Last year, renowned VC Steve Jurvetson parted ways with his longtime firm, DFJ, in what appeared a painful split. Six months later, he’s back with a new firm, Future Ventures, Jurvetson tells us via email. (Recode was first to take notice of its new site.) Says […]
Day: April 6, 2018
Glamour, excellent food, and the great outdoors in Italy’s Lake Garda
Pack designer sunglasses, walking shoes, and a fondness for divine food for your trip to Italy's Lake Garda, says Gráinne McGuinness. Before I went there for the first time I associated the lakes in Northern Italy with old-school glamour, stunning scenery and stars like George […]
Facebook Messenger’s ‘Unsend’ Feature Is What Happens When You Scramble
Next week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress about his company’s failure to prevent the data firm Cambridge Analytica from siphoning off information belonging to up to 87 million people, the majority of whom are believed to be Americans. In the lead-up to […]
New story in Business from Time: The FBI Seizes and Shuts Down Backpage.com and Affiliate Websites
(PHOENIX) — Federal law enforcement authorities are in the process of seizing Backpage.com and its affiliated websites. A notice that appeared Friday afternoon at Backpage.com says the websites are being seized as part of an enforcement action by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and […]
Twitter will show users its rules to discourage abuse
The company wasn’t clear about how the test will work, but that’s intentional when publishing the details could theoretically skew the results. Twitter is keeping itself accountable by seeking approval from university ethics committees and submitting its strategy to the Open Science Framework. All results […]
Massterly aims to be the first full-service autonomous marine shipping company
Logistics may not be the most exciting application of autonomous vehicles, but it’s definitely one of the most important. And the marine shipping industry — one of the oldest industries in the world, you can imagine — is ready for it. Or at least two […]
Restituzione tasse, le decisioni dell’Europa e le colpe dei Governi italiani
Ieri, la Commissione europea ha stabilito che il regime d'aiuto italiano pari a 43.9 milioni di euro volto a sostenere gli investimenti nelle regioni colpite dai terremoti del 2016 e del 2017 è in linea con le norme dell'Unione in materia di aiuti di Stato. […]
Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings might end up costing upwards of $1 billion
Amazon knew if it wanted to win back some prestige in the TV production world over the next few years, it needs a Game of Thrones-level hit on its hands. So when the rights to The Lord of the Rings became available, Amazon was all […]
Backpage.com was seized by the federal government
Backpage has been the focus of law enforcement agencies for some time. The site’s co-founders have been hit with pimping, sex trafficking and money laundering charges multiple times and the site has been accused of knowingly playing host to sex and child trafficking. Last year, […]
Apple tells the EPA why cutting the Clean Power Plan is a bad move
Apple is pushing back against the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan. The company filed a public comment with the EPA today arguing that scrapping the policy, which calls for cutting power plant pollution, would dull the United States' competitive edge […]