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The ‘PuffPacket’ could help researchers learn when, how, and why people vape

April 30, 2020 by News Desk Leave a Comment

The ‘PuffPacket’ could help researchers learn when, how, and why people vape Vaping is a controversial habit: it certainly has its downsides, but anecdotally it’s a fantastic smoking cessation aid. The thing is, until behavioral scientists know a bit more about who does it, when, how much, and other details, its use will continue to […]

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Smartphone shipments dropped 13% globally, and COVID-19 is to blame

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Smartphone shipments dropped 13% globally, and COVID-19 is to blame We knew it was going to be bad — but not necessarily “lowest level since 2013” bad. As Apple was busy reporting its earnings, Canalys just dropped some of its own figures — and they’re not pretty. After two quarters of much-needed growing, the global […]

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Walmart is piloting a pricier 2-hour ‘Express’ grocery delivery service

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Walmart is piloting a pricier 2-hour ‘Express’ grocery delivery service Record usage of grocery delivery services amid the COVID-19 pandemic has led to delayed orders, fewer open delivery windows, and an inability to even book a delivery time slot, on occasion. Walmart now hopes to capitalize on the increased demand for speedier delivery with the […]

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OpenAI’s new experiments in music generation create an uncanny valley Elvis

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OpenAI’s new experiments in music generation create an uncanny valley Elvis AI-generated music is a fascinating new field, and deep-pocketed research outfit OpenAI has hit new heights in it, creating recreations of songs in the style of Elvis, 2Pac, and others. The results are convincing, but fall squarely in the unnerving “uncanny valley” of audio, […]

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Smart home startup Josh.ai raises $11 million to offer a home assistant alternative to Alexa

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Smart home startup Josh.ai raises $11 million to offer a home assistant alternative to Alexa Directly taking on Google and Amazon generally seems to be an ill-advised strategy for a young startup. It’s even more complicated when you’re competing on the home assistants front, a technically-complex, capital-intensive future platform that both tech giants have dumped […]

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LabCorp slapped with shareholder suit over data breaches

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LabCorp slapped with shareholder suit over data breaches A LabCorp shareholder has filed a lawsuit against the laboratory giant, accusing its board of concealing details of two data breaches that affected millions of patients. The derivative suit, filed on Tuesday by shareholder Raymond Eugenio, targets the company’s leadership and board members, including its chief executive, Adam […]

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The 3-Step Strategy to Help You Determine Your Business Mission, Values and Goals

April 30, 2020 by News Desk Leave a Comment

The 3-Step Strategy to Help You Determine Your Business Mission, Values and Goals April 30, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The following excerpt is from Rick Terrien’s Ageless Startup. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound. There’s a widely used acronym that you may have heard of: KISS — keep […]

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Lyft ends electric scooter operations in Oakland, Austin and San Jose

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Lyft ends electric scooter operations in Oakland, Austin and San Jose Lyft, which just had a massive round of layoffs where 982 people lost their jobs and 288 were furloughed, is also pumping the brakes on its scooter operations in a handful of cities. In an email sent to Oakland riders yesterday, Lyft said scooters […]

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Productivity Can Be Improved By These 10 Actionable Steps

April 30, 2020 by News Desk Leave a Comment

Productivity Can Be Improved By These 10 Actionable Steps If there is any challenge that is common to everyone apart from staying happy, it’s improving personal productivity. Nothing stimulates joy like getting things done and doing the right things. You become happier when you are focused and productive. So what is productivity and how do […]

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13 Keys to Living Your Best Life

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13 Keys to Living Your Best Life Twenty years ago, my husband and I had an experience I will never forget. While on our way to Nairobi, Kenya, a mentally-ill passenger broke into the cockpit and tried to crash the plane. For five harrowing minutes, the plane did acrobatics in the air. In those moments […]

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What It Means To Have A Successful Life And How To Have One

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What It Means To Have A Successful Life And How To Have One Sometimes it only takes one event in life to get you to ask an important question: “What does it take to have a successful life?” It seems like a simple question, but the more you dig into it the more complex it […]

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Twitch launches an esports directory to cater to growing streaming audience

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Twitch launches an esports directory to cater to growing streaming audience Twitch is doubling down on esports in this new era of social distancing where a number of traditional sporting events have been cancelled. The company this week introduced a new esports directory on its site that will make it easier for viewers to find […]

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Dribbble, a bootstrapped ‘LinkedIn’ for designers, acquires Creative Market, grows to 12M users

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Dribbble, a bootstrapped ‘LinkedIn’ for designers, acquires Creative Market, grows to 12M users Traditionally dominated by big players like Adobe and Autodesk, the world of design has been flush with a newer wave of startups that are creating collaboration spaces and new cloud-based tools designed to address the needs of creatives today. Today, two of […]

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Here’s what NASA’s Mars helicopter will look like when it makes history with the first extraterrestrial powered flight

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Here’s what NASA’s Mars helicopter will look like when it makes history with the first extraterrestrial powered flight [embedded content] NASA is getting ready to send its next Mars rover to the red planet later this year, and that mission will also carry Ingenuity, a brand new helicopter robot that will attempt to make history […]

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Meet Omaze, the Celebrity-Endorsed Juggernaut That Has Raised Over $100 Million for Charity

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Meet Omaze, the Celebrity-Endorsed Juggernaut That Has Raised Over $100 Million for Charity Co-founder Matt Pohlson is just getting started. April 30, 2020 2 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Matt Pohlson knew that after graduating from business school, he wanted to create a company that would impact the world. Even […]

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Extra Crunch Live: Join Mark Cuban for our live chat today at 11 am ET/8 am PT

April 30, 2020 by News Desk Leave a Comment

Extra Crunch Live: Join Mark Cuban for our live chat today at 11 am ET/8 am PT In just a few hours, the TechCrunch crew is chatting with investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban. Kicking off at 8 am PT, 11 am ET and 3 PM GMT, Jordan Crook and Alex Wilhelm will talk startups and […]

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With fresh support from its billionaire backers Pivot Bio is ushering in a farming revolution

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With fresh support from its billionaire backers Pivot Bio is ushering in a farming revolution In the first decade of the twentieth century two German chemists, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch, invented fertilizer — the nitrogen compound which ushered in modern agriculture and saved the world from potential starvation. Now, over a century later, a […]

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Today’s special

April 30, 2020 by News Desk Leave a Comment

Today’s special I just noticed something about the ubiquitous sign at every diner. On one hand, it means, “the special that was assigned to today.” It’s possessive. But on the other hand, it could simply mean, “today is special.” Because both are true. Plan accordingly. Published at Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:09:30 +0000

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Twitter Q1: sales up 3% to $808M as it swigs to a loss on COVID-19, mDAUS hit record 166M

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Twitter Q1: sales up 3% to $808M as it swigs to a loss on COVID-19, mDAUS hit record 166M Despite traffic for many online properties being at an all-time high, advertising has fallen off a cliff because of the downturn in consumer activity outside the home and the wider economic pressures resulting from the COVID-19 […]

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B2B challenger bank Finom raises $7M Seed from Target Global and General Catalyst

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B2B challenger bank Finom raises $7M Seed from Target Global and General Catalyst Just as challenger banks have appeared in the B2C space, so to have B2B startup banks aimed small businesses, among them startups like Qonto (Fr), Tide (UK), Penta (GER) and CountingUp (UK). Today another such firm, Finom, has closed a €6.5m ($7M) […]

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