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Gen Z social app Yubo rolls out age ‘estimating’ technology to better identify minors using its service

TechCrunch

Yubo , a social livestreaming app popular with a Gen Z audience, announced today it’s becoming one of the first major social platforms to adopt a new age verification technique that uses live image capture technology to identify minors using its app, in order to keep them separated from adult users. The app doesn’t run ads.

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Soci raises $120M in debt and equity to grow its marketing management platform

TechCrunch

“Soci became an essential partner to brands for this transformation, which led to an increased need for brands to turn to technology to manage their presence in local digital market channels.” Yelp) and then automatically responds to those reviews. ” Khoury has a colorful background.

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IT’s ‘war for talent’ is a losing battle

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A recent report from Korn Ferry Institute predicts that by 2030 the tech industry labor-skill shortage will reach 4.3 The traditional answer would be your hiring competitors, which, with every company becoming in some sense a technology company, is just about every business out there. trillion in unrealized annual revenues. Employees?

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#781 Why Disruption Does More Harm than Good with Ashley Goodall, Author & Executive

Modern CTO

We discuss why treating change as a goal is actually problematic, the psychological stressors that a shifting environment has on people, and why the change being brought on by new technology is being rejected by the masses. Produced by ProSeries Media. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Let us know here.

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Do you need another app to discover beautiful places when you travel?

TechCrunch

In the summer of 2019, Timilehin Ajiboye became intrigued with the idea of building a travel app after conversations with a circle of friends. And while social media, growing exponentially over the past decade, has changed the way we communicate and connect, it has also changed how we travel. Social media and travel.

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Remembering the startups we lost in 2020

TechCrunch

Atrium, a 100-person legal tech startup founded by Justin Kan, shut down in March after failing to find an efficient way to replace the arduous systems of law firms. Ultimately, Atrium’s failure shows how difficult and unprofitable it could be to disrupt a traditional and complicated system. Atrium (2017-2020).

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Operative Intelligence helps contact centers figure out what customers really need

TechCrunch

Operative Intelligence was founded in 2019 by brothers Peter and James Ianesk, who have spent 25 years working in customer service and contact centers. Those notes were analyzed by a team using the “5 Whys” system for finding the root cause of a problem. Its platform also breaks down customer inquiries into prioritized lists.