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Superplastic raises $20M to expand its cartoon influencer universe

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A company from the creator of Ello and Kidrobot is announcing a new $20 million funding round to build out an imagined virtual world populated with deranged-yet-cute cartoon influencers. “I’m more interested in connecting the real world, not just doing stuff that’s all virtual,” Budnitz said. Ello, Ello?

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Generative AI is pushing unstructured data to center stage

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Since those early days, the ratio of structured and unstructured data has shifted as the Internet, social media, digital cameras, smartphones, digital communications, etc. much of it is still stored in physical, or analog, formats such as paper, tape, film, microfiche, etc. have encouraged the creation of unstructured data.

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How Ryan Reynolds and Mint Mobile worked without becoming the joke

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It’s been a little over a year since Ryan Reynolds bought a majority stake in Mint Mobile, a deal that has already had a dramatic impact on the the MVNO (mobile virtual network operator). It’s hard to imagine a string of words in the English language less sexy than, “mobile virtual network operator.”

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Meet the Black Female Founders from TC Include at TC Sessions: Justice 2021

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On March 3, we’re hosting TC Sessions: Justice 2021 , a day-long virtual conference dedicated to examining diversity and inclusion in tech. kweliTV : KweliTV allows you to discover and celebrate critically acclaimed and award-winning Black stories across the globe through curated indie films, documentaries, web series and live experiences.

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Today’s real story: The Facebook monopoly

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Daniel Liss is the founder and CEO of Dispo , the digital disposable camera social network. District Court for the District of Columbia put it in his recent decision , “No one who hears the title of the 2010 film ‘The Social Network’ wonders which company it is about.” Daniel Liss. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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11 most in-demand gen AI jobs companies are hiring for

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Technologies such as chatbots , virtual assistants, facial recognition, medical devices, and automated cars rely on deep learning to create effective products. Candidates typically have experience in big data, coding, model selection and customization, language modeling, language translation, and text summarization using NLP tools.

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Twitter invests in avatar startup Facemoji

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Apple is increasingly interested in avatar representations through Memoji, Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to be a metaverse company and platforms like Roblox, where users enter a virtual world and buy accessories for their character, have never been more popular. Twitter acquires screen-sharing social app Squad.