The patches don’t actually get you anything — there’s no additional content to be gained from collecting them — and Netflix sees them more as a way to promote conversation and foster personal interactions between those watching the shows. But naturally, there are concerns that […]
Day: March 10, 2018
Apple’s 14 Week December 2016 Quarter Seems To Have Confused A Lot Of People
Apple reported its December quarter results on February 1 and it seems to have confused a lot of people. While in many aspects they are correct that the company sold fewer iPhone and Mac units in the December 2017 quarter vs. the previous year, this […]
Capital One’s shopping assistant Eno can now dole out virtual card numbers in the browser
Capital One today officially introduced a new way to use its virtual card numbers from a web browser, in order to make shopping online safer. Virtual card numbers, of course, aren’t new – Bank of America and Citi both offer a similar feature that creates […]
‘Overwatch’ pro suspended for ‘racially disparaging’ emote
Lyngel posted a “Trihard” emote (it is the face of Mychal “Trihex” Jefferson, a black man who streams on Twitch) while League host Malik Forté was on screen. He claimed it was an accident. During his last suspension, the Fuel extended it and said they […]
The Quest to Make a Robotic Cat Walk With Artificial Neurons
The little robot finger’s favorite color is blue. Wave a handful of blueberries in front of it and the finger will follow, transfixed. If you’re wearing a blue shirt, congratulations, you’re its new best friend. If you painted everything around it blue, the robo-digit could […]
Carphone Warehouse flash event now on: iPhone 8, Galaxy S8 and Nokia deals included
As if the fact that the weekend is virtually upon us isn’t enough, Carphone Warehouse just had to go and make it even better. Its flash event has landed just in time to add a spring in our step as we leave the office this […]
L’appello di Mattarella ai leader: “Adesso serve responsabilità”
Sergio Mattarella ha cortesemente informato i leader che domenica l'Italia è andata alle urne, il popolo ha detto la sua, chi ha avuto ha avuto e, dunque, ormai non ha più senso darsele di santa ragione come se la campagna elettorale fosse ancora nel … […]
Giphy held talks to raise a massive new funding round
We’re hearing from a number of sources that Giphy, the big platform for hosting GIFs that also runs a GIF keyboard, held talks to raise a huge new financing round — though it’s not clear if it ever crossed the finish line. Sources pegged the […]
Offida, dopo il terremoto niente tasse: «Per attirare nuovi cittadini»
Niente tasse comunali per 10 anni per chi decide di venire ad abitare ad Offida, piccolo Comune in provincia di Ascoli che fa parte dei Borghi più belli d'Italia. La misura è stata decisa dall'amministrazione comunale di centrosinistra per contrastare lo spopolamento: l'antico borgo racchiuso […]
Apple filed a patent for a keyboard that isn’t ruined by dust
When Apple unveiled its 2015 MacBook, reviewers quickly discovered its keys were flatter than ever, with single-digit millimeters of travel between their pressed and unpressed states. At first, we heralded this as a miraculous accomplishment in ever-thinner laptop computing, which carried over virtually unchanged into […]
