It’s been a tough 2018 so far for Dixons Carphone. It started with the departure of CEO Sebastian James and CFO Humphrey Singer following a troubled 2017 in which profits fell considerably, and the bad news hasn’t stopped since. In June, annual profits fell from […]
Month: July 2018
Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2018 (advance estimate), and comprehensive update
Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2018 (advance estimate), and comprehensive update Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2018 (table 1), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the […]
Facebook trips on its own moderation failures
After weeks of speculation around how it plans to handle conspiracy website Infowars, its creator Alex Jones and others that spread false information, Facebook finally gave us an answer: inconsistently. The company hit Jones with a 30-day ban after it removed four videos that he […]
Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2018 (advance estimate), and comprehensive update
Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2018 (advance estimate), and comprehensive update Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2018 (table 1), according to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the […]
Flights to These 20 Cities Are About to Get Waaay Cheaper in August
The good people at the travel app Hopper did all the flight-price … but be warned — big metropolitan regions in Italy, France, and Spain bottom out in … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Morto bimbo, chiesto giudizio genitori
(ANSA) – VERONA, 27 LUG – La Procura di Verona ha chiesto il rinvio a giudizio, per omicidio preterintenzionale, di una coppia di genitori il cui bimbo di 11 mesi è deceduto quattro giorni fa all'ospedale di Verona, dov'era ricoverato da quasi 10 mesi, … by […]
Twitter’s tougher stance on users is hurting its growth
For Dorsey and his team, it’s a tricky balancing act. If the company can eradicate toxic accounts, it should encourage users to stay on the platform and log in more frequently. That ray of hope shines through in the company’s steady growth in daily active […]
Congress Has a $65 Million Proposal to Study Tech’s Effect on Kids
Like a lot of people, you probably spend a fair bit of time worrying about how much time you spend on your phone. Who doesn’t these days? But what really concerns you is the youth. What is all that swiping and snapping and gramming doing […]
Twitter posts record $100M profit but loses 1M users
The social media apocalypse is on us this week. Days after Facebook’s stock took a record $123 billion plunge on a poor earnings report, Twitter’s shares are down nearly 20 percent after the company announced falling users numbers. The microblogging service recorded a drop of one […]
PCs with Cannon Lake CPUs won’t be on sale until the very end of 2019
Intel has confirmed that its long-awaited 10-nanometer Cannon Lake processors will be arriving in volume in the second half of 2019, with consumer PCs carrying the CPUs to be on sale before the year is out (just in time for the holidays, the firm says). […]