Despite Spike Lee going over to Netflix to reimagine his classic film She’s Gotta Have It as a series, the cinema auteur has deep ties with Amazon. He created its first original film, the musical Chi-Raq, and has another project debuting on the streaming provider […]
Day: March 30, 2018
Every time Trump has gone off on Amazon
Tax cuts might be the name of the game for the Trump administration, but the president has no intention of letting Amazon’s Jeff Bezos off easy. With a tweet early Thursday following an Axios report that the president is “obsessed” with the company, Trump’s anti-Amazon […]
Heinsohn, US U-20 Squad Set for Spain Tournament
DURHAM, N.C. – Brooke Heinsohn's international travels continue this week, as the standout goalkeeper and the U-20 United States Women's National Team head to Spain for the Women's U-23 La Manga Tournament. This will be the third round of U.S. National Team experience for the […]
Terry Myerson is no longer with Microsoft
Microsoft is going through ground-breaking changes. Terry Myerson, the man behind Windows’ growth so far, has resigned. Myerson’s departure also marks the end of WDG (Windows Devices Group) from the company’s portfolio. The WDG is no more and the group is being split into “Experiences […]
Baidu’s streaming video service iQiyi falls 13.6% in Nasdaq debut
The streaming video service iQiyi, a business owned by China’s online search giant Baidu, dropped 13.6% in its first day of trading on the Nasdaq — closing at $15.55, or down $2.45 from its opening price of $18. The company still managed to pull off […]
ProtonMail brings encrypted contacts to its mobile email app
Notably, this is also the first time the mobile app has had a full contacts manager. The upgrade makes ProtonMail a more practical option if you spend most of your computing time on smartphones than PCs. You’ll still want to be extra-cautious even with encrypted […]
The Tricky Ethics of the NFL Sharing Troves of Player Data
Since 2015, every player in the National Football League has been part cyborg. Well, kind of: Embedded in their shoulder pads is an RFID chip that can measure speed, distance traveled, acceleration, and deceleration. Those chips broadcast movement information, accurate to within six inches, to […]
Tesla Looked Like the Future. Now Some Ask if It Has One.
Its chief executive, Elon Musk, was promising that the more affordable Model 3 would soon roll off its assembly line and bring emission-free driving to …. though Tesla's technology appears to have been surpassed by the self-driving systems from other companies, including G.M. and the […]
Italiano di 33 anni scomparso a Istanbul, trovato il cadavere: il pm di Roma indaga per omicidio
E’ stato trovato a Istanbul il cadavere di Alessandro Fiori, 33 anni, giunto in Turchia il 12 marzo per una breve vacanza e poi scomparso. La notizia viene confermata da fonti del consolato italiano a Istanbul che contattate da Repubblica confermano l’identità della vittima. La […]
Cumulo pensioni gratuito per i professionisti: si parte il 1° aprile
Buone notizie in arrivo per i liberi professionisti che, a partire dal 1° aprile, potranno finalmente ottenere il pagamento degli assegni di pensione in regime di cumulo. Sebbene sia stato approvato nella Legge di Stabilità 2017, infatti, il cumulo gratuito dei contributi era per il […]