Ellen DeGeneres doesn’t know her ATM pin. Oprah hadn’t seen the inside of a bank in 29 years. Serena Williams tried to deposit million dollar checks in a bank’s drive-thru. Stories like this go viral but also serve as tiny windows into the weird, unconventional […]
Day: November 29, 2017
New story in Business from Time: Inside the Strange and Fascinating World of Celebrity Money Handlers
Ellen DeGeneres doesn’t know her ATM pin. Oprah hadn’t seen the inside of a bank in 29 years. Serena Williams tried to deposit million dollar checks in a bank’s drive-thru. Stories like this go viral but also serve as tiny windows into the weird, unconventional […]
Sea Level Rise Threatens Thousands of Archaeological Treasure Troves
The modern human obsession with beachfront property is nothing new. For tens of thousands of years, our kind has been bonded to the coast and its bounty of food. Inland is alright, too, but nothing matches the productivity of the sea. The problem with coastal […]
Andy Rubin takes leave from Essential, as reports of an improper relationship at Google surface
Andy Rubin has taken a leave of absence from Essential. The phone maker’s founder and CEO will be taking time off from the company to “deal with personal matters,” a spokesman for the company confirmed with TechCrunch this morning. According to a statement, Rubin announced […]
Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL problems: how to fix them
The Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL have plenty going for them, including their awesome photography chops and top-notch build quality that’s imbued with impressive and smart software. And yet, it hasn’t been the smoothest launch for Google’s 2017 flagship duo. To list […]
Inpgi, confermata la ‘una tantum’ alle pensioni più basse. Il contributo sarà erogato con le tredicesime
Le risorse arrivano dal Fondo di perequazione istituito dal contratto sottoscritto nel 2009 da Fnsi e Fieg. Interessati 55 pensionati in più rispetto al … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Ultra-relaxing Croatia holiday
A half-board stay at a stylish, minimalist retreat near the harbour of Vela Luka, on the charming island of Korčula – includes flights and transfers. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours from
GM’s self-driving ambitions don’t include ‘small-scale pilots’
This sets Cruise apart from its competitors; after all, Waymo is currently doing a small pilot program in Phoenix to test its driverless taxis service. Uber, meanwhile, had a test program in Pittsburgh that allowed riders to hail an autonomous car with a human driver […]
Corea del Nord lancia un nuovo missile. Kim: «Siamo una potenza nucleare»
Pechino – La Corea del Nord ha dichiarato ufficialmente di essere «uno Stato nucleare». L'annuncio, attraverso i media statali, dopo l'ultimo test di missile balistico intercontinentale effettuato nella notte e rivendicato come un «successo storico … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews #orecchioacerbo
Amazon FreeRTOS is a new operating system for microcontroller-based IoT devices
When you think of IoT devices, chances are you are thinking about a connected camera or sensor. Most of those devices have very basic CPUs and run Linux or a similar operating system. Not every IoT device actually features a real CPU, though. Instead they […]