Day: April 3, 2018

MIT cuts ties with brain preservation startup Nectome

MIT is disassociating itself from Nectome, the Y Combinator-backed startup promising to preserve customers’ brains for the possibility of future digital upload. Co-founder Robert McIntyre described the procedure as “100 percent fatal” — it involves connecting terminally ill patients to a machine that pumps embalming […]

Tesla Model 3 production is now under the direction of Elon Musk

Elon Musk likes to keep himself busy. As CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and Hyperloop, he’s overseeing everything from launching a 12,000-satellite broadband network to building a NYC-to-DC hyperloop to installing computers in our brains.  But with Tesla struggling to hit its production numbers for […]

Ikea, il giudice respinge il ricorso della mamma lavoratrice licenziata: “Non è stato un atto discriminatorio”

Il giudice di Milano ha respinto il ricorso di Marica Ricutti, la mamma lavoratrice licenziata da Ikea che riteneva il licenziamento “discriminatorio” e chiedeva il reintegro e il risarcimento del danno. Per il giudice che ha analizzato il ricorso, i comportamenti dell’ex dipendente sono stati […]

Motiv’s neat little fitness ring gets Android and Alexa support

I was pleasantly surprised by Motiv. Sure, my expectations were low for a fitness tracking ring, but pleasantly surprised is pleasantly surprised is still pleasantly surprised. The $200 Fitbit alternative gets a couple of key software upgrades this week, including, most notably, the addition of […]

Spotify Shunned an IPO. Now It’s Just Another Public Company

Spotify’s successful direct listing could change the way tech’s “unicorns” go public, possibly even saving them some money. But let’s not get self-righteous about it—this is still capitalism. Typically, when companies go public, they follow an elaborate series of protocols. They hire bankers, who charge […]

Milano, mamma licenziata dall’Ikea, il giudice respinge il ricorso: non si tratta di discriminazione

Il giudice di Milano ha respinto il ricorso di Marica Ricutti, la mamma separata con due figli, di cui uno disabile, licenziata dal negozio Ikea di Corsico per il mancato rispetto dei turni di lavoro. La mamma lavoratrice riteneva il licenziamento discriminatorio e chiedeva il […]