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3 creative ways to use your brand’s data to improve marketing measures
2 days ago –
Marketing is an undeniably creative medium. But all too often,
I’ve seen marketers lean a bit too heavily on the creative side — to the
point where they ignore or overlook the messaging that would have the
greatest impact on their customers. When it comes to understanding your
customers’ needs an...
How machine learning enhances customer segmentation
2 days ago –
One of the key challenges that marketing teams must solve is
allocating their resources in a way that minimizes “cost per
acquisition” (CPA) and increases return on investment. This is possible
through segmentation, the process of dividing customers into different
groups based on their behavior o...
New AI system counts endangered elephants from space
2 days ago –
Scientists have unveiled a new tool for monitoring endangered
wildlife: an AI system that automatically counts elephants from space.
The tech combines satellite cameras with a convolutional neural network
(CNN) to capture African elephants moving through forests and
grasslands. In tests, the surv...
( How many elephants are there in space anyway ? )
Sofa Summit is the first virtual event you need to join this year — here’s why
2 days ago –
Much of the world is still online, but just because we’re at
home doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy an event with great speakers,
sessions, and networking potential. Most conferences in 2020 went fully
virtual so that no one would miss out on the experience — TNW 2020
included — and now we can be...
2 days ago –
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Hubble spots remains of a supernova humans saw explode 1700 years ago
a day ago –
The opening years of the Fourth Century saw work begin on St.
Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and the astronomer Pappus of Alexandria wrote
details of his observation of an eclipse of the Sun. In the southern
hemisphere, a star was seen erupting within a small, fuzzy patch of the
night sky. Unfortunate...
Report: Android phones lose twice as much value as iPhones in first year
a day ago –
When we buy a phone, most of us hope that it’ll last for a
couple of years. We also hope that it’ll still have some decent buyback
value at the end of its life. However, the buyback value depends a lot
on the brand and model of the device you own. According to a report from
BankMyCell, a site tha...
Facebook’s Trump ban could be lifted by its Oversight Board
16 hours ago –
Facebook’s “indefinite” ban on Donald Trump could be lifted by
the company’s Oversight Board, the company announced on Thursday. The
former US president’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were blocked in
the wake of the US Capitol insurrection, due to concerns that Trump
would use the platform to ...
This AI can tell if you have prostate cancer by looking at your pee
17 hours ago –
Researchers at the Korean Institute of Science and Technology
(KIST) recently developed a machine for detecting prostate cancer that
only needs 20 minutes of your time and a few ounces of your pee to
achieve near 100% accuracy. Human oncologists are only about 30%
accurate when it comes to detect...
New giant ‘radio galaxies’ help shed light on the history of the universe
33 minutes ago –
Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South
Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope, located in the Karoo region, a
semi-arid area in the southwest of the country. Radio galaxies get their
name from the fact that they release huge beams, or ‘jets’, of radio
light. These happen through th...
Once you go EV, you never go back — according to 82% of owners, anyway
an hour ago –
According to a report from automotive market research firm, JD
Power, most electric vehicle (EV) drivers vow to never return to
combustion engines. Good. JD Power says that 82% of EV early adopters
“definitely will” consider buying another electric vehicle. However, it
seems drivers aren’t totall...
Tech Crunch
Google inks agreement in France on paying publishers for news reuse
a day ago –
Google has reached an agreement with an association of French
publishers over how it will be pay for reuse of snippets of their
content. This is a result of application of a ‘neighbouring right’ for
news which was transposed into national law following a pan-EU copyright
reform agreed back in 201...
Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change
a day ago –
But it’s been hard to argue against this position in the last
ten years, as the country powered ahead, famously producing
ground-breaking startups like Waze, which was eventually picked up by
Google for over $1 billion in 2013. Waze’s 100 employees received about
$1.2 million on average, the larg...
Financial forecasting startup Springbox AI launches its apps and raises $2M
a day ago –
Springbox AI, an AI-powered financial forecasting application
designed to replace financial market investment service and aimed at the
average financial markets trader, has launched on iOS and Android. It’s
been built by a team of founders who previously worked at Deutsche
Bank, Credit Suisse, UB...
YouTube launches hashtag landing pages to all users
19 hours ago –
YouTube is embracing the hashtag. The company has been quietly
working on a new feature that allows users to better discover content
using hashtags — either by clicking on a hashtag on YouTube or by typing
in a hashtag link directly. Before, these actions would return a mix of
content related to ...
South African startup Aerobotics raises $17M to scale its AI-for-agriculture platform
20 hours ago –
As the global agricultural industry stretches to meet expected
population growth and food demand, and food security becomes more of a
pressing issue with global warming, a startup out of South Africa is
using artificial intelligence to help farmers manage their farms, trees
and fruits. Aerobotics...
PlayVS acquires GameSeta to accelerate expansion into Canada
20 hours ago –
PlayVS, the esports company bringing organized leagues to high
schools and colleges, is today announcing its first acquisition. The
startup, which has raised more than $100 million, has acquired GameSeta,
a Vancouver-based startup that is also looking to provide
infrastructure for high school esp....
Facebook’s Oversight Board will review the decision to suspend Trump
17 hours ago –
Facebook announced Thursday that its newly established external
policy review group will take on one of the company’s most consequential
acts: The decision to suspend former President Trump. On January 7,
Facebook suspended Trump’s account indefinitely. That decision followed
the president’s acti...
Bodyguard is a mobile app that hides toxic content on social platforms
18 hours ago –
If you’re somewhat famous on various social networks, chances
are you are exposed to hate speech in your replies or in your comments.
French startup Bodyguard recently launched its app and service in
English so that it can hide toxic content from your eyes. It has been
available in French for a f...
Why you should add TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 to your must-attend list
18 hours ago –
As 2020 fades into the rearview mirror of history (huzzah!),
it’s time to map out strategies to transform your early-stage startup
dream into reality. If there’s one thing every early founder needs it’s
information, and you’ll find it in abundance at TechCrunch Early Stage
2021. Introduced last y...
IBM transformation struggles continue with cloud and AI revenue down 4.5%
13 hours ago –
A couple of months ago at CNBC’s Transform conference, IBM CEO
Arvind Krishna painted a picture of a company in the midst of a
transformation. He said that he wanted to take advantage of IBM’s $34
billion 2018 Red Hat acquisition to help customers manage a growing
hybrid cloud world, while using ...
Judge denies Parler’s bid to make Amazon restore service
13 hours ago –
A federal judge has denied an attempt by conservative social
network Parler to force Amazon to host it on AWS. As expected by most
who read Parler’s ramshackle legal arguments, the court found nothing in
the lawsuit that could justify intervention, only “faint and factually
inaccurate speculation...
Pebble founder launches Beeper, a universal chat app that works with iMessage and others
13 hours ago –
Decades ago, a software program called Trillian introduced a way
for internet users to interact with multiple IM networks, like ICQ, AIM
and MSN Messenger, in a single window. Now, Pebble founder and Y
Combinator Partner Eric Migicovsky is revisiting this concept, but this
time with a focus on ce...
The Verge
Samsung Display is mass-producing 90Hz OLED screens for laptops
a day ago –
Samsung’s 2020 Galaxy Chromebook. | Photo by Monica Chin / The
Verge
Samsung Display has announced plans to mass-produce the world’s first
90Hz OLED screens designed for laptops and says that “several global IT
companies” are expected to release models with the new panels this year.
Manuf...
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Tim Apple, as Trump once called him, didn’t just give Donald Trump the
opportunity to lie about bringing an Apple factory to the United
States. He also gave him a $5,999 Mac Pro, according to Donald Trump’s
final financial disclosure report today ...
Fortnite developer turns its attention to animated films with Gilgamesh
18 hours ago –
Fortnite creator Epic Games is turning its attention to film.
Deadline reports that Epic will lend its Unreal Engine tech to animation
studio Hook Up, as well as firms DuermeVela and FilmSharks, as an
investment in upcoming film Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh is inspired by the mythological hero of the sa...
21 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Anchor promised to find sponsors for small podcasts, but Spotify is footing the bill
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Walmart will have the PS5 and Xbox Series X available at 3PM ET today
16 hours ago –
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
The PS5 and Xbox Series X have been on sale for over two months, and
they continue to be some of the most desirable gadgets in the world —
and extremely difficult to buy. If you are looking to secure either
next-gen gaming console, Walmart will have both ...
The Raspberry Pi Pico is a tiny $4 microcontroller running off the company’s very own chip
13 hours ago –
Image: Raspberry Pi Foundation
The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s tiny computers can be used for anything
from homemade cameras to cucumber sorters, and now, the group is
branching out into microcontrollers and custom silicon. The Raspberry Pi
Pico is the first step. It’s a new $4 microcontrol...
14 hours ago –
A render showing how Otter.ai’s Chrome extension works in
Google Meet. | Image: Otter.ai
You can now use automated transcription service Otter.ai to transcribe
and provide closed captions for Google Meet calls with the help of a
new Chrome extension. Meetings will be transcribed in real t...
Honor announces its first post-Huawei phone
6 hours ago –
Honor has announced the new V40 5G flagship phone, its first
since Huawei sold the company off to a Shenzhen-based consortium of
Chinese partners. The phone is exclusive to China for now, but Honor’s
V-series usually makes its way to the rest of the world under “View”
branding.
The V40 has a 6.72...
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