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Mattress company Emma is fastest-growing startup in Europe

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by on May 24, 2018 at 8:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Tech5


For the fifth year in a row Adyen and TNW teamed up to find the fastest growing companies in Europe’s six hottest startup ecosystems: the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, and Sweden. The winner, mattress business Emma (Germany), was announced tonight at TNW Conference Founders Dinner in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. To search for the fastest-growing startup, TNW reached out to hundreds of companies identified as fast-growing based on their research and asked them to sign up for the Tech5 competition from January to March. Since TNW needed to verify that the growth rates were legit, all the companies…

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Trump abolished the Cybersecurity Coordinator position. Maybe he’ll build a huge (fire) wall

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by on May 24, 2018 at 7:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


The office of Cybersecurity Coordinator was implemented to help protect America from a burgeoning set of threats including electronic terrorism, ransomware, and weaponized AI. Unfortunately it was put in place by president Barrack Obama’s administration. While we can’t be sure that fact is related, we do know president Donald Trump signed an executive order to get rid of the position last week. The White House said it was redundant, and expressed confidence that National Security Advisor John Bolton could fill the role without the title. But perhaps John Bolton’s skill set doesn’t overlap with any of the necessary credentials most…

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Trump abolished the Cybersecurity Coordinator position. Maybe he’ll build a huge (fire) wall

May24
by on May 24, 2018 at 7:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


The office of Cybersecurity Coordinator was implemented to help protect America from a burgeoning set of threats including electronic terrorism, ransomware, and weaponized AI. Unfortunately it was put in place by president Barrack Obama’s administration. While we can’t be sure that fact is related, we do know president Donald Trump signed an executive order to get rid of the position last week. The White House said it was redundant, and expressed confidence that National Security Advisor John Bolton could fill the role without the title. But perhaps John Bolton’s skill set doesn’t overlap with any of the necessary credentials most…

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Google’s Duplex is a beacon of hope for people with social anxiety (like me)

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by on May 24, 2018 at 6:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Google, Opinion


Google’s Duplex, an under-development AI system that makes phone calls on a person’s behalf has taken a bit of a beating in the media in the days since it was announced at the Mountain View company’s I/O event. Basically, Google’s AI team built a neural network capable of conducting real-world business over the telephone on behalf of a human. When CEO Sundar Pichai debuted it on stage, it was immediately apparent from the crowd’s reaction that it was the first “omg moment” of the event. I was in that crowd, and I’m not ashamed to admit I was quite wowed.…

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Data integration isn’t cheap; here are 3 ways to make it more affordable

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by on May 24, 2018 at 5:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Before the internet, companies generally kept their important information in physical folders. Leads were kept in one folder, sales data was kept in another and so on. While this may have been the best method available at the time, there’s no denying that it wasn’t always very efficient. This was especially true of larger companies that had seemingly endless supplies of data and reports to sift through. Fortunately, today’s tech allows us to keep all of the data we might need to run our business in one convenient location, where we can quickly access and view all relevant points of…

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