After two seasons of comedy and philosophy, The Good Place remains a great joy. It’s the best science fiction show on television, with twists and intricate, earned reveals that hint at a watchmakers’ dream of a writers’ room. The show’s third season doesn’t start until […]
Month: July 2018
Arianna Huffington’s new show makes the ‘90s dot-com boom relevant today
“I’m very interested in the period that the series is covering,” Huffington said in a telephone interview. “Because as you know, with my new company Thrive, we are focusing a lot on the unintended consequences of technology in our lives. The pace of much of […]
È fallito il Casinò di Campione d’Italia: il Tribunale respinge la richiesta di un’ulteriore proroga
Il Tribunale di Como ha decretato il fallimento del Casinò di Campione d’Italia. Il giudice ha respinto la richiesta di un’ulteriore proroga, depositata nei giorni scorsi dai vertici della casa da gioco, e ha deciso quindi il crac del Casinò. L’istanza di fallimento era stata […]
TASTE OF THE TOUR: Legendary mountains, miracles at Lourdes
SAINT-LARY-SOULAN, France (AP) — In Lourdes, where villager Bernadette Soubirous said she had visions of Mary while gathering stones back in … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
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A ripple effect is a situation in which, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it, an effect from an initial state can be followed outwards incrementally (source Medium)
What is AI? Everything you need to know
Far from being the stuff of science-fiction, artificial intelligence, or AI, is becoming an increasingly common sight in today’s world. Combining the latest powerful software with top-of-the-range hardware, AI tools are being used to transform many areas of everyday life, from healthcare to traffic problems. […]
In Argentina, venture capital surges even as the broader economy stutters
Even as the Argentine government was announcing the biggest slide in the country’s economic output in nearly a decade, technology investors in the nation’s capital are all gearing up for record fundraising years. Three of the country’s biggest firms (which are still small by international […]
Chocolate, bioterrorism and the birth of Brazilian funk
About a century earlier, her great-grandmother’s brother, Firmino Alves, had founded the city of Itabuna and started the tradition of farming cacao in Bahia. “He called all his friends to help him,” Aquino said, describing the land rush of the late 1800s. Alves and his […]
Amazon shares rise after Wall Street gushes over internet giant’s surging profitability
Analysts say they are growing more confident in Amazon due to its … Wall Street is stunned over Amazon's impressive June quarter earnings results. social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Why I’m Deleting All My Old Tweets
While I gave birth to my first child in 2015, my brother sat across the street from the hospital in a bar, live tweeting his experience of waiting to meet his nephew. As the hours of my long labor wore on, my brother got drunker […]
