“The Boring Company will compete to fund, build & operate a high-speed Loop connecting Chicago O’Hare Airport to downtown,” said Musk in a tweet. Given Boring Company’s tunneling expertise, that obviously means it’s likely to propose an under-, rather than above-ground link. Chicago city officials […]
Month: November 2017
There are now 25M active business profiles on Instagram
Instagram announced this morning that it now has 25 million active business profiles, up from 15 million in July. The company throws out a lot of different statistics (back in September it said it had 800 million monthly active users, 500 million daily active users […]
Meet Cozmo, the little robot with a big personality
They say nice things come in small packages, and that couldn’t be more true of Anki’s must-have robot, Cozmo. The little robot looks as if it’s come straight out of a Hollywood movie, and it has the brains and the personality to reinforce that impression. […]
Ridurre le tasse per rilanciare la crescita
RIDURRE LE TASSE PER RILANCIARE LA CRESCITA. lunedi 4 dicembre 2017 dalle ore 17 alle ore 19.30. sala Italia dell'UnAR – via Ulisse Aldrovandi 16/b – Roma. Per trasformare i segnali di ripresa in una crescita stabile l'Italia deve adottare le riforme liberali troppe volte […]
One of the Biggest Bitcoin Exchanges Just Added 100,000 Users in a Single Day
The eye-popping surge in bitcoin this week is paying dividends for one of the biggest U.S. online cryptocurrency exchanges. Coinbase Inc. added more than 100,000 users in the last 24 hours in the wake of the CME Group Inc.’s announcement Tuesday that it plans to […]
A Taranto è in gioco la credibilità del Paese
Nel 2013, quando l'Amministrazione straordinaria dell'Ilva commissariata decise la copertura dei parchi minerali, la principale fonte di inquinamento da polveri sottili di Taranto, l'ordine degli architetti della città jonica denunciò che l'altezza … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews #orecchioacerbo
The Colorado School of Mines Wants to Launch the First-Ever Space Mining Program
Hunter Williams used to be an English teacher. Then, three years into that job, he started reading the book The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. The 1966 novel by Robert Heinlein takes place in the 2070s, on the moon, which, in this future, hosts a […]
Fractyl Labs raises $44 million in Series D to develop a treatment for type 2 diabetes
Fractyl Labs, a Lexington, Massachusetts-based startup developing treatments for diabetes, has raised $44 million in Series D financing from a slew of VC firms, including GV, True Ventures, the IDO Fund, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Domain Associates, Mithril Capital Management, Emergent Medical Partners, L.P., […]
Apple’s High Sierra security patch affected Mac file sharing
Open the Terminal app, in the Utilities folder of the Applications folder.2. Type sudo /usr/libexec/configureLocalKDC and hit Return.3. Enter your administrator password and press Return.4. Quit the Terminal app. Done. The number of people affected by the new security update’s flaw is unknown. Apple jumped […]
The BBC hopes to bring VR to the mainstream with VR Hub
The BBC has announced a department for virtual reality experiences called VR Hub, that is going to invest in commissioning high-quality VR experiences. In a blog post on the BBC website, team lead Zillah Watson outlined the hope of getting more people into the emerging […]