Day: September 27, 2017

The biggest surprise of today’s secret Amazon event in Seattle was the sheer breadth of Echo-related announcements. Over the past several months, it’s seemed as if Amazon the company was moving more and more toward offloading hardware development to third-parties building Alexa into everything from […]

When the Museum of Ice Cream opened in New York in 2015, it was more a temporary curiosity than a rival to, say, the Whitney Museum of American Art, which stood just across the street. The walls were painted a soft shade of millennial pink. […]

For GNU/Linux users wanting a laptop, it’s almost always easier to find the hardware you want and then install the distro of your choice – perhaps with some muttering about the ‘Windows tax’, or even making a stand and getting the Microsoft licence portion of […]

Last week, Hulu secured the 90s sitcom fave Will and Grace for its users to binge freely, but the streaming service isn’t done scooping up older shows. Thanks to a deal with NBCUniversal, subscribers can watch full runs of a handful of additional shows including […]

MIT’s Computers Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has created a new robot that’s designed to be as adaptable as possible, with the ability to use different “outfits” that each provide different “powers” to the robot. These could include optimizing its ability to walk, for […]

Gli Stati Uniti vogliono imporre dazi del 220% sugli aerei canadesi Bombardier. La decisione arriva dopo che ad aprile Boeing aveva accusato la … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from

SNES Mini stock alert! UK buyers will have another chance to pre-order the imminent SNES Mini tonight, from 8pm. We’ve seen stock refreshes since the original batch sell out in minutes over the last few months, and we expect tonight to be no different. UK […]

Even just mentioning the Super Nintendo brings memories flooding back: there’s little me, sitting in the playroom at the top of the stairs in my house in Massachusetts, battling my sister in Donkey Kong Country. She still swears she didn’t need my help, but deep […]

Viene bollato come regista morale di una operazione finalizzata ad assicurare un posto di ricercatore al figlio dell'ex ministro della pubblica istruzione Ortensio Zecchino. Nel pieno dello scandalo nazionale sulle cattedre universitarie (parliamo dell … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from

If you’ve ever watched Jeopardy!, you know what we’re talking about here — the Echo can ask a question and you can then “buzz in” and answer before your teammates. While on stage, Amazon demoed a trivia-style game, and Hasbro confirmed that it is working […]