German startup N26 just raised a $160 million Series C round led by Tencent and Allianz — some of N26’s existing investors are also participating. The company has attracted 850,000 customers and raised $215 million in total. N26 is building a retail bank from scratch. […]
Day: March 20, 2018
Bologna, tassa dei rifiuti, 10 milioni di insoluti. “Ma non la alzeremo nel 2019”
Bologna, 20 marzo 2018 – «I dati che vengono fuori dall'interrogazione sono abbastanza fisiologici. Di certo, per la tassazione sui rifiuti non toccheremo nulla». L'assessore al Bilancio di Palazzo d'Accursio fa il punto sulla questione tasse sotto le Torri, non stupendosi di fatto della quantità […]
HTC Vive Gets $100 Price Cut, Vive Pro Launches For $799
HTC’s Vive pioneered room-scale virtual reality, and brought it to the homes of enthusiasts. That innovation came at a price—it launched at $800, costing hundreds more than its closest competitor, the Oculus Rift. As of March 19, 2018, it finally has a price tag of […]
Pilota e passeggeri aiutano il medico a salvare in aereo la piccola Amina
Due bombole d’ossigeno. Il tempo contato: 90 minuti che valgono una vita. La temperatura che scende. «Alzate il riscaldamento o la bambina muore». È il 6 marzo. Sul volo Tunisi – Milano Malpensa c’è una passeggera d’eccezione, Amina, nata da dieci giorni. Una piuma di […]
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has officially launched on iOS and Android
Hot on the heels of Fortnite launching its iOS beta last week, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (the other hot battle-royale game) has gone one better and made its official debut on both iOS and Android. Late last year, there was talk of a port of the popular […]
eBay uses augmented reality to help you pick packaging
The company tells us that there is a plan to eventually bring the box preview feature to iOS, although that will clearly involve changing augmented reality platforms (Apple’s ARKit seems like the logical candidate). Other mail carriers and countries are also on deck, although there’s […]
After launching in the U.S., Instagram expands its shoppable posts features to business users in eight other countries
Instagram is launching its Shopping feature for business accounts to eight new countries: Canada, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Australia. The photo sharing app first began testing shoppable photo tags in November 2016 before making Shopping on Instagram available to businesses […]
Apple and IBM Unveil Artificial Intelligence Service That Coca-Cola Is Testing
Apple's Core ML toolkit could already be used to connect with competing cloud-based machine learning services from Google (goog, -3.16%), Amazon (amzn, -1.70%), and Microsoft (msft, -1.42%). In this case, what IBM did was create developer tools to more easily link the Core ML service […]
METEO ITALIA: clima invernale sull’ Italia con piogge e neve fino a bassa quota o in pianura specie al nord
Meteo Italia: intensa fase di tempo perturbato su tutta la penisola con precipitazioni diffuse e temperature sotto la media del periodo. Ecco tutti i dettagli. Clima invernale sull' Italia con piogge e neve fino a bassa quota o in pianura – foto … by Livio […]
Most Reddit battles are started by 1 percent of communities
A map of the conflicts (below) helps illustrate the subjects that tend to spark the most activity. The data also sheds light on who picks these fights and their long term effects. It’s typically “highly active” users who start conflicts, but the quieter ones are […]