Amazon is going after corporate customers in a big way today, with the announcement of a new paid membership program aimed at multi-user businesses in the U.S. and Germany. Called Business Prime Shipping, the program extends Prime’s free, two-day shipping benefits to all users with […]
Day: October 24, 2017
Tesla unveils ‘first of many solar+storage projects’ at hospital in Puerto Rico
While we have been talking about Puerto Rico looking at long-term solutions for its energy problems and reportedly considering Tesla's microgrid … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
SpaceX Keeps Lining Up Covert Military Launches
Last September, SpaceX was fueling its Falcon 9 for a routine test fire before launch when a composite liner inside the upper-stage fuel tank failed, letting oxygen seep in. Friction between the tank’s aluminum liner and carbon overwrap ignited a towering inferno that engulfed the […]
Underwater microphones can reveal where and when something hits the sea
On March 18 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared over the southern Indian Ocean. Remarkably, its fate is still unknown despite years of coordinated searches of many miles of sea. Thanks to some new technological developments, perhaps the next plane to disappear won’t go unfound […]
AdBlock Plus retools its service to pay sites you visit most
The previous incarnation of Flattr, the equivalent of an Internet tip jar, worked only when users hit a “Flattr” button. Now, it’s all automated. The browser extension works with Flattr’s algorithm (which is privacy focused) to figure out how often you visit websites. Users previously […]
Facebook’s F8 conference returns to San Jose May 1-2, 2018
Facebook should have plenty to talk about, between augmented reality, new acquisitions, the Watch video tab, and all its ongoing scandals with Russian election interference, fake news, and News Feed reach. Today the company announced its annual F8 developer conference will return to San Jose’s […]
10 tips to pre-order the iPhone X
iPhone X pre-orders begin this week, and Apple’s phone is going to be extremely limited, so much so that you may not get one until 2018. Of course, you could follow our pre-order advice and dramatically increase your chances of buying the new iPhone. It’s […]
There’s a New Mario Game Out This Week (and Assassin’s Creed, and Wolfenstein), But Fall Ain’t What It Used to Be
On October 27, three of the biggest videogames of the year arrive, all at once: Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, Assassin’s Creed: Origins, and Nintendo’s Super Mario Odyssey. Together, these three titles represent a cross-section of the big-budget gaming industry, from a family-friendly run-and-jump romp […]
New Neo4J platform gives developers a set of tools for building enterprise graph applications
Neo4j builds tools for creating graph databases, and today at its GraphConnect conference in New York City, it announced a new platform for developers to build graph-based applications using a common set of services. Emil Eifrem, Neo4j co-founder, says while the concept of graph databases […]
Pensioni, sindacati sul piede di guerra: “Stop all’aumento dell’età pensionabile”
“Il Governo mantenga fede agli impegni assunti, non tutti i lavoratori sono uguali”: i sindacati sono sul piede di guerra sul tema pensioni, dopo … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from