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Geek of the Week: Microsoft for Startups GM Jeff Ma brings entrepreneurial spirit to role at tech giant

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“I’m definitely excited about recruiting some new types of talent onto the team.” Ma was the inspiration for the main character in the hit movie “21,” based on the book “Bringing Down the House,” about how he some of his friends from MIT used math and data to win at casinos in Las Vegas.

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Elon Musk’s tunnels to nowhere

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But that hasn’t stopped cities large and small, in California , Kentucky , Texas , Florida , and elsewhere, from expressing interest in building tunnels for cars. And it’s not clear yet if they’re able to introduce any type of innovation to the tunnel boring process. Maybe we can get in on this. Where did it not work? Alissa Walker.

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Invincea Announces 54 New Enterprise Customers for Its Flagship Enterprise Solution, $8.1M in Advanced Research Contracts for Its Labs Division

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This builds on the growth that the company posted in the quarter previous to this period , and in a time when the company launched its first small business offering. FAIRFAX, VA—April 7, 2014 —Invincea, Inc.,

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RealNetworks expands facial recognition tech to ID celebrities in videos — and it’s actually pretty useful

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RealNetworks is releasing a browser extension that automatically identifies celebrities and other public figures in YouTube and Netflix videos, using the same facial recognition technology that the company originally developed for use with live surveillance video at schools, casinos and airports.

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Q&A with Kelly Smith, startup founder and ex-Starbucks VP leading digital transformation at car company Hagerty

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I think you love cars more than coffee (Starbucks) and casinos (MGM). It started becoming more clear how someone like me could add value in these types of environments. We’re building systems. GeekWire: The Hagerty gig must be fun. Smith: I am really having fun. The cars make it really fun. It doesn’t make any sense.

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We asked seven venture capitalists if the metaverse is the next big thing or just a lot of hype

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Great founders and startups will build outside of the hype cycle.” Large corporate platforms obviously have more resources, but we’re seeing a lot of those resources being invested in the startup ecosystem, and we’re seeing incentives for startups to build on those large platforms.