Out of all the how-to guides ever written about pitching journalists, I’ve never seen one address the truth—that most are simply too busy trying not to get murdered by their inboxes to even open emails. Upbeat wants to use data science to create PR pitches that don’t automatically end up in the Trash folder. The San Francisco-based startup (formerly called PRX.co) launched… Read More
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Astronaut Tim Peake traveled into space and got addicted to photography. The post Dazzling Photos Let You Orbit Earth Aboard the Space Station appeared first on WIRED.
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Schools across the country are educating students in how to sift through today’s online avalanche of alternative facts. The post In a Fake Fact Era, Schools Teach the ABCs of News Literacy appeared first on WIRED.
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The speaker delivers impressive sound and gives Siri a new shell. But how, exactly, will Siri flex its increasingly capable skills in the HomePod? The post Apple’s HomePod Looks Beautiful But Doesn’t Think Different appeared first on WIRED.
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A day of protest over the FCC’s controversial proposal to eliminate net neutrality rules is been planned for July 12, with supporters of the online action including the likes of Amazon, Etsy, Github, Kickstarter, Reddit and Y Combinator. Read More
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They’re not great at multitasking, and don’t do any one task as well as the competition.
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At a time when “alternative facts” are a thing, it’s unclear how much of an impact fake news will have on Thursday’s election.
Source: CNET
Dance cards are filling up for the coming autonomous driving revolution: The newest partners are Delphi and Transdev, who are joining forces to create an automated, on-demand mobility systems, with a service offering set to make its debut via pilot projects in France, and then to eventually expand eventually to global reach. Delphi will be bringing its automated driving platform to the mix,… Read More
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Bosch will be teaming up with TomTom to create a new kind of high-resolution localized maps that incorporate a “radar road signature” generated by Bosch, which can help position cars in their surroundings to within a few centimeters (that’s less than an inch in Imperial terms). It supplements video data previously used for this purpose, and has the advantage of working in… Read More
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Running a company is expensive. And it’s more than just the product and employee costs that add up. From furniture to electronics, there’s a lot of day-to-day corporate spending that can be hard to keep tabs on. That’s why procurement software has become a big business. Investors are betting that Scout RFP will emerge as a leader in the space. Menlo Ventures is leading a… Read More
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