That deal is so good, they’ve already signed up close to 2.5 million subscribers, who already buy 6% of all movie tickets in the U.S.; the company expects to double those numbers by summer. There’s been only one hiccup on the company’s road to success: […]
Day: April 17, 2018
Amazon is adapting William Gibson’s The Peripheral into a TV series
And Amazon has been betting big on lofty sci-fi and fantasy projects. Former Amazon Studios exec Roy Price told The Verge that CEO Jeff Bezos is interested in finding Amazon's version of HBO's Game of Thrones and dedicating resources to do it. Last year, Bezos […]
Ultrasonic Signals Are the Wild West of Wireless Tech
In recent months, even established industry standards like Bluetooth and WPA2 Wi-Fi have been shown to have vulnerabilities and flaws. But as impactful and potentially damaging as these revelations have been, some wireless communication technologies have their own alarming risks—precisely because the industry hasn’t yet […]
IRS payment site crashes on tax day
Twitter’s brief morning outage was stressful enough — but those who’ve waited until the last possible moment to pay their tax bills have a much more distressing site crash to worry about. The Internal Revenue Service’s Direct pay site is down the day taxes are […]
The US Army is researching squid-like, 3D printed ‘soft robots’ for stealth missions
Popular culture typically depicts military robots as unstoppable bipedal killing machines—think Battlestar Galactica’s Cylons. Even real-life, non-violent robots, like Boston Dynamics’ somersaulting and door-opening robots, are usually designed for two- or four-legged maneuvers. But US military researchers apparently believe that any robot with a rigid […]
Meno tasse per esercenti e commerci in centro a Bellinzona
Nel 2015 è stato un errore politico alzare del 17% le tasse per l'occupazione dell'area pubblica, a carico di 153 esercenti e commerci presenti nel centro storico di Bellinzona, per far confluire annualmente nelle casse comunali 40-60'000 franchi in più nell'ambito del riequilibrio delle finanze […]
Want to help the world’s forests? Look for the FSC label when you shop
Want to help the world’s forests? Look for the FSC label when you shop <img width=”660″ height=”495″ alt=”” src=”https://c402277.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/photos/13807/images/simple_style_full/Forest_canopy_%281%29.jpg?1495028503″ />It’s one of the easiest things you can do to help save the world’s forests. Look for the label that says FSC when you buy paper […]
LG appliances now respond to both Alexa and Google Assistant
This isn’t the first company to officially support more than one voice assistant, but those brands are still few and far between. LG is certainly one of the largest given its international scope. And frankly, it’s good to have smart appliances that give you choices […]
Buick unveils an all-electric SUV concept and it’s exactly what GM needs
General Motors is spinning up its electrification plans and today announced the stunning, poorly-named Buick Enspire concept at Auto China 2018. As a concepts go, this one looks great and rather feasible. GM says its powered by Buick’s eMotion powertrain that can produce a maximum […]
Rolex e Omega contraffatti: sei arresti per riciclaggio e ricettazione
Sei misure di ordinanza di custodia cautelare: le hanno eseguite oggi i finanzieri del comando provinciale di Brindisi tra la stessa Brindisi, Taranto e Napoli. La procura brindisina ha scoperto un gruppo di persone dedite a riciclaggio e ricettazione … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews