Hyperloop One, a three-year-old, L.A.-based company working to create near-supersonic trains that can whisk both passengers and cargo in giant pneumatic tubes at speeds of many hundreds of miles per hour, has raised $85 million in fresh funding, as first reported in Recode. The round, […]
Day: September 22, 2017
Amazon may deliver Chipotle and Five Guys right to your front door
Olo is a digital platform that allows customers to order and pay for delivery and takeout food online. They focus on large restaurant brands and chains, with over 200 restaurants on their list that have a total of around 40,000 US locations. Their clients include […]
Pensioni, dal 2019 potrebbero ridursi del 5%
Si allunga la vita media, la pensione si allontana, e, infine l'assegno si riduce: è quanto ha simulato il Quotidiano.net partendo dai dati Istat. Sulla base … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Download of the day – Generative City Free Run
If you’ve played first-person parkour ‘em up Mirror’s Edge, Generative City Free Run’s stark urban style will look familiar. Your mission is to jog and hop around the monochrome tower blocks, hunting for a mysterious red shape. Picking this up will cause the city’s buildings […]
Resolutions for the Big (and Small) Screens by J. D. BIERSDORFER
By J. D. BIERSDORFER Many online services now offer three levels of picture quality for videos, but be sure to choose the best one for your device. Published: September 22, 2017 at 02:00AM from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/2fGkcWx via IFTTT
Waymo Partners With Intel, Tesla Kills a Model S, a Lawyer Debates the Trolley Problem and More This Week in the Future of Cars
Self-driving vehicles are well on the way to replacing human drivers. There are just a few problems. No one has a good idea of how to properly test or validate the tech. The hardware’s too expensive. The ethics of how the robots should behave in […]
Brexit, May ai leader Ue: siate creativi
E' quanto dirà oggi la premier britannica nell'atteso intervento a Firenze, di cui Downing Street ha dato qualche anticipazione. Secondo la stampa Theresa May pensa a un periodo di transizione di due anni, il che significa che fino al 31 marzo 2021 … by Livio […]
iPhone 8 and Apple Watch Series 3 hit stores today
A week and a half after being unveiled on stage at the new Steve Jobs Theater, the iPhone 8/8 Plus and Apple Watch Series 3 have hit just hit store shelves. As ever, eager fans were queued up at stores across the globe to be […]
All Xbox 360 ‘Halo’ titles are now playable on the Xbox One
Earlier this summer, Microsoft made all Xbox 360-era Halo DLC free on the Xbox Store, so the release of these backwards-compatible games isn’t a big surprise. If you own these games digitally, you can download all of them from the Xbox Store, except for Halo: […]
ECB’s Constancio compares Bitcoin to Dutch tulip mania
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bitcoin is not a currency but a mere instrument of speculation, the vice president of the European … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
