve had a glimpse into it, Venom: Let There Be Carnage has not stopped leaning into Tom Hardy’s dual role as Eddie Brock and the Venom Symbiote, to the point of the pair being described as a couple...continued
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Pablo @Pablo - over 2 years ago
Salesforce launches marketing personalization and automation features
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!Salesforce this week announced new Marketing Cloud features designed to help companies build deeper relationships with their customers. Following on the he...continued
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Elian @Elian - over 2 years ago
Facebook's chief technology officer is leaving the company after 13 years
Facebook is about to close an important chapter in its history. CNBC reports the social network's chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer, is stepping down from his role after a total 13 years at the company. He'll move to a part-time position as Facebook's first Senio...continued
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Ezequiel @Ezequiel - over 2 years ago
Smoothies range with 'all cops are bastards' acronym on the bottles are removed from shelves afte...
Bottles of True Fruits smoothies had obscene drawings, sexual comments, and an anti-police slogan inscribed on them. The inclusion of "ACAB," short for "all cops are bastards," angered France's police unions. Monoprix, a Frenc...continued
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Muriel @Muriel - over 2 years ago
Carmichael Roberts, Sean O’Sullivan will share insights into climate tech and investing at Disrupt
Carmichael Roberts, Sean O’Sullivan will share insights into climate tech and investing at effects of a warming planet, from frequent and extreme flooding to hurricanes and drought, has prompted activists and governments to take action. It’s also spurred a growing number...continued
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Assunta @Assunta - over 2 years ago
Australian growth marketing agency Ammo helps startups calibrate their efforts
When you are the founder of a young startup, it is always very hard to gauge the right amount of effort to dedicate to marketing. Botch it and you risk looking unprofessional. Hire a traditional agency and you might be wasting time and money.Australian growth marketing ag...continued
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Alexandro @Alexandro - over 2 years ago
NTSB head says Tesla must address 'basic safety issues' with semi-autonomous features
Tesla isn't about to get a sympathetic ear from US regulators as it rolls out more semi-autonomous technology. New National Transportation Safety Board head Jennifer Homendy told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that Tesla needs to tackle "basic safety issues" befo...continued
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Grayce @Grayce - over 2 years ago
Gift cards, serial numbers and hard technology
I bought someone a digital gift card the other day. That’s generally a bad idea, since there’s so much waste and breakage, but it was the right answer to the problem in the moment.The code the person would have to type in to redeem the card was: X5LMFP478DRYTHQYI’m sure t...continued
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Michael Wood @lossweight350 - over 2 years ago
How long can you live with type 2 diabetes? 7 Things You Need To Know
If you find out you have type 2 diabetes, you may be afraid of dying earlier than most people. You may be wondering, “can you grow old with type 2 diabetes?” or “what is Life Expectancy In Type 2 Diabetes”.Fortunately, there is a lot you can do to prevent this.In this art...continued
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Allene @Allene - over 2 years ago
Don’t miss the Startup Alley Crawls at Disrupt next week
Don’t miss the Startup Alley Crawls at Disrupt next coming down to the wire folks. TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 — our flagship global event — takes over the internet on September 21-23. More than 10,000 people will attend to learn about the latest tech and investment trends f...continued
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Bobby @Bobby - over 2 years ago
CodeSignal secures $50M for its tech hiring platform
In less than a year after raising $25 million in Series B funding, technical assessment company CodeSignal announced a $50 million in Series C funding to offer new features for its platform that helps companies make data-driven hiring decisions to find and test engineerin...continued
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Marlon @Marlon - over 2 years ago
EnerVenue raises $100M to accelerate clean energy using nickel-hydrogen batteries
In order to support a buildout of renewable energy, which tends to over-generate electricity at certain times of day and under-generate at others, the grid is going to need a lot of batteries. While lithium-ion works fine for consumer electronics and even electric vehicle...continued
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Jessika @Jessika - over 2 years ago
Biden’s new FTC nominee is a digital privacy advocate critical of Big Tech
Biden’s new FTC nominee is a digital privacy advocate critical of Big Biden made his latest nomination to the Federal Trade Commission this week, tapping digital privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to join the agency as it takes a hard look at the tech industry.Bedoya is the fo...continued
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Webster @Webster - over 2 years ago
Logistics startup Stord raises $90M in Kleiner Perkins-led round, becomes a unicorn and acquires ...
When Kleiner Perkins led Stord’s $12.4 million Series A in 2019, its founders were in their early 20s and so passionate about their startup that they each dropped out of their respective schools to focus on growing the business.Fast-forward two years and Stord — an Atlant...continued
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Marlon @Marlon - over 2 years ago
Why Local Marketing Still Matters in the Digital Age
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.As our digital worlds have expanded, it has become increasingly popular for small businesses with an ecommerce store or online services to market themselves nationally.The problem is that many of these business...continued
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Erik @Erik - over 2 years ago
AgBiome lands $166M for safer crop protection technology
AgBiome, developing products from microbial communities, brought in a $116 million Series D round as the company prepares to pad its pipeline with new products.The company, based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., was co-founded in 2012 by a group including co-CEOs Scott Uk...continued
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Nelson @Nelson - over 2 years ago
JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials is expanding into the battery materials business
JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials is expanding into the battery materials Materials, the company started by former Tesla co-founder JB Straubel that aims to create a circular supply chain for batteries, is expanding its business. While it has been known primarily as a recy...continued
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Jimmy @Jimmy - over 2 years ago
Sibley dropped as England recall Malan for third test against India - Reuters
England have dropped out-of-form opener Dom Sibley and brought in Dawid Malan for the third test against India at Headingley, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday.
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Alexzander @Alexzander - over 2 years ago
Technology giant Olympus hit by BlackMatter ransomware
Olympus said in a brief statement that it is “currently investigating a potential cybersecurity incident” affecting its European, Middle East and Africa computer network.“Upon detection of suspicious activity, we immediately mobilized a specialized response team including...continued
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Elaina @Elaina - over 2 years ago
Data Brokers Know Where You Are—and Want to Sell That Intel
At the end of July, a Catholic priest resigned from the church, after Catholic news site The Pillar outed him by purchasing location data from a data broker on his usage of Grindr. The incident didn’t just illustrate how people can wield Grindr data against members of the...continued
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