This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Cargo-shipping regulators have struck a historic deal to set their dirty fuel-burning industry on a low-carbon course. On Friday, the International Maritime Organization agreed for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions from global […]
Day: April 18, 2018
Virtual Instagram celebrity ‘Lil Miquela’ has had her account hacked
The Instagram account for the virtual celebrity known as Lil Miquela has been hacked. The multi-racial fashionista and advocate for multiculturalism, whose account is followed by nearly 1 million people, has had “her” account taken over by another animated Instagram account holder named “Bermuda.” Welcome […]
Vincitore Isola dei famosi 2018/ Chi ha vinto? Nino Formicola! Il trionfo con il 67% delle preferenze
Chi ha vinto Isola dei Famosi 2018? Vincitore Nino Formicola! È lui il trionfatore con il 67% dei voti, acclamato dal web per la sua saggezza ed ironia. 17 aprile 2018 – agg. 17 aprile 2018, 8.40 Valentina Gambino. Isola dei Famosi, pronostici e … […]
Dropbox gets full-screen iPad navigation and drag-and-drop for iOS
Another feature bundled with the latest update is the ability to grant access to files while you’re on the go. If a classmate or a colleague asks for permission to access a specific document while you’re on mobile, for instance, you can grant them access […]
Funding Societies, a Southeast Asian lending platform, gets $25M Series B led by Softbank Ventures Korea
Funding Societies co-founders Reynold Wijaya and Kelvin Teo. Funding Societies, a peer-to-peer lending platform in Southeast Asia, said today that it has raised a $25 million Series B led by Softbank Ventures Korea, the Japanese tech conglomerate’s early-stage venture capital unit. The round included returning […]
Chef Erling Wu-Bower Pursues Wood-Fired Perfection, From Roast Fish to Pizza
The James Beard Awards are often referred to as the “Oscars of the food world,” and while Chicago chef Erling Wu-Bower has been nominated for three of them, he’s lost all three. “I’m like Susan Lucci!” he jokes, referring to the soap opera star who […]
Tesla will run its Model 3 production ’24/7′ to meet targets
A “steady” production level of 6,000 per week should arrive a few months after that, Musk wrote. The company chief acknowledged that this will require a hefty recruiting effort — Fremont and the Gigafactory will add about 400 workers in the next several weeks. And […]
Sicilia. Le ‘pensioni d’oro’ agli ex deputati costano oltre 18 milioni di euro
Nello specifico: assegni vitalizi che sommati arrivano a 761mila 189 euro al mese vengono erogati a 158 tra gli ex ancora in vita; 129 assegni di reversibilità, per un totale di 588mila 708 euro mensili, agli eredi dei defunti ex deputati ; 30 le pensioni […]
Former DreamWorks exec Shawn Dennis joins GoldieBlox as president
GoldieBlox, a startup looking to get girls hooked on engineering and other STEM fields, has hired Shawn Dennis as its first president. Dennis was most recently the head of brand and franchise development at DreamWorks Animation and also worked as the chief marketing officer at […]
Incidente in A12, scontro tra un’auto e un autocarro: code in direzione La Spezia
RAPALLO – Incidente questa mattina intorno alle 7.30 sull'autostrada A12 tra Recco e Rapallo in direzione La Spezia. Per cause ancora in fase di accertamento un'auto e un autocarro si sono tamponate. nello scontro la macchina si è cappotatta. Ferito in … by Livio Acerbo […]