Uber has been slapped with an $8.9 million fine in Colorado after state criminal investigators found it had allowed 57 individuals with past criminal or motor vehicle offenses to drive and pick up passengers on its platform over the past year and a half. The […]
Day: November 21, 2017
FanDuel’s co-founder leaves to create an eSports company
The move isn’t completely shocking. When the merger fell flat, Eccles was faced with the prospect of running FanDuel indefinitely rather than taking a reduced role (namely, chairman) that would have let him pursue a new venture. Clearly, he decided that his entrepreneurial ambitions couldn’t […]
California’s Hepatitis A Outbreak Demands a Cure for Homelessness
It wasn’t just that people were getting sick—it was who. And how many. Hepatitis A is a viral disease that primarily attacks the liver, and if it gets serious—as it can in the elderly and immune-compromised people—it can be fatal. But the graph of cases […]
Louis Hotels: A strong presence at the World Travel Market 2017 international fair in London
During the fair, Louis Hotel participated with its own stand between those of Cyprus and Greece, underscoring its presence in both countries and strengthening the promotion of the two countries' high level of hospitality. The company presented its latest news and international trends, while promoting […]
Pensioni, la conferenza stampa dei sindacati dopo l’incontro con il Governo
Le dichiarazioni di Susanna Camusso, Annamaria Furlan e Carmelo Barbagallo dopo l'incontro a palazzo Chigi tra governo e sindacati sul sistema… by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
The best Samsung Galaxy Tab deals on Black Friday 2017
Welcome to the net’s collection of all the best Samsung Galaxy Tab deals! On this page you’ll find the best deals currently available for all models of Samsung Galaxy Tab, whether it’s the latest and greatest Galaxy Tab Pro, the Tab S line, all the […]
Disrupt Berlin ticket prices increase in 48 hours
Disrupt Berlin, Europe’s best technology conference and startup competition, kicks off in less than two weeks. And because we want every procrastinator and every last-minute decision-maker to get the best possible price, we extended our deadline for early-bird ticket pricing to the breaking point. Alas, […]
Google’s Gboard app gets more languages and built-in stickers
For the uninitiated, Gboard puts Search right in the keyboard. And, it also adds GIFs, emoji-centric tools (including type and scrawl to search), and glide and voice typing to the mix — which may make you kick your other keyboards to the curb. With the […]
AWS launches a Secret region for the U.S. intelligence community
Amazon today announced that its AWS cloud computing service now offers a new region that’s specifically designed for the workloads of the U.S. intelligence community. This new AWS Secret Region (that’s really its name) can run workloads up to the “secret” security classification level and […]
Scientists Look at How Humans Drive in Self-Driving Cars
Almost half of Americans will hop in their cars for a Thanksgiving trip this year. But if you were being very precise—if you were a team of Massachusetts of Technology researchers who study human-machine interactions—you wouldn’t say that all those Americans are “driving,” exactly. The […]