SessionM announced a $23.8 million Series E investment led by Salesforce Ventures. A bushel of existing investors including Causeway Media Partners, CRV, General Atlantic, Highland Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers also contributed to the round. The company has now raised over $97 million. […]
Month: July 2018
Russia may send a robot ‘crew’ to space in 2019
According to Defense One, the FEDOR androids will, in an unprecedented move, fly on the unmanned Soyuz spacecraft not as cargo, but as crew members. The Roscosmos space agency has reportedly given the flight its preliminary approval. We’ve reached out for further confirmation on this […]
Surface Go is available in a third flavor with 4GB RAM and a 128GB SSD
Microsoft recently launched a new Surface Go tablet with two different initial configurations for the affordable slate, and now it looks like a third variant is also available, but apparently only through Costco in the US at the moment. The base model of the Surface […]
This Bomb-Simulating US Supercomputer Broke a World Record
[embedded content] Brad Settlemyer had a supercomputing solution in search of a problem. Los Alamos National Lab, where Settlemyer works as a research scientist, hosts the Trinity supercomputer—a machine that regularly makes the internet’s (ever-evolving) Top 10 Fastest lists. As large as a Midwestern McMansion, […]
Uber’s Indian rival Ola is aiming for an IPO in 3-4 years
Ola, Uber’s chief rival in India, is planning to go public potentially as soon as in three years time, according to its CEO. Co-founder and chief executive officer Bhavish Aggarwal told the audience at an event in Bengaluru last week that seven-year-old Ola is poised to become […]
Qualcomm’s 5G antennas are primed for next year’s phones
If you recall, a bunch of major smartphone makers, including Samsung, LG, Sony, HTC and Xiaomi already said they’ll be working with Qualcomm, and most of them commited to delivering X50-powered phones by the first half of 2019. Those devices will likely use the new […]
Sparatoria a Toronto: un morto e 13 feriti
Toronto, sparatoria in strada: il momento dell'attacco Due vittime e oltre dieci feriti feriti: sarebbe questo il bilancio fornito dalla polizia di Toronto dopo la sparatoria nel quartiere periferico di Greektown, Toronto. Secondo il capo della polizia … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #thisisnews
UK Government promises new regulations and investment for full fibre and 5G
The government is proposing a major package of regulatory changes, public funding and new legislation to bring full fibre connectivity to the entire of the UK by 2023. At present, just four per cent of the UK is connected to fibre to the premise (FTTP) […]
Sergio Marchionne, Enrico Rossi: “Ha pensato solo agli azionisti e stava in Svizzera per pagar …
… ma "non si deve dimenticare la residenza in Svizzera per pagare meno tasse, il Progetto Italia subito negato, il baricentro aziendale che si sposta in … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Users Sue Juul for Addicting Them to Nicotine
Juul Labs, the San Francisco-based e-cigarette company, is under pressure from parents, schools, public health advocates, lawmakers, and the Food and Drug Administration for its popularity with younger users, who have gravitated to Juul’s discrete rechargeable vaping device and nicotine pods in flavors like mango […]